Intimate relationships, love and sexuality

dr. Daphne van de Bongardt

Relational and sexual development and health of youth

Understanding and promoting healthy and positive relational and sexual development of adolescents and young adults.

dr. Samira van Bohemen

The social organisation of sexual desire and action

While our sexual desires and actions often feel very personal to us, they are fundamentally shaped by the social contexts in which we live. My research studies how this happens and how social boundaries are maintained because of this.

dr. Freddy van der Veen

Individual Differences in Romantic and Social Feedback Processing

Brain, bodily and subjective responses to romantic and social feedback stimuli are measured in lab situations and online. The responses are related to individual differences in terms of psychopathology (depression and anxiety) and personality (neuroticism).

dr. Linda Dekker

Psychosexual functioning and individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)

Investigating psychosexual functioning of adolescents and young adults, particularly vulnerable populations (e.g. with autism spectrum disorder) and in the domain of sexual deviancy (e.g. sexual violence). How do individuals experience and develop in the domain of sexuality, influenced by the context both offline and online?

Mirthe Verbeek

Investigating the effectiveness of programs for boys and young men aiming to improve psychosexual health and prevent experiences with sexual and dating violence. More broadly, also investigating which factors play a role in positive sexual development.

Clair Enthoven

Contraception and unintended pregnancies

About 1 in 5 women will experience an unintended pregnancy in their lifetime. My research focuses on the predictors and consequences of unintended pregnancies and the role of contraception in men and women.