Projects
The use of online personal narratives to improve adolescents' coping with psychological distress. University of Antwerp
The malleability narrative in contemporary media: Its content and consequences for adolescents’ identity development KU Leuven
Although progress has been made in explaining how media dynamics influence adolescent identity, there has been insufficient theory to fully grasp the processes that explain and predict these relationships. The proposed research aims to help addressing this major gap by unfolding an interdisciplinary understanding of how mediated ideals operate, i.e., the malleability narrative. More precisely, I aim to describe the manifestation of multiple, ...
Sexting among young adolescents – focusing on sexting under pressure and secondary sexting. University of Antwerp
The malleability narrative in contemporary media: Its content and consequences for adolescents’ identity development KU Leuven
Current Affairs Platform to Involve Adolescents Through Engagement KU Leuven
The overall goal and vision of CAPTIVATE is on the one hand to support late adolescents and emerging adults to access balanced news and current affairs in an engaging way, increase their media literacy and offer them a voice in the debate; and on the other hand enable broadcasters and news publishers to re-establish trust with this target audience through simple and efficient tools that allow editors to connect and interact with a younger ...
Investigating the role of inhibitory control to explain binge eating in adolescents Ghent University
The project aims to advance understanding of binge eating in adolescents by clarifying the role of inhibitory control and its interaction with automatic processes in experimental designs, and examining whether modification of inhibitory control in lab and real life increases self-regulatory capacities and decreases binges. This knowledge may inform developmental risk models and refine prevention and intervention for eating/weight ...
Emotion Regulation in the Prevention and Treatment of Obesity in Young Adolescents Ghent University
This multidisciplinary project aims to prove that studying emotion regulation for restoring the psychological and physiological homeostasis is a promising progress for a profound understanding of the obesity problem. We aim to exceed current expertise on obesity with various complementary study designs: longitudinal, case-control and a randomized-clinical-trial using emotion regulation training. Evidence will come from psychological and ...
Emotion Regulation in the Prevention and Treatment of Obesity in Young Adolescents Ghent University
This multidisciplinary project aims to prove that studying emotion regulation for restoring the psychological and physiological homeostasis is a promising progress for a profound understanding of the obesity problem. We aim to exceed current expertise on obesity with various complementary study designs: longitudinal, case-control and a randomized-clinical-trial using emotion regulation training. Evidence will come from psychological and ...
Implementation of a movement project and policy in Flemish schools: Investigation of the impact on mental and physical well-being of children and adolescents KU Leuven
A worldwide trend indicates a decrease in physical activity in children and adolescents. Physical inactivity is an important risk factor for mental as well as physical health. Several studies indicate that schools are the ideal setting for promotion of physical activity in children and adolescents, as there is no other institute with a greater influence on the development of children. Moreover, a school setting allows to reach all children in ...