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Promoting Social Scaffolding Behaviors in Staff Members and Peer-Directed Behaviors Among Persons With Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities: An Intervention Study KU Leuven
© 2018 International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Persons with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) present limited peer-directed behaviors toward their peers with PIMD. It is not clear how staff can facilitate and promote the mutual peer-directed behaviors between persons with PIMD. In this study, we explored if peer-directed behaviors among ...
Synchronisation sensorimotrice et comportements non verbaux dans la maladie d’Alzheimer : l’influence du contexte social et musical = Sensorimotor synchronization and non-verbal behaviors in Alzheimer's disease : the influence of social and musical contex Ghent University
Cette étude vise à examiner les facteurs qui influencent l’engagement socio-émotionnel et moteur et la synchronisation sensorimotrice (SSM) pendant une activité musicale chez des patients présentant une maladie d’Alzheimer. La tâche consistait à taper avec un rythme métronomique ou musical devant une musicienne réalisant la même tâche, qui était présente physiquement ou virtuellement sur un écran. Selon nos résultats, les patients produisaient ...
Young people at play: behaviors, motives and social structure Ghent University
Imitation and Social Behaviors of Children with ASD in Interaction with Robonova. A Series of Single Case experiments Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Background and Objectives The goal of our study was to test whether the presence of a humanoid robot will increase children's with ASD imitative response and social behaviors compared with a human-human interaction. Methods Two participants (age between 5 and 6) diagnosed with ASD were included in a single case ABAB experimental design with intersubjects replications. Different behavioral criteria (i.e. frequency of imitation gestures, physical ...
The Effects of Four Weeks of Intranasal Oxytocin on Social Responsiveness and Repetitive and Restricted Behaviors in Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Randomized Controlled Trial KU Leuven
The Effects of Four Weeks of Intranasal Oxytocin on Social Responsiveness and Repetitive and Restricted Behaviors in Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Sylvie Bernaerts, Claudia Dillen, Jean Steyaert, and Kaat AlaertsBackground: Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are characterized by impairments in social interaction and repetitive and restricted behaviors (RRBs). To date, no pharmacological treatment exists targeting the ...
A Panel Study of the Relationships Between Social Media Interactions and Adolescents’ Pro-Environmental Cognitions and Behaviors KU Leuven
Despite the circulation of climate content on social media, little longitudinal research has explored their relations with pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors. Considering that individual behaviors, in conjunction with structural change, are critical to mitigate climate change, this two-wave panel study among 657 adolescents examined how social media interactions (i.e., exposure, liking, commenting, sharing and posting of climate messages) ...
Monitoring Risk Behaviors by Managing Social Support in the Network of a Forensic Psychiatric Patient: A Single-Case Analysis KU Leuven
Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This prospective case study examines changes over time in the social support network of a forensic psychiatric patient diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The focus is on the functional and dysfunctional influences of the patient’s social support dynamics on his risk behavior during mandatory policlinic treatment. A structured Forensic Social Network Analysis interview ...
Likes and Liquor: A mixed-methods project to unravel the impact of alcohol-related social network site use on youths’ (underage) drinking behaviors KU Leuven
When looking at meta-reviews, it becomes apparent that young individuals' use of Social Networking Sites (SNSs) plays an important role in their alcohol use. Accumulating evidence, for example, shows that both the sharing of as well as exposure to alcohol-related content on SNSs (e.g., pictures showing alcohol) increase young individuals' alcohol use. Yet, despite empirical insights of previous research, there is still a lot of unclarity about ...
Assessment of Social Transmission of Food Preferences Behaviors Vrije Universiteit Brussel KU Leuven
Olfactory recognition deficits are suggested to be able to serve as clinical marker to differentiate Alzheimer's disease (AD) subjects from healthy aging groups. For example, olfactory dysfunction in AD can present as impairment in olfactory recognition, emerging during early stages of the disease and worsening while the disease progresses. The social transmission of food preferences (STFP) task is based on a rudimentary form of communication ...