Brenda de Visser MSc

Bio

As of September 1, 2020 I started my PhD trajectory at Tranzo (Geestdrift) as a scientist-practitioner. I also work as a psychologist at GGZ Western Noord-Brabant. In collaboration with Prof. A. van Dam (supervisor), Prof. J.K. Vermunt (supervisor) and Dr. M. Rijckmans (co-supervisor), I am conducting research into antisocial behavior. The main aim is to distinguish groups within antisocial behavior on the basis of factors that contribute to the development and maintenance of antisocial behavior (trauma, mentalizing capacity, personality and callous-unemotional traits). I hope to develop a new framework in which to differentiate within antisocial behavior, so that diagnostics and treatment can be improved for this target group.

Expertise

Virtual Reality (VR): Within the research line antisocial behavior, I use VR to measure mentalizing ability and hostile bias in the antisocial population. This way of measuring supplements research data of interviews, computerized tasks, and questionnaires. VR makes it possible to measure mentalizing ability and hostile bias in 'direct social interaction.' 

Recent publications

1. Pathways to antisocial behavior - A framework to improve diagnostics …

   De Wit-de Visser, B., Rijckmans, M., Vermunt, J. K., & Van Dam, A. (2023). Pathways to antisocial behavior: A framework to improve diagnostics and tailor therapeutic interventions. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, Article 993090.