Malin K. Meyer is a PhD candidate in the department of Health Sciences, Community and Occupational Medicine at the University Medical Center Groningen. Malin obtained a Research Master’s Degree in Behavioral and Social Sciences with a specialization in Clinical Psychology. She has worked on different research projects centered around mental health. Malin has a strong interest in theoretical work and is part of the theory development of Research Theme 1 of Stress in Action. Specifically, Malin focuses on the different kinds of stressors present in modern society as well as different relevant contextual factors of daily life stressors.

Overarching research question: “What are key daily life stressors and contextual factors in the etiology of daily life stress responses?”

The main goal of my project is to improve our theoretical and empirical understanding of (modern) daily life stressors. Specifically, I focus on the way that stressors are conceptualized (i.e., what defines a stressor), classified (i.e., what types of daily life stressors exist), and contextualized (i.e., which factors influence the occurrence and stressfulness of daily life stressors). A core theme of my research is to help bridge the theoretical and empirical ‘worlds’ of daily life stressors.

PhD student,
UMC Groningen