A5089737338- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Technology Use by Older Adults
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- ICT Impact and Policies
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Technostress in Professional Settings
- Healthcare innovation and challenges
- Educational Games and Gamification
- Technology Adoption and User Behaviour
- Social Media and Politics
- Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
- Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks
- Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
- Educational Practices and Policies
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- COVID-19 Prevention and Impact
- Digital Accessibility for Disabilities
- Community Health and Development
- Impact of Education Environments
- Disability Education and Employment
- Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
- Social Capital and Networks
- Gender and Women's Rights
Ghent University
2016-2023
The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically affected people's lives and relationships. On March 13, 2020, the Belgian government issued lockdown measures which constrained most work social life to confines of their own home. For couples who lived together, being locked down together potentially placed a lot stress on relationship. As relationship can have detrimental (mental) health outcomes, it is important identify aspects were particularly stressful during lockdown. present study aimed...
Today, some individuals may be at a disadvantage by experiencing difficulties in using smartphone or computer to reach specific outcomes (e.g., looking for job, searching information on insurances) general not knowing how change the settings of an app website). The aim this study is develop and examine psychometric properties new instrument, called Digital Difficulties Scale (DDS). A multi-phase method was performed questionnaire period from January 2019 November 2019. item pool generated...
The global spread of the coronavirus has drastically impacted people's lives. Due to governmental lockdown measures, most work and social life were suddenly confined their own home. For partners who lived together, this could put serious strain on relationship, which result in conflicts violence. In study, we aimed identify groups people particularly experienced verbal partner violence during pandemic lockdown, how stress regarding COVID-19 played a role occurrence conflicts. Through an...
This report describes main findings from a longitudinal survey study in Belgium during the COVID-19 pandemic 2020-2021. It shows impact of and governmental lockdown measures on many aspects people's life, such as their mental health, work, parenthood, finances, intimate relationships.
Rapport met belangrijkste bevindingen van vragenlijstonderzoek in Belgie naar welzijn en relaties tijden corona, 3-17 april 2020.
It remains unclear whether income-poor people have personal access to ICTs, they can use ICTs fulfill basicneeds, and which ICT problem solving strategies apply. Knowledge about the resources of income-poorpeople is however