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Catrin Finkenauer
c.finkenauer@psy.vu.nl
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Associate professor |
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Social Psychology |
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Van der Boechorststraat 1, 1081 BT Amsterdam |
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1B-84 |
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+31 (0)20 598 8857 |
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all days except Fridays |
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Professional interests
I'm interested in interpersonal relationships of all sorts: Relationships between married partners, between parents and children, between friends, and between strangers. My research interest has been strongly shaped by the diversity of my academic training and experience. A psychology Masters in Germany, a PhD in clinical and social psychology in Belgium, research and teaching at the department of Child and Adolescent Studies in the Netherlands and finally my work in social psychology have sharply molded my thinking and research on the subject. The common denominator to my interdisciplinary approach to interpersonal relations is my concern with understanding how-and how well-people perceive their relationships with others and how these perceptions (and misperceptions) affect their behavior, thoughts, emotions, and relationships.
The central focus of my research is people's evaluations of their relationships (covering the range from relationships between strangers, to relationships between friends, intimate partners, married couples, to entire families) and how relationship partners make judgments about each other. One of my research aims is to identify means of fostering harmonious relationships and preventing misunderstandings and conflict.
Representative publications
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Finkenauer, Catrin, Kerkhof, P., Branje, S., & Righetti, F. (2009)
Living together apart: Perceived Concealment as Signal of Exclusion in Marital Relationships. Personality and Social Psychological Bulletin, 35, 1410-1422.
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Pollmann, M. & Finkenauer, Catrin (2009)
Empathic forecasting: How do we predict other people’s feelings?. Cognition & Emotion, 23, 978-1001.
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Finkenauer, C., Engels, R.C.M.E., & Kubacka, K. E. (2008)
Relational implications of secrecy and concealment in parent-adolescent relationships. In M. Kerr, H. Stattin, and R.C.M.E. Engels (Eds.), New perspectives on parenting (pp. 42- 64). New York: John Wiley.42-64.
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Finkenauer, C., Gallucci, M., van Dijk, W. W., & Pollmann, M. (2007)
Investigating the Role of Time in Affective Forecasting: Temporal Influences on Forecasting Accuracy. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33, 1152-1166.
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Finkenauer, C., Engels, R. C. M. E., & Baumeister, R. F. (2005)
Parenting and adolescent externalizing and internalizing problems: The role of self-control. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 29(1), 58-69.
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Finkenauer, C., Frijns, T., Engels, R. C. M. E., & Kerkhof, P. (2005)
Perceiving concealment in relationships between parents and adolescents: links with parental behavior. Personal Relationships, 12(1), 387-406.
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Finkenauer, C., Engels, R. C. M. E., Branje, S., & Meeus, W. (2004)
Disclosure and relationship satisfaction in families.. Journal of Marriage and Family, 66(1), 195-206.
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Baumeister, R., Bratslavsky, E., Finkenauer, C., & Vohs, K. (2001)
Bad is stronger than good.. Review of General Psychology, 5(4), 323-370.
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All publications
Teaching
Interpersonal Processes (Research Master)
Masters theses: I am supervising (and am willing to supervise) master's theses of students in social psychology throughout the year. We focus on two lines of research.
1)Communication in dyadic relationships. Communication is at the heart of all relationships, and our research examines the role of communicative processes, including secrecy, disclosure, and intrusive behavior on the development and maintenance of close relationships. Example questions we aim to answer are: What are the social effects of keeping secrets in romantic relationships? Why do relationship partners spy on each other (e.g., checking the other’s text-messages)? How does communication in close relationships change over time?
2) The social effects of (new) media, and specifically compulsive Internet use. Its overarching aim is to start answering important questions elicited by the increasing popularity of the Internet: What are the effects of Internet use on people’s relationships with others? How does the Internet affect people’s perception and experience of relationships?
CV
Associate Professor from 2002 - present
Social Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Assistant Professor 2001 - 2002
Social Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Assistant Professor 1998 - 2001
Child and Adolescent Sutdies, Utrecht University.
Ph.D. (cum laude), Social and Clinical Psychology, 1998, University Louvain, at Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium).
Links
For more information on our projects, please see Research Couples and Well-being
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