Publicaties
Parental involvement and adolescent school achievement : the mediational role of self‑regulated learning Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Poison frog tadpoles seek parental transportation to escape their cannibalistic siblings Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Parental care is a limited resource which in many species is acquired by the offspring through begging behaviours and often causes competition between siblings. The Neotropical poison frog Ranitomeya variabilis provides a very specific form of parental care: because its tadpoles are cannibalistic males usually separate them from their siblings after hatching by transporting them singly to small water bodies. However, in some cases parents do ...
Parental autonomy-support and psychological control in eating disorder patients with and without binge-eating/purging behavior and non-suicidal self-injury Vrije Universiteit Brussel KU Leuven Universiteit Gent Universiteit Antwerpen
The current study examines whether autonomy-supportive and controlling parenting are related to the presence/absence of binge-eating/purging behavior and/ or non-suicidal self-injury in adolescents with an eating disorder (ED). Fifty-three ED patients completed validated questionnaires assessing perceived maternal and paternal autonomy-supportive and psychologically controlling parenting. A total of 53 mothers and 37 fathers also completed ...
Parental and self-reported dietary and physical activity habits in pre-school children and their socio-economic determinants Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Objective: To assess the agreement between self-reported and parent-reported dietary and physical activity habits in children; and to evaluate the socio-economic determinants of healthier habits (Mediterranean diet and physical activity) among children.
Design: Cross-sectional analysis of children recruited to a cluster-randomized controlled trial (Program SI!). Information about children's and parents' dietary and physical activity ...