219 search results for “depressive symptoms in adolescents” in the Staff website
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Mirjam Wever
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Parental criticism hurts: a glimpse inside the adolescent brain
It may seem as though adolescents do as they please, but they are more sensitive to their parents’ opinions than they would appear. The adolescent brain reacts strongly to parental criticism or praise. These are the results of a study by an interdisciplinary research group of psychologists and neuroscientists…
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WARN-D: Your personal code yellow - orange - red
Imagine getting a notification on your mobile phone with your personal code for impending mental health problems or even depression: yellow, orange, or red. Science fiction? Not for scientist Eiko Fried. 'There is a real chance we can prevent some mental health problems before they occur.' Want to participate…
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Why teens should treasure their friendships
Adolescents with good friendships experience fewer anxiety and depression symptoms, PhD student Iris Koele discovered in her research on high school students' social relationships. 'As a psychologist, I include friends in the treatment plan: who do you call when things are not going well?'
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Depressed teens appear to be extra sensitive to parental criticism
Teens with depression appear to be more sensitive to criticism from their parents than their healthy peers are.
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Mental health problems during COVID highly variable by symptom cluster and population group
People already diagnosed with a mental disorder before the COVID-19 pandemic did not show a disproportionate increase in symptoms afterwards. This is one result from the first systematic review of longitudinal studies following their study population from before to during the first eighteen months of…
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Depressed adolescents gain little benefit from eye contact with their parents (although connection is so very important)
Eye contact between parents and children improves their mood and increases feelings of connectedness on both sides; but not in the case of depressed adolescents, Mirjam Wever discovered. Where the parent-child bond has been disrupted, it can be strengthened not only with therapy for the child but also…
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Myrthe Veenman
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Loes Janssen
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Liia Kivelä
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Best friends forever? How the adolescent brain reacts to good friends
During adolescence, some young people have stable best-friend relationships, while others change best friends frequently. Developmental psychologist Lisa Schreuders has studied the brains of young adolescents: ‘It seems that friendships in your early years can have consequences for your friendships…
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How do you help a child suffering from depression?
What causes depression in a child and how can they get over it? Leiden Professor of Psychology Bernet Elzinga and behavioural scientist Carine Kielstra recently hosted a webinar on the subject of depression in teenagers. The level of interest was overwhelming.
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Helping GPs identify patients with persistent somatic symptoms earlier
Medical psychologist Willeke Kitselaar developed a model that helps identify patients with persistent somatic symptoms earlier, based on an extensive large medical database. ‘I advise GPs to ask patients to fill in a questionnaire about both physical and mental symptoms at an earlier stage.’ PhD defence…
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Aniek Siezenga
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Simone Vogelaar
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Reportage: training anxious children should help prevent disorders and depression
Many primary school children suffer from anxiety and their numbers are increasing. Psychologists from the Knowledge Center Anxiety & Stress (KAS) are developing and researching preventive training.
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Lisanne van Houtum
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Neuroscientists on tour: 'Many people with MS do not link their cognitive symptoms to the disease'
In the MS Cognitietour, psychologists and neuroscientists from Leiden University discuss the latest scientific knowledge with MS patients and their loved ones. This leads to insights: 'One lady told how much stress she felt from all those caregivers around her bed.'
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Neeltje Blankenstein
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Anke Blöte
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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How do adolescents and parents experience parenting in daily life?
How adolescents perceive parenting is related to their mood. Differences between the perspectives of parents and adolescents are also of importance for adolescents’ mood. That is what research by Loes Janssen and her Leiden University colleagues in Clinical Psychology shows. Open Access publication…
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Sara Jakobsson Månsson
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Laura Nawijn
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Julia van den Berg
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Niki Antypa
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Marc Molendijk
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Jacqueline Guicherit-Dicke
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Willem van der Does
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Eveline Crone
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Moji Aghajani
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Qijia Cong
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Marieke Bos
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Suzanne van de Groep
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Dominik Sieh
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Elise Kortink
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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ESOF2022 Online mini-symposium: The effect of the online world on adolescents
How do digital technologies affect adolescent mental health and resilience? How do we foster a secure online environment? How should we deal with increasing rates of online crimes among adolescents? During the mini-symposium ‘The effect of the online world on adolescents’, presented by the interdisciplinary…
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Adolescents experience how susceptible they are to fake news with VR glasses and rubber hands
BrainTrain: an initiative from Leiden University in which a team of students visit high schools to make adolescents more resilient against disinformation on the news and on their socials. In an interactive two-hour guest lesson, high school pupils discover how easily their brains can be tricked into…
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If your friends jump in the river…
Young people influence one another to take greater risks, although it's not quite that cut and dried. This is what development psychologist Jorien van Hoorn discovered. Peers also have a positive influence on one another, an aspect that has so far been under-researched. PhD defence 12 January.
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Podcast: Social Anxiety Disorder
Have you ever experienced the feeling of awkwardness when attending a party where you didn’t know anybody? Ever felt shy at a party within the first few minutes? While this feeling is labelled loosely as feeling socially anxious, social anxiety disorder goes to a much further extent.
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LUF grant for Neeltje Blankenstein: 'I want to study online risk behaviour of young people in it's full depth'
Neeltje Blankenstein receives an LUF grant to conduct research on online risk behaviour among young people. What risks do young people take online and why? 'With this research, we not only want to help prevent serious risk behaviour, but also understand what drives young people to it.'
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Marleen Stolze
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Carlotta Rieble
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Family matters
Brothers and sisters within a family, with the same parents, experience their upbringing differently. As well as the impact of their own negative experiences, the way siblings experience their upbringing also plays an important role in anxiety and depression. This is the conclusion reached by Marie-Louise…
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Caroline Bokhorst
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Iris Koele
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Simone Dobbelaar
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Kyra Verboon
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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André van der Laan
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Evelien Broekhof
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Miranda Sentse
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid