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Psychology Research Institute Psychology Research Institute

Dr. B.R.J. (Brenda) Jansen

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Programme group Developmental Psychology
Photographer: Brenda Jansen
Visiting address
  • Nieuwe Achtergracht 129
  • Room number: 1.08
Postal address
  • Postbus 15916
    1001 NK Amsterdam
Contact details
  • Research

    Interests

    I am interested in motivational and affective factors of learning, sometimes investigating more fundamental aspects and sometimes trying to answer more applied questions.

    Advisor in Phd projects

    A.C.K. van Duijvenvoorde, "On the art of choosing: Developmental changes and individual differences in decision making under risk"; supervisors: Prof.Dr. M.W. van der Molen, Dr. H.M. Huizenga & Dr. B.R.J. Jansen; date of defense: June 26 2013.

    M. Straatemeier, "Math Garden: A new educational and scientific instrument", supervisors: Prof. Dr. H.L.J. van der Maas, & Dr. B.R.J. Jansen; date of defense: April 25 2014

    A. Hofman, "Analyzing developmental change with time-series data of a large scale educational monitoring system", supervisors: Prof.Dr. H.L.J. van der Maas, Dr. I. Visser & Dr. B.R.J. Jansen; date of defense: April 20 2018

    L. Dekkers,  "Why speeding on your scooter is a good idea: Desicion strategies in childhood and adolescence"; supervisors: Prof. Dr. H.M. Huizenga & Dr. B.R.J. Jansen; date of defense: June 28 2018

    T. Dekkers, "Why speeding on your scooter is a good idea: Decision strategies in adolescents with ADHD diagnosis"; supervisors: Prof. Dr. H.M. Huizenga, Prof. Dr. A. Popma, & Dr. B.R.J. Jansen

    E. Schmitz, "The missing factor in Math Anxiety: The role and modification of cognitive biases and executive functioning"; supervisors: Prof. Dr. R.W.H.J. Wiers, Dr. E. Salemink & Dr. B.R.J. Jansen

    M. Sachisthal, "ASAP Science – Motivation in Science Video Watching: The Role of Individual Differences and Video Characteristics"; supervisors: Dr. M.E.J. Raijmakers, Prof. Dr. T.T.D. Peetsma, Prof. Dr. H.L.J. van der Maas, dr. B.R.J. Jansen & Dr. T. Jaarsma

    M. van der Molen, Opgroeien in een extremistisch milieu; supervisors: Prof. Dr. E.J. Doosje, Dr. A.A.P. van Emmerik & Dr. B.R.J. Jansen. 

    R. Ebbes, "Self-regulated learning in the elementary classroom"; supervisors: Dr. H. Koomen, Dr. B.R.J. Jansen, Dr. J. Schuitema & Dr. M. Zeguers. 

     

    Prices

    • Johannes Cornelis Ruigrok Prijs 2003
    • Koos Slob Prijs 2008 voor publicatie: Hissel, S., Bijleveld, C.C.J.H., Jansen, B.R.J., Hendriks, J, Collot d'Escury-Koenigs, A (2006). Jeugdige zedendelinquenten: latente klasse analyse van verschillen tussen specialisten, generalistenen kindmisbruikers. Tijdschrift voor Seksuologie
    • British Psychological Society Cognitive Psychology Section Award 2008 voor publicatie Quinlan, P.T., van der Maas, H.L.J., Jansen, B.R.J., Booij, O., & Rendell, M. (2007). Re-thinkingstages of cognitive development: An appraisalof connectionist models on the balance scale task. Cognition, 103, 413-459.

    Membership

    Amsterdam Brain and Cognition (ABC), Vereniging Nederlandse Ontwikkelingspsychologie (VNOP), Yield, IOPS, ISPA

    Misc

    Jansen, B. R. J. (2001). Development of reasoning on the balance scale task: Psychometric assessment of cognitive strategies. Dissertation Series/Faculty of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

  • Teaching

    Bachelor Psychology

    Coordinator & teacher in Psychodiagnostiek (7202A610XY)

    Bachelor Clinical Developmental Psychology

    Coordinator & teacher in Basisprogramma OP: Normale ontwikkeling: Cognitieve ontwikkeling (7203BO01XY)

    Supervisor of Bachelor thesis

    Master Clinical Developmental Psychology

    Supervisor of Master thesis

    Research Master Psychology

    Teacher Developmental Psychopathology (7205ROK0XY)

    Prices

    • Christiaan Hamaker docentenprijs 2013 (Onderwijsprijs Psychologie)
    • 2011: Winnaar Grassroots verkiezing, UvA-symposium "Studiesucces"

    Misc

    SKO-registration, chair of Programme Committee Psychology

  • Data

    Experiments

    The data sets below were analyzed with latent class analysis in Jansen & van der Maas (1997), Jansen & van der Maas (2002), and Quinlan et al (submitted).

    Jansen&van der Maas (1997): readme
    Jansen&van der Maas (1997)
    Jansen&van der Maas (2002): readme
    Jansen&van der Maas (2002)
    Quinlan et al (submitted): York
    Quinlan et al (submitted): Amsterdam
    Quinlan et al (submitted): readme
  • Publications

    2024

    • Blankenstein, N. E., van Hoorn, J., Dekkers, T. J., Popma, A., Jansen, B. R. J., Weber, E. U., Pollak, Y., Figner, B. C., Crone, E. A., Huizenga, H. M., & van Duijvenvoorde, A. C. K. (2024). Adolescent risk-taking likelihood, risk perceptions, and benefit perceptions across domains. Personality and Individual Differences, 231, Article 112806. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2024.112806
    • Ebbes, R., Schuitema, J. A., Koomen, H. M. Y., Jansen, B. R. J., & Zee, M. (2024). Self-regulated learning: Validating a task-specific questionnaire for children in elementary school. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 81, Article 101339. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stueduc.2024.101339
    • Jansen, B. R. J. (2024). The Interplay between Motivational, Affective Factors and Cognitive Factors in Learning: Editorial. Journal of Intelligence, 12(7), Article 68. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence12070068
    • Sachisthal, M. S. M., Paans, C., Hofman, A. D., Stevenson, C. M., van der Maas, H. L. J., Molenaar, I., & Jansen, B. R. J. (2024). Playing single-player tasks together: Dyads’ collaborative activities across two games in Math Garden. Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 15, Article 100456. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2024.100456
    • Sasanguie, D., Larmuseau, C., Depaepe, F., & Jansen, B. R. J. (2024). Anxiety about Mathematics and Reading in Preadolescents Is Domain-Specific. Journal of Intelligence, 12(2), Article 14. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence12020014
    • de Vries, N., Meeter, M., Jansen, B. R. J., & Huizinga, M. (2024). A mediated model of study choice profiles and person-environment fit with bachelor's program as predictors of academic success in higher education. Learning and Individual Differences, 114, Article 102512. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2024.102512
    • van de Weitgraven, R. L., Jansen, B. R. J., Spaargaren, E., Popma, A., Oostrom, K. J., & Dekkers, T. J. (2024). Psychometric properties of the Dutch translation of the Child Self-Report Playfulness questionnaire. Scientific Reports, 14, Article 26843. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-78236-2
    • van der Molen, M., Jansen, B., Doosje, B., Brake, H. T., van Doorn, C., van der Zee, M., & van Emmerik, A. (2024). Growing up with Radicalized Parents: The Experiences of Dutch Children of NSB and SS members During and After World War II. Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40653-024-00656-z

    2023

    2022

    2021

    2020

    2019

    2018

    2017

    • Dekkers, L. M. S., Jansen, B. R. J., Salemink, E., & Huizenga, H. M. (2017). Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale: Measurement invariance among adolescent boys and girls and relationships with anxiety and risk taking. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 55, 57-65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2016.11.009 [details]

    2016

    • Bexkens, A., Jansen, B. R. J., van der Molen, M. W., & Huizenga, H. M. (2016). Cool decision-making in adolescents with Behavior Disorder and/or Mild-to-Borderline Intellectual Disability. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 44(2), 357-367. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-015-9996-8 [details]
    • Jansen, B. R. J., Hofman, A. D., Savi, A., Visser, I., & van der Maas, H. L. J. (2016). Self-adapting the success rate when practicing math. Learning and Individual Differences, 51, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2016.08.027 [details]
    • Jansen, B. R. J., Schmitz, E. A., & van der Maas, H. L. J. (2016). Affective and motivational factors mediate the relation between math skills and use of math in everyday life. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, Article 513. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00513 [details]
    • van Duijvenvoorde, A. C. K., Figner, B., Weeda, W. D., van der Molen, M. W., Jansen, B. R. J., & Huizenga, H. M. (2016). Neural Mechanisms Underlying Compensatory and Noncompensatory Strategies in Risky Choice. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 28(9), 1358-1373. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_00975 [details]

    2015

    • Erturan, S., & Jansen, B. (2015). An investigation of boys’ and girls’ emotional experience of math, their math performance, and the relation between these variables. European Journal of Psychology of Education, 30(4), 421-435. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10212-015-0248-7 [details]
    • Hofman, A. D., Visser, I., Jansen, B. R. J., & van der Maas, H. L. J. (2015). The balance-scale task revisited: a comparison of statistical models for rule-based and information-integration theories of proportional reasoning. PLoS ONE, 10(10), Article e0136449. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0136449 [details]
    • van Duijvenvoorde, A. C. K., Jansen, B. R. J., & Huizenga, H. M. (2015). Risky choice from childhood to adulthood: changes in decision strategies, affect, and control. In E. A. Wilhelms, & V. F. Reyna (Eds.), Neuroeconomics, judgment, and decision making (pp. 203-218). (Frontiers of cognitive psychology). Psychology Press. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315763927 [details]
    • van der Ven, S. H. G., Straatemeier, M., Jansen, B. R. J., Klinkenberg, S., & van der Maas, H. L. J. (2015). Learning multiplication: An integrated analysis of the multiplication ability of primary school children and the difficulty of single digit and multidigit multiplication problems. Learning and Individual Differences, 43, 48-62. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2015.08.013 [details]

    2014

    • Huizenga, H. M., van Duijvenvoorde, A. C. K., van Ravenzwaaij, D., Wetzels, R., & Jansen, B. R. J. (2014). Is the unconscious, if it exists, a superior decision maker? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 37(1), 32-33. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X13000769 [details]
    • Jansen, B. R. J., Hofman, A. D., Straatemeier, M., van Bers, B. M. C. W., Raijmakers, M. E. J., & van der Maas, H. L. J. (2014). The role of pattern recognition in children's exact enumeration of small numbers. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 32(2), 178-194. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.12032 [details]
    • Jansen, B. R. J., van Duijvenvoorde, A. C. K., & Huizenga, H. M. (2014). Developmental and gender related differences in response switches after nonrepresentative negative feedback. Developmental Psychology, 50(1), 237-246. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0032493 [details]
    • van Duijvenvoorde, A. C. K., Huizenga, H. M., & Jansen, B. R. J. (2014). What is and what could have been: experiencing regret and relief across childhood. Cognition & Emotion, 28(5), 926-935. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2013.861800 [details]

    2013

    • Jansen, B. R. J., De Lange, E., & Van der Molen, M. J. (2013). Math practice and its influence on math skills and executive functions in adolescents with mild to borderline intellectual disability. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 34(5), 1815-1824. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2013.02.022 [details]
    • Jansen, B. R. J., Louwerse, J., Straatemeier, M., van der Ven, S. H. G., Klinkenberg, S., & van der Maas, H. L. J. (2013). The influence of experiencing success in math on math anxiety, perceived math competence, and math performance. Learning and Individual Differences, 24, 190-197. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2012.12.014 [details]
    • van Duijvenvoorde, A. C. K., Jansen, B. R. J., Griffioen, E. S., van der Molen, M. W., & Huizenga, H. M. (2013). Decomposing developmental differences in probabilistic feedback learning: A combined performance and heart-rate analysis. Biological Psychology, 93(1), 175-183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2013.01.006 [details]
    • van der Ven, S. H. G., van der Maas, H. L. J., Straatemeier, M., & Jansen, B. R. J. (2013). Visuospatial working memory and mathematical ability at different ages throughout primary school. Learning and Individual Differences, 27, 182-192. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2013.09.003 [details]

    2012

    • Jansen, B. R. J., van Duijvenvoorde, A. C. K., & Huizenga, H. M. (2012). Development of decision making: sequential versus integrative rules. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 111(1), 87-100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2011.07.006 [details]
    • van Duijvenvoorde, A. C. K., Jansen, B. R. J., Bredman, J. C., & Huizenga, H. M. (2012). Age-related changes in decision making: comparing informed and noninformed situations. Developmental Psychology, 48(1), 192-203. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0025601 [details]

    2010

    • Visser, I., Jansen, B. R. J., & Speekenbrink, M. (2010). A framework for discrete change. In P. C. M. Molenaar, & K. M. Newell (Eds.), Individual pathways of change: statistical models for analyzing learning and development (pp. 109-123). APA Science. [details]
    • van Duijvenvoorde, A. C. K., Jansen, B. R. J., Visser, I., & Huizenga, H. M. (2010). Affective and cognitive decision making in adolescents. Developmental Neuropsychology, 35(5), 539-554. https://doi.org/10.1080/875656412010494749 [details]

    2008

    • Straatemeier, M., van der Maas, H. L. J., & Jansen, B. R. J. (2008). Children’s knowledge of the earth: A new methodological and statistical approach. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 100(4), 276-296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2008.03.004 [details]

    2023

    • Huizenga, H. M., Zadelaar, J. N., van Duijvenvoorde, A. C. K., Jansen, B. R. J., Figner, B., & Agelink van Rentergem, J. A. (2023). Differential framing effects: 11 more ways to study them: rejoinder. Decision, 10(3), 243-246. https://doi.org/10.1037/dec0000216 [details]

    2021

    • Blankenstein, N. E., van Hoorn, J., Dekkers, T. J., Popma, A., Jansen, B., Weber, E., Pollak, Y., Figner, B., Crone, E. A., Huizenga, H. M., & van Duijvenvoorde, A. C. K. (2021). Risk taking, perceived risks, and perceived benefits across adolescence: A domain-specific risk-return approach. (v1 ed.) PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/wv26z

    2021

    2020

    • Dekkers, T., Popma, A., Jansen, B., & Huizenga, H. (2020). Risicogedrag bij jongeren met ADHD: wat kan je ermee in het onderwijs? Remediaal, 20(5-6), 57-59. [details]

    2019

    • Raijmakers, M., & Jansen, B. (2019). Cognitieve ontwikkeling in de adolescentie. In W. Slot, & M. van Aken (Eds.), Psychologie van de adolescentie: basisboek (26e ed., pp. 117-142). ThiemeMeulenhoff. [details]
      • Downloads

    2016

    2013

    2023

    • van Schijndel, T. J. P., & Jansen, B. R. J. (2023). De relatie tussen nieuwsgierigheid en het leren van kinderen: Integratie van twee onderzoekslijnen. Poster session presented at Onderwijs Research Dagen 2023, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
    • van Schijndel, T. J. P., & Jansen, B. R. J. (2023). Integrating lines of research on how state curiosity relates to learning. Paper presented at EARLI, Thessaloniki, Greece.

    2019

    • van Schijndel, T. J. P., & Jansen, B. R. J. (2019). Curiosity and inquiry-based learning. Paper presented at European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, EARLI 2019, RWTH Aachen University, Germany, Aachen, Germany.

    2018

    • Sachisthal, M. S. M., Jansen, B. R. J., Peetsma, T. T. D., Dalege, J., van der Maas, H. L. J., & Raijmakers, M. E. J. (2018). The network approach in motivation research - psychological, social and similarity-based networks.. Paper presented at TIME: Time perspective Intervention of Motivation Enhancement. , Aarhus, Denmark.

    2017

    • Jansen, B. R. J. (2017). Manipulating working memory load affects math performance: Paper presented at the International Convention of Psychological Science, Vienna. Paper presented at International Convention of Psychological Science.

    2013

    • van Duijvenvoorde, A. C. K., Huizenga, H. M., & Jansen, B. R. J. (2013). Methods in developmental psychology. Paper presented at Symposium at University of Amsterdam.

    Prize / grant

    • Jansen, B. (2024). Causes, consequences, and treatment of teachersꞌ mathematics anxiety: A sum of factors?.
    • Jansen, B. (2023). Subtracting the anxiety from the mathematics lesson..
    • van der Ark, A., Jansen, B. & Nguyen, H. (2023). Joint relations of digital literacy, time use and academic performance in primary and secondary education.
    • Stevenson, C., van der Maas, H. & Jansen, B. (2020). Jacobs Foundation COVID-19 Education Challenge.
    • Jansen, B. R. J., Salemink, E. & Wiers, R. W. (2014). The missing factor in Math Anxiety: The role and modification of cognitive biases and executive functioning.

    Membership / relevant position

    • Visser, I. & Jansen, B. R. J. (2015). Chair in symposium "Criteria and validity of dual systems models in cognition", International Convention of Psychological Science.
    • Jansen, B. R. J., van Duijvenvoorde, A. & Huizenga, H. M. (2010). Lezing: Age and gender related differences in the ability to resist invalid negative feedback in decision-making situations., the second VNOP conference., Wageningen, the Netherlands..

    Journal editor

    • Jansen, B. (editor) (2023-2024). Journal of Intelligence (Journal).

    Others

    • Jansen, B. (participant) (9-10-2024). Workshop Rekenangst (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Jansen, B. (participant) (30-5-2024 - 31-5-2024). Angst voor rekenen bij basisschoolleerkrachten., Zeist (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Jansen, B. (participant) (23-5-2024). Webinar Angst voor Reken en Wiskunde (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Jansen, B. (participant) & Veldhuis, M. (participant) (2-6-2023). Panama conferentie 2023: Rekenen-wiskunde in verbinding. Hoe goed is de rekenles? Een instrument voor het beoordelen van de leskwaliteit en rekenangst van de leraar (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Jansen, B. (participant) & Dekkers, T. (participant) (24-10-2019). ADHD and risk-taking behaviour, Tel Aviv. Discussant at round table: "Cognitive mechanisms of risk-taking behavior in ADHD" (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Jansen, B. (participant) (23-10-2019). Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Maladaptive Behavior: A Decision-Theory Perspective, Jerusalem. Paper presented: Processing of decision outcomes: The role of memory, error detection, & inhibition. (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Jansen, B. (participant) (12-8-2019 - 19-8-2019). 18th biennial conference of the European Association for Research in Learning and Instruction (EARLI 2019), Aachen. Presented two papers: 1. A novel approach to the assessment of curiosity2. The predictive value of enumeration abilities for mathematical (…) (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Jansen, B. (participant) (1-7-2019 - 2-7-2019). Expert Workshop - Understanding the Motivation-Performance Cycle (Jacobs project) (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Jansen, B. (host) (4-2019). Maria Blancas Munoz (hosting a visitor).
    • Jansen, B. (participant) (22-11-2018 - 23-11-2018). Exploring curiosity, Amsterdam. Jansen, B. R. J. (2018). A novel approach to the assessment of curiosity? Paper presented at “Exploring curiosity”, Amsterdam (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Jansen, B. (participant) (31-5-2018 - 2-6-2018). 48th annual meeting of the Jean Piaget Society, Amsterdam. Member of local organizing committee of biennial conference of the Jean Piaget Society, Amsterdam (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Jansen, B. (participant) (15-5-2018 - 16-5-2018). VNOP Conference 2018, Wageningen . Bakker, H. E., & Jansen, B. R. J. (2018). Organisation of teaching workshops at the biennial conference of VNOP, Wageningen, the Netherlands (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Jansen, B. (participant) (9-3-2018). Schoolpsychologencongres 2018, Amsterdam. Jansen, B. R. J., & Hofman, A. D. (2018). De Rekentuin: leren, analyseren, optimaliseren. Workshop at Schoolpsychologencongres, Amsterdam (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Jansen, B. (participant) (1-9-2015 - 31-12-2018). Collaboration with primary schools Amsterdam (other).
    • Fagginger Auer, M. F. (organiser), Hickendorff, m. (organiser), van Putten, C. (organiser), Jansen, B. R. J. (organiser), Straatemeier, M. (organiser) & van der Maas, H. L. J. (organiser) (2014). Organisation of "6th Expert meeting on mathematical thinking and learning", Leiden, The Netherlands. De Expertmeeting trekt rekenonderzoekers uit Benelux en Duitsland. (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
    • van Duijvenvoorde, A. C. K. (organiser), Huizenga, H. M. (organiser) & Jansen, B. R. J. (organiser) (27-6-2013). Methods in Developmental Psychology, Amsterdam (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Jansen, B. R. J. (organiser) (2012). Tweejaarlijkse conferentie, Wageningen. Learning mathematics (organising a conference, workshop, ...).

    2020

    • Dalege, J., Raijmakers, M. E. J., Sachisthal, M. & Jansen, B. R. J. (2020). Relating teenagers’ science interest network characteristics to later science course enrolment: An analysis of Australian PISA 2006 and Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth data. SAGE Journals. https://doi.org/10.25384/sage.c.5140476.v1
    • Sachisthal, M., Dalege, J., Jansen, B. R. J. & Raijmakers, M. E. J. (2020). sj-xlsx-3-aed-10.1177_0004944120957477 - Supplemental material for Relating teenagers’ science interest network characteristics to later science course enrolment: An analysis of Australian PISA 2006 and Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth data. SAGE Journals. https://doi.org/10.25384/sage.13042350.v1
    • Zadelaar, J., Agelink van Rentergem Zandvliet, J., Schaaf, J., Dekkers, T., de Vent, N., Dekkers, L., Jansen, B. & Huizenga, H. (2020). Decision Making Based On Internal And External Information (Codes and Supplementary Materials). Mendeley Data. https://doi.org/10.17632/27fhx4f2k3.1
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