News Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Patient’s involvement crucial for successful rehabilitation with severe mental illness
29th March 2021For successful rehabilitation of patients with severe mental illness, it is crucial that they feel heard and they get to determine their own goals together with their care taker. Within the mental healthcare system, this asks for sufficient time and attention. This is evident from doctoral research by Sarita Sanches (Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences/Tranzo). She will defend her PhD thesis on April 7, 13.30, at Tilburg University.
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Stereotypes determine responses to sexual violence
22nd March 2021Ideas about what is "normal" play a large part in the responses to stories of victims of sexual violence. People generally react more negatively when events deviate from the stereotypical story, for example, when the victim is male. This is evident from Eva Mulder's doctoral research, which she will defend at Tilburg University on March 26, 2021.
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Role of interpreters crucial to military mission success
04th March 2021In modern military interventions in conflict zones, soldiers usually operate among the population. In this process, the assistance of interpreters is indispensable. The language skills, cultural knowledge and personality of interpreters are crucial in their mediating role between soldiers and local actors and the success of the mission. This is shown in research in Afghanistan, on which Andrea van Dijk will obtain her doctorate on March 10.
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Tilburg University strengthens its position in QS subject ranking
03rd March 2021In the QS rankings Tilburg University has further improved its rankings positions across the board.
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Mental health Dutch population reasonably stable despite Covid-19 crisis
03rd March 2021At the end of 2020 around 17% of the adult population in the Netherlands was suffering from mild to severe feelings of fear and depression. In addition around 6% reported severe symptoms of fear and depression. But these percentages dit not differ from those of 2018 and 2019, a new scientific study by CentERdata, Tilburg University and Nivel has shown.
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New science program at Tilburg University: De Tafel van Martinus
09th February 2021On Tuesday, February 23, the first edition will take place of ‘De Tafel van Martinus’: a talk show on Tilburg University’s academic research. Tilburg researchers join for an interview, teach a mini-lecture, or present their opinion in a column. These presentations will be alternated with reports in which a video reporter explores the impact of research on society.
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Experiments show: a strong party is often excluded from coalitions
01st February 2021People form coalitions in which they combine their input. A striking phenomenon is that potentially strong partners with a lot of input often do not end up in a coalition. This is called the Strength-is-Weakness effect. Joeri Wissink has tested this effect through experiments in his dissertation which he will defend at Tilburg University on February 5th, 2021. It turns out that the ‘weak’ exclude the ‘strong’ because of their ‘greed’.
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Irmgard Borghouts and Charissa Freese jointly appointed to chair HRM and Social Security
01st February 2021Dr. Charissa Freese and Dr. Irmgard Borghouts-van de Pas will be jointly appointed to the new endowed chair 'HRM and Social Security' as of February 1, 2021. They will each work from their own disciplines and in close collaboration to give substance to the chair established by Instituut Gak.The double chair will be established at the Tilburg School of Social and Behavorial Sciences (TSB) and Tilburg Law School (TLS).
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Deep-seated anti-institutionalism calls for unifying collective narrative
28th January 2021What is the background of the violence, who are these troublemakers? And what can the government and politicians do about it to stem the discontent? An interdisciplinary analysis with sociologist Peter Achterberg, public administration experts Pieter Tops and Niels Karsten, Juliette Schaafsma, humanities, and social psychologist Florian van Leeuwen.
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Majority of managers reluctant to hire applicants with mental health problems
15th January 2021A new Tranzo survey of 670 executives in all Dutch sectors shows that a majority (64%) is reluctant to hire applicants with mental health problems. In addition, one in three managers would not quickly hire an employee who has ever had mental health problems, even if those problems are no longer an issue. The publication will soon be published in the renowned journal Occupational & Environmental Medicine (OEM).
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Large increase in loneliness but small decrease in mental health problems after the COVID-19 outbreak
11th January 2021Emotional loneliness among Dutch adults increased in the summer of 2020, compared to loneliness in November 2019 (from 18% to 25%). Among adults who were lonely after the COVID-19 outbreak but not lonely before the outbreak, the prevalence of mild to severe anxiety and depression symptoms also increased (from 18% versus 26%).
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Partnership project ‘Follow the Dot to Beat your Anxiety’ starts December 1st
30th November 2020With the support of a Public-Private Partnership grant of Health~Holland, Topsector Life Sciences & Health, Janniek de Jong is starting a research project into the use of Virtual Reality (VR) in the treatment of children and adolescents with post-traumatic stress symptoms on December 1st, 2020.
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Project ‘Revitalized Democracy’ receives €1.7 million from National Research Agenda
25th November 2020How can ‘hybrid democratic innovation’, which combines forms of deliberation (e.g. citizens' assemblies) and voting (e.g. corrective referendums), strengthen our representative democracy? That is the key question underlying the project ‘Revitalized Democracy for Resilient Societies’.
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Five promising researchers awarded a NWO Veni grant worth 250,000 euros
05th November 2020The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded a Veni grant worth up to 250,000 euros to five highly promising young scientists of Tilburg University.
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Beliefs disadvantaged people tend to reinforce economic inequality
26th August 2020The way disadvantaged people think about their economic status and their beliefs of others’ opinions contributes to their not acting against the status quo. That is what sociologist Ondrej Buchel concludes in his PhD thesis, which he will defend at Tilburg University on September 4th.