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Thomaes, Sander

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Early Life and Educational Background

Thomaes was born on September 16, 1977, in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands. He earned his B.A. (2000), M.A. (2002), and Ph.D. (2007) in Developmental Psychology from the VU University Amsterdam.

Professional Career

Thomaes has worked at Utrecht University (Developmental Psychology Program) since 2007 and also at the University of Southampton (Centre for Research on Self and Identity) since 2013. His publications have appeared in outlets such as Child Development, Developmental Psychology, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Psychological Science. He has also published in handbooks and encyclopedia such as Wiley’s Developmental Psychopathology.

Research Interests

Thomaes’ research interests span developmental, social, and clinical psychology. His research is concerned with three broad, interrelated questions: (1) What causes youths to think...

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  • Brummelman, E., Thomaes, S., Overbeek, G., Orobio de Castro, B., Van den Hout, M., & Bushman, B. J. (2014). On feeding those hungry for praise: Person praise backfires in children with low self-esteem. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 143, 9–14.

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  • Brummelman, E., Thomaes, S., Nelemans, S. A., de Castro, O., Overbeek, G., & Bushman, B. J. (2015). Origins of narcissism in children. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112, 3659–3662.

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  • Brummelman, E., Thomaes, S., & Sedikides, C. (2016). Separating narcissism from self-esteem. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 25, 8–13.

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  • Poorthuis, A. M., Juvonen, J., Thomaes, S., Denissen, J. J., Orobio de Castro, B., & Van Aken, M. A. (2014). Do grades shape students’ school engagement? The psychological consequences of report card grades at the beginning of secondary school. Journal of Educational Psychology, 107, 842–854.

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  • Thomaes, S., & Brummelman, E. (2016). Narcissism. In D. Cicchetti (Ed.), Developmental psychopathology (3rd ed., Vol. 4, pp. 679–725). Hoboken: Wiley.

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  • Thomaes, S., Bushman, B. J., Stegge, H., & Olthof, T. (2008). Trumping shame by blasts of noise: Narcissism, self-esteem, shame, and aggression in young adolescents. Child Development, 79, 1792–1801.

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  • Thomaes, S., Bushman, B. J., Orobio de Castro, B., Cohen, G., & Denissen, J. J. A. (2009a). Reducing narcissistic aggression by buttressing self-esteem: An experimental field study. Psychological Science, 20, 1536–1542.

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  • Thomaes, S., Bushman, B. J., Orobio de Castro, B., & Stegge, H. (2009b). What makes narcissists bloom? A framework for research on the etiology and development of narcissism. Development and Psychopathology, 21, 1233–1247.

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  • Thomaes, S., Reijntjes, A., Orobio de Castro, B., & Bushman, B. J. (2009c). Reality bites – Or does it? Realistic self-views buffer negative mood following social threat. Psychological Science, 20, 1079–1080.

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  • Thomaes, S., Reijntjes, A., Orobio de Castro, B., Bushman, B. J., Poorthuis, A., & Telch, M. J. (2010). I like me if you like me: On the interpersonal modulation and regulation of preadolescents’ state self-esteem. Child Development, 81, 811–825.

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  • Thomaes, S., Stegge, H., Olthof, T., Bushman, B. J., & Nezlek, J. B. (2011). Turning shame inside-out: “Humiliated fury” in young adolescents. Emotion, 11, 786–793.

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  • Thomaes, S., Bushman, B. J., Orobio de Castro, B., & Reijntjes, A. (2012). Arousing “gentle passions” in young adolescents: Sustained experimental effects of value-affirmations on prosocial feelings and behaviors. Developmental Psychology, 48, 103–110.

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  • Thomaes, S., Brummelman, E., Reijntjes, A., & Bushman, B. J. (2013). When Narcissus was a boy: Origins, nature, and consequences of childhood narcissism. Child Development Perspectives, 7, 22–26.

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  • Thomaes, S., Sedikides, C., Reijntjes, A., Brummelman, E., & Bushman, B. J. (2015). Emotional contrast or compensation? How support reminders influence the pain of acute peer disapproval in preadolescents. Developmental Psychology, 51, 1438–1449.

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  • Thomaes, S., Sedikides, C., Van den Bos, N., Hutteman, R., & Reijntjes, A. (in press). Happy to be “me?” Authenticity, psychological need satisfaction, and subjective well-being in adolescence. Child Development.

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  1. University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

    Sander Thomaes

  2. Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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  1. Oakland University, Rochester, USA

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Thomaes, S. (2016). Thomaes, Sander. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_2053-1

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