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Dr M. (Maud) Hensums

Postdoc
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Powl Docenten OWI/UPvA
Photographer: Mieke Brand

Visiting address
  • Nieuwe Achtergracht 127
Postal address
  • Postbus 15776
    1001 NG Amsterdam
Contact details
  • Profile

    As a researcher in the field of child development, my aim is to contribute to the healthy development of children and adolescents and to create a positive living and learning environment for them. In doing so, I place great importance on collaborating with children and adolescents, not only focusing on the individual, but also considering crucial environmental factors (such as classroom norms, the influence of social media, and the [evolutionary] function of behaviors within groups).

    My specialization lies in the field of bullying in (secondary) schools. Here too, I explore the function of bullying behavior: what are important affordances, how does it impact the motivation to bully, and can we use this knowledge to reduce such behavior? In my research, I also focus on anti-bullying interventions and examine whether specific components of interventions (do not) work well for particular subgroups of youths. It is vital to take individual differences into account, as one size does not fit all.

    In my work, I utilize various research methods. For instance, I integrate existing knowledge (systematic reviews, meta-analyses, individual participant data-meta-analysis), test new hypotheses (experimental paradigms, micro-trials), and gain valuable, in-depth insights from children and adolescents themselves (focus groups, content-analyses).

    Expertise and research fields

    • Goals and Gains of Bullying
    • Anti-Bullying Interventions
    • Adolescent Development
    • Self-Regulation
    • Harmful Social Behaviors
    • Social Media (Influences)

    Media appearences

    Fekkes, M. (Author), Hensums, M. (Author), & de Jong, T. (Author). (12-2022). Wat werkt tegen pesten?. Digital or Visual Products, Research Institute of Child Development and Education (RICDE), Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://open.spotify.com/episode/3f7RDPDdpuHrToA0hEO5Ah?go=1&sp_cid=02ada9275d13ba296a0f2c445e1c7893&utm_source=embed_player_p&utm_medium=desktop&nd=1

    Hensums, M. (Author). (06- 2023). Wetenschappers beantwoorden Google's meest gestelde vragen | Pesten. Digital or Visual Products https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGnJY7N40Dk

    Hensums, M. (05-02-2023). Fordømte fuckboys. Weekendavisen. https://www.weekendavisen.dk/2023-5/ideer/fordoemte-fuckboys  

    Hensums, M. (29-09-2022). Wakkere wetenschapper Maud Hensums over de week tegen het pesten [Radio] NPO Radio 1. Wakkere wetenschapper Maud Hensums over de week tegen het pesten. https://www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/de-nacht-van/966354cb-5219-4ac7-99cf-b703a833ecaa/2022-09-29-wakkere-wetenschapper-maud-hensums-over-de-week-tegen-het-pesten

    Hensums, M. (26-09-2022). Op de middelbare school speelt sociale status een grote rol bij pesten [Web]. Op de middelbare school speelt sociale status een grote rol bij pesten. https://www.uva.nl/shared-content/faculteiten/nl/faculteit-der-maatschappij-en-gedragswetenschappen/nieuws/2022/09/op-de-middelbare-school-speelt-sociale-status-een-grote-rol-bij-pesten.html

    Other links

    Programme group:  https://cde.uva.nl/research/child-development/preventive-youth-care/preventive-youth-care.html

    Mastertrack I am affiliated with most:  https://www.uva.nl/shared-content/programmas/en/masters/pedagogical-sciences-youth-at-risk/youth-at-risk.html

  • Research

    Research methods

    • Meta-analyses (among which Meta-Analytic Structural Equation Modeling, and Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis)
    • Systematic Reviews (Meta-Review)
    • Experimental and Intervention Studies (among which micro-trials, and experimental paradigms)
    • Qualitative Methods (among which content-analysis, and focus-groups)

    Current research

    Cousin Kevin: On Bullying Motivations, Goals, and Affordances—And How we Should Intervene

    Project description:  Most children bully not out of a lack of social skills, but because they instrumentally pursue dominance and peer group status. It follows that to effectively remediate bullying, we have to change the peer group norm so that it signals the unacceptability and ineffectiveness of bullying. We are the first to study this in a global IPD meta-analysis of 39.000+ youths participating in RCTs of anti-bullying programs, and a micro-trial in which we isolate prosocial peer norms and positive peer roles as putative effective elements of an anti-bullying approach.

    Research grants & honours

    • NWO Open Competition M (awarded to Prof. Dr. G. Overbeek)

    Current cooperations

    • Prof. Dr. Geertjan Overbeek;
    • Prof. Dr. Minne Fekkes;
    • Dr. Brechtje de Mooij;
    • Collaborators: Dr. Terrence  Jorgensen, Dr. Lydia Laninga-Wijnen.

    RPA

    For my PhD project I was involved in Research Priority Area Yield. 

  • Teaching

    Bachelor

    • Thesis supervision (Pedagogische en Onderwijswetenschappen)

    Master

    • Internship Supervision
      Programs: MA Preventive Youth Care, MA Youth at Risk
    • Parent and Peer Influences in Youth Development (tutorials)
      Program: MA Youth at Risk
    • Professional Skills Masterclass (tutorials)
      Program: MA Youth at Risk
    • Thesis supervision master students
      Programs: MA Youth at Risk, MA Orthopedagogics, MA Forensic Orthopedagogics, MA Preventive Youth Care
  • Publications

    2023

    • Hensums, M., Brummelman, E., Larsen, H., van den Bos, W., & Overbeek, G. (2023). Social goals and gains of adolescent bullying and aggression: A meta-analysis. Developmental Review, 68, Article 101073. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dr.2023.101073 [details]
    • Hensums, M., van den Bos, W., Overbeek, G. J., & Larsen, H. (2023). YouTube vloggers set the stage: How public (non)compliance with COVID-19 regulations affects adolescents. Journal of Adolescence. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12207
    • Wesarg-Menzel, C., Ebbes, R., Hensums, M., Wagemaker, E., Zaharieva, M. S., Staaks, J. P. C., van den Akker, A. L., Visser, I., Hoeve, M., Brummelman, E., Dekkers, T. J., Schuitema, J. A., Larsen, H., Colonnesi, C., Jansen, B. R. J., Overbeek, G., Huizenga, H. M., & Wiers, R. W. (2023). Development and socialization of self-regulation from infancy to adolescence: A meta-review differentiating between self-regulatory abilities, goals, and motivation. Developmental Review, 69, Article 101090. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dr.2023.101090 [details]

    2022

    • Hensums, M., Overbeek, G. J., & Jorgensen, T. D. (2022). Not one sexual double standard but two? Adolescents’ attitudes about appropriate sexual behavior. Youth and Society, 54(1), 23-42. https://doi.org/10.1177/0044118X20957924 [details]
    • Hensums, M., de Mooij, B., Kuijper, S. C., BIRC: the anti-Bullying Interventions Research Consortium, Fekkes, M., & Overbeek, G. (2022). What works for whom in school-based anti-bullying interventions? An individual participant data meta-analysis. Prevention Science. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-022-01387-z

    2022

    2023

    • Hensums, M., van den Bos, W., Overbeek, G. J., & Larsen, H. (2023). YouTube Vloggers Set the Stage: How Public (Non)Compliance With COVID-19 Regulations Affects Adolescents. Paper presented at Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD), United States.

    2022

    • Hensums, M., Brummelman, E., Larsen, H., van den Bos, W., & Overbeek, G. J. (2022). YouTube Vloggers set the Stage: A First Exploration of COVID-19 Related Norms on the Internet. Paper presented at 18th Biennial conference of the European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA), Dublin, Ireland.
    • Hensums, M., Larsen, H., Brummelman, E., van den Bos, W., & Overbeek, G. J. (2022). Self-Serving Behavior in Adolescence: An Experimental Test of the Influence of Peer Norms, Agentic Goals, and Narcissism. Paper presented at 18th Biennial conference of the European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA), Dublin, Ireland.
    • Hensums, M., Larsen, H., Brummelman, E., van den Bos, W., & Overbeek, G. J. (2022). Self-Serving Behavior in Adolescence: An Experimental Test of the Influence of Peer Norms, Agentic Goals, and Narcissism. Paper presented at Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA), New Orleans, United States.
    • Hensums, M., Larsen, H., Brummelman, E., van den Bos, W., & Overbeek, G. J. (2022). Self-Serving Behavior in Adolescence: An Experimental Test of the Influence of Peer Norms, Agentic Goals, and Narcissism. Paper presented at VNOP Conference 2022, Utrecht, Netherlands.

    2021

    • Hensums, M., Brummelman, E., Larsen, H., van den Bos, W., & Overbeek, G. J. (2021). Social Goals and Gains of Adolescent Bullying: A Meta-Analysis. Paper presented at EADP Summer Tour, Stavanger, Norway.
    • Hensums, M., Brummelman, E., Larsen, H., van den Bos, W., & Overbeek, G. J. (2021). Social Goals and Gains of Adolescent Bullying: A Meta-Analysis. Paper presented at VNOP Conference 2021.
    • Hensums, M., Brummelman, E., Larsen, H., van den Bos, W., & Overbeek, G. J. (2021). Social Goals and Gains of Adolescent Bullying: A Meta-Analysis. Poster session presented at SRCD Biennial Meeting.
    • Hensums, M., de Mooij, L. S., Kuijper, S. C., Fekkes, M., & Overbeek, G. J. (2021). What Works for Whom in School-Based Anti-Bullying Interventions? An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis. Paper presented at SRCD Biennial Meeting.

    2020

    • Hensums, M., Larsen, H., Brummelman, E., van den Bos, W., & Overbeek, G. J. (2020). Fostering Positive High-School Climates With a Social Network Intervention: A Pilot Study. Paper presented at 17th Biennial conference of the European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA).
    • Hensums, M., de Mooij, L. S., Kuijper, S. C., Fekkes, M., & Overbeek, G. J. (2020). What Works for Whom in School-Based Anti-Bullying Interventions? An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis. Paper presented at ZonMw Symposium - 'Building on effectiveness research: Results and lessons learned from research into core elements of youth interventions' .

    2019

    • Hensums, M., Overbeek, G. J., & Jorgensen, T. D. (2019). Not One Sexual Double Standard but Two? Adolescents’ Attitudes About Appropriate Sexual Behavior. Paper presented at SRCD Biennial Meeting, Baltimore, United States.

    2018

    • Hensums, M., Overbeek, G. J., & Jorgensen, T. D. (2018). Not one sexual double standard but two: Attitudes about appropriate sexual behavior in Dutch adolescents: .. Paper presented at 16th conference of the European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA) 2018, Ghent, Belgium.

    Prize / grant

    • Hensums, M. (2022). VNOP Flash Talk Award.
    • Hensums, M. (2020). EARA Conference Award.

    Media appearance

    Others

    • Hensums, M. (participant) (20-8-2022 - 24-8-2022). Summer School - 'EARA, EADP, SRA', Wicklow (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Eltanamly, H. (organiser), Hensums, M. (organiser), Mouton, B. (organiser), Spencer, H. (organiser), Sluiter, R. (organiser) & Overbeek, G. (chair) (6-11-2019). International labvisit to Preventive Youth Care program group by colleagues from KU Leuven and Free University Amsterdam (VU). (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Hensums, M. (participant) (1-7-2019 - 5-7-2019). Summer School - 'Peer relations and interactions in childhood and adolescence', Nijmegen (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Hensums, M. (participant) (31-1-2019 - 2-2-2019). EADP Winter school 'Translating research into practice and policy: The contribution of longitudinal and intervention research to promote child and adolescent development.', Florence (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Hensums, M. (organiser), de Mooij, B. (organiser), Gürel, Ç. (organiser), Brummelman, E. (organiser), Fekkes, M. (organiser), van Verseveld, M. (organiser) & Overbeek, G. (organiser) (25-1-2019). Annual Peer-Relations Researchers [Peer Relaties Onderzoekers] (PRO) meeting, Amsterdam (organising a conference, workshop, ...).

    2024

    • Hensums, M. (2024). In the name of status: Adolescent harmful social behavior as strategic self-regulation. [Thesis, fully internal, Universiteit van Amsterdam]. [details]
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