A5011312248- Mental Health Research Topics
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Identity, Memory, and Therapy
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Physical Activity and Health
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
- Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
- Action Observation and Synchronization
- Sleep and related disorders
- Child and Animal Learning Development
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Health and Well-being Studies
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Media Influence and Health
KU Leuven
2017-2025
Leibniz University Hannover
2015
COVID-19 lockdown measures have profoundly impacted adolescent' daily life, with research suggesting an increase in irritability, stress, loneliness, and family conflict. A potential protective factor is parent-child relationship quality; however, no studies investigated this. We used data from SIGMA, a longitudinal, experience sampling cohort study, which N = 173 adolescents aged 11 to 20 were tested before during COVID-19. Multilevel analyses showed decreased daily-life irritability...
Background: Over half of all mental health conditions have their onset in adolescence. Large-scale epidemiological studies identified relevant environmental risk factors for problems. Yet, few focused on potential mediating inter- and intrapersonal processes daily life, hampering intervention development. Objectives: To investigate 1) the impact changes processes; 2) altered development (sub)clinical symptoms adolescents and; 3) extent to which mediate association between outcomes...
Abstract Aim Childhood adversity may result in a negative expectation of future interactions with others, also referred to as ‘threat anticipation’. It negatively impact on identity development, which subsequently influence how individuals deal their environment. Here, we examine the hypotheses that (1) synthesis is associated reduced anticipation threat, whereas opposite would be true for confusion, and (2) confusion exacerbates association between childhood threat anticipation. Methods One...
Childhood adversity is known to predispose a wide array of psychopathology in adolescence and early adulthood. Identity development, being crucial developmental task during adolescence, has been suggested affect this association. Nonetheless, research on the role identity processes scarce. The current study aims investigate how exploration commitment may impact association between childhood psychopathology. We cross-sectionally investigated adversity, (i.e., breadth depth, making,...
Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic is believed to have strongly impacted adolescents' mental health through limiting their day-to-day social lives. However, little known about the role of (social) risk/protective factors and adolescent health. Subclinical psychopathology, risk protective n = 173 adolescents (T1 mean age 16.0; 89% girls) were assessed prepandemic early-pandemic (T1: 2018/2019; T2: May 2020). Daily-life interactions in 6-day experience sampling periods. Correcting for age,...
Summary There is a lack of multinational research investigating the association between sleep problems and sedentary behaviour. In this study, we investigated relationship time spent during waking hours in six low‐ middle‐income countries. Cross‐sectional, community‐based data from Study on Global Ageing Adult Health survey were analysed. Adjusted logistic regression analyses undertaken to explore self‐reported (such as difficulties falling asleep, up frequently night or too early morning)...
Abstract Background Ambulatory monitoring is gaining popularity in mental and somatic health care to capture an individual's wellbeing or treatment course daily-life. Experience sampling method collects subjective time-series data of patients' experiences, behavior, context. At the same time, digital devices allow for less intrusive collection more objective with higher frequencies prolonged periods. We refer these as parallel data. Combining two types holds promise revolutionize care....
Abstract Background and Hypothesis Childhood adversity is associated with a myriad of psychiatric symptoms, including psychotic experiences (PEs), multiple psychological processes that may all mediate these associations. Study Design Using network approach, the present study examined complex interactions between childhood adversity, PEs, other mediators (ie, activity-related social stress, negative affect, loneliness, threat anticipation, maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation, attachment...
Adolescence is a vulnerable period for psychopathology development, and certain parenting styles are consistent robust predictors of broad range mental health outcomes. The mechanisms through which maladaptive affect the development assumed to be largely social in nature. Yet, linking unexplored at arguably most important level functioning: daily life. This study aims identify associations between three styles, experience daily-life interactions. Furthermore, we aim explore extent these...
Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic is assumed to have had a large impact on the mental health of adolescents. Finding out for which youth was largest imperative strengthening future crisis responses. In this study, we aimed assess different sociodemographic groups general population adolescents in Flanders, Belgium. Methods: Adolescents were tested SIGMA at W1 (n=1913; mean age=13.8; 63.1% female; 2018/2019); W2 (n=272; age=16.5; 74.0% 2020); and W3 (n=227; age=18.0; 78.4% 2022/2023)....
Abstract Background Research suggests that most mental health conditions have their onset in the critically social period of adolescence. Yet, we lack understanding potential processes underlying early psychopathological development. We propose a conceptual model where daily-life interactions and skills form an intermediate link between known risk protective factors (adverse childhood experiences, bullying, support, maladaptive parenting) psychopathology adolescents – is explored using...
Early findings on the impact of COVID-19 pandemic adolescents, suggest that – despite being at lowest physical health risk both their mental and day-to-day social lives are strongly affected. In this longitudinal study, we assessed changes in adolescent psychopathology symptoms, quality quantity daily-life interactions, relationship between interactions symptoms before during pandemic.A sample n=173 Flemish adolescents (mean age=16.0 latest measurement; 89% girls) from SIGMA cohort was...
Childhood adversity is associated with psychopathology. First evidence in adults suggests that threat anticipation, i.e., an enhanced anticipation of unpleasant events creating enduring sense threat, may be a putative mechanism linking childhood to This study aimed test the indirect effect on psychopathology via large community sample adolescents. We measured trauma and bullying victimization (as indicators adversity), general prodromal psychotic symptoms adolescents aged 12-16 years (full...
Background: Previous research suggests attachment is a vulnerability factor for self-harm thoughts and behaviors in adults. Yet, few studies have investigated this relationship during adolescence, although adolescence critical period changes relationships onset. Whether how relates to as measured daily life also unknown. Aims: To investigate whether paternal, maternal, peer are associated with lifetime current adolescent behaviors. Additionally, examine different bonds interact relation...