Projects
Physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness in adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Reliability, validity and correlates. KU Leuven
Low levels of physical activity (PA) in adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) increases the risk of physical and mental health problems during adolescence and subsequent adulthood. To enable the identification of adolescents with ASD at risk for developing an inactive lifestyle and to inform the future design of high-quality, evidence-based and ASD-specific PA interventions and programs, several gaps of the current scientific ...
I like you just the way you are: The role of parents, teachers, and peers for early adolescents’ psychosocial development KU Leuven
Developing, implementing and evaluating an intervention to reduce sedentary behaviour among adolescents Ghent University
Sedentary behaviour is associated with various health outcomes in adolescence, including unfavourable weight status, reduced physical fitness, self-esteem and school performance, and these associations are largely independent from moderate-to vigorous physical activity. Adolescents spend on average more than 60% of the day (waking hours) sedentary, suggesting effective interventions are needed to reduce sedentary behaviour. As a lot of time ...
Disentangling the complex associations between the use of social networking sites and adolescents’ alcohol (mis)use: Go-along interviews and a daily diary study KU Leuven
Assessment of cycling safety on adolescents’ commuting routes based on spatiotemporal analyses. Ghent University
First, environmental factors along adolescents’ cycling routes will be analysed using data mining methods to evaluate which factors influence the choice for a specific route. Based on this information, dangerous intersections near schools will be selected. Dangerous and safe manoeuvres at those intersections will be investigated to determine limitations of such intersections.
The Dark Triad of personality: a panel study on online and offline violent offending and victimization among adolescents. Ghent University
This study examines how Dark Triad personality traits and school environment characteristics are associated with online and offline interpersonal violence in adolescents. Online and offline violence tend to co-occur, suggesting the presence of one or more underlying promotive/risk factors. These may be situated at the community level (school neighborhood, school social capital) or the individual level (Dark Triad, self-control, morality).
Development, implementation and pilot-testing of a gamified E-learning platform for the improvement of (motor)cycling knowledge & skills of Vietnamese adolescents Hasselt University
Examining the Role of Peer Communication in How Commercial Content on Social Media Affects Adolescents’ Identity Formation and Consumer Socialization Ghent University
Adolescents (aged 12 to 18) nowadays spend a lot of time checking their social media accounts, such as Facebook, Instagram or Pinterest. On these accounts, they flaunt the most positive facets of their lives and interact with their friends, acquaintances and even with strangers. These activities on social media are intertwined with commercial activities such as sponsored electronic worth-of-mouth (eWOM). Research on how these commercial ...
From Here and There: Speaking about Religion with Adolescents with Migration Experience to Europe KU Leuven
Interacting with both refugee and expatriate youth in three specific communities from around Europe, this qualitative project seeks to discover changes in religious belief and practice in response to the process of relocation. Whether forced or voluntary migrants, internationally mobile youth face pressures as they move daily between the home culture and the host culture. This research makes use of Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis to ...