Dr Jill Lobbestael (J.)

Research projects

Experimental lab of Personality Disorders and Aggression. 

RESEARCH TEAM:

  • Zain Gangaram (PhD student, Development and pharmacological validation of a novel transdiagnostic RDoC-based model on reactive aggression)
  • Michiel van Vreeswijk  (external PhD student, Schema group therapy)
  • Leona Kalkbrenner (external PhD student, Aggression and cognition)
  • Li Chen (PhD student, Prosocial antidotes to aggression)
  • Fedde Sappelli (external PhD student, Aggression and Virtual Reality)
  • Pawel Weinstein (RA)
  • Monica Calfa (RA)

FORMER TEAM MEMBERS:

  • Vanessa Freund (PhD student, Narcissism and self-compassion)
  • Morsal Yusoufzai (PhD student, Boredom and Aggression)
  • Martijn van Teffelen (PhD student, Therapeutic and online interventions for hostility)
  • Suzanne Brugman (PhD student, Cognitive predictors of aggressive behavior)
  • Franziska Dambacher-Emmerling (PhD student, A network approach to response inhibition and aggression)
  • Meh Para Siddique (PhD student, Longitudinal pattern of schema modes)
  • René Cané Molinari (PhD student, Executive functioning of white colar psychopathy)
  • Herman Veerbeek (PhD student, EMDR for revenge and anger)
  • Guillaume Durand (PhD student, The adaptive side of psychopathy)
  • Fritz Renner (PhD student, Schema therapy for chronic depression)
  • Michelle van de Glind-Houben (RA)
  • Hannah Kunst (RA)
  • Alberto Jover (RA)
  • Vanessa Freund (RA)
  • Carlota Miquel de Bleier (RA)
  • Dolunay Uludağ (RA)

GRANTS AND PRICES (selection, main PI only):

  • PhD project `Schema modes in borderline and antisocial personality disorders`, Experimental Psychopathology Research School, October 2004.
  • Stipendium from the Niels Stensen Stichting for the project `Two faces of narcissism: Revealing the existence and instability of overt and covert narcissism`, November 2009.
  • Veni grant  `Anger in patients with antisocial personality disorder: Hot in the mind, cold in the body`, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), May 2011.
  • Brain & Cognition grant, `Will he aggress again and if so, can we change his mind?`, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), September 2011.
  • Nominated for the Dutch price of Science and Society 2009 (`Prijs Wetenschap & Maatschappij`) for the project `The cold anger of antisocial patients`, November 2009.
  • Young Investigator Award from the International Society for Research on Aggression. XXth ISRA World Meeting, Luxembourg, July 2012.
  • Grant from Virenze-Riagg Maastricht and Maastricht University (CPS), `Computer- and therapist steered cognitive interventions for hostility: A blended e-health approach.`, PhD position. February 2016.
  • Dean-nominated member of the first Maastricht Young Academy (MYA). April 2017. Maastricht University
  • Aspasia grant to promote the career of female researchers. Great expectations, bitter reality: The central role of anticipated positive outcome in revenge-driven and sadistic ggression. December 2019. 
Key publications
Lobbestael, J., Arntz, A., Voncken, M., & Potegal, M. (2018). Responses to dominance challenge are a function of psychopathy level: A multimethod study. Personality Disorders-Theory Research and Treatment, 9(4), 305-314. https://doi.org/10.1037/per0000252
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