
- Location
- Burg. Oudlaan 50, Rotterdam
- Room
- T13-01
- s.vandegroep@essb.eur.nl
Profile
Suzanne van de Groep is a postdoctoral researcher in the SYNC lab (http://erasmus-synclab.nl/) who studies the behavioral and neural development of prosocial behaviors in adolescence. Prosocial behaviors such as giving, cooperating and helping are essential for forming and maintaining social relationships, which is an important developmental goal in adolescence. Her work specifically focuses on the influence of social contexts and individual differences on the development of different types of prosociality (e.g. trust, reciprocity, and giving). Suzanne works on an ERC consolidator project called ‘Brainlinks’, a longitudinal three-wave study in which 142 adolescents and their parents are followed over the course of several years. In this project, van de Groep uses a variety of techniques (e.g. fMRI, daily diaries, hormone data, experiments, and questionnaires) to behaviorally and neurally investigate adolescents’ prosocial behaviors, as well as how these are modulated by different social contexts (e.g., pertaining to beneficiaries and audiences) and individual differences in personality (e.g., in perspective taking). Research interests: Prosocial Development, Neural Development, Adolescence Onderzoeksinteresses: Prosociale ontwikkeling, Neurale Ontwikkeling, Adolescentie **Bio** Van de Groep has a background in developmental psychology and completed her research masters in Leiden in 2016 (cum laude). In February 2022, she defended her PhD dissertation called 'Growing in Generosity? Unraveling the effects of benefactor-, beneficiary-, and situational characteristics on the development of giving and its neural correlates in adolescence', which was supervised by Prof. Eveline Crone and Dr. Kiki Zanolie. Apart from gaining a better understanding of prosocial development, van de Groep has a passion for connecting science and society, for example through science communication and citizen science projects. Van de Groep was awarded several grants and prizes, included a grant to visit UCLA during her PhD, two EGSH PhD Excellence Awards (best societal impact and best poster), a DPECS Dragon's Den seed fund, and a NWA Science Communication Grant (together with her YoungXperts colleagues).
- Marjolein E. A. Barendse, Jessica Flannery, Caitlin Cavanagh, Melissa Aristizabal, Stephen P. Becker, Estelle Berger, Rosanna Breaux, Nicole Campione-Barr, Jessica A. Church, Eveline A. Crone, Ronald E. Dahl, Tracy A. Dennis-Tiwary, Melissa R. Dvorsky, Sarah L. Dziura, Suzanne van de Groep, Tiffany C. Ho, Sarah E. Killoren, Joshua M. Langberg, Tyler L. Larguinho, Lucia Magis-Weinberg, Kalina J. Michalska, Jordan L. Mullins, Hanna Nadel, Blaire M. Porter, Mitchell J. Prinstein, Elizabeth Redcay, Amanda J. Rose, Wendy M. Rote, Amy K. Roy, Sophie W. Sweijen, Eva H. Telzer, Giana I. Teresi, April Gile Thomas & Jennifer H. Pfeifer (2022) - Longitudinal change in adolescent depression and anxiety symptoms from before to during the COVID-19 pandemic - Journal of Research on Adolescence - doi: 10.1111/jora.12781
- Sophie W. Sweijen, Suzanne van de Groep, Kayla H. Green, Lysanne W. te Brinke, Moniek Buijzen, Rebecca N.H. de Leeuw & Eveline A. Crone (2022) - Daily prosocial actions during the COVID-19 pandemic contribute to giving behavior in adolescence - Scientific Reports, 12 (1) - doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-11421-3 - [link]
- Suzanne van de Groep, Kiki Zanolie, Sarah M. Burke, Philip Brandner, Andrew J. Fuligni & Eveline A. Crone (2022) - Growing in generosity?: The effects of giving magnitude, target, and audience on the neural signature of giving in adolescence - Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 54 - doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2022.101084 - [link]
- Suzanne van de Groep (2022) - Growing in generosity?: Unraveling the effects of benefactor-, beneficiary-, and situational characteristics on the development of giving and its neural correlates in adolescence
- Eveline A. Crone, Sophie W. Sweijen, Lysanne W. te Brinke & Suzanne van de Groep (2022) - Pathways for engaging in prosocial behavior in adolescence - Advances in Child Development and Behavior, 149-190 - doi: 10.1016/bs.acdb.2022.03.003 - [link]
- Kayla Green, Renske van der Cruijsen, Suzanne van de Groep & Eveline Crone (2021) - Aandacht voor het welzijn van jonge mensen - doi: 10.25397/eur.16803295.v1
- Philip Brandner, Berna Güroğlu, Suzanne van de Groep, Jochem P. Spaans & Eveline A. Crone (2021) - Happy for Us not Them: Differences in neural activation in a vicarious reward task between family and strangers during adolescent development - Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 51 - doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2021.100985 - [link]
- Kayla Green, Suzanne Groep, Sophie Sweijen, Andrik Becht, Moniek Buijzen, Rebecca de Leeuw, Danielle Remmerswaal, R van der Zanden, RCME (Rutger) Engels & Eveline Crone (2021) - Mood and emotional reactivity of adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic: short-term and long-term effects and the impact of social and socioeconomic stressors - Scientific Reports, 11 (1) - doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-90851-x - [link]
- Esther Rozendaal, Thabo van Woudenberg, Eveline Crone, Kayla Green, Suzanne van de Groep, Rebecca de Leeuw, Sophie Sweijen & Moniek Buijzen (2021) - Communication and COVID-19 physical distancing behavior among Dutch youth - Health Psychology Bulletin, 5 (1), 81-102 - doi: 10.5334/hpb.33
- Suzanne van de Groep, CKK (Chantal Ki Ki) Zanolie, Kayla Green, Sophie Sweijen & Eveline Crone (2020) - A daily diary study on adolescents’ mood, empathy, and prosocial behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic - PLoS One (online), 15 (10) - doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0240349 - [link]
- SW (Suzanne) van de Groep, EAM (Eveline) Crone, LW (Lysanne) te Brinke, KH (Kayla) Green, LWP (Renske) van der Cruijsen & FQ (Fabienne) van Rossenberg (2022) - NWA Science Communication Grant: Youth participation as a way to deal with a triple crisis
- SW (Suzanne) van de Groep (2021) - Best Poster Award 2020
- SW (Suzanne) van de Groep & LWP (Renske) van der Cruijsen (2021) - Best Societal Impact 2020
- SW (Suzanne) van de Groep & TJ (Thabo) van Woudenberg (2021) - Dragon's Den Seed Fund
- SW (Suzanne) van de Groep, EAM (Eveline) Crone & LWP (Renske) van der Cruijsen (2020) - Financial Impulse NWA Jongerenchallenge
- SW (Suzanne) van de Groep (2019) - Leiden University Fund Study Trip Grant