Locative mapping with smartphones is the process of collecting geo data using mobile applications that tells something about a place, based on user input. Results are typically visualized using maps. Usually when such data is collected, the researcher is interested in more than just the location of a …

Educational escape rooms (EERs) are increasingly used in education as learning innovations for non-digital and game-based learning (GBL) since EERs positively influence student motivation. They are common in educational fields where skills developments are vital such as STEM subjects and healthcare. …

The literature on how organizations respond to institutional pressure has shown that the individual decision-makers’ interpretation of institutional pressure played an important role in developing organizational responses. However, it has paid less attention to how this interpretation ultimately contributes …

Cognitive and behavioral aspects may mask posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in people with dementia. PTSD severely lowers quality of life in people with dementia. Proper recognition of PTSD is essential to ensure adequate treatment. However, a valid diagnostic tool for PTSD in dementia is lacking. …

Het doel van deze studie was om meer inzicht te krijgen in de manier waarop mensen informatie verwerken na het zien van constructief nieuws. In dit kader werd een experiment (N = 575, 18 – 90 jaar) uitgevoerd om te onderzoeken hoe constructieve, in vergelijking met niet-constructieve, nieuwsverslaggeving …

In deze handreiking bespreken wij voorstellen voor opleidingen Social Work die bijdragen aan verdere implementatie van het Landelijk Opleidingsdocument Sociaal Werk (LOD SW) en de ontwikkeling van de opleiding Social Work.

Given the expected advantages for individuals and societies, financial literacy is high on the policy agenda in many countries. This paper reports the results from a unique survey conducted on a sample of 13–16-year-old students in five European countries, aimed at measuring and comparing their level …

Nieuwsmedia lijken over onvoldoende kennis te beschikken om jongeren te bereiken. Een belangrijke vraag is hoe de professionele journalistiek een gevoel van desillusie kan voorkomen dat Millennials ervaren wanneer ze nieuws consumeren. Constructieve journalistiek wordt vaak gezien als een manier om het …

Transcultural placements occur frequently in foster care, and impact the ethnic identity of ethnic minority foster youth. Studies that investigate how foster youth’s ethnic identity develop over time, and what role ethnic minority as well as ethnic majority influences play, are extremely scarce. Therefore, …

The ‘What Being the Parent of a New Baby is Like-Revised’ (WPL-R) is an instrument designed to measure adaptation to parenthood. In the process of pilot testing and validating the WPL-R in a postpartum Dutch population, we became aware of the potentially sensitive nature of the measure. Despite the ethics …