Expertise

Dr. Mieke Decuyper holds a PhD in Psychology obtained at Ghent University, entitled “Psychopathy and associated personality pathology in adolescence and adulthood: A dimensional approach”. She currently works as a lecturer and researcher at the Thomas More University of Applied Science, where she teaches Personality Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Practical Psychological Assessment Clinical Psychology 3.  Her research focuses on understanding the many interacting causes that lead people to have serious emotional and behavioral problems, while others remain resilient. Mieke studies general and maladaptive dispositions that underlie tendencies to develop psychopathology, including psychopathic-like traits across the life span. This research line also focuses on the assessment of personality pathology and psychopathology. Additionally, Mieke investigates the influence of psychopathic and broad maladaptive traits on relationship quality and satisfaction in adolescents and adults. Finally, she gives methodological support within the expertise cell Forensic Psychology (research design and development/validation of psychological measures).

Publications

For the entire publication list: see hier.

Articles in International peer-reviewed journals:

• De Caluwé, E., Vergauwe, J., Decuyper, M., Bogaerts, S., Rettew, D., & De Clercq, B. (in press). The Relation between Normative Rituals/Routines and Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms at a Young Age: A Systematic Review. Developmental Review.
• Gistelinck, F., Loeys, T., Decuyper, M., & Dewitte, M. (2018). Indistinguishability Tests in the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model. British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology. DOI:10.1111/bmsp.12129
• Decuyper, M., Gistelinck, F.,  Vergauwe, J. Pancorbo, G., & De Fruyt, F. (2016). Personality Pathology and Relationship Satisfaction in Dating and Married Couples. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/per0000219
• Decuyper, M., De Clercq, B., & Tackett, J. (2015). Assessing Maladaptive Traits in Youth: An English Language Version of the Dimensional Personality Symptom Itempool. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 6(3), 239 – 250.
• Decuyper, M., De Caluwé, E., De Clercq, B., & De Fruyt, F. (2014). Callous-unemotional traits in youth from a DSM-5 perspective. Journal of Personality Disorders, 28 (3), 334 – 357. DOI: 10.1521/pedi_2013_27_120.
• Decuyper, M., De Bolle, M., De Fruyt, F., & De Clercq, B. (2011). General and maladaptive personality dimensions and the assessment of callous-unemotional traits in adolescence. Journal of Personality Disorders, 25(5), 681 – 701.DOI: 10.1521/pedi.2011.25.5.681
• Decuyper, M., De Clercq, B., De Bolle M., & De Fruyt, F. (2009). Validation of FFM PD counts for screening personality pathology and psychopathy in adolescence. Journal of Personality Disorders, 23(6), 587 – 605.  DOI: 10.1521/pedi.2009.23.6.587
• Decuyper, M., De Pauw, S., De Fruyt, F., De Bolle, M., & De Clercq, B. (2009). A Meta-Analysis on Psychopathy-, Antisocial PD- and FFM Associations. European Journal of Personality, 23(7), 531-565. DOI: 10.1002/per.729

Other publications:

• Uzieblo, K., Boelaert, A., Winter, J., & Decuyper, M. (2020). Psychopathie bij seksueel delinquenten: Uitdagingen voor de diagnostiek en de behandeling, in Goethals, K, De Boeck, M., Dilliën, T, Huys, W. & Nuyts, A. (Eds.). Handboek behandeling van seksueel afwijkend gedrag. Oud-Turnhout: Gompel & Svacina, pp. 359-382.
• Claes, L., Decuyper, M., De Fruyt, F., & Bijttebier, P. (2015). Het psychologisch functioneren van personen met psychopathie, in van Beek, D., Canton, W., Claes, L., Gijs, L., Jeandarme, I., & Klein Haneveld, E. (Eds.). Handboek antisociale persoonlijkheidsstoornis en psychopathie. Utrecht: De Tijdstroom Uitgeverij, pp. 103 – 115.
• De Clercq, B., Decuyper, M., & De Caluwé, E. (2013). Developmental Manifestations of Borderline Personality Pathology From An Age-Specific Dimensional Trait Framework, in Sharp, C. & Tackett J. L. (Eds.). Handbook of Borderline Personality Disorder in Children and Adolescents. New York: Springer, pp. 81 – 94.
• Decuyper, M., & De Fruyt, F. (2011). Kille, niet-emotionele trekken in de adolescentie: Een dimensionele benadering. Tijdschrift voor Orthopedagogiek, Kinderpsychiatrie en Klinische Kinderpsychologie, 36(1), 18 – 29.

International en national presentations:

• Decuyper, M., de Caluwé, E., Uzieblo, K., Ysewyn, S., & de Fruyt, F. (2017, May). Psychopathic traits in adolescence and adulthood: A validation of the Flemish Version of the Short Form of the Elemental Psychopathy Assessment. Poster presentation held at the 7^th Biennial Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy. Antwerp, Belgium.
• Decuyper, M., Vergauwe, J., Pancorbo, G., & De Fruyt, F. (2016). Personality pathology and relationship satisfaction in dating and married couples. Paper presentation at the 2^nd World Conference on Personality, 31 March – 4 April, Buzios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
• Decuyper, M., Verbeke, L., Van Aken, M., & De Clercq, B. (2014). Psychopathic traits and relationship quality in referred adolescents. Contribution to Invited symposium entitled: Trait approaches to psychopathy. (Convenor D. Lynam, co-convenor M. Decuyper, Discussant T. Widiger), at the 17^th European Conference on Personality Psychology, 15 – 19 July, Lausanne, Switzerland.
• Decuyper, M., De Caluwe, E., De Clercq, B., & De Fruyt, F. (2013). CU traits in adolescence from a DSM-5 trait perspective. Contribution to symposium entitled: Callous-Unemotional and Psychopathic traits in youth: Assessment and biological underpinnings. (Convenor M. Decuyper, Discussant. C. Sharp), at the XIII International Congress on the Disorders of Personality, 16 – 19 September, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Decuyper, M., & De Caluwé, E. (2012). Callous-Unemotional traits in adolescence from a DSM-5 trait perspective. Contribution to Symposium Assessment of maladaptive personality traits across the life-span (Convenor Decuyper, M.). BAPS-SEPEX 1^st joint meeting, 10-11 May, University of Liège, Belgium.