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Researcher
Steven Eggermont
- Disciplines:Communication sciences, Journalism and professional writing, Media studies, Other media and communications, Information sciences
Affiliations
- Faculty of Social Sciences (Faculty)
Responsible
From28 Jan 2019 → Today - Media Psychology Lab (Research group)
Member
From1 Nov 2004 → Today
Projects
1 - 10 of 36
- Understanding Trajectories of (Mal)adaptive Social Media Use in Adolescence: A Psychological Resource and Resilience ApproachFrom1 Nov 2024 → TodayFunding: FWO senior postdoctoral fellowship
- Putting Porn Use in Youth in Perspective: Introducing Porn Themes and Literacy to understand the Potential Empowering EffectsFrom1 Oct 2024 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Putting Adolescents’ Porn Use in Perspective: Introducing Porn Themes and Literacy to Understand Potential Empowering EffectsFrom1 Jan 2024 → TodayFunding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Adolescents’ processing of and response to incidentally encountered social media content – Differentiating between polarizing and depolarizing incidental social media exposure effectsFrom1 Oct 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO senior postdoctoral fellowship
- Disconnection in the "Always-on" Society. Theoretical and Empirical Approaches to Understand the Association between Digital Disconnection and Psychological Well-BeingFrom1 Jan 2022 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- “My body defines who I am”: An identity perspective on the body (ID-BODY)From1 Oct 2021 → 30 Sep 2025Funding: BOF - projects
- On Mood and Media: Disentangling the Relationship between Adolescents’ Affective Media Experiences and their Emotional Well-BeingFrom9 Jun 2020 → 14 Dec 2023Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Understanding the impact of Chinese adolescents’ social media use on subjective well-being in the context of Covid-19 pandemicFrom5 Jun 2020 → 31 Aug 2023Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Multi-layered content in contemporary media: A study into youth’s pursuit of (counter) ideals and its association with selfconceptFrom1 Nov 2019 → 1 Dec 2023Funding: FWO fellowships
- Digitizing Joy: The Role of Smartphone Use in Capitalizing Positive Life Events and Adolescents’ Psychological WellbeingFrom1 Nov 2019 → 31 Aug 2021Funding: FWO fellowships
Publications
1 - 10 of 177
- From disordered eating to eating competence: Exploring transitions in adolescent eating profiles and the role of identity, embodiment, and critical eating messages from parents and peers(2025)Published in: European Eating Disorders ReviewISSN: 1072-4133Issue: 6Volume: 33
- Going Beyond Appearance: An Integrative and Longitudinal Perspective on Identity and the Body in Community Adolescents and Emerging Adults(2025)
- Watching Televised Counter-Stereotypes Alone or with Mom: Studying the Effects on Preadolescents' Gender Attitudes and Beliefs(2025)Published in: Journal of HomosexualityISSN: 0091-8369Issue: 10Volume: 72Pages: 1827 - 1847
- It's the will, not the skill: How malleability narratives affect Belgian adolescents' academic development(2025)Published in: Journal of Children and MediaISSN: 1748-2798Issue: 2Volume: 19
- The Interrelationships Between Adolescents' Online Affective Perceptions and Momentary Affect: An ESM Study on Affective Social Media Use(2025)Published in: Mass Communication & SocietyISSN: 1520-5436
- Go big or go home: Examining the longitudinal relations between exposure to successful portrayals on social media and adolescents’ feelings of discrepancy(2025)Published in: New Media & SocietyISSN: 1461-4448Issue: 2Volume: 27
- Longitudinal associations among identity, internalization of appearance ideals, body image, and eating disorder symptoms in community adolescents and emerging adults: Adaptive and maladaptive pathways(2025)Published in: Journal of Youth and AdolescenceISSN: 0047-2891Issue: 2Volume: 54
- Associations Between Intentions for Affective Social Media Content Choices and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescence: A Cross-Sectional Investigation of Media Response Styles as Moderators(2024)Published in: Psychology of Popular MediaISSN: 2689-6567Issue: 4Volume: 13Pages: 550 - 559
- Exposure to Sexually Explicit Internet Material in Adolescence and Unwanted Sexual Behavior in Emerging Adulthood(2024)Published in: Journal of Media Psychology: Theories, Methods, and ApplicationsISSN: 1864-1105
- When it's all about gender: Exploring the relationship between gender-intensive media and gender attitudes and beliefs(2024)