Yentl Koopmans, Ph.D.

Vita

Yentl Koopmans obtained her PhD at KU Leuven in 2025. Her doctoral research focused on developing a comprehensive understanding of early adolescent loneliness by examining predictors at multiple levels of analysis, including epigenetics and parenting, as well as their interactions. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Chair of Educational and Developmental Psychology at FAU, where she focuses on genetically informed research on parenting.

Publications

Koopmans, Y., Nelemans, S. A., Bosmans, G., Van Den Noortgate, W.,
Van Leeuwen, K., & Goossens, L. (2023). /Perceived parental support
and psychological control, DNA methylation, and loneliness:
Longitudinal associations across early adolescence./ Journal of
Youth and Adolescence, 52(10), 1995–2011.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-023-01822-6

Koopmans, Y., Nelemans, S. A., Claes, S., Bijttebier, P., Bosmans,
G., Van Den Noortgate, W., Van Leeuwen, K., & Goossens, L. (2025).
/NR3C1 methylation and perceived parenting as joint predictors of
the development of loneliness in adolescence./Journal of
Adolescence, 97(7), 1910–1920. https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.70012