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Interdisciplinary Social Scientist | Research Consultant | Academic Writer

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I am an interdisciplinary social scientist and research consultant with more than ten years of research experience. I’ve worked on a variety of multidisciplinary, multi-method research projects in diverse settings and for diverse clients. I have extensive experience in setting up and analyzing large data collections. My academic work has mostly focused on youth in changing social and cultural contexts (e.g., media use, youth cultures, substance use, problem behavior). In 2015, I received my Ph.D. for my research on the role of the Internet in adolescent sexual development, which was part of the first large-scale, multidisciplinary longitudinal study on adolescent sexual development in the Netherlands (Project STARS). In addition to my academic research experience, I’ve worked as a social impact consultant and as a managing editor for an academic journal. I offer guidance and expertise in every step of the research process – whether it’s designing a meaningful project, selecting appropriate methods, analyzing and interpreting data, or presenting study findings in an accurate and convincing way. I specialize in social science research, particularly the interplay between individuals and the social and cultural contexts they are part of. In my studies, I utilize an interdisciplinary approach, integrating theoretical perspectives and empirical insights from diverse disciplines to gain a better understanding of complex societal issues. What I can provide to you: RESEARCH / SCIENTIFIC CONSULTING * Research design: I can advise on a meaningful, feasible and reliable research design. I help you set the scope, ask the right questions, and select the best methods for answering your research questions * Statistical consulting: How to get the most insights and value out of your collected data, support with statistical techniques * Thematic expertise: Evidence-based insights and theoretical models on youth and adolescent development RESEARCH SERVICES * Survey development: Appropriate selection or design of measurement instruments, guidance with online data collection platforms (e.g., Qualtrics, SurveyMonkey) * Experimental design: Guidance in designing rigorous experimental studies * Quantitative data analysis: Descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, multivariate statistics, predictive modeling, growth modeling, latent class analysis; using SPSS / R / Mplus * Qualitative analysis: Interviews, focus groups; using NVivo / MaxQDA * Mixed-methods: Combining both quantitative and qualitative research methods and integrating results * Literature review: Review existing information relevant to your project, or answer a specific question that requires literature research WRITING / EDITORIAL SERVICES * Writing: Writing up of methods and results section as per academic standards, accompanied by a meaningful interpretation of the findings * Editing: From proofreading (grammar, spelling, and punctuation checks) and formatting (according to requirements of the publisher), to extensive editing (flow, clarity, argument, structure, and internal consistency) of the document * Documentation: Create manuals, guides, training materials, or presentations What to expect: * High-quality, objective, and reliable research and analysis * Publication-ready output * Attentiveness to your needs * Effective communication

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Data Analysis
• ☆ Predictive Modeling & Analytics
• ☆ Statistics
• ☆ Multivariate Analysis
• ☆ Social Science & Humanities
• ☆ Child Development
• ☆ Popular Culture
• ☆ Child & Adolescent Welfare
• ☆ SPSS
• ☆ R
• ☆ Research
• ☆ Research Methodology
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Data & AI

Writing General Proofreading & Editing

Research Fact Checking, Gray Literature Search, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Data & AI Predictive Modeling, Statistical Analysis, Data Cleaning, Data Processing

Work Experience

The Elephant Path - Research & Consulting

Founder / Research Consultant

August 2018 - Present

Senior Social Impact Consultant

Sinzer

October 2017 - April 2018

Managing Editor

Journal of Social Intervention: Theory and Practice

January 2017 - August 2017

Postdoctoral Research Fellow Youth in Changing Cultural Contexts

Utrecht University, Interdisciplinary Social Sciences: Cultural Diversity & Youth

April 2015 - March 2017

PhD Candidate

Utrecht University, Interdisciplinary Social Sciences: Cultural Diversity & Youth

December 2010 - June 2015

Visiting Scholar

Center on Media and Child Health, Harvard Medical School/Boston Children’s Hospital

September 2013 - December 2013

Researcher

Netherlands Institute of Mental Health / Utrecht University

January 2010 - December 2010

Education

PhD, Interdisciplinary Social Sciences: Cultural Diversity & Youth

Utrecht University, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

December 2010 - June 2015

Research MSc (with honors), Development and Socialisation in Childhood and Adolescence

Utrecht University, Graduate School of Social and Behavioural Sciences

September 2008 - July 2010

BSc (with honors), Interdisciplinary Social Sciences

Utrecht University, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

September 2005 - July 2008

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Van den Eijnden, R. J. J. M., Koning. I., Doornwaard, S. M., Van Gurp, F., & Ter Bogt, T. F. M. (in print). Do Internet Gaming Disorder and Social Media Disorder harmfully impact adolescents' life-satisfaction, social competence, and school grades? Journal of Behavioral Addictions.

Van den Eijnden, R. J. J. M., Doornwaard, S. M., & Ter Bogt, T. F M. (2017). OP-117: Are smartphone dependence symptoms related to FoMO, craving and withdrawal symptoms during smartphone abstinence? Findings from a natural experiment. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 6, 56-57.

Koning, H. M., Spruyt, A., Doornwaard, S. M., Turrisi, R., Heider, N., & De Houwer, J. (2017). A different view on parenting: automatic and explicit parenting cognitions in adolescents’ drinking behavior. Journal of Substance Use, 22, 96-101 .

Dubas, J. S., Baams, L., Doornwaard, S. M., van Aken, M. A. G. (2017). Dark personality traits and impulsivity among adolescents: Differential links to problem behaviors and family relations. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 126, 877-889 .

Doornwaard, S. M., De Boer, F., Vanwesenbeeck, I., Van Nijnatten, C., Ter Bogt, T. F. M., & Van den Eijnden, R. J. J. M. (2017). Dutch adolescents' motives, perceptions, and reflections toward sex- related Internet use: Results of a web-based focus group study. The Journal of Sex Research, 54, 1038- 1050 .

Ter Bogt, T. F. M., Vieno, A., Doornwaard, S. M., Pastore, M., & Van den Eijnden, R. J. J. M. (2017). “You’re not alone” - Music as a source of consolation among adolescents and young adults. Psychology of Music, 45, 155-171 .

Doornwaard, S. M., Van den Eijnden, R. J. J. M., Baams, L., Vanwesenbeeck, I., & Ter Bogt, T. F. M. (2016). Lower psychological well-being and excessive sexual interest predict symptoms of compulsive use of sexually explicit Internet material among adolescent boys. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 45, 73-84 .

Doornwaard, S. M., Van den Eijnden, R. J. J. M., Vanwesenbeeck, I., & Ter Bogt, T. F. M. (2016). It's kind of an exciting story: De rol van het Internet in de adolescente seksuele ontwikkeling. Tijdschrift voor Seksuologie. Themanummer: “Project STARS”, 40, 212-218.

Doornwaard, S. M., Bickham, D. S., Rich, M., Ter Bogt, T. F. M., & Van den Eijnden, R. J. J. M. (2015). Adolescents’ use of sexually explicit Internet material and their sexual attitudes and behavior: Parallel development and directional effects. Developmental Psychology, 51, 1476-1488 .

Doornwaard, S. M., Van den Eijnden, R. J. J. M., Overbeek, G., & Ter Bogt, T. F. M. (2015). Differential developmental profiles of adolescents using sexually explicit internet material. The Journal of Sex Research, 52, 269-281 .

Baams, L., Overbeek, G., Dubas, J. S., Doornwaard, S. M., Rommes, E., & Van Aken, M. A. G. (2015). Perceived realism moderates the relation between sexualized media consumption and permissive sexual attitudes in adolescence. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 44, 743-754 .

Reitz, E., Van de Bongardt, D., Baams, L., Doornwaard, S. M., Dalenberg, W., Dubas, J., ... Deković, M. (2015). Project STARS (Studies on Trajectories of Adolescent Relationships and Sexuality): A longitudinal, multi-domain study on sexual development of Dutch adolescents. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 12, 613-626 .

Doornwaard, S. M., Ter Bogt, T. F. M., Reitz, E., & Van den Eijnden, R. J. J. M. (2015). Sex-related online behaviors, perceived peer norms, and adolescents’ experience with sexual behavior: Testing an integrative model. PLOS ONE, 10, e0127787 .

Doornwaard, S. M., Bickham, D. S., Rich, M., Vanwesenbeeck, I., Van den Eijnden, R. J. J. M., & Ter Bogt, T. F. M. (2014). Sex-related online behaviors and adolescents’ body and sexual self-perceptions. Pediatrics, 134, 1103-1110 .

Doornwaard, S. M., Moreno, M. A., Van den Eijnden, R. J. J. M., Vanwesenbeeck, I., & Ter Bogt, T. F. M. (2014). Young adolescents’ sexual and romantic reference displays on Facebook. Journal of Adolescent Health, 55, 535-541 .

Doornwaard, S. M., Van den Eijnden, R. J. J. M., Johnson, A., & Ter Bogt, T. F. M. (2014). Exposure to sexualized media content and selective attention for sexual cues: An experimental study. Computers in Human Behavior, 41, 357-364 .

Doornwaard, S. M., Branje, S., Meeus, W. H. J., & Ter Bogt, T. F. M. (2012). Development of adolescents’ peer crowd identification in relation to changes in problem behaviors. Developmental Psychology, 48, 1366-1380 .

DISSERTATION THESIS

Doornwaard, S. M. (2015). It’s kind of an exciting story: The role of the Internet in adolescent sexual development. (Doctoral dissertation, Utrecht University) .

BOOK CHAPTER

Doornwaard, S. M., Van den Eijnden, R. J. J. M., Lugtig, P., Overbeek, G., & Ter Bogt, T. F.M. (2015). Het gebruik van seksueel expliciet internetmateriaal (SEIM) onder adolescenten: Ontwikkelingstrajecten en voorspellers. In M. H. W. Geeraets (Red.). Intieme relaties en seksualiteit. Houten, Nederland: Bohn Stafleu van Loghum (pp. 51-64) (ISBN: 978-90-368-0967-2).

REPORT

Doornwaard, S. M., & Ter Bogt, T. F. M. (2011). Peercultuur, middelengebruik en voortijdig schoolverlaten: Twee onderzoeken naar de actuele en gepercipieerde rol van jeugdculturele oriëntatie, rondhangen met vrienden en alcohol- en cannabisgebruik in relatie tot schoolproblemen. Utrecht: Universiteit Utrecht.

Ter Bogt, T. F. M., Van Lieshout, M., Doornwaard, S. M., & Eijkemans, Y. A. M. J. (2009). Substance use and school dropout: Two studies on the actual and perceived role of alcohol and cannabis in relation to truancy, academic achievement, motivation, and dropout. Utrecht: Trimbos Instituut.