LifeCraft

What is LifeCraft?
How does it work?
What does it do?
Getting started with LifeCraft
Scientific Publications
2022
Testing an Online Program to Foster Need Crafting During the COVID-19 Pandemic Journal Article
In: Current Psychology, 2022.
2021
The role of daily need crafting in daily fluctuations in adolescents' need-based and affective experiences Journal Article
In: Motivation and Emotion, 2021.
Adolescents as active managers of their own psychological needs: The role of psychological need crafting in adolescents' mental health Journal Article
In: Journal of Adolescence, vol. 88, pp. 67-83, 2021.

vision and mission
"Our mission is to make people take more action, to go for what they need and what they find important. Daphne van den Bogaard, PhD student
Daphne worked for 10 years as a clinical psychologist in a (forensic) psychiatric hospital for young people. She has a master's degree in both clinical psychology and occupational and organisational psychology. During her studies, she already became fascinated by motivation, empowerment, basic psychological needs and the question of how people can shape their lives in a satisfying, authentic way. She moved into academia to gain more insight into these processes, but with the strong intention of translating this knowledge into practical tools. Together with her colleagues, she developed LifeCraft in the first year of her PhD. Her ambitions are to continue refining LifeCraft as an online tool, but also to develop workshops and train-the-trainer programmes to reach schools, mental health services and perhaps even businesses.
our team

Nele Laporte
doctoral student, university of ghent
Daphne van den Bogaard
doctoral researcher, university of ghent
Bart Soenens
professor, university of ghentInvestigating the relationship between parental parenting style and adolescent well-being

Katrine Brenning
professor, university of ghentResearch on work-family (im)balance and parenthood
