- Location
- Burg. Oudlaan 50, Rotterdam
- Room
- T13-20
- l.p.dekker@essb.eur.nl
Profile
**Linda Dekker is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Psychology of Erasmus University Rotterdam.
In 2019 she successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled "Tackling Teenage: Psychosexual functioning in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)" at the Erasmus MC - Sophia Children's Hospital.
Her current teaching responsibilities focus on coordinating a practical on "CBT 1: Assessment" (MSc) and co-coordinating the course "Eating, Sex, and other needs" (BA3), next to supervising clinical and research internships and being a trainer in other clinical practicals (e.g. "Sexuality and Relationship Therapy"). In addition, she provides guest lectures and supervises Local2Global research projects.
Dr. Dekker's current research focuses on two main themes, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and sexuality. She has several projects on sexuality in which she investigates correlates to both perpetrator and victimhood and/or investigates sexual development and communication in adolescents. In some projects, she also works with Implicit Association Tests (IATs). In addition, she is working on several projects regarding autism, for example, psychosexual functioning (using the Teen Transition Inventory) and gender issues. She is the founder of the Rotterdam Autism Consortium (R.A.C.), a collaboration between the EUR and clinical partners in the region of Rotterdam. Recently, dr. Dekker together with the R.A.C. acquired a grant from ZonMw to investigate the impact of COVID-19 on families with children with ASD.
Clinical specialties: Diagnostics (specifically ADI-R & ADOS - research reliability achieved); Tackling Teenage training program (certificate), sexuality and relationships.
Keywords: Autism Spectrum Disorder; sexuality; psychosexual functioning; adolescents; adolescence; developmental psychology.**
- Linda P. Dekker, Esther J.M. van der Vegt, Anneke Louwerse, Kirsten Visser, Jan van der Ende, Athanasios Maras, Frank C. Verhulst & Kirstin Greaves-Lord (2022) - Complementing or congruent?: Desired characteristics in a friend and romantic partner in autistic versus typically developing male adolescents - Archives of Sexual Behavior - doi: 10.1007/s10508-022-02444-y - [link]
- Linda Dekker, Linde Hooijman, Anneke Louwerse, Kirsten Visser, Dennis Bastiaansen, Leontine Ten Hoopen, Pieter De Nijs, Gwen Dieleman, Wietske Ester, Susan Van Rijen, Femke Truijens & Ruth Van Der Hallen (2022) - Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder and their families: A mixed-methods study protocol - BMJ Open, 12 (1) - doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049336 - [link]
- Linda Dekker (2020) - Help ik krijg borsten - [link]
- Linda P. Dekker, Kirsten Visser, Esther J.M. van der Vegt, Athanasios Maras, Jan van der Ende, Nouchka T. Tick, Frank C. Verhulst & Kirstin Greaves-Lord (2020) - Insight into informant discrepancies regarding psychosexual functioning of adolescents with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder - Journal of Research on Adolescence, 30 (2), 487-501 - doi: 10.1111/jora.12539 - [link]
- Linda Dekker (2019) - Tackling Teenage : Psychosexual functioning in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) - [link]
- Linda P. Dekker, Esther J.M. van der Vegt, Jan Van der Ende, Nouchka Tick, Anneke Louwerse, Athanasios Maras, Frank C. Verhulst & Kirstin Greaves-Lord (2017) - Psychosexual functioning of cognitively-able adolescents with autism spectrum disorder compared to typically developing peers: The development and testing of the teen transition inventory- a self- and parent report questionnaire on psychosexual functioning - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 47 (6), 1716-1738 - doi: 10.1007/s10803-017-3071-y - [link]
- Linda P. Dekker, Catharina A. Hartman, Esther J.M. Van Der Vegt, Frank C. Verhulst, Floor V.A. Van Oort & Kirstin Greaves-Lord (2015) - The longitudinal relation between childhood autistic traits and psychosexual problems in early adolescence: The Tracking Adolescents' Individual Lives Survey study - Autism, 19 (6), 684-693 - doi: 10.1177/1362361314547114 - [link]
- A. Louwerse, M. L.J.M. Eussen, J. Van der Ende, P. F.A. de Nijs, A. R. Van Gool, L. P. Dekker, C. Verheij, F. Verheij, F. C. Verhulst & K. Greaves-Lord (2015) - ASD Symptom Severity in Adolescence of Individuals Diagnosed with PDD-NOS in Childhood: Stability and the Relation with Psychiatric Comorbidity and Societal Participation - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 45 (12), 3908-3918 - doi: 10.1007/s10803-015-2595-2 - [link]
- Linda P. Dekker, E J.M. van der Vegt, Kirsten Visser, Nouchka Tick, Frieda Boudesteijn, Frank C. Verhulst, Athanasios Maras & Kirstin Greaves-Lord (2014) - Improving psychosexual knowledge in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: pilot of the tackling teenage training program. - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 45 (6), 1532-1540 - doi: 10.1007/s10803-014-2301-9 - [link]
- Linda Dekker, Femke Truijens, Susan van Rijen & Ruth Van der Hallen (25 augustus 2022) - Impact van COVID-19 op gezinnen met kinderen met ASS: De impact op ouders & blik op de toekomst. [Webinar]
- LP (Linda) Dekker, FL (Femke) Truijens, L.W.E. (Linde) Hooijman & RER (Ruth) Van der Hallen (10 december 2021) - The impact of COVID-19 on families with children with ASD – Implications for (mental) health care and educational professionals. (WEBINAR)
- Linda Dekker & Ruth Van der Hallen (24 september 2021) - Voorlopige bevindingen – zorg en informatiebehoeften van gezinnen met kinderen met ASS. Science Hotel – Nacht van de onderzoeker.
- Linda Dekker (2022) - Tufts University
- Linda Dekker, K (Kirsten) Visser & Jeroen Dewinter (2022) - Love on the Spectrum - a live interactive discussion night
- D (Daphne) van de Bongardt, R (Rianne) Kok, M (Michelle) Achterberg, SI (Sari) Hogye, FM (Frank) Weerman, J (Joran) Jongerling, MC (Miranda) Lutz & LP (Linda) Dekker (2021) - Annual Peer Relations Onderzoekers (PRO) conference
- Linda Dekker (2022) - KNAW Ter Meulen grant - 25.000 euros
- Linda Dekker, Ruth Van der Hallen, Susan van Rijen & Femke Truijens (2021) - Closing webinar on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on families with children with autism spectrum disorder
- LP (Linda) Dekker, RER (Ruth) Van der Hallen, EHM (Susan) van Rijen, FL (Femke) Truijens, K (Kirsten) Visser, S.C. (Anneke) Louwerse & D Bastiaansen (2020) - ZonMW – COVID-19 second wave focus area 2 – Bottom up
4.2P CBT 1 - Assessment
- Jaar
- 2022
- Course Code
- FSWP4028K
4.3P CBT 2 Therapeutic Techniques
- Jaar
- 2022
- Course Code
- FSWP4046K
