Building Resilience in Young People Effectively supporting young people in coping better with COVID-19 related stress requires detailed understanding of the factors that influence resilient functioning. But what are those factors and what concrete actions can be taken to support young people in building resilience? Anne-Laura van Harmelen and Maximilian Scheuplein • April 30, 2021
Duality In Consumerism: Towards A Holistic Self-Concept Without duality in consumerism, we’d have an easier job pinpointing the effects of mere material purchases. With the subtle addition of experientiality, however, consumerism contributes towards individuals’ self-concept and not just basic needs. Yiǧit Bozok • April 23, 2021
Sustainable behaviour is not a virtue (it’s a must) Sustainability is not a personality trait. Everyone, not just the most ‘prosocial’, can make the choice to act in the best interest of our planet. As the situation becomes increasingly dire, global collective action is needed now more than ever. Carmen Rueda • April 07, 2021
Autism and social inclusion at high school; a case of weak or strong ties? Weak ties contribute to a sense of belonging, so how does that work for autistic teens at school? Isn’t it a fact that autistic pupils do not fancy small talk and rather stay alone? Better autism awareness can contribute to changing such misconceptions. Carolien Rieffe and Els Blijd-Hoogewys • March 30, 2021
Brand Loyalism: All Show, No Meat… And We Still Love It In the age of consumerism and glossy advertising, it’s becoming harder to focus on what’s essential. This is no secret and brands surely know it. In a highly elusive market, you, the consumer, are an important asset and they want you to pledge allegiance. Yiǧit Bozok • March 19, 2021
About rioters, mayors, judges, politicians, and our human brain The introduction of the corona curfew on January 23, 2021 resulted in riots and chaos in a number of Dutch cities: shops were looted; people threw stones at the police; streets looked like war zones. Fieke Harinck • March 05, 2021
Can video calls with friends replace real social encounters? Meeting a friend in Covid-19 times has little to do with an intimate chat in a bar. Instead, video calls have become the new medium to share our innermost feelings. But can these moments of online face-to-face communication replace the ‘real’ offline experience? Julia Folz • February 26, 2021
The CHANGE towards open science Two days ago Leiden University launched its Academia in Motion transcript, published by the Leiden Recognition and Reward steering group. One of the pillars of this initiative is ‘Transparency’, but how can we make this pillar work best? Maaike Verburg and Christel Klootwijk • January 26, 2021
No need to be scared; appealing to fear to change behavior Showing gory pictures of cancerous lungs, videos of forest fires, and graphs of exponentially increasing infection rates are familiar tactics to scare people into different behavior. But how effective are fear appeals? Six decades of research provides some answers. Lotte van Dillen • December 14, 2020
