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Hidden invalidity among 15 commonly used measures in social and personality psychology Universiteit Gent
Varying versions of moral relativism: the philosophy and psychology of normative relativism Universiteit Gent
Struggling with the historical attractiveness of psychology for educational research illustrated by the case of Nazi Germany KU Leuven
© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013. On the basis of the existing literature (including my former work in the history of educational sciences), it is quite easy to formulate a number of hypotheses on the attractiveness of psychology for educational research. Generally speaking, one may assume that there has been during the twentieth century a growing interest for psychology in educational research. The takeover of ‘experimental ...
The psychology of talent management: A review and research agenda KU Leuven
Across six different streams of the literature (i.e., HRM; I/O psychology; educational psychology; vocational psychology; positive psychology; social psychology) we identify a number of discrepancies (i.e., between practitioner and academic interest; between talentmanagement discourse and practice), theoretical perspectives (i.e., talent as capital; talent asindividual difference; talent as giftedness; talent as identity; talent as strength; and ...
The psychology of talent management: A review and research agenda KU Leuven
Across six different streams of the literature (i.e., HRM; I/O psychology; educational psychology; vocational psychology; positive psychology; social psychology) we identify a number of discrepancies (i.e., between practitioner and academic interest; between talent management discourse and practice), theoretical perspectives (i.e., talent as capital; talent as individual difference; talent as giftedness; talent as identity; talent as strength; ...
Self-determination theory: A theoretical and empirical overview in occupational health psychology KU Leuven
The present chapter presents Self-Determination Theory (SDT; Deci & Ryan, 2000; Vansteenkiste, Ryan, & Deci, in press) and points at its applicability for occupational health psychology. Over some 40 years of research, SDT has developed into a grand theory of human motivation and optimal functioning. The theory has been applied to various life domains including education, exercising, development, parenting and relationships. Recently, ...
Encounter groups : do they foster psychology students’ psychological development and therapeutic attitudes? KU Leuven
This study investigated, using a controlled experimental design, the impact of an encounter group on psychological development and helping skills among 2nd-year undergraduate psychology students. Students in the training condition participated in three weekly 4-hour sessions of classical Rogerian encounter group while students in the control condition did not receive any intervention. Results showed a significant increase in self-actualization ...
Disaster and postdisasters: Lessons and challenges for Community Psychology KU Leuven
This chapter will present the most recent research about community interventions in the aftermath of disasters. The first section presents definitions and intervention models in postdisaster contexts, and emphasizes the importance of public policy. In the second section, we analyze three examples of community psychology interventions and the lessons learned from them. In the third section, we propose principles for community psychology in ...
Bridging Exercise Science, Cognitive Psychology, and Medical Practice Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Fatigue is such a multifaceted construct it has sprouted specific research fields and experts in domains as different as exercise physiology, cognitive psychology, human factors and engineering, and medical practice. It lacks a consensus definition: it is an experimental concept, a symptom, a risk, a cause (e.g., of performance decrement) and a consequence (e.g., of sleep deprivation). This fragmentation of knowledge leads to slower ...