dr. M. Radstaak (Mirjam)

Assistant Professor
BMS-HIB-PHT
Capitool 15 147
m.radstaak@utwente.nl
+31534894246
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Mirjam Radstaak is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology, Health and Technology. She earned her PhD from Radboud University Nijmegen in 2016 with her dissertation titled “Recovery from stress: the role of perseverative cognition, affect and demanding shift work.”

Her current research centers on mental health in both general and clinical populations. She focuses particularly on understanding the working mechanisms of group therapy and on promoting personal recovery and well-being.

Expertise

  • Psychology

    • Wellbeing
    • Eating Disorders
    • Mental Health
    • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
    • Treatment
    • Personality Disorder
    • Psychometrics
    • Negative Affect

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Publications

2025

My Best Self in the Past or Future: A Randomized Controlled Trial Examining Adherence, Engagement, Age and Mental Health in a Mobile-based BPS Intervention (2025)Journal of happiness studies, 26(7). Article 131. Radstaak, M., Carrillo, A., Etchemendy, E., Baños, R. M. & Bohlmeijer, E. T.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-025-00962-9

2024

Promoting psychological adaptability and well-being of patients with personality disorders with creative arts and psychomotor therapies: protocol of an intervention mapping study (2024)BMJ open, 14(12). Article e090275. Wiersma, I. C. M., Wouters, H., Timmerman, K., Heijman, J., Westerhof, G. J., Radstaak, M. & Haeyen, S.https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-090275Exploring mental health dynamics during eating disorder treatment: A psychometric network study with panel data (2024)Psychotherapy Research, 34(6), 790-803. de Vos, J. A., Radstaak, M., ten Klooster, P. M., Bohlmeijer, E. T. & Westerhof, G. J.https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2023.2254918

2023

Modelling trajectories of change in psychopathology and well-being during eating disorder outpatient treatment (2023)Psychotherapy Research, 33(4), 415-427. Vos, J. A. d., Radstaak, M., Bohlmeijer, E. T. & Westerhof, G. J.https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2022.2139647Effects of a brief compassion exercise on affect and emotion regulation in patients with personality disorders (2023)Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 78. Article 101803. Sommers-Spijkerman, M., Radstaak, M. & Chakhssi, F.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2022.101803

2022

Examining well-being in posttraumatic stress disorder treatment: An explorative study (2022)Journal of Traumatic Stress, 35(3), 914-925. Radstaak, M., Hüning, L., Lamers, S. & Bohlmeijer, E. T.https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22798Exploring associations between personality trait facets and emotional, psychological and social well-being in eating disorder patients (2022)Eating and Weight Disorders, 27, 379–386. de Vos, J. A., Radstaak, M., Bohlmeijer, E. T. & Westerhof, G. J.https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-021-01107-6

2021

Understanding mental well-being in the face of adversity: A scientific exploration in eating disorder patients (2021)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. de Vos, J. A.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036552509To whom should I be kind? A randomized trial about kindness for strong and weak social ties on mental wellbeing and its specific mechanisms of change (2021)International journal of wellbeing, 11(4), 1-23. Wieners, L., Radstaak, M., Van Zyl, L. E. & Schotanus-Dijkstra, M.https://doi.org/10.5502/ijw.v11i4.1489The psychometric network structure of mental health in eating disorder patients (2021)European Eating Disorders Review, 29(4), 559-574. de Vos, J. A., Radstaak, M., Bohlmeijer, E. T. & Westerhof, G. J.https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.2832

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University of Twente

Capitool 15 (building no. 78), room 021
Capitool 15
7521 PL Enschede
Netherlands

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University of Twente

Capitool 15 (building no. 78), room 238
Capitool 15
7521 PL Enschede
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University of Twente

Cubicus (building no. 41), room B116
De Zul 10
7522 NJ Enschede
Netherlands

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University of Twente

Capitool 15 (building no. 78), room 147
Capitool 15
7521 PL Enschede
Netherlands

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