Projects
The role of psychological climate in shaping subjective job insecurity, perceived employability and their effects on employeesˈ well-being KU Leuven
The present PhD places the focus on job insecurity (JI) and perceived employability (PE) – two constructs that represent central determinants of employees’ well-being in the context of the contemporary labor markets. Despite their well-established relevance, the question on how both can be managed to good effect still represents a challenge for researchers and practitioners. In response, this PhD aimed to investigate whether and how does a ...
Predicting psychological well-being with affective patterns KU Leuven
Dysregulation of affect is the core feature of mood disorders and, more generally, is associated with many mental disorders. That is, affective patterns, which describe the waxing and waning of our affect over time, are undeniably related to concurrent psychological well-being. Recently, researchers have theorized that affective patterns do also have a predictive value. Moreover, preliminary evidence shows that affective patterns may be able ...
The process basis and predictive value of emotion dynamics for psychological well-being. KU Leuven
The impact of short-time work compensation schemes on worker attitudes, well-being and careers: A psychological perspective KU Leuven
The present research project is part of an overarching BRAIN-BE 2.0 project looking into the psychological and economic consequences of short-time work (STW) compensation schemes (sometimes coined “temporary unemployment”). In this PhD project, the focus is on the psychological aspects of STW compensation schemes. STW compensation schemes are public programs that allow companies facing a temporary reduction in production or demand to fully or ...
The process basis of emotion dynamics in relation to psychological well-being and maladjustment. KU Leuven
Returning home: A mixed-methods study on the relationship between repatriates’ social capital and their psychological well-being Ghent University
A mixed-methods design will be used to first explore and subsequently test: (1) which interpersonal relations and embedded resources are essential for repatriates’ well-being, (2) under which conditions people have access to this network social capital and (3) through which mechanisms this network social capital influences their well-being.
Maternal and neonatal outcome including psychological well-being when cancer complicates pregnancy. KU Leuven
Our aim is to obtain solid evidence to define safe and effective management strategies for pregnant cancer patients. In particular our objectives are:
1) To define which antenatal cancer treatment, timing of treatment or treatment doses are associated with adverse oncological, obstetrical or neonatal outcomes.
2) To determine whether the maternal prognosis of pregnant breast cancer patients is similar to those of non-pregnant ...
Psychological mechanisms involved in Social Network Site use and effects on mental health and wellbeing Ghent University
There is emerging evidence that SNS use can lead to lower well-being. However, at the theoretical level our understanding of the mechanisms that explain the relationship between SNS and wellbeing is still limited in important ways. In order to better understand adaptive as well as maladaptive use of SNS, we need to examine cognitive-motivational mechanisms that drive SNS use. Based on the current state-of-the-art, several cognitive ...
Self-actualization and self-transcendence in China: the paradoxical role of fate as an agent for spiritual and psychological wellbeing. Ghent University
This research proposes to investigate the characteristically Chinese concept of fate (ming) in terms of spiritual-psychological agency Fate has always played a pervasive role in ancient Chinese thought and folk religion However, fate as we know it in the West as an uncontrollable force does not have the same meaning in China Chinese conceptions of fate display different dimensions, most commonly expressed in the concepts ‘eavenly ...