Nadischa Dierdorp

PhD Student

 

Research:

As a clinical psychologist, my primary focus centers around resilience in families, which refers to the ability of both children and parents to withstand and recover from stressful and adverse events. Given that everyday family life involves continually adapting to challenging circumstances, our research delves into the transmission of stress resilience among fathers, mothers, and children (during middle childhood). We aim to uncover the biobehavioral dynamics that contribute to the transfer of resilience within families. Specifically, my personal objective is to deepen our understanding of the individual variations in attachment development within family systems by examining factors such as support-seeking and rejection behaviors exhibited by both parents and children, their psychophysiological stress response, biomarkers (including hormones), and epigenetics.