Biography
Dr Marike Polak is affiliated as an associate professor to the Department of Psychology, Education and Child Studies (DPECS) as a member of the Methods & Skills team. In this role she is involved in various research activities as a statistical expert. Furthermore, she carries out teaching activities concerning research methods & statistics education, as well as professional skills education. She also actively contributes to educational development, for instance as coordinator of the academic skills learning line in the curriculum renewal of the Bachelor programme of Psychology. Moreover, she is chair of the Examination Board of Erasmus School of Social and Behavioral Sciences (ESSB).
Her research interest are: psychometrics (with a special interest in validation methods for clinical diagnostic instruments, assessment of personality disorders, test development and individual differences); evidence-based research & validation; applied research in the field of (mental) health care. As a researcher she collaborates with other researchers both within as well as outside of the department. External collaborations include projects with mental health care professionals affiliated to the Developmental Profile foundation (stichting Ontwikkelingsprofiel), who focus on psychodynamic assessment of personality pathology. She is co-supervisor of Laura van Riel's PhD project "The added value of diagnostics of personality functioning in outpatient psychotherapeutic patient groups" at VUmc Amsterdam.
In addition, she has teamed up with researchers at Erasmus Medical Centre, where she is involved in various projects of the Department of Clinical Genetics, such as the assessment of informed decision-making. As an active member of the Dutch Committee on Tests and Testing (COTAN) of the Dutch Association of Psychologists (Nederlands Instituut van Psychologen, NIP) she has been involved in drawing up the Guidelines for the Use of Tests 2017. Lastly, she is a staff member of the Interuniversity Graduate School of Psychometrics and Sociometrics (IOPS).
Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences
- polak@essb.eur.nl
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Work
- Karin E.M. Diderich, Hennie T. Bruggenwirth, Marieke Joosten, Florentine Thurik, Jona Mijalkovic, Marike Polak, Joan Kromosoeto, Galhana M. Somers-Bolman, Myrthe van den Born, Mark Drost, Robert Jan H. Galjaard, Sander Galjaard, Lies H. Hoefsloot, Maarten F.C.M. Knapen, Rick van Minkelen, Vyne van der Schoot, Marjon A. van Slegtenhorst, Frank Sleutels, Kyra E. Stuurman, Marjolein J.A. Weerts, Attie T.J.I. Go, Martina Wilke & Malgorzata I. Srebniak (2024) - The High Diagnostic Yield of Prenatal Exome Sequencing Followed by 3400 Gene Panel Analysis in 629 Ongoing Pregnancies With Ultrasound Anomalies - Prenatal Diagnosis, 44 (12), 1444-1450 - doi: 10.1002/pd.6676 - [link]
- Iris M. Bakkeren, Lidewij Henneman, Elsbeth H. van Vliet-Lachotzki, Linda Martin, Janneke T. Gitsels-van der Wal, Marike G. Polak, Mireille N. Bekker & Robert Jan H. Galjaard (2024) - Psychological impact of additional findings detected by genome-wide Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT): TRIDENT-2 study - European Journal of Human Genetics, 32 (3), 302-308 - doi: 10.1038/s41431-023-01504-8 - [link]
- Laura J.C.M. van Zutven, Jona Mijalkovic, Monique van Veghel-Plandsoen, Margaret Goense, Marike Polak, Maarten F.C.M. Knapen, Sabina de Weerd, Marieke Joosten, Karin E.M. Diderich, Lies H. Hoefsloot, Diane Van Opstal & Malgorzata I. Srebniak (2023) - What proportion of couples with a history of recurrent pregnancy loss and with a balanced rearrangement in one parent can potentially be identified through cell-free DNA genotyping? - Molecular Cytogenetics, 16 (1) - doi: 10.1186/s13039-023-00657-x - [link]
- Diewertje Houtman, Boy Vijlbrief, Marike Polak, Jacqueline Pot, Petra Verhoef, Martina Cornel & Sam Riedijk (2023) - Changes in opinions about human germline gene editing as a result of the Dutch DNA-dialogue project - European Journal of Human Genetics, 31 (4), 409-416 - doi: 10.1038/s41431-022-01114-w - [link]
- Lisanne van Prooyen Schuurman, Karuna van der Meij, , Nicolien van Ravesteyn, Neeltje Crombag, Janneke Gitsels-van der Wal, Caroline Kooij, Linda Martin, Ingrid Peters, Marike Polak, Elsbeth Van Vliet-Lachotzki, Robert-Jan Galjaard & Lidewij Henneman (2023) - Factors involved in the decision to decline prenatal screening with noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) - Prenatal Diagnosis, 43 (4), 467-476 - doi: 10.1002/pd.6242 - [link]
- Kayla H. Green, Suzanne van de Groep, Renske van der Cruijsen, Marike G. Polak & Eveline A. Crone (2023) - The Multidimensional Wellbeing in Youth Scale (MWYS): Development and Psychometric Properties - Personality and Individual Differences, 204 - doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2022.112038 - [link]
- Laura van Riel, Elske van den Berg, Marike Polak, Marjolein Geerts, Jaap Peen, Theo Ingenhoven & Jack Dekker (2023) - Exploring effectiveness of CBT in obese patients with binge eating disorder: personality functioning is associated with clinically significant change - BMC Psychiatry, 23 (1) - doi: 10.1186/s12888-023-04626-x - [link]
- Diewertje Houtman, Boy Vijlbrief, Marike Polak, Jacqueline Pot, Petra Verhoef, Martina Cornel & Sam Riedijk (2022) - Correction: Changes in opinions about human germline gene editing as a result of the Dutch DNA-dialogue project: Changes in opinions about human germline gene editing as a result of the Dutch DNA-dialogue project (European Journal of Human Genetics, (2022), 10.1038/s41431-022-01114-w) - European Journal of Human Genetics - doi: 10.1038/s41431-022-01176-w - [link]
- , Lisanne van Prooyen Schuurman, Erik A. Sistermans, Diane Van Opstal, Lidewij Henneman, Mireille N. Bekker, Caroline J. Bax, Mijntje J. Pieters, Katelijne Bouman, Sonja de Munnik, Nicolette S. den Hollander, Karin E.M. Diderich, Brigitte H.W. Faas, Ilse Feenstra, Attie T.J.I. Go, Mariëtte J.V. Hoffer, Marieke Joosten, Fenne L. Komdeur, Klaske D. Lichtenbelt, Maria P. Lombardi, Marike G. Polak, Fernanda S. Jehee, Heleen Schuring-Blom, Servi J.C. Stevens, Malgorzata I. Srebniak, Ron F. Suijkerbuijk, Gita M. Tan-Sindhunata, Karuna R.M. van der Meij, Merel C. van Maarle, Vivian Vernimmen, Shama L. van Zelderen-Bhola, Nicolien T. van Ravesteyn, Maarten F.C.M. Knapen, Merryn V.E. Macville & Robert Jan H. Galjaard (2022) - Erratum: Clinical impact of additional findings detected by genome-wide non-invasive prenatal testing: Follow-up results of the TRIDENT-2 study - American Journal of Human Genetics, 109 (7), 1344 - doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2022.06.003 - [link]
- Lisanne van Prooyen Schuurman, Erik A. Sistermans, , Diane Van Opstal, Lidewij Henneman, Mireille N. Bekker, Caroline J. Bax, Mijntje J. Pieters, Katelijne Bouman, Sonja de Munnik, Nicolette S. den Hollander, Karin E.M. Diderich, Brigitte H.W. Faas, Ilse Feenstra, Attie T.J.I. Go, Mariëtte J.V. Hoffer, Marieke Joosten, Fenne L. Komdeur, Klaske D. Lichtenbelt, Maria P. Lombardi, Marike G. Polak, Fernanda S. Jehee, Heleen Schuring-Blom, Servi J.C. Stevens, Malgorzata I. Srebniak, Ron F. Suijkerbuijk, Gita M. Tan-Sindhunata, Karuna R.M. van der Meij, Merel C. van Maarle, Vivian Vernimmen, Shama L. van Zelderen-Bhola, Nicolien T. van Ravesteyn, Maarten F.C.M. Knapen, Merryn V.E. Macville & Robert Jan H. Galjaard (2022) - Clinical impact of additional findings detected by genome-wide non-invasive prenatal testing: Follow-up results of the TRIDENT-2 study - American Journal of Human Genetics, 109 (6), 1140-1152 - doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2022.04.018 - [link]
- Marike Polak, Lies Hoefsloot, Diane van Opstal, Marieke Joosten, Maarten Knapen & Karin Diderich (13 October 2023) - Erasmus University Medical Center Researchers Provide New Data on Genetics (What proportion of couples with a history of recurrent pregnancy loss and with a balanced rearrangement in one parent can potentially be identified through cell-free ...)
- Marike Polak, TJM Ingenhoven & HL Van (2014) - Assessment of the Developmental Profile by Self-Report: Reliability, Internal Consistency and Construct Validity (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Marike Polak, TJM Ingenhoven & HL Van (2013) - Empirical evidence on the reliability and internal validity of the developmental Profile and the DP inventory (DPI). (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic
Stichting Onderzoeksfonds Ontwikkelingsprofiel
- Start date approval
- December 2023
- End date approval
- December 2026
- Place
- UTRECHT
- Description
- Bestuurslid - portefeuille wetenschappelijk onderz
4182 Comparative Public Policy
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- ISS-4182-24-25
2.4.1P Academic Writing Skills II
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- FSWP2-093-A
2.7P Scientific Writing Skills II
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- FSWE-2075
