News Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Veni grants for nine promising Tilburg researchers
03rd August 2023NWO has awarded Veni funding of up to 280,000 euros to nine promising researchers from Tilburg University. This will allow the laureates to further develop their own research ideas over the next three years.
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Teachers play key role during school closure to keep students motivated
13th July 2023Teachers play a key role when it comes to making students feel seen, confident and motivated during forced school closings. The importance of emotional support is greater than teachers realize. Combined with high-quality online instruction, it makes vulnerable students participate better in classes. Also, it makes students feel more at home in school and increases their self-confidence.
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Significant increase in chronic anxiety and depressive symptoms in young adults
07th July 2023Since the corona outbreak, the number of young adults with moderate to severe chronic anxiety and depressive symptoms has increased sharply. In the year before the corona outbreak, 16.7% of 18-24-year-olds suffered from moderate to severe chronic anxiety and depressive symptoms. They were experiencing these complaints in March 2019, November 2019 and in March 2020. In the year after the corona outbreak, this had increased to 21.4%. This translates to an increase of about 73,000 young adults.