A5066822525- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
- Youth Development and Social Support
- Resilience and Mental Health
- COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
- Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Sport Psychology and Performance
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Diverse Approaches in Healthcare and Education Studies
- Family Support in Illness
- Education and Learning Interventions
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
Ghent University
2019-2024
Ghent University Hospital
2021-2022
Institute of Developmental Physiology
2021
The COVID-19 pandemic elicited a lot of concerns among citizens, thereby potentially compromising their well-being. This study sought to examine the role individuals' emotion regulation styles (i.e., emotional dysregulation, suppression, and integration) in handling these experiences well-being satisfaction with life sleep quality) ill-being anxiety depressive symptoms). had unique 10-wave longitudinal design (N = 986; Mage 41.28; 76% female) was conducted during outbreak March-May 2020....
The lockdown measures that were taken to contain the worldwide outbreak of COVID-19 caused many parents stay at home with their children.This unusual situation created both risks and opportunities for families.In current study, we examined role parental identity as a resource adaptation during this challenging period, thereby considering parenthood experiences parents' general mental health while also taking into account cumulative risk which exposed (e.g., single parenthood).Further, shed...
The COVID-19 pandemic and associated quarantine measures highly impacted parental psychological well-being. Parents of children with chronic diseases might be specifically vulnerable as they already face multiple challenges to provide adequate care for their child. research questions the current study were twofold: (a) examine whether parents a disease experienced more anxiety depression compared healthy (b) series risk factors worsened well-being (i.e., depression, anxiety, sleep problems),...
To limit the spreading of SARS-CoV-2-virus, governments worldwide have introduced behavioral measures that require considerable effort from their citizens to adhere to. Grounded in Self-Determination Theory, present research sought examine a study among Belgian cross-sectional (total N = 45975, Mage 50.42), week-to-week (subsample 1;N 981, 41.32), and long-term 2;N 5643, 53.09) associations between various individual motives follow government guidelines self-reported adherence these...
Abstract This experience sampling study examined whether autonomy‐supportive and psychologically controlling interactions with parents are intertwined adolescents' momentary affect. For 7 days (in 2020), 143 adolescents ( M age = 15.82; SD 1.75; 64% girls; 95% European, 1% African, 3% unknown) reported 5 or 6 times a day how they felt were experienced. Preregistered dynamic structural equation models on 1439 (including 532 adjacent) parent–adolescent revealed significant within‐family...
Abstract Background People’s perceived risk of being infected and having severe illness was conceived as a motivational source adherence to behavioral measures during the COVID-19 crisis. Methods We used online self-reported data, spanning 20 months crisis in Belgium ( n = 221,791; 34.4% vaccinated; July 2020 - March 2022) study association between perception motivation. Results Both infection probability severity fluctuated across time function characteristics emerging variants, with...
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected people across the world, with important heterogeneity among older adults in how they respond to challenges associated this crisis. Relying on a cross-fertilization between Erikson's personality theory and self-determination theory, study aimed examine possible sources of resilience (i.e., ego integrity need satisfaction) vulnerability despair) adults' (mal) adjustment, thereby additionally considering role multiple risk protective factors (e.g., gender...
The transmissibility of new COVID-19 variants and decreasing efficacy vaccines led authorities to recommend a booster even an annual dose. However, people's willingness accept doses varied considerably. Using two independent longitudinal samples 4596 (Mean age = 53.6) 514 55.9) vaccinated participants, we examined how (lack of) vaccination motivation for their first dose was associated with intention get (Sample 1) 2) several months later (Aim 1). We also aimed capture the impact...
Abstract Upon the outbreak of SARS‐CoV‐2 virus, it was clear that pandemic would not only entail physical but also psychological challenges and threats to individuals’ sustained motivation, behavioral adherence, mental health. To encourage Belgian authorities take these aspects into account, Motivation Barometer, a large‐scale dynamic survey, launched in March 2020. Its purpose monitor cognitive, affective, citizens’ functioning across pandemic, with special attention given motivational...
The essential role of the psychological needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness in well-being has been demonstrated convincingly. Yet whether their fulfillment also serves as a source resilience face adversity received limited attention. A longitudinal sample Belgian citizens (N = 1869; M
Background: The stringency of the measures taken by governments to combat COVID-19 pandemic varied considerably across countries and time. In present study, we examined how proportionality epidemiological situation is related citizens’behavior, motivation mental health. Methods: Across 421 days between March 2020 2022, 273,722 Belgian participants (Mage = 49.47; 63.9% female; 33% single) completed an online questionnaire. Multiple linear mixed regression modeling was used examine interaction...
Objective: Across nationwide rollout of COVID-19 vaccination, people in Belgium differed widely their vaccination intention.In the present study, we examined (a) how people's intentions changed during and (b) whether changes motivation (i.e., autonomous, controlled, distrust-based (a)motivation) predicted intention, thereby taking into account intention at baseline.Method: Using 4 subsamples participants who were vaccinated different time points (n total = 10,799) between December 2020 June...