Projects
The process basis of emotion dynamics in relation to psychological well-being and maladjustment. KU Leuven
The role of psychological factors and central neurotransmitter systems in visceral and somatic pain in health and functional somatic disorders. KU Leuven
What influences the processing of implicatures? An experimental psychological investigation. KU Leuven
A Systematic Examination of the Relation Between Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Sleeping Pattern Ghent University
Human beings need sufficient and good quality of sleep to replenish their physical resources (Siegel, 2005; Moorcroft, 2005). Yet, as all of us have experienced, there is substantial variability in our daily sleeping pattern. Herein, we propose that psychological factors, in particular the frustration versus satisfaction of
psychological needs, contribute to this variability in sleeping pattern. To date, different psychologists have ...
A Multi-layered Perspective on PSychological individuality in adolescents with chronic illness (MaPPS-Project): A long-term longitudinal inquiry into young adulthood KU Leuven
Up to 20% of Western adolescents have a chronic illness. Chronic illness has been described as a defining life experience, and many youth struggle with reconciling the illness with who they are as a person. A daunting challenge for research is to capture such ‘psychological individuality’, or the important psychological differences that distinguish one person from the other. One integrative framework that has garnered considerable attention ...
A Multi-layered Perspective on PSychological individuality in adolescents with chronic illness (MaPPS-Project): A long-term longitudinal inquiry into young adulthood Vrije Universiteit Brussel
integrative framework that has garnered considerable ...
“Completed life” – A matter of existential anxiety? Creating an in- depth understanding through an existential psychological perspective. KU Leuven
Attention for the phenomenon “tiredness of life”, “weariness of life”, or “completed life” – relatively healthy older adults experiencing their life as completed and not worth living anymore – is rising in Dutch and Belgian media and fuels the debate about broadening the possibility of assisted suicide. The pressure to address this issue contrasts sharply with a lack of empirical knowledge on the conceptualization and measurement of the ...
Digitizing Joy: The Role of Smartphone Use in Capitalizing Positive Life Events and Adolescents’ Psychological Wellbeing KU Leuven
Positive life events shape peoples’ identities and are crucial for their mental and physical wellbeing. Holding on to positive moments in life and sharing them with others, a process named capitalization, has been associated with increased wellbeing, health, personal and social growth. Given the omnipresence of smartphones and the immense popularity of social media in our society, actual experiences, but also memories of an event might have ...