dr. Elien De Caluwé

Bio

2021-present: Academic Director of the Master Psychology and Mental Health, including 5 programs:

• Clinical Psychology (Klinische Psychologie; Dutch only)
• Clinical Child & Youth Psychology (Klinische Kinder- en Jeugdpsychologie; Dutch only)
• Clinical Forensic Psychology (Klinische Forensische Psychologie; Dutch only)
• Positive Psychology and Well-being
• Cognitive Neuropsychology

2019-2022: Program Coordinator of the Master Clinical Forensic Psychology

2017-present: Assistant Professor (Tenured since Nov. 2021) (Tilburg University, The Netherlands)           

• Department Developmental Psychology
• Focus: Forensic Psychology (from a developmental and personality perspective)

2015-2017: FWO postdoctoral research fellow (Ghent University, Belgium)

2010-2015: PhD student (scholarship) (Ghent University, Belgium)

Expertise

My main research interest lies within the intersection between personality, psychopathology and personality pathology in children and adolescents. 

In my PhD, I combined these themes by specifically investigating the link between personality, obsessive-compulsive disorder and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder at a young age, whereas I am currently adopting a developmental and personality perspective to study forensic psychopathology in younger age groups (e.g., conduct disorder, antisocial personality pathology, psychopathy,...).

Other research interests are: assessment, scale development and validation, psychometrics, measurement invariance, and mobile dating app (Tinder) motives and personality (disorders).

Teaching

Coordinator/teacher of a course in the Major Forensic Psychology (Bachelor):

• Introduction to forensic psychology (in Dutch)

Master thesis and internship supervisor in the Master Clinical Forensic Psychology (in Dutch)

First-year-paper and traineeship supervisor in the Research Master Individual Differences and Assessment

Courses

• Introduction to Forensic Psych. (Dutch)

Recent publications

1. Psychopathic traits in the interpersonal context - Is the effect of p…

   Frowijn, I., & De Caluwé, E. (2023). Psychopathic traits in the interpersonal context: Is the effect of psychopathic traits on prosocial behavior mediated by peer problems? Acta Psychologica, 238, Article 103976.

2. The role of dynamic risk and protective factors in predicting violent…

   Garritsen, K., Jankovic, M., Masthoff, E., De Caluwe, E., & Bogaerts, S. (2023). The role of dynamic risk and protective factors in predicting violent recidivism: Intellectual ability as a possible moderator? International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. Advance online publication.

3. Burnout, work engagement and workaholism in a group of Dutch judges -…

   Hagen, T., Bogaerts, S., & De Caluwe, E. (2023). Burnout, work engagement and workaholism in a group of Dutch judges: Distinctiveness and two-year structural stability. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 30(3), 334-348.

4. Personality moderators of the cross-sectional relationship between jo…

   Hagen, T., De Caluwé, E., & Bogaerts, S. (2023). Personality moderators of the cross-sectional relationship between job demands and both burnout and work engagement in judges: The boosting effects of conscientiousness and introversion. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 89, Article 101902.

5. Changes in loneliness and coping strategies during COVID-19

   van Scheppingen, M. A., Reitz, A. K., De Caluwe, E., & Lodder, G. (2023). Changes in loneliness and coping strategies during COVID-19. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, Article e12895. Advance online publication.