Prof. Dr. Tina Kretschmer

Navarro, M. C., de Roo, M., Oldehinkel, A. O., Hartman, C. A., & Kretschmer, T. (in press). Intergenerational continuity of depressive symptoms: Genetic and environmental pathways.
Psychological Medicine.

Sentse, M., de Roo, M., & Kretschmer, T. (in press). Intergenerational Transmission of Problem Behavior: Genetic and Environmental Pathways. Development and Psychopathology.

Wiertsema, M., Vrijen, C., van der Ploeg, R., Hartman, C., & Kretschmer, T. (2025). Intergenerational continuity of social competence via parent–child bonding. European Journal of Developmental Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/17405629.2025.2542853

Rainy, N. R., Meaburn, E., Oliver, B. R., de Roo, M., & Kretschmer, T. (2025). In the genetics of the beholder: gene-environment interplay for internalising and externalising behaviours using polygenic scores and adolescent perceptions of parenting. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-025-02804-8

van Vliet, R., van der Ploeg, R., Kretschmer, T., Kiekens, W. J., & Baams, L. (2025). Supportive school strategies for sexually and gender diverse students: A meta-analysis of the associations with bullying-victimization experiences and feelings of school safety. Educational Research Review, 100689. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edurev.2025.100689

Wiertsema, M., Kretschmer, T., Vrijen, C., Hartman, C., & van der Ploeg, R. (2025). Prospective associations between peer victimization in adolescence and parental stress and self-efficacy: Self-esteem and internalizing problems as pathways. International Journal of Behavioral Development. https://doi.org/10.1177/016502542513147

Kretschmer, T., van der Ploeg, R., & Kaufman, T. (2025). Peer victimization in early adolescence and maladjustment in adulthood. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 34(3), 1011-1024. 10.1007/s00787-024-02532-5.

Bouliane, M., Boivin, M., Kretschmer, T. […], Ouellet-Morin, I. (2025). Association between aggression and ADHD polygenic scores and school-age aggression: The mediating role of preschool externalizing behaviors and adverse experiences. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. doi: 10.1007/s00787-025-02654-4.

de Roo, M., Hartman, C.A., Wagtendonk, A., Hoek, H.W., Lakerveld, J., & Kretschmer, T. (2025). Interplay between genetic risk and built neighborhood conditions as predictor of BMI across the transition into adulthood. Obesity, 33, 385-394. https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.24213

Avci, H., Baams, L., & Kretschmer, T. (2025). A systematic review of social media use and adolescent identity development. Adolescent Research Review, 10, 219-236. 10.1007/s40894-024-00251-1

Osinga, M., van Brummen-Girigori, O. J., van Bergen, D. D., & Kretschmer, T. (2024). Nonresidential fatherhood and father–child relationships among Curaçaoan and Dutch adolescents and young adults. Journal of Family Psychology, 38(2), 270-281. 10.1037/fam0001159

Vrijen, C., Nolte, I.M., Oldehinkel, A.J., Veenstra, R., & Kretschmer, T. (2024). Genetic confounding in bullying research: Causal claims revisited. Development and Psychopathology, 36(3), 1219-1230. 10.1017/S0954579423000445

Osinga, M., van Bergen, D., van Brummen-Girigori, O., Kretschmer, T., & Timmerman, M. C. (2023). ‘We zeggen “moeders” maar we bedoelen “ouders”’: Percepties en ervaringen met vaderafwezigheid onder Curaçaose, Curaçaos-Nederlandse en Nederlandse jongeren. Pedagogiek, 43(2), 136-167. https://doi.org/10.5117/PED2023.2.003.OSIN

de Roo, M., Hartmann, C., Veenstra, R., Nolte, I.M., Meier, K., Vrijen, C., & Kretschmer, T. (2023). Gene-environment interplay in the development of overweight. Journal of Adolescent Health, 73(3),574-581. 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.04.028

Kretschmer, T. (2023). Parenting is genetically influenced. What does that mean for research into child and adolescent development? Social Development, 32(1), 3-16. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12633

Osinga, M., van Bergen, D., van Brummen-Girigori, O., Kretschmer, T., & Timmerman, M. C. (2023). “We say ‘mothers’ but mean ‘parents’”: qualitative perceptions and experiences with father absence among Curaçaoan, Curaçaoan-Dutch and Dutch young people. Journal of Adolescent Research, 38(6), 983-1015. https://doi.org/10.1177/07435584211014878

Wiertsema, M., Vrijen, C., van der Ploeg, R., & Kretschmer, T. (2023) Bullying perpetration and social status in the peer group: A meta-analysis. Journal of Adolescence, 95(1), 34-55. 10.1002/jad.12109

Kretschmer, T., Ouellet-Morin, I., Vrijen, C., Nolte, I.M., & Hartman, C.A. (2023). Polygenic risk for aggressive behavior from late childhood through early adulthood. European Journal of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 32 (4), 651-660. 10.1007/s00787-021-01906-3

Kretschmer, T., Vrijen, C., Nolte, I.M., Wertz, J., Hartman, C. (2022). Gene-environment interplay in externalizing behaviour from childhood through adulthood. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 63 (10), 1206-1213. 10.1111/jcpp.13652

Kobes, A., Kretschmer, T., & Timmerman, M.C. (2022). The association between obesity-related legislation in the United States and adolescents’ weight. Health Policy Open, 3, 100056. 10.1016/j.hpopen.2021.100056

de Roo, M., Veenstra, R., & Kretschmer, T. (2022). Internalizing and Externalizing Correlates of Parental Overprotection as Measured by the EMBU: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Social Development, 31 (4), 962-983. 10.1111/sode.12590

Hartman, C.A., Richards, J.S., Vrijen, C., Oldehinkel, A.J., Oerlemans, A.M., & Kretschmer, T. (2022). Cohort Profile Update: the TRacking Adolescents’ Individual Lives Survey – The Next Generation (TRAILS NEXT). International Journal of Epidemiology, 51 (5):e267-e275. 10.1093/ije/dyac066

Wiertsema, M., Vrijen, C., van der Ploeg, R., & Kretschmer, T. (2022) Intergenerational Transmission of Peer Aggression. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 51, 1901-1913. 10.1007/s10964-022-01638-w

Kretschmer, T., la Roi, C., van der Ploeg, R., & Veenstra, R. (2021). Benefits of Bullying? A Test of the Evolutionary Hypothesis in Three Cohorts. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 32 (3), 1178-1193. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12675

Kobes, A., Kretschmer, T., & Timmerman, M.C. (2021). Prevalence of overweight among Dutch primary school children living in JOGG and non-JOGG areas. PLOS ONE, 16(12), e0261406. 10.1371/journal.pone.0261406

Kretschmer, T. (2021). The value of multiple-generation cohorts for studying parenting and child development. Child Development Perspectives, 15 (2), 83-89. 10.1111/cdep.12403

Parra, L.A., van Bergen, D., Dumon, E., Kretschmer, T., la Roi, C., Portzky, G., & Frost, D. (2021). Family belongingness attenuates entrapment and buffers its association with suicidal ideation in a sample of Dutch sexual minority emerging adults. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 50 (3), 983-1001. 10.1007/s10508-020-01838-0

Vrijen C., Wiertsema M., Ackermans M., […], & Kretschmer, T. (2021). Childhood and Adolescent Bullying Perpetration and Later Substance Use: A Meta-analysis. Pediatrics, 147(3):e2020034751. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2020-034751

Vrijen, C., Ackermans, M., Bosma, A. & Kretschmer, T. (2020). Study protocol: A cross-sectional pilot study of reward responsiveness, optimism, and social and mental functioning in children of 6-7 years old. JMIR Research Protocols, 9 (9), e18902. https://doi.org/10.2196/18902

la Roi, C., Dijkstra, J.K., Kretschmer, T., Savickaitė, R., & Veenstra, R. (2020). Peers and Homophobic Attitudes in Adolescence: Examining Selection and Influence Processes in Friendships and Antipathies. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 49, 2229-2245. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-020-01298-8

Kiekens, W., La Roi, C., Bos, H., Kretschmer, T., van Bergen, D., & Veenstra, R., (2020). Explaining Health Disparities Between Heterosexual and LGB Adolescents by Integrating the Minority Stress and Psychological Mediation Framework: Findings from the TRAILS Study. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 49, 1767-1782. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-020-01206-0

La Roi, C., Kretschmer, T., Veenstra, R., Bos, H., Goossens, L., Verschueren, K., Colpin, H., van Leeuwen, K., Van Den Noortgate, W., Dijkstra, J.K. (2020). Sexual Orientation, Peer Relationships, and Depressive Symptoms: Findings from a Sociometric Design. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 66, 101086. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2019.101086

Kretschmer, T. & Vrijen, C. (2019). De Genetica van Opvoeding. Kind en Adolescent, 40 (3), 277-280. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12453-019-00213-8

Kaufman, T. M. L., Kretschmer, T., Huitsing, G., & Veenstra, R. (2019). Caught in a vicious cycle? Explaining bidirectional spillover between parent-child relationships and peer victimization. Development and Psychopathology, 31 (1), 11-20. 10.1017/S0954579418001360

Kobes, A., Kretschmer, T., Timmerman, G., & Schreuder, P. (2018). Interventions aimed at preventing and reducing overweight/obesity among children and adolescents: A meta-synthesis. Obesity Reviews, 19 (8), 1065-1079. https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.12688

Kaufman, T.M.L., Kretschmer, T., Huitsing, G., & Veenstra, R. (2018). Why does a universal anti-bullying program not help all children? Explaining persistent victimization during an intervention. Prevention Science, 19 (6), 822-832. 10.1007/s11121-018-0906-5

Kretschmer, T., Tropf, F.C., & Niezink, N.M.D. (2018). Causality and pleiotropy in the association between bullying-victimization in adolescence and depressive episodes in adulthood. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 21 (1), 33-41. 10.1017/thg.2017.71

Kretschmer, T., Veenstra, R., Branje, S., Reijneveld, S.A., Meeus, W.H.J., Deković, M., Koot, H.M., Vollebergh, W.A.M., Oldehinkel, A.J. (2018). How competent are adolescent bullying perpetrators and victims in mastering normative developmental tasks in early adulthood? Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 46 (1), 41-56. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-017-0316-3

Van der Ploeg, R., Kretschmer, T., Salmivalli, C., & Veenstra, R. (2017). Defending victims: What does it take to intervene in bullying and how is it rewarded by peers? Journal of School Psychology, 65, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsp.2017.06.002

Kretschmer, T., Veenstra, R., Deković, M., & Oldehinkel, A.J. (2017). Bullying development across adolescence, its antecedents, outcomes, and gender-specific patterns. Development and Psychopathology, 29 (3), 941-955. 10.1017/S0954579416000596

Sentse, M., Kretschmer, T., de Haan, A., & Prinzie P. (2017). Conduct Problem Trajectories between Age 4 and 17 and their Association with Behavioral Adjustment in Emerging Adulthood. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 46 (8), 1633-1642. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-016-0476-4

Kretschmer, T., Vollebergh, W., & Oldehinkel, A.J. (2017). Parent–child positivity and romantic relationships in emerging adulthood: Congruence, compensation, and the role of social skills. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 41 (2), 198-210. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025415612228

Kretschmer, T. (2016) What explains correlates of peer victimization? A systematic review of mediating factors. Adolescent Research Review, 1 (4), 341-356. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40894-016-0035-y

Kretschmer, T., Sentse, M., Meeus, W., Verhulst, F., Veenstra, R., & Oldehinkel, A.J. (2016). Configurations of adolescents’ peer experiences: Associations with parent-child relationship quality and parental problem behavior. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 26 (3), 474-491. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12206

Pike, A., Atzaba-Poria, N., & Kretschmer, T. (2016). Predictors of Parenting: Between- and Within-Family Factors. Parenting Science & Practice, 16 (3), 147-163. https://doi.org/10.1080/15295192.2016.1158599

la Roi, C., Kretschmer, T., Dijkstra, J.K., Veenstra, R., & Oldehinkel, A.J. (2016). Disparities in depressive symptoms between heterosexual and lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth in a Dutch cohort. The TRAILS study. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 45 (3), 440-456. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-015-0403-0

Kretschmer, T., Barker, E., Dijkstra, J.K., & Veenstra, R. Multifinality of peer victimization: Maladjustment patterns and transitions from early- to mid-adolescence. (2015). European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 24 (10), 1169-79. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-014-0667-z

Dijkstra, J. K., Kretschmer, T., Pattiselanno, K., Franken, A., Harakeh, Z., Vollebergh, W., & Veenstra, R. (2015). Explaining Adolescents’ Delinquency and Substance Use A Test of the Maturity Gap: The SNARE study. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 52 (5), 747-767. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022427815582249

Sentse, M., Kretschmer, T., & Salmivalli, C. (2015). The Longitudinal Interplay between Bullying, Victimization, and Social Status: Developmental and Gender Differences. Social Development, 24 (3), 659-677. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12115

Sijtsema, J., Kretschmer, T., Van Os, T. (2015). The Structured Assessment of Violence Risk in Youth in a Large Community Sample of Young Adult Males and Females. The TRAILS Study. Psychological Assessment, 27 (2), 669-677. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0038520

Dijkstra, J.K., Kretschmer, T., Lindenberg, S. & Veenstra, R. (2015). Hedonic, Instrumental, and Normative Motives Differentiating Patterns for Popular, Accepted, and Rejected Adolescents. Journal of Early Adolescence, 35 (3), 308-323. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431614535092

Kretschmer, T., Sentse, M., Dijkstra, J.K., & Veenstra, R. (2014). The interplay between peer rejection and acceptance in pre-and early adolescence, serotonin transporter gene, and antisocial behavior in late adolescence-The TRAILS study. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 60 (2), 193-216. https://doi.org/10.13110/merrpalmquar1982.60.2.0193

Whelan, Y., Kretschmer, T., & Barker, E.D. (2014). MAOA, early experiences of harsh parenting, irritable oppositionality and bullying-victimization: A moderated indirect effects analysis. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 60 (2), 216-237. https://doi.org/10.13110/merrpalmquar1982.60.2.0217

Kretschmer, T., Vitaro, F., & Barker, E.D. (2014). The association between peer and own aggression is moderated by the BDNF val-met polymorphism. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 24 (1), 177-185. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12050

Kretschmer, T., Oliver B.R., & Maughan, B. (2014). Pubertal development, spare time activities, and adolescent delinquency: Testing the contextual-amplification hypothesis. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 43 (8), 1346-1360. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-013-0074-7

Kretschmer, T., Hickman, M., Doerner, R., Emond, A., Lewis, G., Macleod, J., Maughan, B., Munafó, M., & Heron, J. (2014). Outcomes of childhood conduct problem trajectories in early adulthood – Findings from the ALSPAC study. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 23 (7), 539-549. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-013-0488-5

Oliver, B.R., Kretschmer, T., & Maughan, B. (2014). Configurations of early risk and their association with academic, cognitive, emotional, and behavioural outcomes in middle childhood. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 49 (5), 723-732. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-013-0756-1

Kretschmer, T., Dijkstra, J.K., Ormel, J., Verhulst, F., & Veenstra, R. (2013). Dopamine receptor D4 gene moderates the effect of positive and negative peer experiences on later delinquency. Development and Psychopathology, 25 (4), 1107-1117. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579413000400

Kretschmer, T. & Pike, A. (2010). Associations between adolescent siblings’ relationship quality and similarity and differences in values. Journal of Family Psychology, 24, 411-418. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0020060

Kretschmer, T. & Pike, A. (2010). Links between nonshared friendship experiences and adolescent siblings‘ differences in aspirations. Journal of Adolescence, 33 (1), 101-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2009.05.001

Kretschmer, T. & Pike, A. (2010). Young children’s sibling relationship quality: Distal and proximal correlates. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 50 (5), 581-589. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.2008.02016.x

Pike, A. & Kretschmer, T. (2009). Shared versus Nonshared Effects: Parenting and Children’s Adjustment. European Journal of Developmental Science, 3 (2), 115-130. https://doi.org/10.3233/DEV-2009-3203

Ittel, A. & Kretschmer, T. (2007). Historical Roots of Developmental Science. International Journal of Developmental Science, 1 (1), 23-32. https://doi.org/10.3233/DEV-2007-1103