Publicaties
Choice of transport mode in emerging adulthood: differences between secondary school students, studying young adults and working young adults and relations with gender, SES and living environment Vrije Universiteit Brussel Universiteit Gent
Personality functioning in adolescents and emerging adults with Type 1 diabetes Vrije Universiteit Brussel KU Leuven
PURPOSE: Although prior research has stressed the role of personality in adjusting to type 1 diabetes, longitudinal research is lacking. The objectives of the present study were twofold: (1) to chart the development of patients' personality over a 2-year period; and (2) to examine prospective associations among personality, treatment adherence, glycemic control, and diabetes-specific distress.
METHODS: Adolescents and emerging adults ...
'I don't feel at home in this world' : sexual and gender minority emerging adults' self-perceived links between their suicidal thoughts and sexual orientation or gender identity Universiteit Gent
What Predicts Ongoing Nonsuicidal Self-Injury? A Comparison Between Persistent and Ceased Self-Injury in Emerging Adults Vrije Universiteit Brussel Universiteit Antwerpen KU Leuven
Although nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) peaks in adolescence, a significant proportion of young people continue to self-injure into emerging adulthood. Yet, little is known about factors prospectively associated with persistent NSSI. Using data from a 3-year longitudinal study (n = 1466), we compared 51 emerging adults (67.3% female; average age, 20.0 years) who continued to self-injure from adolescence and 50 emerging adults (83.7% female; ...
'Why should I leave?' Belgian emerging adults' departure from home Universiteit Gent
Separation anxiety in families with emerging adults Universiteit Gent
Love me Tinder: Untangling emerging adults’ motivations for using the dating application Tinder KU Leuven Universiteit Antwerpen
Identity development, coping, and adjustment in emerging adults with a chronic illness Vrije Universiteit Brussel KU Leuven
PURPOSE: The present study focused on identity development in emerging adults (aged 18-30 years) with type 1 diabetes. The three study aims were to examine the following: (1) whether identity development was affected by having diabetes, as compared with development in a nondiabetic sample; (2) how identity development was related to depressive symptoms, coping with diabetes, and diabetes-related problems in the diabetic sample; and (3) ...
Idendity development, coping, and adjustment in emerging adults with a chronic illness: the sample case of type 1 diabetes Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The present study focused on identity development in emerging adults (aged 18-30 years) with type 1 diabetes. The three study aims were to examine the following: (1) whether identity development was affected by having diabetes, as compared with development in a nondiabetic sample; (2) how identity development was related to depressive symptoms, coping with diabetes, and diabetes-related problems in the diabetic sample; and ...