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Het inzetten van psychologische tests in de hulpverlening is onontbeerlijk. Tests behoeden de hulpverlener niet alleen voor beoordelingsfouten, ze kunnen ook unieke informatie over de cliënt opleveren (Meyer et al., 2001). Een belangrijke voorwaarde is evenwel dat ze degelijke psychometrische kwaliteiten bezitten: een test dient minstens voldoende valide te zijn, een goede betrouwbaarheid te bezitten en over een aangepaste normering te beschikken. Deze en nog een aantal andere voorwaarden worden uitgetekend en bewaakt door internationale commissies, zoals de International Test Commission (ITC, 2013) en de European Federation of Professional Psychologists’ Association (EFPA; Evers et al., 2013)

Testing Self-Determination Theory in Belgian students : effect of satisfaction of basic psychological needs by teaching style on general well-being and study motivation

According to Self-Determination Theory, the satisfaction of the psychological needs autonomy, competence and relatedness, is said to be essential for human well-being worldwide. It also affects the quality of study motivation

When suppression backfires: the ironic effects of suppressing eating-related thoughts and actions in disinhibited restrainers

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Using the EAST and the IAT to assess implicit food preferences in overweight and obsese youngsters

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Do overweight youngsters like food more than lean peers? Assessing their implicit attitudes with a personalized Implicit Association Task

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Do overweight youngsters like food more than lean peers? Assessing their implicit attitudes with a personalized implicit association task

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Psychometric Properties of the Dutch Cognitive Avoidance Questionnaire.

Various psychological disorders, such as major depressive disorder and anxiety disorders, share cognitive avoidance as one of the main mechanisms underlying symptom severity and maintenance. A valid and reliable measure that covers a broad array of cognitive avoidance strategies is therefore instrumental, though currently greedily missing. The Questionnaire d’Évitement Cognitif (QEC) was developed as a comprehensive instrument measuring five cognitive avoidance strategies. The current study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Dutch Cognitive Avoidance Questionnaire (CAQ-NL) in three samples (N sample 1 = 607; N sample 2 = 357; N sample 3 = 448). Confirmatory factor analysis supported the hypothesized five-factor structure of the CAQ-NL. Reliability analysis showed good to excellent internal consistency for the CAQ-NL and its five subscales. Furthermore, Multi-Group CFA revealed that the CAQ-NL demonstrated configural and metric invariance across the three samples. Convergent validity of the CAQ-NL was supported by substantial correlations with brooding, with more cognitive avoidance being related to more brooding. In addition, cognitive avoidance was negatively associated with psychological well-being and positively with symptoms of depression and anxiety, which corroborates the instrument’s concurrent validity. Moreover, the CAQ-NL was predictive of depressive symptoms six months later, supporting its predictive validity. In sum, results of the present study provide support for the validity and reliability of the CAQ-NL.status: publishe

The role of implicit attitudes towards food and physical activity in the treatment of youth obesity

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