Projects
Towards a better understanding of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) in college students: Predictive factors, triggering mechanisms and potential life-threatening repercussions. KU Leuven
Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is posing significant public health challenges among young people. While an increasing subpopulation of young people in today’s society consists of college students, there is limited knowledge of the prevalence and course, risk estimation, and significance of NSSI for college mental health. This doctoral project describes six empirical studies that were conducted to provide a better understanding of NSSI among ...
Distributed digital signal processing algorithms for highdensity wireless EEG sensor networks with application to ASSR based objective hearing thresholds estimation KU Leuven
Electroencephalography (EEG) is used to analyze brain activity and detect brain responses to specific stimuli. It offers a high temporal resolution versus a low spatial resolution. A higher spatial resolution may be obtained by adopting a higher electrodes density together with powerful digital signal processing (DSP) algorithms. However, hundreds of electrodes then have to be wired to an output device that collects and processes all ...
Making Citizens 'National': Analyzing the Impact of Ghana's National Service Scheme (NSS) KU Leuven
A fundamental challenge facing multi-ethnic societies is fostering a sense of ‘national’identity that over-rides ethnic affiliations. One common but under-studied policy option is national youth service programmes. This research project develops an approach to researching these programmes and examines one of the longest-running such programmes in Africa: Ghana’ National Service Scheme (NSS). This programme can be traced back to the early ...
Developmental Trajectories of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (Disorder) throughout Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood: An Integrative Model of Personality and Identity in Community and Clinical Samples. KU Leuven
Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is defined as ‘the direct, deliberate destruction of one’s own body tissue without suicidal intent’ and constitutes a significant public health problem. Common NSSI methods include cutting, burning, and hitting oneself. Research suggests that the occurrence of NSSI is still increasing, especially among adolescents and young adults. NSSI is associated with negative mental health outcomes, including anxiety, ...
The DAILY project: Detection of Acute rIsk of seLf-injurY in reallife. KU Leuven
Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a serious, yet common, mental health concern among young people. Up to 10% of adolescents and emerging adults engage in NSSI every year and are at increased risk for future suicide attempts. As such, there is an urgent need to better understand how to prevent in-the-moment instances of NSSI in reallife. Despite our understanding of long-term predictors that developmentally explain who is at risk of beginning ...
Non-suicidal self-injury in adolescence: Interplay between psychological distress and parenting. KU Leuven
Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) represents a critical mental health concern with its high prevalence in adolescence and high risk for related psychopathological symptoms, suicide attempts, and completed suicide. Examining NSSI in nonclinical samples of adolescents is important to determine risk factors and intervene before NSSI reaches a severity requiring residential treatment. The overarching aim of this research program is to examine ...
Towards the scientific foundation for just-in-time-adaptive interventions to prevent non-suicidal self-injury among adolescents and (young) adults in daily life. KU Leuven
Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a major mental health concern worldwide. One in five individuals engages in NSSI before age 25, with treatment-seeking individuals reporting the highest prevalence, severity, and risk of adverse outcomes (e.g., attempting suicide). Unfortunately, the status quo of traditional treatment (weekly sessions) is not sufficient in addressing NSSI, as it does not allow intervening outside the therapy room (gap 1), ...