Dr. M.A.J. (Moniek) Zeegers
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Programme group: Developmental psychopathology
Visiting address
- Nieuwe Achtergracht 129
Postal address
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Postbus 15776
1001 NG Amsterdam
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Profile
I am an Assistant Professor of developmental psychopathology and an orthopedagoog (in training to become a Child and Youth Psychologist NIP) at the Center for Eating Disorders of LEVVEL, a center for specialized and academic youth mental health care in Amsterdam and the surrounding region. Alongside my clinical work, I am involved in teaching, particularly in the clinical courses of the MA Orthopedagogiek, as well as in post-master education for clinicians at LEVVEL.
Throughout my career, I have tried to consistently combine scientific work with clinical practice, as I believe the two strongly inform and enrich each other. In 2025, I was awarded an NWO Veni grant to study how network analysis can be used to guide personalized treatment for adolescents with eating disorders.Education
2023 - Current : Kind & Jeugdpsycholoog NIP, LEVVEL
2015 - 2019: PhD Doctorate Developmental Psychopathology (Cum Laude), UvA
2012 - 2015: Research master degree Child Development and Education (Cum Laude), UvA
2013 - 2014: Clinical Master Orthopedagogiek (Cum Laude), UvAOther links
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Education
- Teacher 'Orthopedagogiek'
- Lecturer ‘Psychological Problems and Parenting’
- Teacher ‘From Diagnosis to Treatment I’
- Supervisor Clinical internship
- Supervisor (research) Master theses
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Publications
2026
- Broersma, R. A., Zeegers, M. A. J., Roest, J., Lindauer, R. J. L., Harteveld, F., van der Helm, G. H. P., Lock, J., & Assink, M. (2026). The effectiveness of psychological treatment for anorexia nervosa in adolescents: A critical review of randomized controlled trials. International Journal of Eating Disorders. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.70031
2023
- Colonnesi, C., Zeegers, M. A. J., Majdandžić, M., van Steensel, F. J. A., & Bögels, S. M. (2023). Correction: Fathers’ and Mothers’ Early Mind-Mindedness Predicts Social Competence and Behavior Problems in Childhood. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 51(6), 905. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-023-01036-1
Steenen, S. A., Zeegers, M. A. J., van Wijk, A. J., Al-Zubaidi , S., Jethu-Ramkrishan , M., Loddin, A., de Lange, J., & de Jongh, A. (2023). Dentist empathic accuracy is associated with patient-reported reassurance. International Dental Journal, 73(1), 101-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.identj.2022.06.009 [details]
2022
- Nikolić, M., Zeegers, M., Colonnesi, C., Majdandžić, M., de Vente, W., & Bögels, S. M. (2022). Mothers’ and fathers’ mind-mindedness in infancy and toddlerhood predict their children’s self-regulation at preschool age. Developmental Psychology, 58(11), 2127–2139. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001428 [details]
2021
- Potharst, E. S., Leyland, A., Colonnesi, C., Veringa, I. K., Salvadori, E. A., Jakschik, M., Bögels, S. M., & Zeegers, M. A. J. (2021). Does Mothers’ Self-Reported Mindful Parenting Relate to the Observed Quality of Parenting Behavior and Mother-Child Interaction? Mindfulness, 12(2), 344-356. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-020-01533-0 [details]
- Potharst, E. S., Zeegers, M., & Bögels, S. M. (2021). Mindful With Your Toddler Group Training: Feasibility, Acceptability, and Effects on Subjective and Objective Measures. Mindfulness, 12(2), 489-503. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-018-1073-2 [details]
2020
- Zeegers, M. A. J., Colonnesi, C., Noom, M. J., Polderman, N., & Stams, G.-JJM. (2020). Remediating child attachment insecurity: Evaluating the Basic Trust Intervention in adoptive families. Research on Social Work Practice, 30(7), 736-749. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049731519863106 [details]
2019
- Colonnesi, C., Zeegers, M. A. J., Majdandžić, M., van Steensel, F. J. A., & Bögels, S. M. (2019). Fathers’ and Mothers’ Early Mind-Mindedness Predicts Social Competence and Behavior Problems in Childhood. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 47(9), 1421-1435. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-019-00537-2 [details]
- Zeegers, M. A. J., Meins, E., Stams, G.-JJM., Bögels, S. M., & Colonnesi, C. (2019). Does attachment security predict children’s thinking-about-thinking and thinking-about-feeling? A meta-analytic review. Developmental Review, 54, Article 100885. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dr.2019.100885 [details]
- Zeegers, M. A. J., Potharst, E. S., Veringa-Skiba, I. K., Aktar, E., Goris, M., Bögels, S. M., & Colonnesi, C. (2019). Evaluating Mindful With Your Baby/Toddler: Observational Changes in Maternal Sensitivity, Acceptance, Mind-Mindedness, and Dyadic Synchrony. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, Article 753. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00753 [details]
2018
- Zeegers, M. A. J., de Vente, W., Nikolić, M., Majdandžić, M., Bögels, S. M., & Colonnesi, C. (2018). Mothers’ and fathers’ mind‐mindedness influences physiological emotion regulation of infants across the first year of life. Developmental Science, 21(6), Article e12689. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12689 [details]
2017
- Zeegers, M. A. J., Colonnesi, C., Stams, G.-JJM., & Meins, E. (2017). Mind Matters: A Meta-Analysis on Parental Mentalization and Sensitivity as Predictors of Infant-Parent Attachment. Psychological Bulletin, 143(12), 1245-1272. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000114, https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000114.supp [details]
2019
- Zeegers, M. (2019). Innerlijke taal baby spreekt boekdelen. Vroeg, 36(3), 34-35. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bed7efba9e0283183d58ea3/t/5f70e5acabd4ac5b16b3d97d/1601234348521/2019-10_VROEG_NR03_pag34-35_mentaliseren.pdf [details]
2018
- Zeegers, M. (2018). Baby van ‘mind-minded’ ouder kan emoties beter reguleren. Basics Trust nieuwsbrief, 15(2), 1-2. https://www.basictrust.com/bestanden/16/Nieuwsbrief-Basics-Juni-2018-.pdf [details]
2019
- Zeegers, M. A. J., Meins, E., Stams, G. J. J. M., Bögels, S. M., & Colonnesi, C. (2019). Does attachment security predict children’s thinking-about-thinking and thinking-about-feeling? A meta-analytic review. Poster session presented at The Future of Neuroscience, Attachment and Mentalizing: from research to clinical practice, London, United Kingdom.
2018
- Zeegers, M. A. J., Potharst, E. S., Colonnesi, C., & Bögels, S. M. (2018). Mindful with your baby: improving maternal mentalization and sensitivity with a mindful parenting group training for mothers and their infants.. Paper presented at International Conference on Mindfulness, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2017
- Zeegers, M. A. J., Colonnesi, C., Noom, M. J., & Stams, G. J. J. M. (2017). The effectiveness of a mind-mindedness and attachment-oriented intervention for adoptive families. Paper presented at 18th European Conference on Developmental Psychology, ECDP 2017, Utrecht, Netherlands.
- Zeegers, M. A. J., de Vente, W., Nikolic, M., Colonnesi, C., Majdandzic, M., & Bögels, S. M. (2017). The influence of parental Mind-Mindedness on infants’ heart rate variability from 4 to 12 months. Poster session presented at Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) 2017, Austin, Texas, United States.
2016
- Zeegers, M. A. J., Colonnesi, C., Noom, M. J., & Stams, G. J. J. M. (2016). Basic Trust: improving mind-mindedness and sensitivity with an attachment-oriented intervention for adoptive families. Paper presented at VNOP-ISED-CAS Research Days 2016.
- Zeegers, M. A. J., Colonnesi, C., Noom, M. J., & Stams, G. J. J. M. (2016). The effectiveness of a mind-mindedness and attachment-oriented intervention for adoptive families. Paper presented at 8th World Congress of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (WCBCT) 2016, Melbourne, Australia.
- Zeegers, M. A. J., de Vente, W., Nikolic, M., Majdandzic, M., Colonnesi, C., & Bögels, S. M. (2016). The influence of mothers and fathers' mind-mindedness on infants' physiological emotion regulation across the first year of life. Paper presented at VNOP-ISED-CAS Research Days 2016.
Talk / presentation
- Zeegers, M. (speaker) (21-11-2019). Does mothers’ and fathers’ mentalizing during early childhood predict preschoolers’ self-regulation?, VNOP – CAS Research Days 2019, Utrecht. https://vnopcasresearchdays.sites.uu.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/275/2019/11/Final-Program-VNOP-CAS-research-days-2019-2.pdf
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Ancillary activities
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Levvel
Orthopedagoog, diagnostiek en behandeling van kinderen en jongeren
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Levvel
Steenen, S. A., Zeegers, M. A. J., van Wijk, A. J., Al-Zubaidi , S., Jethu-Ramkrishan , M., Loddin, A., de Lange, J., & de Jongh, A. (2023). Dentist empathic accuracy is associated with patient-reported reassurance. International Dental Journal, 73(1), 101-107.