Do you have a degree in psychology or health sciences? Do you have research experience and would you like to work on the motivation barometer in the coming months? The motivation barometer team is looking for a scientific collaborator for the next 5 months (until the end of June). More details and information can be found in the vacancy (see below).

Waterschoot, J., Morbée, S., Vermote, B., Brenning, K., Flamant, N., Vansteenkiste, M., & Soenens, B. (2021, December 9). Emotion Regulation in Times of COVID-19: A Person-Centered Approach Based on Self-Determination Theory. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/n6hw7

Rising hospitalisation rates during this 4th wave again sharpened risk awareness and thus motivation to make an effort, although this increase stabilised over last weekend. Messages about reaching the peak can probably explain this stabilisation. Unvaccinated persons consider themselves almost invulnerable: they estimate the chance of a (serious) infection and hospitalisation to be lower than vaccinated persons. Read More

Authors: Maarten Vansteenkiste (motivational psychologist, UGent) and Omer Van den Bergh (health psychologist, KU Leuven), with the support of various biomedical and economic experts The De Croo government has taken the bull by the horns with the stricter measures and the appointment of a corona commissioner. One link is still missing: the corona barometer, according to the "psychology and corona" working group. Re-publication, one year later In March ... Read More

Schmitz, M., Luminet, O., Klein, O., Morbée, S., Van den Bergh, O., Van Oost, P., Waterschoot, J., Yzerbyt, V., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2021, November 25). Predicting Vaccine Uptake during COVID-19 Crisis: A Motivational Approach. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/3f4pb

In the media

Photo taken on the Graslei, Ghent, Belgium with text: "In Ghent we will not sit down". In the media

Schrooyen, C., Soenens, B., Waterschoot, J., Vermote, B., Morbée, S., Beyers, W., Brenning, K., Dieleman, L., Van der Kaap-Deeder, J., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2021). Parental identity as a resource for parental adaptation during the COVID-19 lockdown. Journal of Family Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000895

Van der Kaap-Deeder, J., Vermote, B., Waterschoot, J., Soenens, B., Morbée, S., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2021). The role of ego integrity and despair in older adults' well-being during the COVID-19 crisis: the mediating role of need-based experiences. European Journal of Ageing, 1-13.