Projects

Bullying in school is widespread and predicts many negative outcomes for victims on the short and long run. Current research on the antecedents of bullying and victimization recognizes the role of the social context, but has paid little attention to the impact of teachers. This project focuses on the victimization side of bullying. First, it aims at investigating whether and how teacher-student interactions, i.e., general teacher-student ...

Children’s right to be protected from all forms of violence is seriously threatened by the problem of bullying in schools. Being the target of repeated and intentional aggressive acts by more powerful peers is related to a wide range of detrimental outcomes in the short and long run. Therefore, bullying prevention and intervention are crucial. Adopting a socio-ecological perspective, this dissertation aims to gain insight ...

Prisoners are usually - and, understandably, given their criminal convictions - perceived as offenders, that is, people who have committed one or more crimes and who have to pay for their misdeeds. However, they often are also victimised themselves when doing their time. International research has demonstrated that prisons are often unsafe environments where various forms of victimisation take place. In this study we aim to map the prevalence ...

Despite the negative consequences of bullying, not all victims are equally at risk. This research aims to investigate the heterogeneity of bullying victims during adolescence. Using multiple approaches, including longitudinal panel data and intensive longitudinal data, this study will explore social networks of victimized adolescents, their daily life interactions, and physiological responses. Findings will provide novel insights to inform ...

Introduction and development relevance:
There is a sheer-total absence of valid and reliable information about sex work in general, and about the relationship between the livelihoods and strategies of sex workers and the victimization and health risks they run, in particular. This makes that any policy regarding health and safety in prostitution is mainly based on intuitions and anecdotal evidence. Also, outreach ...

This study builds upon recent, analogous developments within the fields of trauma psychology and narrative victimology, conceptualising the process of trauma narration as shaped by intricate relational dynamics within the family, community, clinical and judicial context to develop an explorative understanding of trauma recovery by exploring the intersections between trauma narration and relational-moral experiences in ...

This PhD research will explore the impact of various factors on police department victimization rates by analyzing police enforcement methods and policing policies in China and Belgium, and expand understanding of police victimization. This study will use the Map based activity interviewing method
to interview police officers and use regression analysis to analyze the police victimization data.