Projects
The role and implementation of psychological insights in law enforcement practice in Belgium KU Leuven
To date, there is little understanding of how information is obtained from victims, witnesses and suspects in criminal proceedings in Belgium. Given the importance of obtaining accurate information in criminal proceedings, there is quite some psychological knowledge available concerning best practices and pitfalls for obtaining information from these parties. However, Belgium is largely a black box in this area compared to other countries. ...
Exploring experiential avoidance, rumination and the link with psychological and somatic complaints in bipolar disorder (EXPO study). University of Antwerp
Developing optimal experience sampling measures of psychological processes KU Leuven
The goal of this project is to develop a gold standard for the real-time assessment of three transdiagnostic processes involved in mental illness: affective stress recovery, social interaction, and suicidal and non-suicidal self-injurious thoughts and behaviours (SITBs). The success of just-in-time adaptive interventions (JITAIs) that target transdiagnostic processes in daily life depends on the ability to reliably and validly measure those ...
Comparing relations among psychological constructs across groups KU Leuven
Many important research questions in psychology seek to uncover relations among psychological constructs that are not directly observable or ‘latent’ – that is, they can only be measured indirectly via questionnaires. For example, does social pressure to be happy increase or decrease wellbeing? And how does experiencing negative affect relate to satisfaction with life? Structural equation modeling (SEM) is the state-of-the-art to model these ...
Using individual wearable sensor technology to gain insights into the effects of green and blue space exposure on individual’s physiological and psychological responses KU Leuven
This research proposal aims to use individual wearable sensor technology to gain insights into the effects of exposure to different urban green and blue spaces on individuals' physiological and psychological responses. The proposal emphasizes the growing concern about mental health in urban environments and the potential of contact with natural environments to address public health problems. The study plans to compare the restorative capacity ...
The role and implementation of psychological insights in law enforcement practice in Belgium KU Leuven
Mid-level visual factors to predict and explain human aesthetic preferences for images: A multi-methods psychological approach KU Leuven
The main goal of this PhD is to contribute the psychological building blocks for a model to predict and explain human aesthetic preferences for images (natural scenes as well as artworks). The first phase of the project consists of three components, each with their dedicated methods: (1) a large-scale online study with large samples of images of everyday scenes and paintings and large samples of observers to obtain preference data, (2) focus ...
STOP DATA PEEKING IN PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH! HOW TO PERFORM HONEST AND MORE EFFICIENT INTERIM ANALYSES? Ghent University
In psychological research, it is not an exceptional practice to look at the data during the course of a study. If the observed effects are greater than expected, this may lead the investigator to stop the study early. Or conversely, if the effects are smaller than expected, the researcher can make adjustments to the study, such as increasing the planned sample size, in order to still obtain the desired results. When done without planning at ...
BRIDGING THE MATERIAL, SOCIAL, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WORLD BY EXPLORING THE TRANSFORMATIVE POTENTIAL OF SMART PRODUCTS IN HEALTHCARE SERVICE SYSTEMS Ghent University
Today, actors in healthcare service systems - like patients, healthcare providers and technology developers - are experimenting with smart products (i.e. physical products enhanced by digital components) to deliver better services. Despite their potential to improve service quality, research on the way in which smart products (material world) affect the social practices [i.e. routine patterns of action (social world)] and well-being [i.e. ...