Psychological mechanisms of psychosis KU Leuven
The research concerns psychological mechanisms related to the development of a psychotic vulnerability
The research concerns psychological mechanisms related to the development of a psychotic vulnerability
Based on data of the longitudinal study RECOVID (Recovering Emotionally after COVID), we aim to analyze the predictors of diminished psychological resilience in health care workers as well as the relation between resilience and psychological disorder or drug and alcohol abuse. We want to identify the fixed and modifiable risk factors that influence resilience, to permit hospital managers and authorities to predict and manage diminishing ...
There is increasing scientific evidence that interacting with nature improves cognition and boosts feelings of emotional well-being. However, as more of the world is being developed, people's exposure to nature is being threatened. With that comes potentially harmful effects on human cognition and mental health. The Attention Restoration Theory suggests that nature is beneficial because it captures bottom-up attention moderately - enough to ...
Our aim is to obtain solid evidence to define safe and effective management strategies for pregnant cancer patients. In particular our objectives are:
1) To define which antenatal cancer treatment, timing of treatment or treatment doses are associated with adverse oncological, obstetrical or neonatal outcomes.
2) To determine whether the maternal prognosis of pregnant breast cancer patients is similar to those of non-pregnant ...
There is emerging evidence that SNS use can lead to lower well-being. However, at the theoretical level our understanding of the mechanisms that explain the relationship between SNS and wellbeing is still limited in important ways. In order to better understand adaptive as well as maladaptive use of SNS, we need to examine cognitive-motivational mechanisms that drive SNS use. Based on the current state-of-the-art, several cognitive ...
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 ...
This research studies the impact of the Belgian short-time work (STW) compensation scheme (known as “temporary unemployment”) on economic and psychological outcomes in the short and longer term. STW is a policy instrument installed at the federal level to avoid the costly process of separation and re-hiring during the temporary reduction in production and demand and may thereby also avoid the bankruptcy of firms. From the employees’ ...
This research studies the impact of the Belgian short-term work (STW) compensation scheme, coined “temporary unemployment” on psychological outcomes for employees in the short and longer term. STW is a policy instrument installed at the Belgian federal level to avoid the costly process of separation and re-hiring during the temporary reduction in production and demand. STW has had particular resonance during the COVID-19 pandemic. At the peak ...
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 ...