Introduction Co-rumination, characterized by excessively discussing problems and dwelling on negative affect within a dyadic friendship, has been associated with adolescents' symptoms of depression, anxiety and perceived stress-collectively referred to as psychological distress. This study explored whether …

Previous research largely supports the notion that mediated contact and engagement with minority characters can improve viewers’ real-life minority attitudes. However, it is unclear to what extent different forms of media engagement such as parasocial friendship and wishful identification are linked …

Background A growing body of literature indicates that adolescent girls who talk with close friends about interpersonal problems or worries in an excessive, speculative way, and with an intense focus on distress (i.e., co-rumination) are at heightened risk for developing internalizing symptoms and disorders …

Despite the widely held notion that processes of radicalization tend to happen in relation to others, systematic evidence on the social context in which actors meet and form ties is scarce. This is problematic, as without a more thorough understanding of the relational dimension of radicalization, any …

Social network analysis can be a powerful tool to better understand the social context of terrorist activities, and it may also offer potential leads for agencies to intervene. Our access to Dutch police information allows us to analyse the relational features of two networks that include actors who …

Inleiding: De sociale afstandbeperkingen als gevolg van de COVID-19 pandemie hebben de leeromgeving van studenten veranderd en hun sociale interacties beperkt. Daarom was het doel van deze studie om de invloed van de sociale afstandsbeperkingen op de sociale netwerken, het welzijn en de academische prestaties …

STMG is een thuiszorg organisatie in Arnhem en omstreken. Zoals de meeste thuiszorg organisaties is er sprake van een hoog verzuim en hoog verloop. Hierdoor is het belangrijk om gelukkige medewerkers te hebben. Als gevolg hiervan ontstaat er een vraagstuk binnen STMG, die luidt als volgt: “Hoe ervaren …

About 30 years ago the ruin of a church became the starting point of an ongoing journey that brought together strangers, strangers of different nationality and confession and with different languages and cultures. Strangers that once faced each-other as enemies. But strangers with one common ground. …

Robot tutors provide new opportunities for education. However, they also introduce moral challenges. This study reports a systematic literature re-view (N = 256) aimed at identifying the moral considerations related to ro-bots in education. While our findings suggest that robot tutors hold great potential …

Op 15 januari was Start-up City aan de Kadijk 2 op de Zernike Campus het toneel voor de eerste “Critical Friend Experience”. Een interactieve sessie met de methodiek Critical Friends. Zes student-ondernemers kregen door een groep van dertig critical friends - jonge ondernemers, onderwijsmanagers en docenten …