News Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Failing replication studies in psychology often wrongfully blame contextual variation
09th July 2020Replication studies often fail to replicate findings of original studies, which is central to the ‘reproducibility crisis’ in science. One often heard explanation of this disparity in findings is that the effect under investigation is heterogeneous, that is, varying across contexts. However, most of these studied effects actually lack heterogeneity.
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Social technology crucial for older adults in times of corona
23rd June 2020Elderly people, like everyone else, want to be seen and appreciated. They also have fundamental social needs, such as feeling connected, being independent and meaningful. Social technology can, certainly these days, play a large and valuable role in fulfilling those social needs, according to Tina ten Bruggencate in her dissertation (PhD Defence on July 2).
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Lockdown research: working from home pays off!
20th June 2020The lockdown in the corona crisis is unintentionally the biggest working from home experiment ever. Recent research carried out by Tilburg University in collaboration with Veldhoen + Company shows that working from home pays off. People say that it fits in better with their own social preferences, that they can work more efficiently and have more control over their working day. The survey was conducted among 5,000 respondents from all over Europe.
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Marije van der Lee appointed to Chair of Clinical Psycho-oncology
19th June 2020Marije van der Lee has been appointed extraordinary professor of Clinical Psycho-oncology at the Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology at Tilburg University. The chair, entitled 'What works for whom in psycho-oncology', will be established by the Helen Dowling Institute (HDI), which aims to put psycho-oncological care on the map and on the academic agenda. The appointment took effect on 3 June and runs for five years.
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Greedy CEOs invest less in corporate social responsibility and undermine their organization’s resilience
12th June 2020Organizations led by more greedy CEOs before the global financial crisis of 2008 suffered more severe consequences of that systemic shock. That is one of the main conclusions by organization scientists from Antwerp and Tilburg based on a recent study that will be published in the Journal of Management.
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Ten Tilburg University researchers receive NWO grant for research into corona crisis issues
16th April 2020The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) developed the call ‘Corona: fast-track data’ to collect data that can only be conducted now, during the COVID-19 crisis, and specifically research into issues that arise in society during the crisis. As many as ten scientists from Tilburg University have been granted within this call.
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Inform patients after trauma better about the consequences
17th January 2020Patients who have survived a serious accident (trauma) should, like their relatives, be better informed about the possible consequences of their injuries. That is the most important conclusion of Nena Kruithof's research. On Friday, January 17, she obtained her PhD at Tilburg University on this subject.
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DSM Grant for research in People Analytics (HRS)
17th December 2019Prof. Jaap Paauwe and dr. Karina van de Voorde have obtained a grant (€200.000) for a four-year appointment of a PhD student in the area of People Analytics. PhD Student Rubin Steegh will be involved in several projects in the area of well-being, engagement and performance, based on the availability of workforce data and the sampling of so-called experience data
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Farewell Ad Vingerhoets: The binding power of the tear
05th November 2019Crying, weeping, sobbing, howling. Ad Vingerhoets, Professor of Emotions and Well-being at the Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, will give his farewell speech on ‘The binding power of the tear’ on November 8. His research theme ‘crying’ made Vingerhoets famous in the scientific world. He is one of the world's most eye-catching researchers in this field. The unique human phenomenon of crying - animals do not cry emotionally – was/is the stepchild of science, according to Ad.
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Better weight recording of obese patients is desirable
23rd October 2019Weight reduction in overweight patients is limited after a lifestyle intervention. The same applies after treatment with a dietitian: three-quarters of overweight patients do not achieve the recommended weight reduction of 5% (or more) of their starting weight. The recording of overweight also falls short. This is the conclusion of Lisa Verberne in her dissertation 'Management of overweight and obesity in primary healthcare', which she defends on October 30 at Tilburg University.
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Inaugural address Yvonne Brehmer: What is successful aging?
13th September 2019September 13, Professor Yvonne Brehmer will present her inaugural speech on successful aging and how her previous and planned research is related to it. So far, Brehmers research has mainly focused on basic experimental memory research, which includes age-comparative studies with healthy older adults. Important questions are: What is successful aging? How can successful aging be reached by each and every individual? How much is aging successfully a challenge for the individual and/or society?
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Historical study on catholic girls' lycea relevant to the Dutch debate on article 23 of the Constitution)
12th September 2019Fons Vitae in Amsterdam, Mater Dei in Nijmegen and the Theresialyceum in Tilburg, three Catholic girls' lycea, are described in detail for the period 1914-1968 in Marieke Smit’s historical dissertation. Central question: how did Catholic, female and intellectual education relate to each other at these schools? The desire to found the lycea on their own philosophical basis and to form good citizens did not contradict. In this sense, the dissertation is relevant to the current Dutch education debate on article 23 of the Constitution, according to Smit in ‘In deugd en wijsheid groeien’ (Growing in virtue and wisdom), which she will defend at Tilburg University, on September 18.
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Mental health disclosure at work –how to influence a good outcome
14th August 2019Whether disclosure of mental health issues in the work environment works out positively or not is dependent on many factors, of which especially the communication process is of crucial importance, as was shown by a new study by Evelien Brouwers PhD and colleagues (Tranzo).
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New values research in the Netherlands: More tolerance, more pride, and different kinds of religiosity
14th June 2019The Dutch have become more tolerant with regard to sexual-ethical aspects of life, are more proud of their Dutch citizenship, have more faith in people and believe less in God. Young people who do not consider themselves religious turn out to be no less social than religious youngsters.
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Male and female stereotypes may have a negative impact on business performance
09th May 2019New research by Hans van Dijk and Marloes van Engen (Tilburg University) shows that assumptions and stereotypes about men and women may have a negative impact on the performance of organizations. Removing prejudices with Human Library initiatives could be a solution.