Carlo Schuengel
@carloschuengel.bsky.social
Professor of Clinical Child and Family Studies, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Interested in child-parent attachment, mental health, and social adaptive behavior
Interested in child-parent attachment, mental health, and social adaptive behavior
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What is the top rhyme/song/routine that you would expect a preschooler to know? Eg ‘round and round the garden like a teddy bear’? (Out of date?) I need regional (and TV related) and international examples in other languages too please. RT to wide audience 🙏
November 6, 2025 at 8:46 AM
What is the top rhyme/song/routine that you would expect a preschooler to know? Eg ‘round and round the garden like a teddy bear’? (Out of date?) I need regional (and TV related) and international examples in other languages too please. RT to wide audience 🙏
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Beautiful new paper on digital contact after #COVIID-19 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A project conducted in collaboration with 4 Dutch academic collaborative centers in the field of #ID. With
@carloschuengel.bsky.social and his team in the lead.
#zonmw
A project conducted in collaboration with 4 Dutch academic collaborative centers in the field of #ID. With
@carloschuengel.bsky.social and his team in the lead.
#zonmw
How Did the COVID‐19 Restrictions Change the Digital Contact of People With Intellectual Disabilities? A Longitudinal Multi‐Method Study in Sheltered Home Care Facilities
Background
During the COVID-19 pandemic, people with intellectual disabilities in sheltered home care facilities had to use digital contact as an alternative to face-to-face contact.
Method
This s.....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Beautiful new paper on digital contact after #COVIID-19 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A project conducted in collaboration with 4 Dutch academic collaborative centers in the field of #ID. With
@carloschuengel.bsky.social and his team in the lead.
#zonmw
A project conducted in collaboration with 4 Dutch academic collaborative centers in the field of #ID. With
@carloschuengel.bsky.social and his team in the lead.
#zonmw
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🚀 Ready to dive into the future of social science research?
Join us on November 4 at Royal Jaarbeurs, Utrecht, for cutting-edge insights on computational social sciences.
🎤 Keynotes: @mercecrosas.bsky.social & @melindacmills.bsky.social
Register and check the programme 👉 edu.nl/men7n
Join us on November 4 at Royal Jaarbeurs, Utrecht, for cutting-edge insights on computational social sciences.
🎤 Keynotes: @mercecrosas.bsky.social & @melindacmills.bsky.social
Register and check the programme 👉 edu.nl/men7n
September 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
🚀 Ready to dive into the future of social science research?
Join us on November 4 at Royal Jaarbeurs, Utrecht, for cutting-edge insights on computational social sciences.
🎤 Keynotes: @mercecrosas.bsky.social & @melindacmills.bsky.social
Register and check the programme 👉 edu.nl/men7n
Join us on November 4 at Royal Jaarbeurs, Utrecht, for cutting-edge insights on computational social sciences.
🎤 Keynotes: @mercecrosas.bsky.social & @melindacmills.bsky.social
Register and check the programme 👉 edu.nl/men7n
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Out in the open: the US administration’s attempt to undermine the EU Digital Services Act (and other regulations) was evident.
Now it has been elevated to formal policy and goal of diplomatic efforts.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Now it has been elevated to formal policy and goal of diplomatic efforts.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Exclusive: Rubio orders US diplomats to launch lobbying blitz against Europe's tech law
President Donald Trump's administration has instructed U.S. diplomats in Europe to launch a lobbying campaign to build an opposition to the European Union's Digital Services Act, which Washington says stifles free speech and imposes costs on U.S. tech companies, an internal diplomatic cable seen by Reuters showed.
www.reuters.com
August 7, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Out in the open: the US administration’s attempt to undermine the EU Digital Services Act (and other regulations) was evident.
Now it has been elevated to formal policy and goal of diplomatic efforts.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Now it has been elevated to formal policy and goal of diplomatic efforts.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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It is with profound sadness that we share that Professor Andrea Evers passed away. Andrea was a visionary leader, a brilliant scientist, and a compassionate colleague.
As we begin to process this immense loss, let us remember Andrea for her remarkable legacy and kindness she brought into our lives.
As we begin to process this immense loss, let us remember Andrea for her remarkable legacy and kindness she brought into our lives.
August 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
It is with profound sadness that we share that Professor Andrea Evers passed away. Andrea was a visionary leader, a brilliant scientist, and a compassionate colleague.
As we begin to process this immense loss, let us remember Andrea for her remarkable legacy and kindness she brought into our lives.
As we begin to process this immense loss, let us remember Andrea for her remarkable legacy and kindness she brought into our lives.
@robbieduschinsky.bsky.social , who is not an active poster on BlueSky, wrote this beautiful piece about being an #attachment researcher and a father of a child with severe #disability. Sharing for other parents www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
‘Attachment research gave some indication where we could start in trying to parent our seriously unwell daughter’ | BPS
Robbie Duschinsky (University of Cambridge) reflects on parenting a profoundly unwell and disabled child whilst undertaking research and writing about attachment.
www.bps.org.uk
August 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
@robbieduschinsky.bsky.social , who is not an active poster on BlueSky, wrote this beautiful piece about being an #attachment researcher and a father of a child with severe #disability. Sharing for other parents www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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Press release @unileiden.bsky.social about our upcoming JoPACS paper led by @bsiepe.bsky.social, showing that the overlap of similar constructs assessed via wearable vs EMA data is surprisingly low (n~850, 3 months).
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
Press release @unileiden.bsky.social about our upcoming JoPACS paper led by @bsiepe.bsky.social, showing that the overlap of similar constructs assessed via wearable vs EMA data is surprisingly low (n~850, 3 months).
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
Does your smartwatch say you’re stressed? It may often be wrong
Consumer grade smartwatches may not be as accurate as promised when measuring tiredness or stress. That conclusion is drawn by researchers Björn Siepe and Eiko Fried based on a comparison between smar...
www.universiteitleiden.nl
July 24, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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Press release @unileiden.bsky.social about our upcoming JoPACS paper led by @bsiepe.bsky.social, showing that the overlap of similar constructs assessed via wearable vs EMA data is surprisingly low (n~850, 3 months).
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
Press release @unileiden.bsky.social about our upcoming JoPACS paper led by @bsiepe.bsky.social, showing that the overlap of similar constructs assessed via wearable vs EMA data is surprisingly low (n~850, 3 months).
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
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Nice piece from my astoundingly well-read friend Mark Edmundson....
Opinion | I Hate, Therefore I Am
www.nytimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Nice piece from my astoundingly well-read friend Mark Edmundson....
About 1 year ago, we received NWO funding for our AIM2CARE study, inspired so much by the insights and questions left by John Bowlby. We had pledged at submission to visit his resting place at Isle of Skye. He could not have picked a more beautiful spot.
July 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
About 1 year ago, we received NWO funding for our AIM2CARE study, inspired so much by the insights and questions left by John Bowlby. We had pledged at submission to visit his resting place at Isle of Skye. He could not have picked a more beautiful spot.
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Only a small % of people engage in toxic activity online, but they’re responsible for a disproportionate share of hostile or misleading content on nearly every platform
Because super-users are so active, they dominate our collective impression of the internet www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
Because super-users are so active, they dominate our collective impression of the internet www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
Are a few people ruining the internet for the rest of us?
Why does the online world seem so toxic compared with normal life? Our research shows that a small number of divisive accounts could be responsible – and offers a way out
www.theguardian.com
July 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Only a small % of people engage in toxic activity online, but they’re responsible for a disproportionate share of hostile or misleading content on nearly every platform
Because super-users are so active, they dominate our collective impression of the internet www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
Because super-users are so active, they dominate our collective impression of the internet www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
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Though AI helps, does it dull us over time? A study from MIT found that regular ChatGPT use weakens memory, focus, and brain activity. 83% couldn't quote their own text. Essays became repetitive. Researchers call it "cognitive debt"—a slow erosion of independent thinking. arxiv.org/pdf/2506.08872
June 17, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Though AI helps, does it dull us over time? A study from MIT found that regular ChatGPT use weakens memory, focus, and brain activity. 83% couldn't quote their own text. Essays became repetitive. Researchers call it "cognitive debt"—a slow erosion of independent thinking. arxiv.org/pdf/2506.08872
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#Trots! Mooie verdediging door ons ZA PhD student Ahmed Riaz Mohamed op het gebied van het bevorderen van de gehechtheidsrelatie van een kind met een verstandelijke beperking met zij/haar ouders.
@carloschuengel.bsky.social Esme van Rensburg
@carloschuengel.bsky.social Esme van Rensburg
June 16, 2025 at 6:46 AM
#Trots! Mooie verdediging door ons ZA PhD student Ahmed Riaz Mohamed op het gebied van het bevorderen van de gehechtheidsrelatie van een kind met een verstandelijke beperking met zij/haar ouders.
@carloschuengel.bsky.social Esme van Rensburg
@carloschuengel.bsky.social Esme van Rensburg
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Ik sprak lang met @dr-appie.bsky.social, over genen, over maatschappelijke ongelijkheid en zelfs over Dzjengis Khan... voor @nrcwetenschap.bsky.social www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
‘Natuurlijk ben je niet je genen! Maar wie ben je dan wel?’
Abdel Abdellaoui | geneticus: Tussen genen en samenleving is een voortdurende wisselwerking gaande. „Wij mensen hebben een veel te simpel idee over hoe we in elkaar zitten.”
www.nrc.nl
May 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Ik sprak lang met @dr-appie.bsky.social, over genen, over maatschappelijke ongelijkheid en zelfs over Dzjengis Khan... voor @nrcwetenschap.bsky.social www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
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My new Substack is about part-time work for parents. In the Netherlands, 65-75% of mothers work part-time and about 30% of fathers do. Part-time work is supported and even encouraged by the government. Why can’t we pull that off here in the U.S.? open.substack.com/pub/darbysax...
Why don't more U.S. parents work part-time?
Paid work vs. stay-at-home parenting is not a binary choice - many parents want something in the middle. Other countries have figured out how to make it work.
open.substack.com
May 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
My new Substack is about part-time work for parents. In the Netherlands, 65-75% of mothers work part-time and about 30% of fathers do. Part-time work is supported and even encouraged by the government. Why can’t we pull that off here in the U.S.? open.substack.com/pub/darbysax...
High prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms in adolescents with mild/borderline intellectual disability in general, and those in residential treatment in particular doi.org/10.1111/jir....
Prevalence and Course of Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescents With a Mild to Borderline Intellectual Disability, Inside and Outside Residential Treatment
Background
This study compared anxiety and depressive problems in adolescents with a mild to borderline intellectual disability in a residential treatment facility (MBID-RT) to those in the general .....
doi.org
April 28, 2025 at 7:23 AM
High prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms in adolescents with mild/borderline intellectual disability in general, and those in residential treatment in particular doi.org/10.1111/jir....
Age at Entry into the Dutch Child Protection System of Children of Parents with Intellectual Disability: A Case-Control Study
doi.org/10.1016/j.ch...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ch...
Redirecting
doi.org
April 3, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Age at Entry into the Dutch Child Protection System of Children of Parents with Intellectual Disability: A Case-Control Study
doi.org/10.1016/j.ch...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ch...
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🙏🏽Help - Peer reviewer needed for a submission at PCI RR
The systematic review protocol can be found here: osf.io/m7pj3
If you’re interested in reviewing, please let me know :)
#evidencesynthesis #cognition #intellectualdisability
The systematic review protocol can be found here: osf.io/m7pj3
If you’re interested in reviewing, please let me know :)
#evidencesynthesis #cognition #intellectualdisability
April 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
🙏🏽Help - Peer reviewer needed for a submission at PCI RR
The systematic review protocol can be found here: osf.io/m7pj3
If you’re interested in reviewing, please let me know :)
#evidencesynthesis #cognition #intellectualdisability
The systematic review protocol can be found here: osf.io/m7pj3
If you’re interested in reviewing, please let me know :)
#evidencesynthesis #cognition #intellectualdisability
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Applications for MAG 2025-I are now open!
Are you a researcher at an ODISSEI member organisation looking for funding to access CBS microdata? Apply now for a chance to receive up to €7,500 to kick-start your microdata project in 2025!
📅 Deadline: March 28, 15:00 CEST
🔗 Apply: edu.nl/3tgwx
Are you a researcher at an ODISSEI member organisation looking for funding to access CBS microdata? Apply now for a chance to receive up to €7,500 to kick-start your microdata project in 2025!
📅 Deadline: March 28, 15:00 CEST
🔗 Apply: edu.nl/3tgwx
Microdata Access Grant - ODISSEI – Open Data Infrastructure for Social Science and Economic Innovations
The Microdata Access Grant Programme runs twice a year with closing dates in early spring and early autumn. Each round offers grants for 6 research projects using the CBS microdata.
odissei-data.nl
February 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Applications for MAG 2025-I are now open!
Are you a researcher at an ODISSEI member organisation looking for funding to access CBS microdata? Apply now for a chance to receive up to €7,500 to kick-start your microdata project in 2025!
📅 Deadline: March 28, 15:00 CEST
🔗 Apply: edu.nl/3tgwx
Are you a researcher at an ODISSEI member organisation looking for funding to access CBS microdata? Apply now for a chance to receive up to €7,500 to kick-start your microdata project in 2025!
📅 Deadline: March 28, 15:00 CEST
🔗 Apply: edu.nl/3tgwx
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🌟 We have launched our preregistration platform PreReg! 🌟
PreReg guides researchers through all the steps of pre-registration and now offers an even clearer structure.
#Preregistration #OpenScience #Psychology
leibniz-psychology.org/en/news/deta...
PreReg guides researchers through all the steps of pre-registration and now offers an even clearer structure.
#Preregistration #OpenScience #Psychology
leibniz-psychology.org/en/news/deta...
February 12, 2025 at 12:44 PM
🌟 We have launched our preregistration platform PreReg! 🌟
PreReg guides researchers through all the steps of pre-registration and now offers an even clearer structure.
#Preregistration #OpenScience #Psychology
leibniz-psychology.org/en/news/deta...
PreReg guides researchers through all the steps of pre-registration and now offers an even clearer structure.
#Preregistration #OpenScience #Psychology
leibniz-psychology.org/en/news/deta...
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17 maart, Apeldoorn, conferentie #OpdeGroei25.
Met een scala aan samenhangende en zeer diverse 'knoppen' zie je dat jeugdhulp op veel terreinen goed ontwikkelt. Loop jij mee voorop? Ga je mee voorop lopen? Ambitieuze,hoopvolle en steeds sterkere samenleving en zorg
www.bewegingvannul.nl/opdegroei25/
Met een scala aan samenhangende en zeer diverse 'knoppen' zie je dat jeugdhulp op veel terreinen goed ontwikkelt. Loop jij mee voorop? Ga je mee voorop lopen? Ambitieuze,hoopvolle en steeds sterkere samenleving en zorg
www.bewegingvannul.nl/opdegroei25/
February 2, 2025 at 9:10 AM
17 maart, Apeldoorn, conferentie #OpdeGroei25.
Met een scala aan samenhangende en zeer diverse 'knoppen' zie je dat jeugdhulp op veel terreinen goed ontwikkelt. Loop jij mee voorop? Ga je mee voorop lopen? Ambitieuze,hoopvolle en steeds sterkere samenleving en zorg
www.bewegingvannul.nl/opdegroei25/
Met een scala aan samenhangende en zeer diverse 'knoppen' zie je dat jeugdhulp op veel terreinen goed ontwikkelt. Loop jij mee voorop? Ga je mee voorop lopen? Ambitieuze,hoopvolle en steeds sterkere samenleving en zorg
www.bewegingvannul.nl/opdegroei25/
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Thread: There is global alarm at people openly flirting with & pursuing fascism. There’s an idea called ‘the warning from history’. So let me introduce you to one of the greatest artists in history. This is a man with whom you should be familiar.
January 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Thread: There is global alarm at people openly flirting with & pursuing fascism. There’s an idea called ‘the warning from history’. So let me introduce you to one of the greatest artists in history. This is a man with whom you should be familiar.
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#Trots Succesvolle verdediging door Helen Korving van haar dissertatie gericht op ontwikkeling van de #EMB #pijn #app. @vuamsterdam.bsky.social
January 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
#Trots Succesvolle verdediging door Helen Korving van haar dissertatie gericht op ontwikkeling van de #EMB #pijn #app. @vuamsterdam.bsky.social
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Het trieste van Musk en Trump en de verheerlijking van de cryptomunten is wel dat deze munten vrijwel niks toevoegen, geen reële waarde vertegenwoordigen, niets bijdragen aan een betere wereld. wisdomofthecrowd.nl/2017/12/29/w...
Waarom de Bitcoin onbetaalbaar is
Door de huidige gekte rond de Bitcoin is deze als stabiel betaalmiddel voorlopig mislukt. We hebben als samenleving nieuwe systemen nodig die ons helpen in een globale en snelle wereld, lokaal waar…
wisdomofthecrowd.nl
January 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Het trieste van Musk en Trump en de verheerlijking van de cryptomunten is wel dat deze munten vrijwel niks toevoegen, geen reële waarde vertegenwoordigen, niets bijdragen aan een betere wereld. wisdomofthecrowd.nl/2017/12/29/w...
Practitioners lack feasible instruments for obs assessment of parent-child interaction. New exp study by the formidable Mirte Forrer found that a decision tree performed like a text scale, while video based scales did worse www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Visuals versus textual scales: Optimizing reliability and user experience in observational assessment of parent-child interaction
Assessment of parent-child interaction by practitioners is of great importance but hindered by a lack of instruments that withstand the constraints da…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 23, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Practitioners lack feasible instruments for obs assessment of parent-child interaction. New exp study by the formidable Mirte Forrer found that a decision tree performed like a text scale, while video based scales did worse www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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🌍📚 Excited to share our new paper! Families today are diverse, encompassing many unique configurations. Yet attachment research often fails to reflect diverse configurations. We discuss this gap and propose actionable steps for greater inclusivity in research. Read more: doi.org/10.1080/1461...
A call to represent the current diversity of family forms in attachment research
As family forms become increasingly diverse, their underrepresentation in attachment research is glaring. Although attachment theory aims to explain the influence of early relationships, studies ha...
doi.org
January 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🌍📚 Excited to share our new paper! Families today are diverse, encompassing many unique configurations. Yet attachment research often fails to reflect diverse configurations. We discuss this gap and propose actionable steps for greater inclusivity in research. Read more: doi.org/10.1080/1461...