dr. (Marike) MG Polak
Assistant Professor Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences Department of Psychology, Education & Child Studies/ Research Methods and Techniques
- Location
- Burg. Oudlaan 50, Rotterdam
- Room
- T13-17
- Telephone
- 0104082856
- polak@essb.eur.nl
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Dr Marike Polak is affiliated as an assistant Professor to the Department of Psychology, Education and Child Studies (DPECS) at Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands. In this role she is involved in various research activities as a statistical expert. Furthermore, she carries out teaching activities concerning research methods & statistics education, as well as professional skills education. Moreover, she is vice chair of the Examination Board of Erasmus School of Social and Behavioral Sciences (ESSB).
Her research interest are: psychometrics (with a special interest in validation methods for clinical diagnostic instruments, assessment of personality disorders, test development and individual differences); evidence-…
Dr Marike Polak is affiliated as an assistant Professor to the Department of Psychology, Education and Child Studies (DPECS) at Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands. In this role she is involved in various research activities as a statistical expert. Furthermore, she carries out teaching activities concerning research methods & statistics education, as well as professional skills education. Moreover, she is vice chair of the Examination Board of Erasmus School of Social and Behavioral Sciences (ESSB).
Her research interest are: psychometrics (with a special interest in validation methods for clinical diagnostic instruments, assessment of personality disorders, test development and individual differences); evidence-based research & validation; applied research in the field of (mental) health care.
As a researcher she collaborates with other researchers both within as well as outside of the department. External collaborations include projects with mental health care professionals affiliated to the Developmental Profile foundation (stichting Ontwikkelingsprofiel), who focus on psychodynamic assessment of personality pathology. In addition, she has teamed up with researchers at Erasmus Medical Centre, where she is involved in various projects of the Department of Clinical Genetics, such as the assessment of informed decision-making.
As an active member of the Dutch Committee on Tests and Testing (COTAN) of the Dutch Association of Psychologists (Nederlands Instituut van Psychologen, NIP) she has been involved in drawing up the Guidelines for the Use of Tests 2017. Lastly, she is a staff member of the Interuniversity Graduate School of Psychometrics and Sociometrics (IOPS).
Research interests: psychometrics, evidence-based research & validation, applied research in the field of (mental) health care.
- M.G. Polak, L. van Riel, T.J.M. Ingenhoven & H.L. Van (2018). The Developmental Profile Inventory: Constructing a Clinically Useful Self-Report for Levels of Psychodynamic Personality Functioning. Journal of Psychiatric Practice, 24 (4), 239-252. doi: 10.1097/PRA.0000000000000323 [go to publisher's site]
- L. van Riel, T.J.M. Ingenhoven, Q. van Dam, M.G. Polak, M.G. Vollema, A.E. Willems, H. Berghuis & H. van Megen (2017). Borderline or Schizotypal? Differential Psychodynamic Assessment in Severe Personality Disorders. Journal of Psychiatric Practice, 23 (2), 101-113. doi: 10.1097/PRA.0000000000000225 [go to publisher's site]
- M.G. Polak, D. Raaijmakers, L.R. Arends, W.M. van Eldik & P. Prinzie (2017). The Dimensional Assessment of Personality Pathology-Short Form for Adolescents (DAPP-SF-A): Normative data for Flemish adolescents aged 16 to 21 years. Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology, 5 (2), 55-63. doi: 10.21307/sjcapp-2017-007
- M.G. Polak, L. van Riel, T.J.M. Ingenhoven & H.L. Van (2018). The Developmental Profile Inventory: Constructing a Clinically Useful Self-Report for Levels of Psychodynamic Personality Functioning. Journal of Psychiatric Practice, 24 (4), 239-252. doi: 10.1097/PRA.0000000000000323 [go to publisher's site]
- L. van Riel, T.J.M. Ingenhoven, Q. van Dam, M.G. Polak, M.G. Vollema, A.E. Willems, H. Berghuis & H. van Megen (2017). Borderline or Schizotypal? Differential Psychodynamic Assessment in Severe Personality Disorders. Journal of Psychiatric Practice, 23 (2), 101-113. doi: 10.1097/PRA.0000000000000225 [go to publisher's site]
- M.G. Polak, D. Raaijmakers, L.R. Arends, W.M. van Eldik & P. Prinzie (2017). The Dimensional Assessment of Personality Pathology-Short Form for Adolescents (DAPP-SF-A): Normative data for Flemish adolescents aged 16 to 21 years. Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology, 5 (2), 55-63. doi: 10.21307/sjcapp-2017-007
- O.B. Petersen, E. Smit, D. van Opstal, M.G. Polak, M.F.C.M. Knapen, K.E.M. Diderich, C.M. Bilardo, L.R. Arends, I. Vogel & M.I. Srebniak (2020). Nuchal translucency of 3.0-3.4 mm an indication for NIPT or microarray? Cohort analysis and literature review. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 99 (6), 765-774. doi: 10.1111/aogs.13877
- A Kater-Kuipers, I.M. Bakkeren, S.R. Riedijk, A.T.J.I. Go, M.G. Polak, R.J.H. Galjaard, I.D. de Beaufort & E.M. Bunnik (2020). Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT): societal pressure or freedom of choice? A vignette study of Dutch citizens’ attitudes. European Journal of Human Genetics. doi: 10.1038/s41431-020-0686-9
- M.I. Srebniak, M.F.C.M. Knapen, L.C.P. Govaerts, M.G. Polak, A.M.S. Joosten, K.E.M. Diderich, L.J.C.M. van Zutven, A.K.E. Prinsen, S.R. Riedijk, A.T.J.I. Go, R.J.H. Galjaard, L.H. Hoefsloot & D. van Opstal (2020). Social and medical need for whole genome high resolution NIPT. Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine, 8 (1). doi: 10.1002/mgg3.1062 [go to publisher's site]
- S.L. van der Steen, D. Houtman, I.M. Bakkeren, R.J.H. Galjaard, M.G. Polak, J.J. van Busschbach, A. Tibben & S.R. Riedijk (2019). Offering a choice between NIPT and invasive PND in prenatal genetic counseling: The impact of clinician characteristics on patients’ test uptake. European Journal of Human Genetics, 27 (2), 235-243. doi: 10.1038/s41431-018-0287-z [go to publisher's site]
- M.I. Srebniak, A.M.S. Joosten, M.F.C.M. Knapen, L.R. Arends, M.G. Polak, S. van Veen, A.T.J.I. Go & D. van Opstal (2019). Prevalence of submicroscopic chromosome aberrations in pregnancies without increased risk for structural chromosome aberrations: A systematic review of the literature. European Journal of Human Genetics, 27 (S1), 16-19. doi: 10.1002/uog.18158
- B. Mayer, M.G. Polak & D. Remmerswaal (2019). Mindfulness, interpretation bias, and levels of anxiety and depression: Two mediation studies. Mindfulness, 10 (1), 55-65. doi: 10.1007/s12671-018-0946-8
- M.I. Srebniak, M. Joosten, M.F.C.M. Knapen, L.R. Arends, M.G. Polak, S. van Veen, A.T.J.I. Go & D. van Opstal (2018). Frequency of Submicroscopic Chromosomal Aberrations in Pregnancies Without Increased Risk for Structural Chromosomal Aberrations: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey, 73 (9), 517-519. doi: 10.1097/01.ogx.0000546163.62393.50 [go to publisher's site]
- S.L. van der Steen, E.M. Bunnik, M.G. Polak, K.E.M. Diderich, J Verhagen-Visser, L.C.P. Govaerts, A.M.S. Joosten, M.F.C.M. Knapen, A.T.J.I. Go, D. van Opstal, M.I. Srebniak, R.J.H. Galjaard, A. Tibben & S.R. Riedijk (2018). Choosing between Higher and Lower Resolution Microarrays: do Pregnant Women Have Sufficient Knowledge to Make Informed Choices Consistent with their Attitude? Journal of Genetic Counseling, 27 (1), 85-94. doi: 10.1007/s10897-017-0124-5
- M.G. Polak, L. van Riel, T.J.M. Ingenhoven & H.L. Van (2018). The Developmental Profile Inventory: Constructing a Clinically Useful Self-Report for Levels of Psychodynamic Personality Functioning. Journal of Psychiatric Practice, 24 (4), 239-252. doi: 10.1097/PRA.0000000000000323 [go to publisher's site]
- M.I. Srebniak, M. Joosten, M.F.C.M. Knapen, L.R. Arends, M.G. Polak, S. van Veen, A.T.J.I. Go & D. van Opstal (2018). Frequency of submicroscopic chromosomal aberrations in pregnancies without increased risk for structural chromosomal aberrations: systematic review and meta‐analysis. Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology, 51 (4), 445-452. doi: 10.1002/uog.17533
- P.P.J.L. Verkoeijen, M.G. Polak & S. Bouwmeester (2018). A Practical Illustration of Methods to Deal with Potential Outliers: A Multiverse Outlier Analysis of Study 3 from Brummelman, Thomaes, Orobio de Castro, Overbeek, and Bushman (2014). Collabra: Psychology, 4 (1):30. doi: 10.1525/collabra.118
- M.I. Srebniak, M.F.C.M. Knapen, M.G. Polak, A.M.S. Joosten, K.E.M. Diderich, L.C.P. Govaerts, M. Boter, J.N.R. Kromosoeto, D.A.C.M. van Hassel, G.C.M. Huijbregts, W.F.J. van IJcken, R. Heydanus, A. Dijkman, A.A.M. Toolenaar, F.A.T. de Vries, J. Knijnenburg, A.T.J.I. Go, R.J.H. Galjaard & D. van Opstal (2017). The influence of SNP-based chromosomal microarray and NIPT on the diagnostic yield in 10,000 fetuses with and without fetal ultrasound anomalies. Human Mutation, 38 (7), 880-888. doi: 10.1002/humu.23232
- L. van Riel, T.J.M. Ingenhoven, Q. van Dam, M.G. Polak, M.G. Vollema, A.E. Willems, H. Berghuis & H. van Megen (2017). Borderline or Schizotypal? Differential Psychodynamic Assessment in Severe Personality Disorders. Journal of Psychiatric Practice, 23 (2), 101-113. doi: 10.1097/PRA.0000000000000225 [go to publisher's site]
- M.G. Polak, D. Raaijmakers, L.R. Arends, W.M. van Eldik & P. Prinzie (2017). The Dimensional Assessment of Personality Pathology-Short Form for Adolescents (DAPP-SF-A): Normative data for Flemish adolescents aged 16 to 21 years. Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology, 5 (2), 55-63. doi: 10.21307/sjcapp-2017-007
- M.C. Boog, A.E. Goudriaan, B.J.M. van de Wetering, M.G. Polak, H. Deuss & I.H.A. Franken (2014). Rash Impulsiveness and Reward Sensitivity as predictors of treatment outcome in male substance dependent patients. Addictive Behaviors, 39, 1670-1675.
- M. Boog, A.E. Goudriaan, B.J.M. van de Wetering, M.G. Polak, H. Deuss & I.H.A. Franken (2014). Rash Impulsiveness and Reward Sensitivity as predictors of treatment outcome in male substance dependent patients. Addictive Behaviors, 39 (11), 1670-1675. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.02.020
- M.G. Polak, M. De Rooij & W.J. Heiser (2012). Diagnostics for single-peakedness of item responses with ordered conditional means (OCM). Multivariate Behavioral Research, 47 (5), 743-770. doi: 10.1080/00273171.2012.715563
- B. Mayer, P. Muris, N. Kramer Freher, J. Stout & M.G. Polak (2012). Covariation bias for food-related control is associated with eating disorders symptoms in normal adolescents. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 43, 1008-1013. doi: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2012.03.007
- M.G. Polak, H.L. Van, J. Overeem-Seldenrijk, W.J. Heiser & R.E. Abraham (2010). The Developmental Profile: validation of a theory driven instrument for personality assessment. Psychotherapy Research, 20 (3), 259-272.
- M.G. Polak, R.E. Abraham, H.L. Van & T.J.M. Ingenhoven (2010). Interrater Reliability in Unbalanced Designs: A Comment on Scholte et al. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 74 (3), 238-244. doi: 10.1521/bumc.2010.74.3.238
- M.G. Polak, W.J. Heiser & M. De Rooij (2009). Two types of single-peaked data: correspondence analysis as an alternative to principal component analysis. Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, 53, 3117-3128. doi: 10.1016/j.csda.2008.09.010
- K. De Jong, M.A. Nugter, M.G. Polak, J.E.A. Wagenborg, P. Spinhoven & W.J. Heiser (2008). De Nederlandse versie van de Outcome Questionnaire (OQ-45): een cross-culturele validatie. Psychologie & gezondheid, 36, 35-45.
- K. De Jong, M.A. Nugter, M.G. Polak, J.E.A. Wagenborg, P. Spinhoven & W.J. Heiser (2007). Cross-cultural validation of the OQ in a Dutch population. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 14, 288-301.
- M.G. Polak & H.L. Van (2010). Validering van het Ontwikkelingsprofiel als theoriegestuurd instrument voor persoonlijkheidsdiagnostiek. In Samenvattingen 38ste voorjaarcongres 2010 Vol. 52. Tijdschrift voor Psychiatrie (pp. 88-89)
- M. Ackermann, E.M. Osseweijer, H.G. Schmidt, H.T. van der Molen, E. van der Wal & M.G. Polak (2018). Zelf leren schrijven. Schrijfvaardigheid voor psychologie, pedagogiek en sociale wetenschappen. 4e druk. Amsterdam: Boom
- H.T. van der Molen, M. Ackermann, E.M. Osseweijer, H.G. Schmidt, E. van der Wal, B.B. de Boer & M.G. Polak (2018). Academic Writing Skills. Digital skills training in academic writing for psychology, pedagogy and education, and social sciences (2nd Edition). Amsterdam: Boom
- M.G. Polak, J. Overeem-Seldenrijk & R.E. Abraham (2005). Betrouwbaarheid en validiteit van de niveaus van het ontwikkelingsprofiel. (Reliability and validity of the levels of the Developmental Profile). In R.E. Abraham (Ed.), Het Ontwikkelingsprofiel in de praktijk (pp. Ch. 20). Assen: Van Gorcum
- H.L. Van, M.G. Polak, R.E. Abraham, J. Overeem-Seldenrijk & A. Van Keulen (2005). De interbeoordelaarsbetrouwbaarheid van het Ontwikkelingsprofiel (The interrater reliability of the Developmental Profile). In R.E. Abraham (Ed.), Het Ontwikkelingsprofiel in de praktijk (pp. 267-274). Assen: Van Gorcum
- R.H. van den Berg, P.P.M. Hurks, M.G. Polak, W.I. Lucassen, C.S.M. Vermeulen & R. Visser (2018). Algemene Standaard Testgebruik NIP 2017. (Extern rapport). Utrecht: NIP
- M.G. Polak (2011, mei 26). Item Analysis of Single-Peaked Response Data. Universiteit Leiden (167 pag.) (Leiden, The Netherlands: Department of Methods and Statistics, Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Leiden University) Prom./coprom.: W.J. Heiser & Dr. M. De Rooij.
- M.G. Polak, T.J.M. Ingenhoven & H.L. Van (2014, oktober 16). Assessment of the Developmental Profile by Self-Report: Reliability, Internal Consistency and Construct Validity. Rome, Italy, Third International Congress on Borderline Personality Disorder and Allied Disorders.
- M.G. Polak, T.J.M. Ingenhoven & H.L. Van (2013, september 17). Empirical evidence on the reliability and internal validity of the developmental Profile and the DP inventory (DPI). Copenhagen, Denmark, 13th international congress of The International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders (ISSPD).
- M.G. Polak, T.J.M. Ingenhoven, H.L. Van, L. Riel van & R.E. Abraham (2015). De Ontwikkelingsprofiel Vragenlijst (OPV): ontwikkeling en initiele validering. 43e Voorjaarscongres Nederlandse Vereniging voor Psychiatrie: Maastricht (2015, april 2).
- M.G. Polak, T.J.M. Ingenhoven, H.L. Van & L. Riel van (2014). De Ontwikkelingsprofiel Vragenlijst (OPV). 42e Voorjaarscongres Nederlandse Vereniging voor Psychiatrie: Maastricht (2014, april 9).
- T.J.M. Ingenhoven, M.G. Polak, H.L. Van & R.E. Abraham (2012). OntwikkelingsProfiel Vragenlijst (OPV) 06-12 Versie 1.0. [Developmental Profile Questionnaire 06-12 Version 1.0].
- M.G. Polak, H.L. Van, J. Overeem-Seldenrijk, W.J. Heiser & R.E. Abraham (2012). Empirical evidence on the reliability and internal validity of the Developmental Profile. 2th international congres congress of The European Society for the Study of Personality Disorders (ESSPD): Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- M.G. Polak, M. De Rooij & W.J. Heiser (2010). Diagnostics for the single-peakedness of item responses. Meeting of the Psychometric Society: Athens, Georgia, USA (2010, juli 6 - 2010, juli 9).
2.7P Academic Writing Skills II
- Title
- 2.7P Academic Writing Skills II
- Year
- 2020
- Year level
- (Bachelor 2) (Bachelor 2)
2.2C Statistiek II/ Statistics II
- Title
- 2.2C Statistiek II/ Statistics II
- Year
- 2020
- Year level
- (Bachelor 2) (Premaster) (Premaster) (Premaster) (Bachelor 2) (Bachelor 2)
2.2P Stat. vaard. II/Stat. Skills II
- Title
- 2.2P Stat. vaard. II/Stat. Skills II
- Year
- 2020
- Year level
- (Bachelor 2) (Bachelor 2) (Premaster) (Premaster) (Premaster)
Assistant Professor
- University
- Erasmus University Rotterdam
- School
- Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences
- Department
- Department of Psychology, Education & Child Studies/ Research Methods and Techniques
- Country
- The Netherlands
- Telephone
- 0104082856