A5064218992- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Identity, Memory, and Therapy
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Family Support in Illness
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Aging and Gerontology Research
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Humor Studies and Applications
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Educational and Psychological Assessments
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Diversity and Impact of Dance
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
KU Leuven
2020-2025
VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology
2023
Increasing research has indicated a strong association between identity functioning and eating disorder (ED) symptomatology. However, detailed investigation of throughout ED treatment is lacking. The present longitudinal study examined in inpatients with an explored its simultaneous change symptomatology treatment. A total 225 female patients completed questionnaires at admission. From these participating admission (Wave 1), 110 also participated least one additional measurement wave, 43.64%...
The detrimental impact of sociocultural pressures on adolescents' body image has been widely established. However, it remains unclear why or for whom such lead to increased appearance ideals internalization and comparison. This cross-sectional study investigated moderating indirect effects identity confusion/synthesis in the relationship between (1) (2) comprised 685 community adolescents (13–19 years; Mage = 14.80; SDage 0.93; 55.2% girls). Participants completed self-report questionnaires...
The present paper includes two studies examining how identity functioning is related to (psychological characteristics of) somatic symptoms. Study 1 examined associations between and symptoms, whereas 2 additionally psychological of symptoms investigated the mediating role anxiety depressive in association disturbance total sample consisted adolescents emerging adults aged 14–30, including 686 663 participants for 2, respectively. In both studies, youth troubled diffusion reported most...
Introduction: Adolescence is the most critical life period for development of eating disorder (ED) symptomatology. Although problems in identity functioning and emotion dysregulation have been proven important risk maintaining factors ED symptomatology, they never integrated a longitudinal study. Methods: The present study part Longitudinal Identity research (LIA)-study aimed to uncover temporal interplay between functioning, cognitive regulation, symptomatology adolescence. A total 2,162...
Increasing research has indicated a strong association between identity functioning and eating disorder (ED) symptomatology. However, detailed investigation of throughout ED treatment is lacking. The present longitudinal study examined in inpatients with an explored its co-development symptomatology treatment. At admission (Wave 1), 110 women (Mage=21, SD=6.08, range:14-45) participated, whom 83.64% participated during 2) 55.45% at discharge 3). Questionnaires on synthesis, confusion,...
ABSTRACTIdentity formation constitutes the core developmental task youth face on their way to adulthood. Identity has increasingly been identified as a key construct for understanding both optimal and pathological functioning in community clinical populations of different ages. The present article describes five-dimensional identity model, subsequent research conducted at our centre, details how this line focused assessing relevance (neo-)Eriksonian constructs. Specific attention is paid...
Objective Identity formation was investigated in adolescent and emerging adult cancer survivors from a (neo-)Eriksonian perspective by comparing to control participants. In survivors, associations between identity clinical/demographical variables general illness-specific functioning were investigated.Design Childhood (n = 125; Mage: 19.54; 47% male) matched on age gender with healthy controls (2:1).Main outcome measures All participants completed questionnaires. Survivors reported...
The present study investigated the (co-)occurrence of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and pathological buying (PB) their associations with reactive/regulative temperament in a sample female patients eating disorders (ED) community adults. Our samples consisted 254 adults (48.8% female) 60 ED. All participants filled out self-report questionnaires to assess NSSI, PB, temperament. Prevalence rates NSSI PB were respectively 14.5% 4.8% for women, 13.1% 1.5% men, 36.7% 10% Only was positively...
Mental illness and identity are related, with issues in contributing to the development of psychopathology vice versa. However, little work has examined how mental can become interwoven (i.e., identity). may be particularly important during adolescence, as this life phase is marked by salience an increase psychopathology. In present study, we conducted a qualitative examination high point, low turning psychopathology-related narratives 69 Dutch adolescents (Mage = 16.5, 75.4% female, 15.9%...
Mental illness and identity are related, with issues in contributing to the development of psychopathology vice versa. However, little work has examined how mental can become interwoven (i.e., identity). may be particularly important during adolescence, as this life phase is marked by salience an increase psychopathology. In present study, we conducted a qualitative examination high point, low turning psychopathology-related narratives 69 Dutch adolescents (