Research Internships Applied Social Psychology Master Health & Social Psychology 2015/2016 Faculty name 1
What do we do? Understanding and changing behavior - Health Behaviors - Social Behaviors Behavior Understanding [un]healthy behaviors Changing [un]healthy behaviors Health promotion, sexual health, exercise, traffic safety, emotion regulation, stress, risk behavior & communications, maternal health, (applied) social neuroscience, executive functions, love & jealousy, stigma, etc. 2
Possible Supervisors this year 3
Who are we? Full professors: Gerjo Kok and Rob Ruiter Assistant professors: Suzanne van Gils, Loes Kessels, Gerda Kraag, Fraukje Mevissen, Karlijn Massar, Dilana Schaafsma, Sarah Stutterheim, Philippe Verduyn PhD students: Joachim Bervoets, Phil Brüll, Stefan Gruijters, Sanne van Lieshout, Martin Sona, Henna Toppenberg, a.m.m.e.p. 4
Internships - ASP What is possible? Specific (running) projects Own research ideas And on AskPsy you can find additional research topics/project ideas, also external Askpsy.nl > Curriculum > Internships > Master > Internship places http://www.askpsy.nl/internship-places-1-year-master 5
What can we offer? Quantitative or qualitative research Cross-sectional or experimental studies Join one of our projects or come up with your own research idea Stay here or go elsewhere Too many choices? A brief summary of our main interests 6
Rob Ruiter r.ruiter@maastrichtuniversity.nl Research Interests: Experimental lab research (persuasion, stigma, risk communication, executive control) Planning models for behavior change interventions: Intervention Mapping Special research change techniques: VR, EEG/ERP, fmri, driving simulator Effectiveness of behavior change methods and applications: cues to action, serious gaming, persuasion techniques Traffic Safety, Energy conservation, Child revalidation (Dutch), Vaccination, Sports External Possibilities Various within the NL (RIVM, TNO), Belgium, UK, Germany, southern and western Africa Joachim Bervoets Martin Sona Phil Brüll 7
Loes Kessels lte.kessels@maastrichtuniversity.nl Research Interests: Risk Communication, Fear Appeals, (Risky) Decision Making, Persuasion, Self-Affirmation, Traffic Safety, Attention Special research change techniques: EEG/ERP, fmri, driving simulator, Eye Movements (possible, not necessary) Social Neuroscience 8
Gerda Kraag g.kraag@maastrichtuniversity.nl Research Interests: (Cyber)Bullying Safety in schools Mental Health promotion in schools Stress and Coping (in children) Stress and performance 9
Karlijn Massar karlijn.massar@maastrichtuniversity.nl Research Interests: Applied Evolutionary Psychology (e.g. in health promotion) Dark personality traits and social behavior Maternal/Reproductive Health (in Zambia) Romantic relationships Jealousy External Possibilities Contacts in the UK, Finland, Canada, USA Stefan Gruijters Cephas Sialubanje 10
Fraukje Mevissen fraukje.mevissen@maastrichtuniversity.nl Research Interests: Health / Risk communication Sexual Health, (HIV)stigma, sexual coercion, sexual prejudice (with stigma) Behavioral Change Interventions Adoption and implementation Adolescents, young adults, ethnic minorities External Possibilities STI aids Netherlands (in Dutch, see Eleum) Fire Department Limburg South (in Dutch, see Eleum) Illinois State University / Houston (USA) Technical University Zurich (Switzerland) Youth Harvest Foundation (Ghana) John Krugu Sanne van Lieshout 11
Sarah Stutterheim s.stutterheim@maastrichtuniversity.nl Research Interests: Stigma Vulnerable groups Sexuality Living with chronic illness Hiv/sti prevention Health promotion Behavior change External Possibilities STI aids; HIV Assocation NL, Illinois State University, Open University Contacts in the US, UK, Israel, Ghana, Belgium 12
Philippe Verduyn p.verduyn@maastrichtuniversity.nl Research Interests: Emotion Dynamics Emotion Regulation Time Estimation Social Network Sites External Possibilities Leuven (Belgium) Ann Harbor (Michigan) Paris 13
Do you prefer an ASP-internship? Then: 1. Select 2 main research-interests Can be based on slides of the staff or on internshipproposals on eleum 2. Plan a meeting with me (Loes Kessels) before november 11, not with a staff-member To sign up for an appointment use the link: http://doodle.com/poll/ae4vhmawtheapv9k 3. After signing up you need to answer the 8 questions (see next slide). You will receive a link of this questionnaire from me in your mailbox (university-mail) after signing up. 14
The 8 questions: Faculty Faculty of Psychology name & Neuroscience 15
4. After our meeting, I will give you further instructions who you are allowed to contact for possible internship-guidance. Note 1: Do not contact ASP staff-member yourself before I gave permission. Note 2: These guidelines only apply for the ASP-group, for internship in the eating group you follow their guidelines. 16
Any Questions? 17