A5058937270- Emotional Intelligence and Performance
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Cognitive Science and Education Research
- Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Pain Management and Placebo Effect
- Personality Traits and Psychology
- Emotions and Moral Behavior
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Humor Studies and Applications
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Learning Styles and Cognitive Differences
- Action Observation and Synchronization
- Advanced Text Analysis Techniques
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
- Face Recognition and Perception
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
Ghent University
2011-2023
Ghent University Hospital
2020
Concerns have been raised about whether self-report measures of pain catastrophizing reflect the construct as defined in cognitive-behavioral literature. We investigated content these measures; that is, items assess 'pain catastrophizing' and not other theoretical constructs (i.e., related or outcomes) using discriminant validity method.
The COVID-19 pandemic requires massive and rapid behavior change. Health Action Process Approach (HAPA) describes personal determinants that play a key role in This study investigated whether these are associated with adherence to physical distancing measures prevent the spread of (i.e. keeping 1.5 m distance staying at home). Decreased psychosocial well-being lack social support were explored as barriers adherence.Two cross-sectional surveys conducted among adults Belgium. first survey (N =...
Abstract Big data and machine learning techniques offer opportunities to investigate the effects of psychological factors on pain outcomes. Nevertheless, these advances can only deliver when quality is high underpinning causal assumptions are considered. We argue that there room for improvement identify some challenges in evidence base concerning effect development maintenance chronic pain. As a starting point, 3 basic tenets causality taken: (1) cause differ from each other, (2) precedes...
The Levels of Emotional Awareness Scale (LEAS) is a widely used scenario-based instrument that has been developed for the measurement emotional awareness in adults. Although LEAS validated numerous studies, published validity research on recently child version (LEAS-C) scarce. objective present study was to evaluate construct Dutch LEAS-C sample 318 children, aged 10 17 years. Outcomes revealed novel structural evidence favor alternative design-driven modeling. Further, pattern relationships...
Questions have been raised about whether items of alexithymia scales assess the construct and its key features, no other related constructs. This study assessed (discriminant) content validity most widely used scale, i.e., Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20).Participants (n = 81) rated to what extent TAS-20 constructs were relevant for assessing 'alexithymia', 'difficulty identifying feelings', describing 'externally-oriented thinking', 'limited imaginal capacity', 'anxiety', 'depression',...
Fibromyalgia is characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain and often accompanied cognitive emotional problems. Adaptation to fibromyalgia may therefore also rely on one's ability regulate In this study, we examined two indices of emotion regulation, that is, (a) affective instability, involving frequent large fluctuations in self-reported affect, (b) resting heart rate variability (HRV).Participants were 46 patients with (Mage = 45.4 years; 39 females) matched healthy controls 44.9 37...
AbstractRecent research has claimed that a novelty dimension is needed to represent the cognitive emotion structure over and above valence, power arousal. Novelty emerged when student samples evaluated meaning of 24 terms on 142 features. This claim debatable, however, because date never been found in similarity sorting studies. It possible sophisticated The current identified large, representative set using free-listing task middle childhood up early adulthood sample (N = 5071). Children,...
The Levels of Emotional Awareness Scale for Children (LEAS-C) is a performance-based instrument that assesses emotional awareness in the structure written responses to set real-life scenarios. While it theoretically expected develops with age, virtually no age differences have been established LEAS-C. present study investigated whether an adaptation instructions and scoring procedure on basis componential emotion approach could improve validity LEAS-C reveal differences. An adapted was...
Principal Component Metrics is a novel theoretically-based and data-driven methodology that enables the evaluation of internal structure at item level maximum emotional intelligence tests. This method disentangles interindividual differences in ability from acquiescent extreme responding. are applied to existing (Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test) assembled (specifically, Situational Test Emotion Understanding, Management, Geneva Recognition test batteries an analysis three...
To limit the spread of COVID-19, many countries, including Belgium, have installed physical distancing measures. Yet, adherence to these newly behavioral measures has been described as challenging and effortful. Based on Health Action Process Approach (HAPA) model, this study performed an in-depth evaluation when, why, how people deviated from measures.An online mixed-method was conducted among Belgian adults (N = 2055) in beginning May 2020. Participants were recruited via open call through...