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Evaluation peer-to-peer influence intervention Kopkracht for mental wellbeing high school students
(2023)School-based interventions and specifically peer-to-peer interventions are recognized as a useful tool to improve mental health among adolescents. Kopkracht is a Dutch peer-to-peer intervention that tackles the mental ... -
Climate Responsibility
(2023)The overarching aim of this qualitative study is to examine the variations in individuals' sense of responsibility regarding climate change and explore the underlying narratives and reasoning behind the presence or absence ... -
The Relationship between Motivation and Mind Wandering: Learning Strategies as a Mediator
(2023)Students in tertiary education can experience negative mind wandering, defined as task-unrelated thought, during their individual study time. This can disrupt their focus and reading comprehension. Previous studies found ... -
Enhancing Goal Setting Skills by Using Goal-Directed Peer Feedback
(2023)As more employers expect their employees to be self-directed and self-controlled, it becomes more crucial for vocational education to provide students with the necessary skills to succeed in the workplace. One of these ... -
How parental motivation and self-regulation contribute to the decoding efficiency of children in grade 1
(2023)There are concerns in the Netherlands about the decreased reading level of young people. Therefore, research on environmental factors and child-specific factors is needed to identify potential risk factors for reading ... -
Uncovering Heteronormativity in Dutch School Culture Through LGBTQ+ Secondary Students’ School Climate Experiences
(2023)This study aims to give insights into the experiences of LGBTQ+ students regarding school climate of secondary education in the Netherlands and describe what this can teach us about school culture. Despite the focus of ... -
Examining the Effect of Goal-Directed Peer Feedback on the Goal Setting Skills and Goal Quality of Dutch Vocational Education Students: An Achievement Goal Orientation Perspective
(2023)The present study examined the influence of achievement goal orientation on the effectiveness of goal-directed peer feedback in vocational education and training (VET), in which students train for practical, often technical ... -
The effects of inducing mood and arousal through music before learning from an instructional video.
(2023)Instructional videos have become increasingly popular in elementary education. Educationalists have to make deliberate decisions while developing and selecting instructional videos. Therefore it is desirable to create ... -
Capturing carbon and mimicking neurons with water, salt and nanochannels
(2023)Ionic transport through nanometre scale channels is of importance for a wide array of different applications. In reflection of this diverse range of nanochannel applications, we research nanofluidic systems in the context ... -
“Don’t Talk About Where You’re From, Pretend You’re Dutch”: The Belonging Experiences of Dutch University Students With a Turkish or Moroccan Minority Background During Secondary School
(2023)This qualitative study addresses the research question: How have Dutch university students with a Turkish or Moroccan minority background experienced belonging during their time in secondary school? The study explicitly ... -
Effect of immersion on students' test performance, achievement emotions, and intrinsic motivation
(2023)Despite the growing interest in the educational applications of virtual reality, there is limited research available that specifically examines the effectiveness of virtual reality for learning. While virtual reality has ... -
Implementing the SCRES in the Ouderschap Blijft intervention at Levvel Bemiddelt: a process evaluation
(2023)Abstract: De nadelige effecten van echtscheiding op het welzijn van kinderen vereisen effectieve interventies zoals Ouderschap Blijft, dat tot doel heeft de negatieve impact van echtscheiding te verminderen. Deze procesevaluatie ... -
Let’s talk about sex: divorced families, contact with parents and emotional distress in relation to teenagers’ sexual activity
(2023)Puberty is a life stage characterized by a massive increase in risky behavior as well as the onset of sexual relationships. While sexual activity in teens may not always be problematic, the increased prevalence of sexually ... -
The effectiveness of virtual reality-assisted hypnosis against itch: the creation and evaluation of a new therapeutic concept
(2023)Chronic itch is a disabling condition with currently limited treatment options. Virtual reality (VR) is an approach that takes people to another place and has demonstrated to temporarily reduce itch. Hypnosis, which is a ... -
The Future of Personalized Medicine: iPS cell technology as a Game-Changer in drug discovery
(2023)This study showed the benefits of using IPS technology in drug discovery and whether this technology can reduce the timeline, development costs and animal use. -
High Incidence of Depression and Anxiety in Offspring of Depressed and/or Anxious Parents: An Exploration of the Effect of Age and Gender on Individual Symptoms
(2023)Depression and anxiety disorders are complex disorders transmitted intergenerationally. Age and gender play a role in their transmission among the general population, with adolescent girls presenting an increased likelihood ... -
FoMO and Friends: Exploring the Inverse Relationship between Intensity of Meeting Friends and Closeness of Friendships and the Fear of Missing Out
(2023)Previous studies trying to explain the fear of missing out (FoMO) mainly focused on the influence of psychological needs (autonomy, competence and relatedness) in general, while the present study focused on the intensity ... -
Unraveling the influence of social anxiety on cannabis use among underaged adolescents
(2023)Background and aims: The relationship between social anxiety and cannabis use among young adolescents is unclear. Some indicate a positive relation due to self-medication, while others suggest a negative link influenced ... -
Unraveling the bidirectional relationship between sleep problems and externalizing problem behavior in adolescence
(2023)There is a well-established effect of sleep problems on externalizing problem behavior in adolescence, but whether this relationship is bidirectional remains unclear. Furthermore, the mechanisms driving this relationship ...