I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Sociological Research at KU Leuven. My research interests lie in dynamics of attitude formation towards migrants/migration, with a particular interest in the role of intergroup contact, media effects, and personality traits. I also have a growing interest in aspects of adolescent development and family relations, and am currently involved in several research projects regarding the societal impact of COVID-19.

Expertise

Migration processes
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
Migration governance
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
Disciplines
Methods
Geographies

Roles

  • KU Leuven

    University, Leuven, Belgium
    Postdoctoral researcher

  • KU Leuven

    University, Leuven, Belgium
    Guest professor

  • KU Leuven

    University, Leuven, Belgium
    PhD student

  • KU Leuven

    University, Leuven, Belgium
    Researcher

  • SuAzio Consulting

    Other, Antwerp, Belgium
    Data analyst

  • University of Antwerp

    University, Antwerp, Belgium
    Researcher

  • University of Antwerp

    University, Antwerp, Belgium
    Researcher

  • Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

    Other, Brussels, Belgium
    Junior Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

    Other, München, Germany
    Postdoctoral researcher

  • Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz

    Other, Graz, Austria
    Postdoctoral researcher

Research

The Immigration‐Related Political Ideology Scale: Development, factor structure, and validity evidence

Authors Seth J. Schwartz, Maria Duque, Sumeyra Sahbaz, ...
Year 2024
Journal Name Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy
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1 Journal Article

Uncovering covert discrimination: a conjoint experiment

Authors David De Coninck, Lise-Lore Steeman, Leen d’Haenens
Year 2024
Journal Name Ethics & Behavior
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2 Journal Article

Examining trust in the police and justice system among ethnic minority members: The case of Moroccan- and Turkish-Dutch citizens in the Netherlands

Authors Cecil Meeusen, Willem de Koster, Jeroen van der Waal, ...
Year 2024
Journal Name European Journal of Criminology
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3 Journal Article

Inequality beneath the surface: a Belgian case study on structural discrimination in the workplace and the role of organizational structure, culture and policies

Authors David De Coninck, Laure Verhulst
Year 2024
Journal Name Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal
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4 Journal Article

School staff's views on causes of early school leaving in regular secondary and adult education: Identifying the role of individual, job‐related and school climate characteristics

Authors David De Coninck, Noel Clycq, Lore Van Praag
Year 2024
Journal Name British Educational Research Journal
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5 Journal Article

To be a freshman during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A cross‐lagged model of depression, mentalizing, and epistemic trust

Authors David De Coninck, Koen Matthijs, Jan Van Bavel, ...
Year 2024
Journal Name Personality and Mental Health
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6 Journal Article

Dark Triad personality traits and realistic and symbolic COVID‐19 threat: The role of conspiracy mentality

Authors David De Coninck, Maria Duque, Seth J. Schwartz
Year 2024
Journal Name Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
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7 Journal Article

Exploring the news media-dark personality nexus: Linking television news consumption, the Dark Triad, and perceived refugee threat

Authors David De Coninck, Manou Swinnen
Year 2024
Journal Name Current Psychology
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8 Journal Article

Perceived discrimination and digital inequalities among children and young people: studying the multidimensional concepts of digital skills and digital knowledge

Authors David De Coninck, Joyce Vissenberg, Willem Joris, ...
Year 2024
Journal Name Information, Communication & Society
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9 Journal Article

Right-Wing Authoritarianism and Social Dominance Orientation as Mediators Between News Media Consumption and Perceived Migrant Threat

Authors David De Coninck, Jasper Van Assche, Leen D’Haenens
Year 2024
Journal Name Mass Communication and Society
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10 Journal Article

CARIN' about migrants through news? Linking migrant deservingness to traditional and digital media consumption

Authors David De Coninck, David De Coninck, Maria Duque, ...
Year 2023
Journal Name International Migration
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11 Journal Article

Digital Skills and Digital Knowledge as Buffers Against Online Mis/Disinformation? Findings from a Survey Study Among Young People in Europe

Authors Joyce Vissenberg, David De Coninck, Giovanna Mascheroni, ...
Year 2023
Journal Name Social Media + Society
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12 Journal Article

The emotional citizen: Positive affective response towards immigrants predicts meaningful experiences with them and lower COVID-19 perceived threat in nine countries

Authors Maria Duque, Maria Duque, David De Coninck, ...
Year 2023
Journal Name Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
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13 Journal Article

Correction: Integration policies and migrants' labour market outcomes: a local perspective based on different regional configurations in the EU

Authors David De Coninck, Giacomo Solano
Year 2023
Journal Name Comparative Migration Studies
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14 Journal Article

Integration policies and migrants' labour market outcomes: a local perspective based on different regional configurations in the EU

Authors David De Coninck, Giacomo Solano
Year 2023
Journal Name Comparative Migration Studies
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15 Journal Article

A longitudinal perspective on perceived vulnerability to disease during the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium

Authors Margaux Delporte, David De Coninck, Leen d’Haenens, ...
Year 2023
Journal Name Health Promotion International
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16 Journal Article

Gendered perspectives on digital skills and digital activities: Comparing non-binary and binary youth

Authors David De-Coninck, Leen d’Haenens
Year 2023
Journal Name Comunicar
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17 Journal Article

Covid-19 and xenophobia in America: media exposure, anti-Asian stigmatization, and deservingness of Asian immigrants

Authors Lars Willnat, Jian Shi, David De Coninck
Year 2023
Journal Name Asian Journal of Communication
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18 Journal Article

Predicting Self-Reported Depression and Health Among Adolescents: Time Spent Online Mediated by Digital Skills and Digital Activities

Authors David De Coninck, Natalia Waechter, Leen d'Haenens
Year 2023
Journal Name Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking
19 Journal Article

Parental Perspectives on Adolescent Health-Related Confidentiality: Trust, Responsibility, and Disease Etiology as Key Themes

Authors Eva Donck, Charlotte Devillé, Shauni Van Doren, ...
Year 2023
Journal Name Journal of Adolescent Health
20 Journal Article

Applying the CARIN Criteria to Migrant Settlement: Cross-National Validation of the Migrant Deservingness Scale

Authors David De Coninck, Maria Duque, Seth J. Schwartz, ...
Year 2022
Journal Name Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies
Citations (WoS) 3
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21 Journal Article

Explaining migrant integration policies: A comparative study across 56 countries

Authors Giacomo Solano, David De Coninck
Year 2022
Journal Name Migration Studies
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22 Journal Article

The Refugee Paradox During Wartime in Europe: How Ukrainian and Afghan Refugees are (not) Alike

Authors David De Coninck
Year 2022
Journal Name International Migration Review
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23 Journal Article

Welcome in my back yard? Explaining cross-municipal opposition to refugees through outgroup size, outgroup proximity, and economic conditions

Authors David De Coninck, Bart Meuleman
Year 2022
Journal Name Migration Studies
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24 Journal Article

Parental Opinions on Medical Decision-Making in Adolescence: A Case-Based Survey

Authors Debbie C. Stavleu, J. Peter de Winter, Xandra Veenstra, ...
Year 2022
Journal Name Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics
25 Journal Article

Fear of Terrorism and Attitudes Toward Refugees: An Empirical Test of Group Threat Theory

Authors David De Coninck
Year 2022
Journal Name Crime & Delinquency
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26 Journal Article

Health-related confidentiality and consent among minors: Data on adult perspectives from Belgium and The Netherlands

Authors David De Coninck, Koen Matthijs, Peter de Winter, ...
Year 2022
Journal Name Data in Brief
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27 Journal Article

Updating ‘Perceptions and opinions on the COVID-19 pandemic in Flanders, Belgium’ with data of two additional waves of a longitudinal study

Authors David De Coninck, Leen d'Haenens, Geert Molenberghs, ...
Year 2022
Journal Name Data in Brief
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28 Journal Article

Integration policies and threat perceptions following the European migration crisis: New insights into the policy-threat nexus

Authors David De Coninck, Giacomo Solano, Willem Joris, ...
Year 2021
Journal Name International Journal of Comparative Sociology
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29 Journal Article

Relating adolescents’ exposure to legacy and digital news media and intergroup contact to their attitudes towards immigrants

Authors Joyce Vissenberg, David De Coninck, Leen d’Haenens
Year 2021
Journal Name Communications
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30 Journal Article

What a Difference a Year Makes: Changes in Refugee Threat Perceptions in Flanders, Belgium

Authors David De Coninck, Willem Joris
Year 2021
Journal Name SAGE OPEN
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31 Journal Article

Rental discrimination, perceived threat and public attitudes towards immigration and refugees

Authors Pieter-Paul Verhaeghe, David De Coninck
Year 2021
Journal Name Ethnic and Racial Studies
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32 Journal Article

Depression in Belgian first‐year university students: A longitudinal study of self‐definition, interpersonal relatedness, mentalizing, and integration

Authors David De Coninck, Koen Matthijs, Patrick Luyten
Year 2021
Journal Name Journal of Clinical Psychology
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33 Journal Article

Attitudes of Young Adults Toward Marriage and Divorce, 2002–2018

Authors David De Coninck, Shauni Van Doren, Koen Matthijs
Year 2021
Journal Name Journal of Divorce & Remarriage
34 Journal Article

What's in a Family? Family Conceptualizations of Flemish College‐Aged Students (1997–2018)

Authors David De Coninck, Koen Matthijs, Graziela Dekeyser
Year 2021
Journal Name Family Relations
35 Journal Article

Can ‘the Other’ ever become ‘One of Us’? Comparing Turkish and European attitudes toward refugees: A five-country study

Authors David De Coninck, Christine Ogan, Leen d’Haenens
Year 2021
Journal Name International Communication Gazette
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36 Journal Article

Media use, fear of terrorism, and attitudes towards immigrants and refugees: Young people and adults compared

Authors Marlies Debrael, Leen d’Haenens, Rozane De Cock, ...
Year 2021
Journal Name International Communication Gazette
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37 Journal Article

Social Media and Fear of Missing Out in Adolescents: The Role of Family Characteristics

Authors Noor Bloemen, David De Coninck
Year 2020
Journal Name Social Media + Society
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39 Journal Article

Assessing Interviewer Performance in Approaching Reissued Initial Nonrespondents

Authors Laurie Peeters, David De Coninck, Celine Wuyts, ...
Year 2020
Journal Name Journal of Official Statistics
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40 Journal Article

The contact hypothesis during the European refugee crisis: Relating quality and quantity of (in)direct intergroup contact to attitudes towards refugees

Authors David De Coninck, Isabel Rodriguez-de-Dios, Leen D'Haenens
Year 2020
Journal Name Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
Citations (WoS) 41
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41 Journal Article

Who is allowed to stay? Settlement deservingness preferences towards migrants in four European countries

Authors David De Coninck, Koen Matthijs
Year 2020
Journal Name International Journal of Intercultural Relations
Citations (WoS) 21
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42 Journal Article

Perceived vulnerability to disease and attitudes towards public health measures: COVID-19 in Flanders, Belgium

Authors David De Coninck, Leen d'Haenens, Koen Matthijs
Year 2020
Journal Name Personality and Individual Differences
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43 Journal Article

Forgotten key players in public health: news media as agents of information and persuasion during the COVID-19 pandemic

Authors D. De Coninck, L. d'Haenens, K. Matthijs
Year 2020
Journal Name Public Health
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44 Journal Article

Perceptions and opinions on the COVID-19 pandemic in flanders, belgium: Data from a three-wave longitudinal study

Authors David De Coninck, Leen d'Haenens, Koen Matthijs
Year 2020
Journal Name Data in Brief
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45 Journal Article

Exploring the link between personality traits and European attitudes towards refugees

Authors Louis Talay, David De Coninck
Year 2020
Journal Name International Journal of Intercultural Relations
Citations (WoS) 6
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46 Journal Article

Migrant categorizations and European public opinion: diverging attitudes towards immigrants and refugees

Authors David De Coninck
Year 2019
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
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47 Journal Article

Investigating intergroup attitudes in Europe: Cross-national data on news media, attitudes towards newcomers, and socio-psychological indicators

Authors David De Coninck, Leen d’Haenens, Willem Joris
Year 2019
Journal Name Data in Brief
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48 Journal Article

The relationship between media use and public opinion on immigrants and refugees: A Belgian perspective

Authors David De Coninck, Koen Matthijs, Marlies Debrael, ...
Year 2018
Journal Name Communications
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49 Journal Article

From the Syrian to Ukrainian refugee crisis: Tracing the changes in the Italian Twitter discussions through network analysis

Authors Sercan Kiyak, David De Coninck, Stefan Mertens, ...
Year 2024
Journal Name Communications
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50 Journal Article

Cycle safe or cycle cool? Adolescents’ views on bicycle helmet use and injury prevention campaigns in Belgium

Authors Liesbeth Verlinde, Femke Verlinde, Shauni Van Doren, ...
Year 2024
Journal Name Injury Prevention
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51 Journal Article

Unraveling the Engagement Paradox: High Civic Engagement Among Vulnerable European Youth in the Digital Age

Authors David De Coninck, Natalia Waechter, Leen d’Haenens
Year 2024
Journal Name Journal of Applied Youth Studies
52 Journal Article

Parenting dimensions and views on adolescent decision making in health care: A cross-national study of Belgian and Dutch parents.

Authors David De Coninck, Charlotte Devillé, Jan Van Bavel, ...
Year 2024
Journal Name Families, Systems, & Health
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53 Journal Article

Dialogues with AI: Comparing ChatGPT, Bard, and Human Participants’ Responses in In-Depth Interviews on Adolescent Health Care

Authors Jelle Fostier, Elena Leemans, Lien Meeussen, ...
Year 2024
Journal Name Future
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54 Journal Article

Knowledge Gaps and Bridges: The Relationship between the Awareness of General Patient Rights and the Awareness of Minors’ Patient Rights in the Netherlands

Authors Charelity Adu-Gallant, Jaan Toelen, Judith Sluiter-Post, ...
Year 2024
Journal Name Children
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55 Journal Article

A joint normal-binary (probit) model for high-dimensional longitudinal data

Authors Margaux Delporte, Steffen Fieuws, Geert Molenberghs, ...
Year 2023
Journal Name Statistical Modelling
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56 Journal Article

Is blood thicker than water? Perceptions on the role of stepparents in medical decisions among minors

Authors Manon Willekens, David De Coninck, Peter de Winter, ...
Year 2023
Journal Name Journal of Child Health Care
57 Journal Article

Gauging the Media Discourse and the Roots of Islamophobia Awareness in Spain

Authors Alfonso Corral, David De Coninck, Stefan Mertens, ...
Year 2023
Journal Name Religions
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58 Journal Article

Value incongruence between natives and forced migrants in Europe and Australia

Authors Louis Talay, David De Coninck
Year 2023
Journal Name Australian and New Zealand Journal of European Studies
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59 Journal Article

Teacher Preparedness for Medical Emergencies in Belgian Classrooms: Studying Objective and Subjective First-Aid Knowledge

Authors Maya Vermonden, Liesse Dehaerne, Jaan Toelen, ...
Year 2023
Journal Name Children
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60 Journal Article

Interrater reliability of the BelRAI Social Supplement in Flanders, Belgium: Simultaneous rating of community-dwelling adults with care needs during COVID-19

Authors Shauni Van Doren, David De Coninck, Kirsten Hermans, ...
Year 2022
Journal Name Frontiers in Psychology
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61 Journal Article

Informal care burden during the COVID ‐19 pandemic in Flanders, Belgium: The role of perceived threat, personality and resilience

Authors David De Coninck, Shauni Van Doren, Koen Matthijs, ...
Year 2022
Journal Name Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
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62 Journal Article

Clinical adolescent decision-making: parental perspectives on confidentiality and consent in Belgium and The Netherlands

Authors Jana Vanwymelbeke, David De Coninck, Koen Matthijs, ...
Year 2022
Journal Name Ethics & Behavior
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63 Journal Article

From cobblestones to cohesion: the role of professional cycling in the development of social capital in Flanders, Belgium

Authors David De Coninck, Jan Van Bavel
Year 2022
Journal Name EUROPEAN JOURNAL FOR SPORT AND SOCIETY
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64 Journal Article

Linking citizens’ anti-immigration attitudes to their digital user engagement and voting behavior

Authors David De Coninck, Hajo G. Boomgaarden, Anne Maria (Annabel) Buiter, ...
Year 2022
Journal Name Communications
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65 Journal Article

Both Medical and Context Elements Influence the Decision-Making Processes of Pediatricians

Authors Lisa Schurmans, David De Coninck, Birgitte Schoenmakers, ...
Year 2022
Journal Name Children
66 Journal Article

Distance Learning and School-Related Stress Among Belgian Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Authors David De Coninck, Koen Matthijs, Wim Van Lancker
Year 2022
Journal Name Frontiers in Education
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67 Journal Article

The role of European and national identity and threat perceptions in attitudes towards immigrants

Authors Roy Konings, David De Coninck, Leen d’Haenens
Year 2021
Journal Name Journal of Contemporary European Studies
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68 Journal Article

Examining Care Assessment Scores of Community-Dwelling Adults in Flanders, Belgium: The Role of Socio-Psychological and Assessor-Related Factors

Authors Shauni Van Doren, David De Coninck, Kirsten Hermans, ...
Year 2021
Journal Name International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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69 Journal Article

Late adolescents’ own and assumed parental preferences towards health-care related confidentiality and consent in Belgium

Authors David De Coninck, Koen Matthijs, Peter de Winter, ...
Year 2021
Journal Name PLOS ONE
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70 Journal Article

The Evolution in Anxiety and Depression with the Progression of the Pandemic in Adult Populations from Eight Countries and Four Continents

Authors Mélissa Généreux, Philip J. Schluter, Elsa Landaverde, ...
Year 2021
Journal Name International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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71 Journal Article

Beliefs in Conspiracy Theories and Misinformation About COVID-19: Comparative Perspectives on the Role of Anxiety, Depression and Exposure to and Trust in Information Sources

Authors David De Coninck, Thomas Frissen, Koen Matthijs, ...
Year 2021
Journal Name Frontiers in Psychology
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72 Journal Article

Longitudinal Evidence of How Media Audiences Differ in Public Health Perceptions and Behaviors During a Global Pandemic

Authors Thomas Frissen, David De Coninck, Koenraad Matthys, ...
Year 2020
Journal Name Frontiers in Public Health
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73 Journal Article

One Virus, Four Continents, Eight Countries: An Interdisciplinary and International Study on the Psychosocial Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic among Adults

Authors Mélissa Généreux, Philip J. Schluter, Kevin KC Hung, ...
Year 2020
Journal Name International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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74 Journal Article

Subjective well-being among first-year university students: A two-wave prospective study in Flanders, Belgium

Authors Koen Matthijs, David De Coninck, Patrick Luyten
Year 2019
Journal Name Student Success
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75 Journal Article

Unpacking Attitudes on Immigrants and Refugees: A Focus on Household Composition and News Media Consumption

Authors David De Coninck, Koen Matthijs, Marlies Debrael, ...
Year 2019
Journal Name Media and Communication
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76 Journal Article

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