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1 | Name PI | Lab/department | Contact (e-mail and/or cellphone) | URL | Method (e.g. field experiment, survey, interviews, ...) | Type of population involved | Location (Belgium only or international) | Anticipated impact (including practical recommendations) | Timing (Date start - Date end) | Availability to present at virtual symposium BAPS2020 | Availability for contacts with the media | Paper published/research report/ongoing | link paper | short summary | take home message | policy implications | ||||||||||
2 | Impact of covid-19 lockdown daily life, well-being and behaviours among youth (12-21 years old)- | Fabienne Glowacz, Emilie Schmits, Margot Goblet, Annabelle Kinard, | ARCh Research Unit , Department of Psychology, ULiege | fabienne.glowacz@uliege.be | Survey | General population | Belgium FWB | march 2020 june 2020 | Yes | ongoing | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Impact of covid-19 lockdown on intimate partner violence | Fabienne Glowacz, Margot Globet, Emilie Schmits,Amandine Dziewa | ARCh Research Unit, Department of Psychology ULiege | fabienne.glowacz@uliege.be | Survey | Genral population | Belgium FWB France Quebec | April 17 to May 1, 2020 | yes | ongoing | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Lockdown Distress during the COVID-19 Pandemic: anxiety, depression uncertainty | Fabienne Glowacz, Emilie Schmits | ARCh Research Unit , Department of Psychology, ULiege | fabienne.glowacz@uliege | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113486 | Survey | General population | Belgium FWB France Quebec | The purpose of this study is to measure the psychological distress related to the COVID-19 crisis and public health measures associated with its lockdown. | April 17 to May 1, 2020 | Yes | Glowacz, F., & Schmits, E. (2020). Psychological distress during the COVID-19 lockdown: The young adults most at risk. Psychiatry research, 293, 113486 | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113486 | Young people are more sensitive to lockdown conditions and psychological distress | to propose clear guidelines for teachers to help them communicate with students, to offer access to infrastructure that will be conducive to their well-being, such free psychological consultations, and the promotion of access to sports and cultural centers.To provide public health warnings about the risk of excessive consumption in social contexts among young adults after lockdown | |||||||||||
5 | The impact of COVID-19 on the wellbeing and cognitive functioning of older adults | Sarah De Pue, Eva Van den Bussche & Céline Gillebert | [UR2NF] | isleep@gmail.com, petersimor@gmail.com | https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdc3EFgKhA-MtxfsOXU1Vu9aIys5dPJDb9ftGgnzFRFaexaCA/viewform | survey | Belgium, Hungary, Spain mainly | The aim of the study is to examine day-to-day associations between subjective sleep quality and daytime functioning during the large-scale confinement measures taken in Belgium given the current Covid-19 pandemic in Europe. In particular, we are interested in assessing the interplay between altered patterns of sleep timing, duration and quality, and daytime behavior, cognition, and affect for 2 weeks during the confinement period | April 2020 - June 2020 | Maybe (if preliminary analyses finished) | yes | |||||||||||||||
6 | The impact of the school closure and home-schooling on the minority-majority achievement gap in education. | Jozefien De Leersnyder, Loes Meeussen, & Karen Phalet | ARCh Research Unit , Department of Psychology, ULiege | emilie.schmits@uliege | survey | general population | Belgium FWB France Quebec | The present study proposes to focus on the role of individual/contextual factors related to confinement and mental health variables on alcohol use during the lockdown (COVID-19 pandemic). | April 17 to May 1, 2020 | No | No | Schmits,E. & Glowacz, F. (in press). Changes in Alcohol use during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Impact of the Lockdown Conditions and Mental Health Factors. International journal of mental health and addiction. | Half of the population change their drinking pattern, due to lockdown conditions and anxiodepressive symptoms. | To implement alcohol prevention strategies in the context of health crisis. | ||||||||||||
7 | School closure during COVID-19: implications for school and psychological adjustment among vulnerable pupils | Jessie Hillekens, Gülseli Baysu, & Karen Phalet | Brain & Cognition, KU Leuven | eva.vandenbussche@kuleuven.be | Online survey | Flemish adults of 65 years or older | Belgium, Dutch speaking population | We aim to investigate the impact of COVID-19 on the cognitive functioning and well-being of older adults, which is a group at risk. Using several measurement moments, we will also assess the evolution of wellbeing and cognitive functioning over time and study potential moderators. | 19/5/2020 - 28/12/2020 | No | Yes | Preprint of first paper based on first measurement moment, analyses of follow-up measurements ongoing | https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.08.27.20183129v1 | COVID-19 took a heavy toll on older adults. In Belgium, by the end of August, 93% of deaths due to COVID-19 were aged 65 or older. Similar trends were observed in other countries. As a consequence, older adults were identified as a group at risk, and strict governmental restrictions were imposed on them. This has caused concerns about their mental health. Using an online survey, this study established the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adults aged 65 years or older, and which factors moderate this impact. Participants reported a significant decrease in activity level, sleep quality and wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Depression was strongly related to reported declines in activity level, sleep quality, wellbeing and cognitive functioning. Our study shows that the COVID-19 pandemic had a severe impact on the mental health of older adults. This implies that this group at risk requires attention of governments and healthcare. | 1. The COVID-19 pandemic had a severe impact on the wellbeing, activity level and sleep quality of older adults. 2. Only a small group of participants reported a decline in cognitive functioning. 3. All changes reported during the COVID-19 period were strongly related to depression. | 1. Concerns raised about the wellbeing of older adults are justified, and this group at risk requires the attention of governments and healthcare. 2. In the future, prevention and intervention strategies are needed to aid older adults to prepare for and cope with extreme stressors, such as COVID-19, especially for those at risk of depression. Psychological counselling could play an important in improving social skills in preventing loneliness and decreased wellbeing. 3. New ways need to be explored to reach older adults. 4. More attention needs to be devoted to the importance of maintaining strong social relationships (for example through social media usage and telephone contact) during major stressors, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Media actions might help in stressing the importance of maintaining such interactions for older adults. | ||||||||||
8 | Center for Social and Cultural Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Leuven | jozefien.deleersnyder@kuleuven.be | survey | Pupils in 10 secondary schools in Flanders | Dutch speaking | With this study we not only hope to get insight into the impact of the school-closure and home-schooling policy on the widening of the achievement gap in education, but also to shed light on which personal and school-related factors widen versus buffer against the widening of this gap. Among the personal factors, we study students' home situation, including the practical and mental support that is available from their parents, their pre-corona academic identity and their bond with their teachers. Among the school factors, we study which types of home-schooling tasks are asked for by the school, how teachers communicate with their students, and how the schools generally approach cultural diversity (e.g., in a colorblind vs. intercultural way). In addition, we aim to investigate if the links between these variables and school achievement are mediated by current school engagement and well-being. | May-June 2020 + pre-measure 2019 | Most likely not - depends on how fast data come in | Yes | |||||||||||||||||
9 | Center for Social and Cultural Psychology, KU Leuven | Jessie.Hillekens@kuleuven.be | Longitudinal survey study with three waves (pre, during, post) | Pupils in the first 2 years of secondary education | Flanders, Belgium | In this study, we look at how the closure of secondary schools impacted school and psychological adjustment of pupils and whether it has more severe consequences for ethnic minority and socio-economically disadvantaged pupils. Additionally, we look at risks and resources at home and in school that can impact school and psychological adjustment for more and less vulnerable pupils (e.g., parent-child relationship quality, resources at home, quality of online instruction) | March 2020 (pre), June 2020 (during), Spring 2021 (after) | No | yes | Ongoing | ||||||||||||||||
10 | Ironic side-effects of appeals to follow behavioral rules | Vera Hoorens, Geert Molenberghs, Geert Verbeke, Stefaan Demarest, Eliane Deschrijver | Center for Social and Cultural Psychology, KU Leuven & Department of Experimental Psychology, UGent | Vera.Hoorens@kuleuven.be | Longitudinal survey + experiment | General population | We examine self-favoring biases in risk perception and in the appraisal of one’s own risk and precautionary behavior. We will in a longitudinal study (data collection of the first wave almost being completed, target N = 5000) on a sample from the general population from all regions of Belgium examine the effect of ‘errors’ in risk perception on the motivation to follow precautionary rules. In addition, we will in an online experiment test the hypothesis that there are situations where appeals meant to motivate people to comply with precautionary rules against COVID-19 ironically inflate precisely those biases that reduce compliance. Our project will thus yield specific and readily applicable solutions to achieve an urgently needed better compliance with precautionary measures. | November 2020-October 2021 (first wave of data collection december) | no | yes | Ongoing | Interventions meant to enhance compliance with precautionary rules and vaccination policies may have ironic side-effects | Persuasive communication should avoid inadvertently enhancing biased risk perception | |||||||||||||
11 | Is the media coverage of COVID-19 prejudiced? | Vera Hoorens & master's thesis students | Center for Social and Cultural Psychology, KU Leuven | Vera.Hoorens@kuleuven.be | Analysis of written media | The study will show if COVID-19 patients with different ethnic backgrounds are depicted differently in the written media | October 2020-June 2022 | no | yes | Ongoing | ||||||||||||||||
12 | Risk perception concerning COVID-19 | Vera Hoorens, Eliane Deschrijver + international team | Center for Social and Cultural Psychology, KU Leuven & Department of Experimental Psychology, UGent, + 8 Universities in 3 continents | Vera.Hoorens@kuleuven.be | Online Surveys | General population + > 400 students | We examine the occurrence of self-uniqueness beliefs in risk perception and assessment of compliance with precautionary measures and vaccination | April-May 2020 data collection (general population) and November 2020 data collection (students) | no | yes | Several papers in progress; one published (open access): Asimakopoulou, K., Hoorens, V., Speed, E., Coulson, N. S., Antoniszczak, D., Collyer, F., Deschrijver, E., Dubbin, L., Faulks, D., Forsyth, R., Goltsi, V., Harsløf, I., Larsen, K., Manaras, I., Olczak-Kowalczyk, D., Willis, K., Xenou, T. & Scambler, S. (2020). Comparative optimism about infection and recovery from COVID-19; Implications for adherence with lockdown advice. Health Expectations. | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/hex.13134 | People understand risk communication about COVID-19 very differently from how it is intended | |||||||||||||
13 | Validation of the Impact of Event Scale with modifications for COVID-19 (IES-COVID19) | Lauranne Vanaken, Sara Scheveneels, Eline Belmans, Dirk Hermans | Centre for Learning Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology | lauranne.vanaken@kuleuven.be | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00738 | Online Survey | 380 university students (M = 19.44, SD = 1.40, range = 17 – 28) | Flanders, Belgium | In the current study, we adjusted the Dutch version of the Impact of Event Scale (IES) to assess traumatic stress symptoms related to the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak. | March 23 2020 - April 29 2020 | No | Yes | · Persuasive messages should directly address self-favoring biases | |||||||||||||
14 | A longitudinal investigation of the relations between narrative coherence, psychological well-being, internalizing symptoms and social bonding | Lauranne Vanaken, Dirk Hermans | Centre for Learning Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology | https://ghum.kuleuven.be/NL2018/corona/research-summary/lauranne-vanaken | Longitudinal online survey with two waves (pre, during) | 635 university students (M = 18.38, SD = .99, range = 17 – 26) | Flanders, Belgium | Narrative coherence will be investigated in its cross-sectional and longitudinal relations to psychological and social well-being. | November 2019 - March 2020 | No | Yes | |||||||||||||||
15 | Couple and parental relationships during lockdown | Sarah Galdiolo & Justine Gaugue | Child and Adolescent Lab | sarah.galdiolo@umons.ac.be | https://applications.umons.ac.be/survey/index.php?sid=69331&lang=fr | survey (4 waves) | General population | Belgium (French part) | Longitudinal influence of the lockdown on couple and parental relationships | March 2020 - July 2020 | No | yes | ongoing | |||||||||||||
16 | International study on the impact of Covid-19 on intimate relationships | Sarah Galdiolo, Marie Geonet, & Justine Gaugue | Child and Adolescent Lab | sarah.galdiolo@umons.ac.be | survey | General population | Belgium (French part) and France | Understanding the impact of covid-19 on relational well-being (international consortium) | May - August | No | Yes | ongoing | ||||||||||||||
17 | Buying and using the electronic cigarette in Belgium during the lock down period due to COVID-19 | Baeyens Frank en Sven Van Lommel | CLEP, KU Leuven | frank.baeyens@kuleuven.be | https://kuleuven.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b8HiPrmc0lHOFUN | Online survey | Current vapers | Belgium | We aim to investigate the impact of closing vape shops during the lock down period due to COVID-19 on smoking and vaping behavior among current vapers | 25/5/2020 - End June | No | Yes | Adriaens, K., Van Gucht, D., Van Lommel, S., & Baeyens F. (2020, preprint). Vaping during the COVID-19 lockdown period in Belgium. Qeios. | https://www.qeios.com/read/SBVQ47.2 | Due to the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), the Belgian government has set out a range of measures to prevent the spread of the virus. One measure included closing all non-food shops, including vape shops. A retrospective online questionnaire was used to investigate the impact of closing the vape shops on the vaping and/or smoking behavior of current vapers. The sample (n = 202) reached consisted of 70% exclusive vapers, 29% dual users and 1% no-product users. Over half (55%) of participants was in need to buy e-liquid during the lockdown, with a small majority being able to buy e-liquids – mostly with their usual nicotine concentrations, flavor or brand –, but as much as 39% of them running out of e-liquid. Those buying e-liquid mainly did so by making purchases via foreign online webshops. A similar pattern was observed with respect to purchasing hardware, with about half (47%) of participants reporting hardware availability and with a small majority (53%) reporting hardware unavailability. Of those indicating that hardware was not available, 38% ran out of a properly functioning e-cigarette. A non-trivial minority was forced to consume e-liquids with another nicotine concentration, flavor or brand than usual. One seventh of exclusive vapers relapsed partly or completely to smoking during the lockdown. The main reasons for changing vaping and/or smoking behavior included the unavailability of e-liquid with nicotine, the unavailability of hardware, and stress/worries about COVID-19. The majority of vapers succeeded in maintaining their vaping behavior as usual, highly likely due to (illegally) buying consumables online. Nevertheless, for a minority the lockdown period resulted in unintended consequences and these vapers relapsed (completely) to smoking. Even during periods of lockdown, smokers and vapers should be able to purchase low(er)-risk alternatives to smoking, for example e-cigarettes. | A majority of vapers knows how to purchase e-liquids and consumables, even when brick-and-mortar vape shops are closed. A non-trivial minority relapse to smoking when e-liquids and consumables are not accessible. | The ability to purchase e-liquids and consumables online may be a protective factor to relapse to smoking when brick-and-mortar vape shops need to be closed. Access to low(er)-risk alternatives to smoking needs to be guaranteed at all times. | |||||||||
18 | Psychological Impact of Covid-19: from lockdown to post crisis | Denis Jennifer, Meriaux Mathilde & Hendrick S. | Clinical Psychology Department, UMONS | jennifer.denis@umons.ac.be | Online survey | General population | Belgium | investigating the influence of anxiety, stress, ressources, coping and social distancing in a longitudinal perspective (4waves) | 20 th March, 20th April, 20th september, 20th december | Maybe | yes | ongoing | ||||||||||||||
19 | Social Distancing Behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic | Christina Reimer, Raquel London, Zhang Chen, & Frederick Verbruggen | Control of Impulsive Action Lab/Experimental Psychology Department/Ghent | christina.reimer@ugent.be | Survey | General population | International | Understanding why people engage in social distancing | April - June 2020 | No | Yes | ongoing | ||||||||||||||
20 | Decision Making during the COVID-19 pandemic | Raquel London, Christina Reimer, Zhang Chen, & Frederick Verbruggen | Control of Impulsive Action Lab/Experimental Psychology Department/Ghent | raquel.london@ugent.be | survey | General population | International | April-June 2020 | No | yes | ||||||||||||||||
21 | To Punish or to Assist? Divergent Reactions to In-group and Out-group Members Disobeying Social Distancing | Jasper Van Assche, Emanuele Politi, Pieter Van Dessel, Karen Phalet | Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology, Ghent University; Center for Social and Cultural Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Leuven; Department of Experimental Clinical and Health psychology, Ghent University | jasper.vanassche@kuleuven.be | https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/bjso.12395 | Survey and embedded experiment | General population | International (Brits in the U.K.) | In response to the corona pandemic, societies face the formidable challenge to develop sustainable forms of sociability-cum-social-distancing – supporting social life while containing the virus and preventing new outbreaks. Accordant public policies often balance between retributive (punishment-based) and assistance (solidarity-based) measures to foster responsible behaviour. Yet, the pandemic has further made salient group disparities in behaviour, potentially straining intergroup relations, elevating heated emotions, and undercutting coordinated containment policies. Using a 2x2 between-subjects experiment, British citizens (N = 377) read about members of their national in-group or a national out-group (categorical differentiation), that were either conforming to the corona regulations or deviated from them (normative differentiation). In general, participants’ support for assistance policies outweighed support for retributive policies. Second, however, norm-deviation was associated with less positive and more negative moral emotions, the latter category further relating to more punitiveness and less support for assistance measures. Finally, the combination of out-group norm-deviation especially produced support for retributive policies, pointing to potential out-group derogation. We discuss implications for policy makers and formulate avenues for future scientific research. | 18-19 April 2020 | Yes | Yes | Van Assche, J., Politi, E., Van Dessel, P., & Phalet, K. (2020). To punish or to assist? Divergent reactions to ingroup and outgroup members disobeying social distancing. British Journal of Social Psychology, 59(3), 594-606. | https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/bjso.12395 | In response to the COVID‐19 pandemic, societies face the formidable challenge of developing sustainable forms of sociability‐cumsocial‐distancing – enduring social life while containing the virus and preventing new outbreaks. Accordant public policies often balance between retributive (punishment‐based) and assistance (solidarity‐based) measures to foster responsible behaviour. Yet, the uncontrolled spreading of the disease has divided public opinion about which measures are best suited, and it has made salient group disparities in behaviour, potentially straining intergroup relations, elevating heated emotions, and undercutting coordinated international responses. In a 2 × 2 between‐subjects experiment, British citizens (N = 377) read about national in‐group or outgroup members (categorical differentiation), who were either conforming to or deviating from the corona regulations (normative differentiation). Participants then reported moral emotions towards the target national group and indicated support for public policies. In general, support for assistance policies outweighed support for retributive measures. Second, however, norm deviation was associated with less positive and more negative moral emotions, the latter category further relating to more punitiveness and less assistance support. Finally, respondents who read about norm‐violating outgroup members especially reported support for retributive measures, indicating that people might use norm deviation to justify outgroup derogation. We discuss implications for policymakers and formulate future research avenues. | 1. In general, people are more in favor of assistance (solidarity-based) confinement measures, because retributive (punishment-based) policies go against core democratic values such as personal freedom. 2. News reports about norm-deviating groups trigger negative emotions (e.g., anger, condemnation, disgust), which can cause support for retributive measures. 3. Support for retributive measures was highest when people read news about norm-violating foreigners, indicating that people might blame foreigners for spreading the virus rather than fellow nationals that disobey hygiene standards and social distancing. | News about other national groups breaking the ‘corona-rules’ has the potential to elicit very strong negative emotions.As the Head of the United Nations, António Guterres, warned, governments should be careful that the COVID-19 outbreak does not unleash “a tsunami of hate and xenophobia, scapegoating and scaremongering”. It is therefore of utmost importance to avoid thinking in terms of the “us-versus-them” divide. We advocate policy makers to create a sense of inclusive togetherness, and promote collective resilience and international solidarity during these unprecedented times. | |||||||||
22 | International Investigation of Parental Burnout: wave 2 | Charlotte Schrooyen, Bart Soenens, Lesley Verhofstadt, Wim Beyers | Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology, Ghent University; Department of Experimental Clinical and Health psychology, Ghent University | charlotte.schrooyen@ugent.be | survey | Parents | Belgium (Flanders) | Identification of the situational and psychological moderators of the impact of the lockdown on parental distress | May 2020 | Maybe | Yes | ongoing | ||||||||||||||
23 | Perfectionism, FOMO, social media, and anxiety during COVID-19 lock-down | Marie-Lotte Van Beveren | Department of Developmental, Personality, and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Clinical developmental psychology | marielotte.vanbeveren@ugent.be | survey | general population, young-adults | Flanders, Belgium | Researching the role of perfectionisme and FOMO in dealing with the stress, associated with the Covid-19 lockdown | March-April 2020 | No | No | ongoing | In an online experiment, we invited [A1] 377 British citizens to read a scenario about a target group’s behavior. Each respondent read one of four possible scenarios: | |||||||||||||
24 | Generatie 2020: een follow-up studie | Caroline Braet, Marie-Lotte Van Beveren | Department of Developmental, Personality, and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Clinical developmental psychology | caroline.braet@ugent.be | survey | at-risk group, adolescents | Deinze, Flanders, Belgium | Identifying vulnerability and resilience factors in youngsters that moderate the impact of stress on emotional wellbeing | 2014-2020 | No | yes | ongoing (writing stage) | During the Covid-19 lockdown (April 2020), we questioned a sample of adolescents in one region in Belgium and concluded that one in three adolescents between the age of 15 and 21 suffered from (sub)clinical mental health problems. We could rely on a large-scale project entitled Generation 2020 – which was initiated in 2014 by our research group – and has been following a community sample (N=1655) in one region since 2014. Participants are now 15 to 21 years old. Based on online self-report questionnaires, we assessed (a) the number of life-stressors and perceived stress, (b) self- reported temperamental vulnerability (c) well-being. We hypothesized that a unique temperamental profile (constituting out of three traits) carries strong potential to predict mental health problems in response to stressors and more specific to Covid-19. Now we are conducting further in depth analyses testing a moderated mediation model using longitudinal structural equation modelling (SEM) with latent variables to analyse more closely the data. In February 2021 a new follow-up is planned. | |||||||||||||
25 | "Pak-aan": online psycho-education platform for parents | Tiffany Naets, Caroline Braet, Leentje Vervoort | Department of Developmental, Personality, and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Clinical developmental psychology | tiffany.naets@ugent.be | no available website yet (test phase) | intervention study | Parents of children between 10-14 with internalizing, externalizing or overweight problems who request for help at school | Belgium | Outcomes: increased positive parenting, decreased childhood problems | Jan 2021-2022 | No | maybe | ongoing | 1) fellow nationals (Britons) conforming to the British governmental coronavirus guidelines, | ||||||||||||
26 | Work-Family Dynamics | Jonas Lang, Zen Goh (Monash University) | Department of Human Resource Management and Organizational Psychology, UGent | jonas.lang@ugent.be, zen.goh@monash.edu | intervention study | working population | Belgium (Flanders) | Possibilities for helping people dealing with work-family stress | May-July 2020 | maybe | maybe | ongoing (writing stage) | ||||||||||||||
27 | daily work during corona/telewerk | Gudrun Reindl, Jonas Lang | Department of Human Resource Management and Organizational Psychology, UGent | gudrun.reindl@ugent.be; jonas.lang@ugent.be | survey | working population | Belgium (Flanders) | insights into how teleworking affects work experiences, what leasure time experiences improve mood | April-May 2020 | no | ongoing (writing stage) | 2) fellow nationals (Britons) deviating from the British governmental coronavirus guidelines; | ||||||||||||||
28 | Psychosocial impact of covid-19 on refugees and migrants | Ilse Derluyn, An Verelst | Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy - Centre for the Social Study of Migration and Refugees (CESSMIR) | ilse.derluyn@ugent.Be | www.aparttogetherstudy.org | survey | migrants and refugees | global | The aim is to document the psychosocial impact of covid-19 and the related measures for different groups of migrants and refugees across the globe in order to formulate recommendations for policy makers and practitioners | april - june 2020 | maybe | yes | Report published/additional papers ongoing | Link to first publication: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240017924 | Summary of first publication: Apart Together aims to uncover the psychosocial impact of COVID-19 on refugees and migrants across the world. Quantitative data was collected from more than 30,000 respondents between April 2020 and October 2020, focusing on five categories: sociodemographic characteristics (1), COVID-19-related situations (2), daily stressors (3), mental health (4), and social well-being (5). The majority of the respondents reported a deterioration of daily stressors (i.e. access to work, safety, and financial means) and mental health (i.e. feelings of depression, worries, anxiety, and loneliness). In addition, over 60 % reported to follow preventive measures, such as covering their nose and mouth. Last, those that would not seek medical health care in case of suspected symptoms said this was mostly due to a lack of financial means and fear of deportation. The results clearly underline the need and importance of including refugees and migrants in policy responses to COVID‑19. Measures are needed to increase refugees’ and migrants’ access to multi-language information and to health services, both medical and psychological. Efforts need to be taken to improve the living conditions of the most vulnerable groups, and to continue the provision of services - also in times of a pandemic. | Key findings of first publication: 1. Almost one out of three refugees and migrants tested positive themselves or had a loved one who tested positive. 2. Not all would seek medical care in case of (suspected) COVID-19-infection, because of lack of financial means, fear of deportation, lack of availability of health care providers or entitlement to health care. 3. A large majority of refugees and migrants take precautions, to avoid COVID-19-infections, and follow the government-initiated preventive measures, especially increased handwashing, keeping physical distance and covering nose and mouth. 4. Those living on the street report more difficulty in following measures related to increased handwashing, while those living in a refugee camp or asylum center report more difficulties following rules regarding physical distancing. 5. Refugees and migrants rely on different sources of information about COVID-19 from the news, from friends and family and from social media, both in the home as in the host country. 6. NGOs and supporting organisations do play a key role in information provision on COVID-19 for certain groups and in certain regions. 7. The COVID-19-pandemic, including the government-initiated measures, have strongly impacted the lives, in all its domains, of all refugees and migrants. Overall ,they report a greater struggle with access to work, safety and financial means since the outbreak of COVID-19. 8. Most refugees and migrants report that depressive feelings, anxiety, worries and loneliness are seriously worsened since the COVID-19 outbreak and have a lot of worries related to COVID-19. 9. Having lost one’s income increases the likelihood for worsened mental health problems. 10. Thirteen to 17% of the refugees and migrants experience more discrimination because of their origin or religion than before the pandemic 11. The most effective strategies to feel better for respondents are staying in contact with family and friends, entertaining oneself, seeking information and meditating/praying. | Policy implications of first publication: 1. Reduce language and financial barriers to seeking health care for refugees and migrants. 2. Targeted and accessible information for all. 3. Adress discrimination and stigmatization and actively focusing on sensitization campaigns ro rpevent it. 4. Improve daily living conditions for different groups of migrants and refugees, especially those living in more precarious situations, such as on the street or as undocumented migrants. 5. Ensure psychological support and foster connectedness for refugees and migrants during and after the pandemic. 6. Ensure participation of refugees and migrants as part of the solution in response plans for COVID-19 | |||||||||
29 | Violent behavior within the relationship during the COVID-19 pandemic: examining the effect of psychopathic traits, emotion regulation and dyadic coping | Kasia Uzieblo, Joan van Horn (extern), Marscha Mansvelt (extern) | Experimental Clinical and health psychology, Ghent University + De Waag (NL) + Emergis (NL) | kasia.uzieblo@ugent.be | https://nlpsych.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_79gi4DTcXtoBAR7 | Online survey | General population | Belgium/Netherlands | identification of risk factors related to the pandemic for intimate partner violence | May - ? 2020 | no | yes | 3) foreigners (Italians) conforming to the Italian governmental coronavirus guidelines, and | |||||||||||||
30 | The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder | Danna Oomen, Annabel Nijhof, Roeljan Wiersema | Experimental Psychological Research on Autism (EXPLORA) | danna.oomen@ugent.be | Data collection complete | survey | Adults from the general population and adults wiht autism | Belgium, the Netherlands, The United Kingdom | The impact on the mental health and daily lives of adults on the autism spectrum, and insight into how autistic adults can be supported. | 3 April-7 May 2020 | no | yes | Preprint (manuscript under review) | https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-111820/v1 | ||||||||||||
31 | International study on the impact of a global stressor (COVID-19) on intimate relationships | Lesley Verhofstadt & Laura Sels | Family lab (Experimental Clinical and Health Psychology) | laura.sels@ugent.be | https://covid19-codebook.limequery.com/736347?newtest=Y&lang=nl | survey | general population: cohabiting couples | International | understanding the impact of COVID-19 on individual and relational well-being | May-August | No | yes | Ongoing | 4) foreigners (Italians) deviating from the Italian governmental coronavirus guidelines. | ||||||||||||
32 | Effect of the Belgian coast on well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic | Marine Severin, Michiel Vandegehuchte, Gert Everaert, Ann Buysse, Filip Raes | Flanders Marine Institute, Ghent University, KULeuven | marine.severin@vliz.be | Data collection complete | Online survey | Flemish adults | Belgium, Dutch speaking population | Those living near the coast experience a better well-being than those living inland due to the opportunity to visit the coast during the lockdown. This study helps us better understand the effect of the coast on our wellbeing. | 22nd April - June 8th | No | Yes | Planned for submission end of December | Having access to the coast in times of crisis serves as a potential buffer aganist negative psychological consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. The emotion of awe could be a protective factor aganist boredom. | Promote the use and access of the coast to reduce boredom and worry and increase happiness. Encourage people to focus on their emotions, such as awe, while being at the coast. | |||||||||||
33 | Impact of Covid-19 on the interpreter population | Anne Delizée, Jennifer Denis | FTI UMONS & Clinical Psychology Dpt UMONS | anne.delizee@umons.ac.be | Online survey | Interpreter and cultural mediator | International | this study aims to map the effects that crisis is having on the work and well-being of interpreter | April -September | No | yes | Participants then were asked to report their emotions towards the target national group (i.e., ‘good’ or ‘bad’ Britons or Italians), as well as indicate their support for assistance measures (aimed at informing and educating the target group) and/or retributive measures (aimed at punishing the target group). | ||||||||||||||
34 | Adaptive and maladaptive emotion regulation strategies in response to COVID-19-related distress | Marie-Anne Vanderhasselt, Rudi De Raedt | Ghent Experimental Psychiatry Lab, Psychopathology and Affective Neuroscience Lab (Ghent University) | jens.allaert@ugent.be | https://redcap1.ugent.be/surveys/?s=74AJ9XDFRL | survey | General population | Belgium (Flemish part) | Understanding which cognitive emotion regulation strategies are most dangerous and most beneficial in response to Covid-19 | March-July 2020 | No | Yes | ||||||||||||||
35 | Behave safe! Why do we (not) adopt behavioural measures in the COVID-19 pandemic? | Geert Crombez | Ghent Health Psychology Lab (Experimental Clinical and Health Psychology) | geert.crombez@ugent.be, mebeeckm.Beeckman@UGent.be, Annick.DePaepe@UGent.be, Louise.Poppe@UGent.be | https://www.ugent.be/pp/ekgp/nl/onderzoek/onderzoeksgroepen/gezondheidspsychologie/gedrag-welzijn-covid19.htm | Survey (multiple waves) | General population | Belgium (Flemish part) | Idenfication of psychosocial determinants of (not) following the government regulations and examine the link with mental well-being + formulate and disseminate findings + guidelines / recommendations for the general population. | 20/03 - August (6 months) | Yes | Yes | Beeckman, M., De Paepe, A., Van Alboom, M., Maes, S., Wauters, A., Baert, F., Kissi, A., Veirman, E., Van Ryckeghem, D. & Poppe, L. (2020). Adherence to the Physical Distancing Measures during the COVID‐19 Pandemic: A HAPA‐Based Perspective. Applied Psychology: Health and Well‐Being. | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12242 | In general, retributive measures were supported less than assistance measures, because such policies go against core democratic values (e.g., personal freedom). However, respondents who read news reports[A2] about norm-deviating groups reported more negative emotions (e.g., anger, condemnation, disgust), which further caused more support [A3] for retributive measures and less assistance support. Interestingly, respondents who read about norm-violating foreigners | 1. Self‐efficacy, outcome expectancies, intention, action planning, and coping planning are related to adherence to physical distancing measures. 2. Reduced mental well‐being is related to more difficulties to adhere to physical distancing measures and less perseverance in doing so. 3. Social support is an important resource for adherence to the keeping 1.5 m physical distance measure.1. | Health action process approach determinants are associated with adherence to physical distancing measures. Future work could therefore design HAPA‐based interventions to support people in adhering to these measures. | |||||||||
36 | Meaningful activities in times of Covid-19 | Ellen Cruyt, Patricia De Vriendt, Miet De Letter, Peter Vlerick, Kristine Oostra, Robby De Pauw, Patrick Calders, Arnaud Szmalec, Dominique Van de Velde | Ghent University (Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Department of Work, Organization and Society) and Université catholique de Louvain (Psychological Sciences Research Institute) | ellen.cruyt@ugent.be | https://www.activiteitencoronacrisis.ugent.be/limesurvey/index.php/345924 | survey | General population (adults) | Belgium only | We aim to understand how the corona restrictions affect the activities that give sense to our daily lives | April - May 2020 | No | Yes | Submitted in BMC public health | Performing meaningful activities during lockdown, is associated with mental health in Belgian adults. | Insights from this study can be taken into account during future lockdown measures in case of pandemics. | |||||||||||
37 | e-Health tools: opportunities and obstacles for implementation in clinical psychology | Geert Crombez | GHPlab members, Tom Van Daele,... | ghplab@ugent.be | showed the highest support for retributive measures, indicating that people might blame foreigners for spreading the virus rather than fellow nationals that disobey hygiene standards and social distancing. | |||||||||||||||||||||
38 | Impact of lockdown on sleep, cognitive fatigue and memory | Christina Schmidt, Fabienne Collette, Sylvie Willems, & Christine Bastin | GIGA-Cyclotron Research Center and Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience (ULiège) | Christina.schmidt@uliege.be | https://surveys.fplse.uliege.be/surveys/y.php?s=DMOOSDZWD | survey | General population | Belgium and France | Understanding changes in life habits due to lockdown and their impact on sleep, fatigue and memory | March 2020 - July 2020 | No | yes | Cellini, N., Conte, F., De Rosa; O., Giganti, F.,Malloggi, S., Reyt, M., Guillemin, C., Schmidt, C., Muto, V., Ficca, G.L. (in press). Changes in sleep timing and subjective sleep quality during the COVID-19 lockdown in Italy and Belgium: age, gender and working status as modulating factors. Sleep Medicine. | 10.1016/j.sleep.2020.11.027 | ||||||||||||
39 | COVID-19 and stress | Aurélie Wagener, Catherine Fuselli, Céline Stassart, Anne-Marie Etienne | Health Psychology, URiSS, ULiège | aurelie.wagener@uliege.be | Online survey | General population | Belgium mostly | Our study aims at investigating the impact of the COVID-19 crises on stress and related variables such as emotions and health-related concepts (e.g., irrealistic optimism). | May 2020 - End July | No | Yes | These findings have important consequences for international relations within Europe.[A4] | ||||||||||||||
40 | COVID-19 and children: emotionel et behavioral impact | Céline Stassart, Aurélie Wagener, Anne-Marie Etienne | Health Psychology, URiSS, ULiège | cstassart@uliege.be | Online survey | Parents of children between 4 and 13 years old | Belgium mostly | Our study aims at investigating the impact of the COVID-19 crises on impact on children's emotional and behavioral state | May 2020 - End June | No | Yes | Planned for submission end of December | This exploratory study assesses parents' perception of the emotional and behavioral impact of quarantine following Covid-19 on their child aged between 4 and 13 years old. The total sample includes the assessment of 749 children, aged between 4 and 13 (353 girls, 396 boys) with 524 parents interviewed. The emotional and behavioral changes observed in their child during quarantine, family coexistence, as well as the frequency of social contact before and during quarantine were investigated. Most parents report a change in their child's emotional and behavioral state. The main results show that the child's nervousness due to Covid-19, family coexistence during quarantine which represents the difficulty of living together, and social contacts before and during quarantine seem to explain the different emotional and behavioral changes observed in children during quarantine. | - Take care of family cohesion: Identify, through repeated evaluation, difficulties in living together within the family to act early (eg: take time for yourself, pass the baton momentarily, ...) - Maintain social contacts: social ties improve a child's resilience skills in complex situations. Creative approaches to stay connected are therefore very important (eg writing letters, video conversations, etc.) - Create a secure emotional environment: Importance of maintaining a routine to give children a sense of security and predictability such as setting regular bed and meal times, daily learning and play times. | - Have appropriate communication: Faced with children's concerns and questions, it is important to have honest communication that is appropriate to the child's age. Children's exposure to social media and adult conversations about the pandemic should be limited as these channels are less age-appropriate. | |||||||||||
41 | Lessons for Higher Education from the COVID-19 Transition to Online Teaching and Learning | Dominique Verpoorten, Pascal Detroz | IFRES (Institut de Formation et de Recherche en Enseignement Supérieur), ULiège | Survey + interviews + learning analytics | students and teachers | ULiège, 5 faculties | Impact of covid on teaching and learning processes | No | Yes | No | Italy was the first European country where the COVID-19 disease hit hard, and was readily accused of spreading the virus around Europe. People search for positive distinctiveness in relation to other groups in any given comparative context. [A5] Hence, news about other national groups breaking ‘corona-measures’ has the potential to elicit very strong negative emotions towards these norm-violating (sub)groups. Furthermore, such emotions can further translate into a stronger endorsement of punishment-based governmental decisions to contain the virus. | |||||||||||||||
42 | Emotional reactions and behaviors during the covid-19 outbreak | Olivier Luminet, Emilie Banse, Alix Bigot | Illuminetti lab | olivier.luminet@uclouvain.be | https://sites.google.com/site/illuminettilab/home | Survey | General population | Belgium, French part (and international) | Identification of the psychological determinants (e.g. appraisal, emotions, TPB) influencing recommended and reactional behaviors | 18/03/2020 - 20/04/2020 | Maybe (if statistical analyses finished) | yes | ||||||||||||||
43 | Past and future thinking in Corona-times | Aline Cordonnier, Camille Dabé | Illuminetti lab (UCLouvain) | aline.cordonnier@ucloucain.be | survey | General population | French speaking part of Belgium | We examine how people remember and/or imagine certain key moments of their past/future (first day of confinement, first get together with family post confinement, 21st of July) and what emotions are associated with these thoughts. We also examine expected consequences (good and bad) of the situation for the individual and the collective | March - April 2020 + end of May + end of July | No | Yes | Ongoing | The consequences of such shifted [A6] attitudes towards foreigners should not be underestimated. As the Head of the United Nations, António Guterres, stated, the COVID-19 outbreak is unleashing “a tsunami of hate and xenophobia, scapegoating and scaremongering”. Seven hundred years ago, there was an increase in anti-Jew hatred during the Black Death. Now, we can also notice a rise in prejudice towards Asians in other studies[A7] , and towards (disobeying) Italians in our study. When governments blame such foreign groups, they might opt for harsher confinement measures. [A8] Their citizens might perceive such decisions as more legitimate, and potentially become more hostile towards foreigners.[A9] | |||||||||||||
44 | Impact of the mass medias on risk perception, trust in national representatives, and anxiety feelings during the COVD-19 pandemic | Grégoire List, Louise-Amélie Cougnon, Alexandre Heeren, & Bernard Hanseeuw | Institute of Langage & Communication (G. Lits; L.-A. Cougnon); Psychological Sciences Research Institute (A. Heeren); Institute of Neuroscience (B. Hanseeuw) | alexandre.heeren@uclouvain.be | survey (multivawes) | General population | International | Impact of the mass medias on risk perception, trust in national representatives, and anxiety feelings during the COVD-19 pandemic | March - Oct 2020 | No | Yes | |||||||||||||||
45 | Corona Diaries - a daily diary study to examine the impact of the Corona crisis on well-being | Yasemin Erbas, Marlies Houben, Marta Walentynowicz, Egon Dejonckheere, Katleen van der Gucht, Peter Kuppens | KU Leuven - OKP | Yasemin.erbas@kuleuven.be | https://ppw.kuleuven.be/indekijkermap/onderzoek-corona-diaries | daily diary | General population | Belgium (flemish) | Through a 2-month daily diary study, we aim to assess the impact of the corona crisis on (changes in) emotions, behavior and well-being, both within and between persons. Participants also have access to two mindfulness exercises and we will examine how the use of these exercises affect emotions, behavior and well-being. | April - September 2020 | no | yes | Such negative spiral readily exacerbates international tensions. It is therefore of utmost importance to avoid thinking in terms of the “us-versus-them” divide. We a[A10] dvocate policy makers to create a sense of inclusive togetherness, and promote collective resilience and international solidarity. As an optimistic endnote, it seems that people endorse such solidarity- based measures to a greater extent than retributive measures, even for deviant foreigners. The future will tell whether or not such methods will be effective to fight future pandemics.[A11] | |||||||||||||
46 | International study on increased value and interest in nursing due to corona crisis - also among men, affecting future shortages | Colette van Laar, Loes Meeussen, Sanne Van Grootel, Toni Schmader, Kate Block, Sarah Martiny, Maria Olsson, Carolin Schuster, Alyssa Croft | KU Leuven - social and cultural psychology | colette.vanlaar@kuleuven.be | https://ucom2017.wordpress.com/research-team/ | cross-national survey 2 waves | Cross-national study of students at universities in different countries | Insight into changes in value to nursing due to corona crisis, insight into changes in male interest in communal roles (here nursing and teaching) following positive attention to nursing and teaching | Fall 2017-2020 | no | yes | Ongoing | ||||||||||||||
47 | The impact of Covid-19 on the PhD population at KU Leuven? | Martina D'Agostini, Giorgia Carra, Marta Walentynowicz, Johan Vlaeyen | KU Leuven University | Health Psychology | johannes.vlaeyen@kuleuven.be | link to survey: https://kuleuven.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3gzeykxf5clpTdr | survey | PhD population | Belgian and International | we decided to create a survey to assess how the restrictions due to the coronavirus have impacted the life of other PhD students and researchers like us. We think this is a great opportunity to have a voice within the academic community and to show how our well-being, work, and social interactions within the work place have changed. Based on this information, we hope to provide KU Leuven with valuable information which can be further used to improve the actions directed towards minimizing the impact of this pandemic on the PhD student population. | April - June 2020 | No | yes | In preparation | [A1]Collectief standpunt preciseren (om wie gaat het en welke onderzoekscontext)? | ||||||||||||
48 | Sensory sensitivity in patients with COVID-19 and post intensive care syndrome | Hella Thielen, Christophe Lafosse, Céline Gillebert | KU Leuven, Department of Brain and Cognition + RevArte Rehabiliation Hospital | celine.gillebert@kuleuven.be | Survey + neuropsychological assessment (two waves) | Patients with COVID-19 rehabilitating after post intensive care syndrome | Belgium (Flanders) | The primary aim is to estimate the prevalence and characteristics of atypical sensory sensitivity in patients with COVID-19 and post-intensive care syndrome. The secondary aim is to relate atypical sensory sensitivity to mental or physical fatigue, post-traumatic stress symptoms and cognitive deficits in these patients. | NVT | Maybe | ||||||||||||||||
49 | Dezorgsamen Zorgbarometer | Kris Vanhaecht, Gilbert Lemmens, Kris Van den Broeck, Johan Bilsen, Stephan Claes, ... | KU Leuven, UAntwerpen, UGent, VUB | kris.vandenbroeck@uantwerpen.be | Online survey | Health professionals | Flanders | Investigating the impact of Covid19 crisis on health professionals | April 6th | No | yes | One finished, two in prep | https://watermark.silverchair.com/mzaa158.pdf?token=AQECAHi208BE49Ooan9kkhW_Ercy7Dm3ZL_9Cf3qfKAc485ysgAAAr8wggK7BgkqhkiG9w0BBwagggKsMIICqAIBADCCAqEGCSqGSIb3DQEHATAeBglghkgBZQMEAS4wEQQMhuptRxB7VqpHbA5PAgEQgIICclQFe2gFDXGF-cMUgl_CSD-iqHqOa188Gfd_1RqALDYZabpZcufQYCheLhEE93uPx6FedgAZhcYJklmN2TMomjR3vmjxv6hyU7WjCG_Sb_lmwABZ6OAUApORJN-frN_LyXnlocjNKdJbm6Z8lEfn4rl5tbkeshD5P__RACj7qysjOzME4lO5MXs_7HngLqLxAgSLfG9_72gx9iB59f2JeNo2W57naKO-lNtqQlG3PetpccTsjhadwQ_BBNxu7cdPzjYeF7-BaJDNwyBmn9E0Yfw2Gp8SUxktAVEhVMPW0_J_TwFNqgqW0oRtElyQaS5-khusefczw9fiU4B2o8NwwbDXZtwv8rXdPagBqIs8RDfvXbkOZ9l1D8EsJaw5b3x2PwAcW6yj3uQGOFzQ4NbpcpDnlUeVUU9hfR0g_qGobrJhO8VQy11CySfkgRC5HA-xBrW3A7RqPIoc40c44_PlxLRYl_-sS_JfjDGEspUDTUV401fL0WZPOM3mT91XEm7yX6fOgiKQ3lbPwN4bWnrDTFWF_fBCuc1fp6ctCCvmmvEAlyuEpjpLmPoj3DuzIdozCA8cilzMrQll1wv9bo_8OaV6uxlR7Plyk70EIq_GQpEpXN_X6t6OHQ1Rn6O0X5tLG5fJ-9VgIKDiOwTHE4cJjM_NYzFP9p4ofNZTysiTAu-cNNJW7up1s-7d7PncYY98ZE6NhNHgPPRm8nQGPymAZ5g2bDQtulezVKg5zBUVgSYccTP3Rxh3VkaIQOvmygcDIjc3wReDrnHHFUFmhMONdEVajvhZz3jb_proAmOhmPIKKVKYRdAwQWQtfhAFDgQJYMi8 | [A2]Veronderstel ik, gebaseerd op de link met “news” in de voorlaatste paragraaf? | ||||||||||||
50 | The effectiveness of nudging for social distancing | Pieter Van Dessel, Yannick Boddez | LIPLab (Department of Experimental Clinical and Health Psychology), Ghent University | Pieter.VanDessel@UGent.be | https://osf.io/8r7hs/ | Online experiment | General population | International (UK) | Insight in how people can be nudged to follow covid-19 social distancing guidelines | May-June 2020 | NVT | yes | research report on OSF | When promoting wanted behavior such as social distancing during the Covid-19 lockdown, it is important to emphasize the personally relevant positive consequences of this behavior. | To promote adherence to covid-19 guidelines, making minor changes to the environment can be effective. However, it might be of key importance to take into account the cognitive determinants of behaviour (e.g., goals). | |||||||||||
51 | Inference and behavioral nudging to promote adherence to covid-19 guidelines | Pieter Van Dessel, Yannick Boddez | LIPLab (Department of Experimental Clinical and Health Psychology), Ghent University | Pieter.VanDessel@UGent.be | https://osf.io/5t6hy/ | Field experiment | General population | Belgium (Flanders) | Insight in how shops can better promote customers to follow covid-19 guidelinnes | December 2020 - January 2021 | NVT | yes | ongoing | [A3]Mag “further” hier niet weg? | ||||||||||||
52 | Alcohol consumption / drinking motivations during lockdown | Pierre Maurage, Zoé Bollen, Arthur Pabst | Louvain Experimental Psychopathlogy research group (LEP, uclep.be) | pierre.maurage@uclouvain.be | https://uclouvain.be/addiction-confinement | Survey | General population | French speaking part of Belgium | Identification of the psychological factors (e.g., motivations, social isolation, anxiety) influencing alcohol consumption during lockdown | 02/04/20 - 15/05/20 | Maybe (if data analyses are finished) | Yes | Yes (one in press, three submitted) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106772 | We examined how drinking motives predict alcohol consumption under lockdown / College students substantially reduced consumption during lockdown / This reduction was particularly high among heavy drinkers / Enhancement and social motives predicted lower consumption during lockdown / Conversely, coping motives predicted higher consumption during lockdown | Since drinking motives predict consumption, their assessment could reduce the impact of future crises on alcohol use, by acting upstream at prevention (e.g., psychoeducation on alternative coping strategies) and clinical (e.g., prophylactic interventions towards individuals endorsing coping motives) levels. | ||||||||||
53 | Impact of restriction of visits on mental health of nursing home residents | Jessie Dezutter | Meaning Research Late Life | jessie.dezutter@kuleuven.be | https://wprn.org/item/435652 | survey (multiple waves) | NH residents | Flemish speaking part of Belgium | insight in the impact of the TSV-rule on the mental health of nursing home residents/policy recommendations for NH-field | April 2020- September 2020 | No | yes | English paper under review, Dutch report at https://ppw.kuleuven.be/meaning-and-existence/projecten_en_publicaties/oudere-volwassenen-en-geriatrische-zorg | [A4]Deze zin staat wat verloren, omdat je niet echt specifiek de link met de covid-context maakt. Ook de term “international relations”, die toch ook politiek geladen is, wordt niet verder toegelicht in wat volgt. | Take-home message:
--> Our findings encourage the extensive efforts made by care staff to implement new modes of social contact during challenging times. More frequent engagement in social connectedness interventions was associated with less loneliness and less depressed feelings in residents, and especially video-calling may be protective when real-life contact is impossible. Continued activities with co-residents also provide important opportunities for social interaction, which may protect against feelings of loneliness. | Investment in elderly care personnel is highly needed to take up whole person care, including attention for psychological well-being
Safeguarding that residents are allowed to see at least one close contact is highly advised Taking precautions so that a minimum of social activities (meal sharing, television watching) can continue even during a lockdown might be important to protect against loneliness | ||||||||||
54 | Online study on sleep quality and daytime functioning during the Covid-19 pandemic | Peter Simor, Rebeca Sifuentes, Ariadna Albajara Saenz, Philippe Peigneux & colleagues | Neuropsychology and Functional Imaging Research Group | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||
55 | Moderators of the impact of the lockdown on parental distress | Isabelle Roskam & Moïra Mikolajczak | Parental Burnout Reseach Lab | moira.mikolajczak@uclouvain.be | https://uclpsychology.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_02LE6m47hjSYtr7 | General population | French speaking part of Belgium | Identification of the situational and psychological moderators of the impact of the lockdown on parental distress | April-July 2020 | No | Yes | [A5]Herformuleren voor meer duidelijkheid? Bedoel je dat mensen/volkeren eerder de neiging hebben om zichzelf (hier Britten) positiever te beoordelen dan “de Ander” (in dit geval Italianen)? | à The health crisis and lockdown does not impact all parents in the same way: it is a godsend for some, a nightmare for others. à PB can increase in any type of family and in any parent. What really influences the level of PB and the resulting child abuse is the parents' perception of the impact of the health crisis and lockdown on their parenting. à Certain situations deserve special attention: lockdown with young children, children with special needs or young adults... And parents who are teleworking AND facing increased workload because of the crisis. | For Policy-makers: à Putting support services in place for families with children with disabilities or behavioral problems; à Establish support services for families with children under the age of 4 (these children cannot look after themselves and their constant solicitations contribute to exhaustion of the parents and encourage acting out); à Putting in place supports for adolescents so that their frustration at being confined or semi-confined does not "backfire" on their parents.; à Asking employers to take steps to prevent increased workloads due to crisis or containment (having to telecommute AND care for children or teenagers at home is much more complicated when workloads increase); For employers:; à Taking active steps to prevent increased workloads due to crisis or containment (having to telecommute AND care for children or teenagers at home is much more complicated when workloads increase); For Media: à do not focus only on the negative aspects of the crisis but also on the opportunities (our research shows that subjective perception explains most of the variance of psychological distress during confinement, far beyond the objective situation of the parent and his family). | ||||||||||||
56 | Impact of lockdown on future-oriented thinking | Arnaud D'Argembeau | Psychology and Neuroscience of Cognition/University of Liège | a.dargembeau@uliege.be | https://surveys.fplse.uliege.be/surveys/k.php?p=56 | survey (during vs after lockdown) | General population | Belgium (French speaking) and Canada | Understanding how future-oriented thoughts are impacted by lockdown (the uncertainty and modifications of daily life that it generates) | March-July 2020 | No | Yes | ongoing | |||||||||||||
57 | Socio-emotional risk factors for anxiety and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic | Jonas Everaert, Reuma Gadassi, Jutta Joormann | Psychopathology and Affective Neuroscience lab (Department of Experimental Clinical and Health Psychology) | jonas.everaert@ugent.be | Daily diary study | General population | International | We conducted a 28-day diary study to identify how cognitive (e.g., how people interpret ambiguous situations) and socio-affective (e.g., how much people engage in problem talk) processes work together to explain individual differences in the development of anxiety and depression during the first few weeks of the COVID-19 outbreak. We are also examining direct and indirect pathways through which consulted news media contribute to symptoms of psychopathology. | March-April 2020 | No | Yes | “ [A6]Shifted” waarom? Sinds wanneer? Is wat jullie aantonen echt een shift? | ||||||||||||||
58 | Impact of cognitive risk and resilience factors on development of depression & anxiety during COVID-19 pandemic | Rudi De Raedt, Jutta Joormann, Jonas Everaert, Alvaro Sanchez | Psychopathology and Affective Neuroscience lab (Department of Experimental Clinical and Health Psychology), Ghent University | malvika.godara@ugent.be | Multi-wave diary study | General population | International | We examine risk and resilience factors impacting emotion regulation strategies and development of mood and anxiety disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic. We also examine the impact of uncertainty and information-seeking behavior on development of depression and anxiety during the pandemic. | March - May 2020 | No | Yes | |||||||||||||||
59 | The Effects of Attention Training on Emotion Regulation and Stress Related Complaints During COVID-19 | Rudi De Raedt, Ernst Koster, Kim Rens | Psychopathology and Affective Neuroscience lab (Department of Experimental Clinical and Health Pyshcology), Ghent University | kim.rens@ugent.be | survey and cognitive attention training | General population | Dutch speaking | Validation of a new online treatmant and it's impact on emotion regulation and stress related symptoms | April - August 2020 | No | Yes | [A7]Wat bedoel je met “now” (nowadays, of specifieker in de huidige covid19-context?) | ||||||||||||||
60 | Exploration of relationship between parental distress and post-traumatic symptoms in children | Adélaïde Blavier, Stéphanie Chartier, Alicia Gallo, Manon Delhalle | Psychotraumatology, ARCh Research Unit, Department of Psychology ULieg | Adelaide.Blavier@uliege.be | survey (multiple waves) | General population | No | Yes | Chartier, S., Delhalle, M., Baiverlin, A., & Blavier, A. (accepted). Parents' peri-traumatic stress and sense of parental competence in relation to covid-19 containment measures: What impact on their children's peri-traumatic distress? European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation | |||||||||||||||||
61 | Effects of COVID-19 on the work of undertakers | Adélaïde Blavier, Laetitia Di Piazza | Psychotraumatology, ARCh Research Unit, Department of Psychology ULiege | Adelaide.Blavier@uliege.be | survey | Undertakers | No | Yes | ongoing | [A8]Tegenover wie? In welke context? Vb. inreizende Italianen in de UK, of…? | ||||||||||||||||
62 | Analysis of children's representations of coronavirus/covid-19 from their drawings | Adélaïde Blavier, Alicia Gallo, Stéphanie Chartier, Laetitia Di Piazza, Manon Delhalle | Psychotraumatology, ARCh Research Unit, Department of Psychology ULiege | Adelaide.Blavier@uliege.be | survey | General population | No | Yes | ongoing | |||||||||||||||||
63 | Automatic evaluations of social distancing behavior | Massimo Koester, Agnes Moors | Research Group of Quantitative Psychology and Individual Differences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium | massimo.koester@kuleuven.be | Online Survey + Online IAT | International (Prolific) | This study aims to investigate if implicit attitudes already changed in light of the COVID outbreak. In particular we are testing if implicit attitudes towards keeping physical distance from others have become more positive than attitudes towards being physically close to others. We furthermore aim to investigate if such a shift in attitudes can be explained by the values people attach to their own health, to the health of others and to the quality of their relationships. | June - July 2020 | No | Yes | [A9]Is dit ook nog deel van de studie, of een hypothese? | |||||||||||||||
64 | The impact of school strategies and home environment on learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, in children with and without developmental disorders | Elke Baten, Fieke Vlaeminck, Marjolein Mues, Annemie Desoete, Petra Warreyn | Research in Developmental Disorders Lab (Department of Experimental Clinical and Health Psychology), Ghent University | elke.baten@ugent.be | https://www.ugent.be/pp/ekgp/nl/onderzoek/onderzoeksgroepen/oss/deelnemers/onderzoek-corona.htm#thuisonderwijs--wat-gaat-goed-en-wat-niet--wat-is-de-impact-van-de-coronamaatregelen-op-leren- | survey | (parents of) children between 5 and 18 year old (attending primary or secondary school) | Flanders (Dutch speaking) | The aim is to examine what does and doesn’t work in terms of distance teaching, while taking home environments into account. We furthermore want to investigate the longer-term impact of distance teaching, by identifying factors of the home learning period that might be positively or negatively related to getting behind at school six months after the reopening of the schools. Differences between children with and without developmental disorders are closely considered. | Phase 1: April 3 - April 17; Phase 2: May 7 - May 18; Phase 3: December 17 - January 18 | No | Yes | ongoing | |||||||||||||
65 | Use of online consultation technology by mental healthcare professionals | Tom Van Daele | Thomas More - Expertise Unit Psychology, Technology & Society | tom.vandaele@thomasmore.be | https://bit.ly/coronapsy | survey | Mental healthcare professionals | International | This survey from the EFPA Project Group on eHealth focuses on the current use of online consultation technology by psychologists and other mental healthcare professionals in the context of the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic.The aim is to obtain an overview of current usage and main questions and concerns for adequately using online consultations. A first FAQ was derived based on preliminary analyses and can be found on http://ehealth.efpa.eu/covid-19/faq-on-online-consultations/ | March - April 2020 | Maybe | Yes | preprint | https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/26541 | [A10]Wie is deze “we” hier? Jij als individuele auteur of een onderzoeksgroep, of … en is dit dezelfde “we” als eerder in de tekst? | |||||||||||
66 | The impact of Covid19 on the city of Antwerp | Kris Van den Broeck | UAntwerpen + Stad Antwerpen | kris.vandenbroeck@uantwerpen.be | Online + paper and pencil survey | Citizens of Antwerp city | Antwerp | Investigating the impact from confinement and social isolation on mental wellbeing | April 6th | No | Yes | report in prep - embargo | ||||||||||||||
67 | Covidenik / Covidetmoi | Vincent Lorant, Pierre Smith, Kris Van den Broeck, Eva Rens, Pablo Nicaise | UCLouvain + UAntwerpen | kris.vandenbroeck@uantwerpen.be | https://uclouvain.be/fr/instituts-recherche/irss/covid-et-moi.html | Online survey | General population | International (Belgium and France) | Investigating the impact from confinement and social isolation on mental wellbeing / psychological distress (Measure: General Health Questionnaire 12 items) | Longitudinal study (March 2020, April 2020, June 2020, November 2020) | Yes | Yes | One report; one paper published, one under review | https://alfresco.uclouvain.be/alfresco/service/guest/streamDownload/workspace/SpacesStore/62501702-e9e3-4b77-a513-a7d518dc8578/rapport_covidetmoi_vague1et2.pdf?guest=true frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.575553/abstract | [A11]Kan je deze eindreflectie nog iets concreter uitwerken, op basis van het belangrijke punt dat je in de introductie vooropstelt, nl. “the formidable challenge of developing sustainable forms of sociability-cum-social-distancing” | During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, about two thirds of young people (aged 16 to 25 years old) experienced ‘mental distress’, which includes a broad range of non-specific mental health problems //While little difference was found between students and non-students or those with or without a chronic condition, mental distress was higher among women, those experiencing loneliness or low social support, and those with a large change in social media use and some everyday activities //Young people and women report lower mental health compared to men and older age groups even in normal conditions, but the pandemic seems to be contributing to an even growing inequality | Young people experience high levels of mental distress during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our findings indicate that the mental distress was highest among women, those experiencing loneliness or low social support and those whose usual everyday life is most affected. The psychological needs of young people, such as the need for peer interaction, should be more recognized and supported. | |||||||||
68 | The lockdown and consumerist behaviours in Belgium | Xavier NOËL, Florent Wyckmans | ULB | xnoel@ulb.ac.be | ||||||||||||||||||||||
69 | COVID-19 It's in your hands | Ann DeSmet, Pierre Gérain, Emelien Lauwerier | ULB, UCLouvain, UGent | ann.desmet@ulb.be | https://your-covid-19-risk.com/ | Online survey, intervention | General population | International | Behavioral determinants of physical distancing; adoption of protective behaviours such as hand-washing, physical distancing, self-isolation | Ongoing | yes | Daarnaast zou je in de inleiding ook al kunnen vooruitblikken op deze conclusie; is die een soort motivatie geweest voor jullie studie? Ik zou dat nog iets beter proberen kaderen, in het begin! | ||||||||||||||
70 | Impact of children’s autobiographical memory on well-being during lockdown : What role for parental reminiscing ? | Christina Léonard, Marie Geurten, & Sylvie Willems | ULiège - Psychology and Neuroscience of Cognition Unit | christina.leonard@uliege.be | survey and interview | General population | Belgium (French part) | First, we assume that children with less detailed memories of events that had taken place during lockdown will have lower levels of well-being during lockdown. Moreover, we want to explore the possible role that parent-child discussions about the past might play in the relationship between autobiographical memory and well-being during lockdown . | April - May 2020 | No | Yes | |||||||||||||||
71 | Working conditions for employees forced to telework in the COVID19 context: impact on well-being at work, performance and work-home interference | Anne-Sophie Nyssen (ULiege) - Edwin Wouters, Guido Van Hal et dr. Veerle Buffel (Anvers) - prof. Piet Bracke (Ga nd) | ULiege, University of Antwerp, Ghent University | Veerle.Buffel@uantwerpen.be, edwin.wouters@uantwerpen.be, guido.vanhal@uantwerpen.be, Piet.bracke@ugent.be | https://uantwerpen.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_03vj3yQy43k4awZ?Q_lang=FR | Online survey | Students | International | This study aims to map the effect that quarantine is having on the work and welfare of students | 27th April-May 2020 | Maybe | Yes | ||||||||||||||
72 | ACADE-COVID: Work and welfare among academic staff within the university | Anne-Sophie Nyssen (ULiege) - Prof. Dr. Johan Bilsen, Dr. Iris Steenhout (VUB) | ULiege, Vrije Universiteit van Brussels | Bilsen johan.bilsen@vub.be, iris.steenhout@vub.be | https://vub.fra1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0ICsOWDvcwcCVkp?Q_Language=EN-GB | Online survey | Academic staff | Belgium | This study aims to map the effect that working from home is having on the work and welfare of academic staff | May 2020 | Maybe | Maybe | ||||||||||||||
73 | ACADMIN-COVID: WORK AND WELFARE AMONG ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL STAFF WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY | Anne-Sophie Nyssen (ULiege) - Prof. Dr. Johan Bilsen, Dr. Iris Steenhout (VUB) | ULiege, Vrije Universiteit van Brussels | Bilsen johan.bilsen@vub.be, iris.steenhout@vub.be | Under construction | Online survey | PATO members | Belgium | This study aims to map the effect that working from home is having on the work and welfare of administrative staff, technicians and workers | June-? | Maybe | Maybe | ||||||||||||||
74 | Self-reported distress in French-speaking Belgium at the end of the lockdown period | Wivine Blekic, Erika Wauthia, Mandy Rossignol | UMons | wivine.blekic@umons.ac.be | ||||||||||||||||||||||
75 | Bien-être et le vécu scolaire des élèves du secondaire durant la période de (dé)confinement | Ariane Baye, Liesje Coertjens, Benoît Galand et Dominique Lafontaine | Université de Liège et l’UCLouvain | Ariane.Baye@uliege.be; liesje.coertjens@uclouvain.be; benoit.galand@uclouvain.be; dlafontaine@uliege.be | https://uclpsychology.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_esx4c27SRdggt1j | Online Survey | students in secondary education | FWB | This study aims to map students' well-being during the lockdown. It also examines how they experience the distance education during this period | 4th of June-30th of June | yes | |||||||||||||||
76 | Welbevinden op school | Nadine Engels, Jetske Strijbos | VUB, Université de Liège & l’UCLouvain | jetske.strijbos@vub.be | https://uclpsychology.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b4pNOjJ7zZPR6f3 | Online Survey | students in last 2 year of primary education & secondary education | Flanders | We willen graag weten hoe jij school beleeft tijdens de lockdown en nu de scholen geleidelijk herstarten. Ben je ouder dan 10 jaar? Dan kan je je ervaringen met ons delen via deze vragenlijst. Invullen kan op computer, tablet of smartphone tot 30 juni 2020, en duurt tussen 10 en 15 minuten. | 15th of June-30th of June | yes | |||||||||||||||
77 | Impact of covid-19 lockdown on employees' work-family balance, social support, and burnout | Jesse Vullinghs, Tim Vantilborgh, Charles Driver | Work and Organizational Psychology, VUB - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | tim.vantilborgh@vub.be | - | Experience sampling study | Teaching staff | International (the Netherlands) | A dynamic systems approach to study how the imposed lockdown affected within-person changes in work-family balance, social support, and burnout. We examine if there is an impact of the lockdown and how this impact unfolds over time. We compare the impact to that of another type of work interruption, namely holidays | September2019 - Still ongoing | No | Maybe | ongoing | - | Early 2020, the world was shocked by the COVID-19 pandemic. To stop the spread of the virus and alleviate pressure on healthcare systems, governments took measures such as the complete lockdown of cities and states. However, the side effects of these measures are not yet well understood. In this study we examine the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on employee wellbeing and specifically address the time course of these effects. We contribute to the literature by demonstrating that the COVID-19 lockdown was experienced as a stressor by the participants in our study, while demonstrating the rate of change and duration of these effects on employee wellbeing. Moreover, we test the causal order of the dimensions underlying burnout, thus contributing by showing how burnout develops over time. We tested our hypotheses in a sample of 120 employees, who’s work experiences we measured weekly over 35 weeks. We analyzed these data using Hierarchical Bayesian Continuous Time Dynamic Modeling (Driver & Voelkle, 2018a). Our results show that the lockdown has both positive and negative effects on employees’ wellbeing, yet the negative effects of the COVID-19 lockdown increase over the measured time period. Moreover, our results reveal complex feedback loops between the burnout dimensions, with emotional exhaustion driving increases in cynicism and decreases in professional efficacy, while cynicism simultaneously acted as an inhibitor by increasing professional efficacy. | We find that the lockdown led to an increase in work-to-life spillover, a decrease in resources, and had a mixed impact on burnout symptoms (increase in cynicism and decrease in exhaustion). These effects worsened as the lockdown continued. | Governments need to carefully balance the need for a lockdown against the potential consequences on the wellbeing of employees. | |||||||||
78 | Resilience: at the level of employment and unemployment (in the long run: careers) | Ellen Peeters | Ellen.Peeters@ugent.be | |||||||||||||||||||||||
79 | Hoe stel jij het in uw kot? Een vragenlijst naar het welbevinden tijdens de coronacrisis | Bart Soenens en Maarten Vansteenkiste | maarten.vansteenkiste@ugent.be | |||||||||||||||||||||||
80 | Research: The protective effects of social media use during quarantine | Lien faelens, Kristof Hoorelbeke, Rudi De Raedt & Ernst Koster | Department of Experimental Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University | lien.faelens@ugent.be | online survey | General population (UK) | UK | Given the strong heterogeneity in how physical distancing measures taken to prevent the spread of COVID-19 affected individuals, we wanted to investigate whether the complex interplay between multimedia use and indicators of (dys)functioning was contingent on personal or situational factors | May 2020 | Maybe | yes | Under review | ||||||||||||||
81 | COVID-19 restrictions: experience of parents of a child with ASD | Herbert Roeyers, Sarah Schaubroeck, Floor Moerman, Sofie Boterberg, Jasmine Siew, Arianna Zanatta | asskleuters@ugent.Be | survey | Parents of toddlers (2-6 years) with ASD | Belgium (Flanders) | The spread of COVID-19 has resulted in unprecedented change to life as we know it, including, closure of
schools, community spaces and increased levels of teleworking. This is a stressful time for most families who will have to adapt and adhere to new norms, but in particular, likely creates a unique set of challenges for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and their families. ASD is a neurodevelopmental condition, characterized by difficulties in reciprocal social communication, restricted and repetitive patterns of behaviour, and atypical sensory responses. While children with ASD often struggle with normative changes to their daily routine, sudden and drastic changes to school and family life may be especially difficult to navigate. For example, adapting to homeschooling, cancellations in activities and alterations in social contact with peers and teachers. Therefore it is important to understand what effect such changes to daily life has had on children with ASD and their families. In particular, the impact on core ASD symptoms – specifically restricted and repetitive patterns of behaviours, as well as secondary problems (e.g., sleeping). In addition, how parents have adapted their behaviour in terms of involvement in caregiving tasks and quality of interaction with their children. | April-may 2020 | ongoing | |||||||||||||||||
82 | Attitudes and Feelings During COVID-19 | Brent Hendrickx (masterstudent KUL, data collection for Belgium), Craig Smith (Vanderbilt University), Brian Parkinson (Oxford University, data collection UK) | Experimental psychology, emotion and social relations, Oxford university | brent.hendrickx@psy.ox.ac.uk | https://kuleuven.eu.qualtrics.com/.../SV_4HJZUIfxFZyBmLz | online survey | General population | Flanders, Belgium + 13 other countries | Investigating the impact of the pandemic on people's thoughts and emotions across 13 countries (this survey is made by Craig Smith, Vanderbilt university) | 26 nov - 15 dec | no | no | ongoing | |||||||||||||
83 | Depressive symptoms in higher education students during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. A comparison of risk factors across various high- and middle-income countries. | Veerle Buffel, Sarah Van De Velde | University of Antwerp, Ghent University (and C19-ISWS partners) | Veerle.Buffel@uantwerpen.be, Sarah.vandevelde@uantwerpen.be; edwin.wouters@uantwerpen.be, guido.vanhal@uantwerpen.be, Piet.bracke@ugent.be | online survey | Higher education students | 26 countries and around 160 Higher eucation institutions | This study aims to map cross-national differences in depression and the related covid-specific stressor among higher education students during the first wave of the Covid Outbreack | Data is collected + first drafte is written | maybe | yes | ongoing | ||||||||||||||
84 | Disentangling depression in Belgian higher education students amidst the first COVID-19 lockdown (April-May 2020) | Jeroen De Man, Veerle Buffel, Sarah van de Velde, Piet Bracke, Guido Van Hal, Edwin Wouters, for the Belgian COVID-19 International Student Well-being Study (C19 ISWS) team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
85 | No man is an island: Psychological underpinnings of prosociality in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak | Emanuele Politi, Jasper Van Assche, Gian Vittorio Caprara, & Karen Phalet | KU Leuven, Ghent University, Univeristy Roma la Sapienza | emanuele.politi@kuleuven.be | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.110534 | Online survey | General population (UK) | Bonding and bridging forms of prosociality are analyzed and discussed, together with reccomandations on how to reinforce helping behaviours and preserve intergroup relations in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak | May 2020 - December 2020 | Yes | Yes | Published | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.110534 | In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, sustainable forms of collective resilience help societies coping cohesively with unprecedented challenges. In our empirical contribution, we framed collective resilience and cohesion in terms of prosociality. A study carried out in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak in the UK (N = 399) articulated basic individual values, ideological orientations (i.e., authoritarianism and social dominance orientation), and core political values in a comprehensive framework to predict bonding and bridging forms of prosocial in- tentions, and prosocial behaviors directed towards vulnerable groups. According to our findings, people whose worldview incorporates collective and collaborative principles cared more about others’ welfare. Jointly, self- transcendence, equality, and accepting immigrants predicted more prosociality, whereas social dominance orientation predicted less prosociality. Over and beyond all other predictors, self-transcendence uniquely pre- dicted prosocial intentions and behaviors alike. To conclude, we suggest interventions to promote and sustain prosociality among people motivated by a larger array of life goals and worldviews. | ||||||||||||
86 | An integrated COVID-19 threat framework: General and immigrant-specific threat appraisals from an intergroup perspective | Emanuele Politi, Adrian, Lueaders, Antoine Roblain, Eva Spiritus-Beerden, Joel Anderson, Jasper Van Assche, Sindhuja Sankaran, Eva Green, Ilse Derluyn, An Verelst, Saskia De Jonghe, & Karen Phalet | KU Leuven, Ghent University, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Université Clermont Auvergne, Australian Catholic University, Jagiellonian University of Kraków, University of Lausanne | emanuele.politi@kuleuven.be | systematic review | General population, Immigrants, refugees, and ethnic minorities | We propose an exaustive taxonomy of COVID-19-related threats experienced by the general population and immigrant minority groups. From threat assessment we move to possible implications for intergroup relations and propose moderating factors leading threat to enhance prosociality and intergroup helping | November 2020 - ongoing | Yes | Yes | Under review | Paper available on request | The COVID-19 constitutes an unprecedented threat for individuals, communities, and entire societies, revealing intergroup inequalities in preparedness, exposure, and consequences. The present review completes extant knowledge on natural disasters and pandemic diseases with original cross-cultural and programmatic empirical research, to propose an integrated COVID-19 threat framework. Building up on a broad definition of threat that comprises individual, collective and socio-structural components, we merge micro-level analyses to group dynamics and intergroup relations. First, we conduct a literature review using streamlined methods of knowledge synthesis to distinguish between threats appraised by the general public and specific threats appraised by immigrants, refugees, and ethnic minorities. Second, we outline the social-psychological processes that from threat appraisals fuel either conflict or prosociality within and across groups. To conclude, we identify moderating factors to prevent or reduce social conflicts as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, promoting instead collective forms of resilience, social support and helping behaviours. | |||||||||||||
87 | Impact of lockdown on anxiety symptoms | Alexandre Heeren | UCLouvain | alexandre.heeren@uclouvain.be | Online survey | general population | We aim at identifying the impact of the lockdown the interplay between core anxiety symptoms | data is collected; we're now analyzing the data | Yes | Yes | In preparation | https://osf.io/9ehja/ | ||||||||||||||
88 | The impact of COVID-19 on the postdoc researchers at KU Leuven | Marta Walentynowicz, Martina D'Agostini, Johan Vlaeyen | KU Leuven University | Health Psychology | marta.walentynowicz@kuleuven.be | survey | postdocs of KULeuven | Belgian and International | The aim of this survey was to assess how the restrictions due to the coronavirus have impacted the life of postdoctoral researchers at KU Leuven. Based on this information, we hope to provide KU Leuven with valuable information which can be further used to improve the actions directed towards minimizing the impact of this pandemic on the postdoctoral researchers. | May - June 2020 | No | yes | Internal report created | ||||||||||||||
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