Dr. Naomi de Ruiter
BSc in Psychology, MSc (cum laude) in Education and Developmental Psychology (Research Master), PhD in Psychology
I do research in the area of (developmental) psychology, using a Complex Dynamic Systems theoretical framework and methods. In most of my research my focus is on the ontology of psychological phenomena and their developmental mechanisms. I study these phenomena as deeply embedded in social interactions, usually on the moment-to-moment time scale. Specific topics that I am interested in are self-esteem, academic self-concept, mindsets of ability, identity, motivation in learning contexts, and improv theatre and creativity.
2024
de
Ruiter, N., Wittingslow, R., & Chiu,
R. (Eds.) (2024). Strange Bedfellows: An
Experiment in Student-directed Interdisciplinary
Research. University of Groningen Press. https://doi.org/10.21827/6399d913c9fa9
2023
Counihan,
M., Ioannou, M., & de Ruiter,
N. (2024). “It’s Easier to See
What’s Missing” or “It’s Not Our Space to
Contest”? The Influence of Social and Cultural Capital on
Political Engagement among International Students in a Dutch
City. In C. Rose-Redwood, & R. Rose-Redwood (Eds.),
International Student Activism and the Politics of Higher
Education Lexington Books.
de
Ruiter, N. (2023). A process model of mindsets:
Conceptualizing mindsets of ability as dynamic and socially
situated. Psychological Review,
130(5), 1326–1338. https://doi.org/10.1037/rev0000425
Mascareño
Lara, M., Kupers, E., de Ruiter,
N., & Wolthuis, F. (2023).
'Iedereen aan het werk!' Betrokkenheid in de klas als
collectief proces. GION, Gronings Instituut voor
Onderzoek van Onderwijs, Opvoeding en Ontwikkeling,
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.
2022
de
Ruiter, N., Wittingslow, R., & Chiu,
R. (2024). Introduction: Making Strange. In N.
de Ruiter, R. Wittingslow, & R. Chiu (Eds.), Strange
Bedfellows: An Experiment in Student-directed Interdisciplinary
Research (pp. 9-19). University of Groningen Press.
de
Ruiter, N. M. P. (2023). Practices in State
Self-Esteem Research: An Analysis of Enacted Ontologies.
Identity: An International Journal of Theory and
Research, 23(1), 67-90. https://doi.org/10.1080/15283488.2022.2130323
Engyel,
M., de Ruiter, N. M. P., & Urbán, R. (2022).
Momentarily narcissistic? Development of a short, state
version of the Pathological Narcissism Inventory applicable in
momentary assessment. Frontiers in
Psychology, 13, Article 992271. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.992271
van
Geert, P., & de Ruiter, N. (2022).
Toward a Process Approach in Psychology: Stepping into
Heraclitus' River. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108859189
2021
de
Ruiter, N., & Gmelin, O. (2021). What
Is Real about “Real Time” Anyway? A Proposal for A
Pluralistic Approach to Studying Identity Processes across
Different Timescales. Identity: An International
Journal of Theory and Research, 21(4),
289-308. https://doi.org/10.1080/15283488.2021.1969937
2020
de
Ruiter, N. M. P., van der Klooster, K. N., & Thomaes, S.
(2020). “Doing” mindsets in the classroom: A
coding scheme for teacher and student mindset-related
verbalizations. Journal for Person-Oriented
Research, 6(2), 103-119. https://doi.org/10.17505/JPOR.2020.22404
van
der Gaag, M., de Ruiter, N., Kunnen,
S., & Bosma, H. A. (2020). The landscape of
identity: Integrating Commitment Strength and Quality within a
Developmental Framework. In M. F. Mascolo, & T. R.
Bidell (Eds.), Handbook of Integrative Developmental Science:
Essays in Honor of Kurt W. Fischer (pp. 357-372). Routledge,
Taylor and Francis group. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003018599-14
van
der Gaag, M. A. E., de Ruiter, N. M. P.,
Kunnen, S. E., & Bosma, H. (2020). The Landscape
of Identity Model: An Integration of Qualitative and Quantitative
Aspects of Identity Development. Identity: An
International Journal of Theory and Research,
20(4), 272-289. https://doi.org/10.1080/15283488.2020.1821154
de
Vries, Y. A., ten Have, M., de Graaf, R., van Dorsselaer,
S., de Ruiter, N. M. P., & de Jonge,
P. (2020). The relationship between mental disorders
and actual and desired subjective social status.
Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences,
29, Article e83. https://doi.org/10.1017/S2045796019000805
2019
van
der Gaag, M. A. E., de Ruiter, N. M. P.,
Jeronimus, B. F., & Kunnen, S. (2019).
Conclusion and discussion: what we can gain from a dynamic
systems approach to psychosocial development in adolescence.
In E. S. Kunnen, N. M. P. de Ruiter, B. F. Jeronimus, & M. A.
E. van der Gaag (Eds.), Psychosocial Development in
Adolescence: Insights from the Dynamic Systems Approach (pp.
223-238). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315165844-14
de
Ruiter, N., Elahi Shirvan, M., & Talebzadeh, N. (2019).
Emotional Processes of Foreign Language Learning Situated in
Real-Time Teacher Support. Ecological
Psychology, 31(2), 127-145. https://doi.org/10.1080/10407413.2018.1554368
de
Ruiter, N. M. P., van der Gaag, M. A. E.,
Jeronimus, B. F., & Kunnen, E. S. (2019).
Introduction to a dynamic systems approach to psychosocial
development in adolescence. In E. S. Kunnen, N. M. P. de
Ruiter, B. F. Jeronimus, & M. A. E. van der Gaag (Eds.),
Psychosocial Development in Adolescence: Insights from the
Dynamic Systems Approach (pp. 1-16). (Studies in Adolescent
Development). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315165844-1
Kunnen,
E. S., de Ruiter, N. M. P., Jeronimus, B.
F., & van der Gaag, M. A. E. (2019).
Psychosocial Development in Adolescence: Insights from
the Dynamic Systems Approach. (Studies in Adolescent
Development). Routledge.
de
Ruiter, N. (2019). The nature of adolescents’
real-time self-esteem from a Dynamic Systems perspective: The
Socially Embedded Self-Esteem model. In E. S. Kunnen, N. M.
P. de Ruiter, B. F. Jeronimus, & M. A. E. van der Gaag (Eds.),
Psychosocial Development in Adolescence: Insights from the
Dynamic Systems Approach (Studies in Adolescent Development).
Routledge.
2018
de
Ruiter, N. M. P., Hollenstein, T., Geert, van, P. L.
C., & Kunnen, E. S. (2018).
Self-esteem as a complex dynamic system: Intrinsic and
extrinsic microlevel dynamics.
Complexity, 2018, 1-19. Article
4781563. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/4781563
de
Ruiter, N. (2018). The co-dependency and dynamics
of teacher and student fixed- versus growth-mindset
behavior. Paper presented at Earli/SIG 8 - 16th
International Conference on Motivation 2018, Aarhus, Denmark.
de
Ruiter, N. (2018). Zooming into classroom dynamics
of Growth and Fixed Mindsets. Paper presented at 48th
Annual Meeting of the Jean Piaget Society, Amsterdam,
Netherlands.
2017
de
Ruiter, N. M. P., van Geert, P. L. C.,
& Kunnen, E. S. (2017). Explaining the
“how” of self-esteem development: The self-organizing
self-esteem model. Review of General
Psychology, 21(1), 49-68. https://doi.org/10.1037/gpr0000099
2016
De
Ruiter, N. M. P., Van der Steen, S., Den
Hartigh, R. J. R., & Van Geert, P. L. C.
(2017). Capturing moment-to-moment changes in multivariate
human experience. International Journal of
Behavioral Development, 41(5), 611-620. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025416651736
2015
van
der Gaag, M. A. E., de Ruiter, N. M. P.,
& Kunnen, E. S. (2016). Micro-level processes of
identity development: Intra-individual relations between commitment
and exploration. Journal of
Adolescence, 47, 38-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2015.11.007
de
Ruiter, N. M. P. (2015). On the nature and origin
of self-esteem: A complex dynamic systems perspective of nested
self-esteem phenomena. [Thesis fully internal (DIV),
University of Groningen]. University of Groningen.
De
Ruiter, N. M. P., Den Hartigh, R. J. R.,
Cox, R. F. A., Van Geert, P. L. C., &
Kunnen, E. S. (2015). The Temporal Structure of State
Self-Esteem Variability During Parent-Adolescent Interactions: More
Than Random Fluctuations. Self and
Identity, 14(3), 314-333. https://doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2014.994026
2014
de
Ruiter, N., den Hartigh, J. R., Cox, R.
F. A., van Geert, P., & Kunnen,
E. (2014). A microgenetic study of state
self-esteem during parent-child interactions: more than random
fluctuations.. Poster session presented at VNOP
Conference, Wageningen, Netherlands.
de
Ruiter-Wilcox, N., Hollenstein, T., van Geert,
P., den Hartigh, R., & Kunnen,
S. (2014). An empirical validation of the
Self-Organizing Self-esteem Model (SOSE). Poster
session presented at Presentation session presented at
International Nonlinear Science Conference (INSC) , Nijmegen,
Netherlands.
Gerlsma,
C., de Ruiter, N. M. P., & Kingma, W.
(2014). Mood dependence of perceived criticism: A significant
null finding. Psychiatry Research,
220(3), 1102-1105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2014.08.061
de
Ruiter, N., Hollenstein, T., van Geert,
P., & Kunnen, S. (2014). The
real-time manifestation of trait self-esteem. Paper
presented at European Association for Research on Adolescents,
Izmir, Turkey.
de
Ruiter-Wilcox, N., den Hartigh, R., Cox,
R., van Geert, P., & Kunnen,
S. (2014). The temporal structure of state
self-esteem variability during parent-child
interactions.. Paper presented at European Association
for Research on Adolescents, Izmir, Turkey.
2013
de
Ruiter-Wilcox, N., van Geert, P., &
Kunnen, S. (2013). Self-esteem as a
self-organizing system: The dynamic interaction between state and
trait self-esteem within parent-child interactions.
Poster session presented at Invited paper session presented at
colloquium , Boca Raton, United States.
de
Ruiter-Wilcox, N., van Geert, P., &
Kunnen, S. (2013). Time-serial structure of
parent-child conflict interactions: Poster session presented at
symposium. Poster session presented at Understanding
and Managing Complex Systems , Groningen, Netherlands.
de
Ruiter-Wilcox, N., van Geert, P., &
Kunnen, S. (2013). Understanding development from
the perspective of causality theory. Paper presented at
16th European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Lausanne,
Switzerland.
2012
de
Ruiter, N. M. P., van Geert, P., &
Kunnen, E. S. (2012). Dynamic emergence of global
self-esteem: State and trait self-esteem within parent-child
interactions. Poster session presented at EARA European
Association for Reasearch on Adolescents, Spetses, Greece.
de
Ruiter, N. M. P., van Geert, P. L. C.,
& Kunnen, E. S. (2012). Time-serial structure
of parent-child conflict interactions. Poster session
presented at VNOP, Wageningen, Netherlands.
2011
de
Ruiter, N. M. P., van Geert, P., &
Kunnen, S. (2011). Time-serial structure of
parent-adolescent conflict interactions. Poster session
presented at Heymans Symposium, Groningen, Netherlands.
de
Ruiter, N. M. P., van Geert, P., &
Kunnen, S. (2011). Time-serial structure of
parent-child conflict interactions. Poster session
presented at Emotional Variability among Children and Adolescents:
Flexibility or Dysregulation?, Utrecht, Netherlands.
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