This longitudinal study has examined the associations between perceived supportive and unsupportive spousal behavior and changes in distress in couples coping with cancer. We tested whether people relatively low in their sense of personal control were more responsive to spousal supportive and unsupportive …

Projects Abroad are a leading international organizer of overseas voluntary work placements. They have more than 140 different kinds of projects in 26 different destinations. They offer several services such as trips for a gap year, summer vacation projects, internships and sabbaticals. They are able …

The central goal of this study is to clarify to what degree former education and students' personal characteristics (the 'Big Five personality characteristics', personal orientations on learning and students' study approach) may predict study outcome (required credits and study continuance). Analysis …

The central goal of this study is to gain insight into students' study approach, their personal reasons and the relations between them regarding students who continue or withdraw from the educational system within one year. Results of our questionnaire study show that students who continue their educational …

Young people spend a large part of their day sedentary, both at school and at home. The aim of the PlayFit project is to persuade teenagers to lead a more active lifestyle by using digital as well as non-digital games and play. In this position paper, we describe in detail the three key principles of …

Over the last few decades health promotion has increasingly focused on the empowerment of deprived communities and is shifting from a 'top-down' approach to a participatory practice, aimed at helping people to gain control over their lives and health. Previous research shows that this shift is not without …

In competence-based vocational education, personal professional theories, in which students integrate different types of knowledge and beliefs, are seen as important. Exactly how these theories can be measured is the main focus of this study, which uses a multi-method triangulation approach, an interview …

In this paper I describe the ways in which the communication discipline can make a hidden crisis transparent. For this purpose I examine the concept of crisis entrepreneurship from a communication point of view. Using discourse analysis, I analyse the discursive practices of crisis entrepreneurs in the …

The first part-time jobs came into development in the 1950's. Due to shortage of (female) workers companies started offering part-time jobs to married women. Only part-time jobs were offered since the norms and values of that time viewed raising children and doing the household as the primary task of …

Een manier waarmee allochtonen sneller en duurzamer kunnen participeren op de arbeidsmarkt is de methode van 'personal branding': Jij als merk op de arbeidsmarkt.