How is the development of physiological responses to social evaluation in adolescence affected by other normative developments, such as pubertal, socio-cognitive and psychosocial development? Are social anxiety and public speaking anxiety associated with characteristic patterns of stress responses…

The availability of indicators based on social media has opened the possibility to track the online interactions between social media users and scholarly entities.

Nature, nurture and neural mechanisms of social emotion regulation in childhood

Why does social anxiety increase in adolescence and how does it grow out of control in some adolescents?

Social and Behavioural Sciences

Are there any differences in gaze behavior between high and low socially anxious individuals? What factors influence the relation between social anxiety and gaze behavior?

The effect of the pilot Teen courts will be evaluated by means of a programme, process and effect study based on qualitative research methods.

This research evaluates the Youth Act. It will provide an overview of how the transition takes place, whether the transformation process develops in the right direction and whether the legal safeguards are functioning properly.

Promotor: R.D. Gill, F. Taroni

Delineating psychophysiological endophenotypes of social anxiety disorder

To what extent does the Law Ombudsperson for Children achieve its goals as intended by the legislator when introducing the law?

What are the developmental pathways to social anxiety (disorder), the causal processes and maintaining factors? How do these factors interact in the development of social anxiety disorder? How can this knowledge be used to design and implement effective preventive intervention programs for youth?

Creating and processing written standard evaluations and automatic processing of written examinations

In 2012, the Dutch National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism and the Dutch Probation Service launched a reintegration project for offenders on probation or parole who were (suspected to be) involved in jihadist extremism or terrorism. The initiative's primary goal was to reduce the chance…

What is the relation between the experience and the act of exclusion?

Social evaluative fears during adolescence

This Thesis describes the design, synthesis and evaluation as glycoprocessing enzyme inhibitors of focused libraries of iminosugars.

Historiography of science is in its current self-image a non-evaluative discipline. Its main goal is to understand past processes of knowledge formation on their own terms. In the last few decades this approach has greatly improved our understanding of the phenomenon of science. Yet, something strange…

Which adolescents are more at risk of developing social anxiety disorder later in life?

This article presents an in-depth evaluation of a specialized reintegration initiative within the Dutch Probation Service focused on individuals convicted or suspected of involvement in terrorism.

Welcome to the Social Anxiety and Specific Phobia (SASP) Research Group!

The consequences of social tendencies for the legislation and institutions in the fields of social security, the labor market policy and pension reform are examined in this multdisciplinary research program..

Keeping in touch with others will benefit your studies and work.

Science, Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML)

Are there significant differences among the environmental impacts resulting form the production of Asian aquaculture commodities and what are the main causes for these?

And its application in deciphering hominin diets in palaeolithic eurasia

Promotor: J. van der Greef, T. Hankemeier; Co-promotor: H.A. van Wietmarschen

Identification of the products or product groups that have the greatest environmental impact from a life-cycle perspective using environmentally extended input-output analysis.

Social anxiety runs in families, but the neurobiology underlying this genetic vulnerability is until now largely unknown. The unique Leiden Family Lab study on Social Anxiety Disorder (LFLSAD) aims to broaden our knowledge with respect to this genetic susceptibility.

The proposed research project examines the social role of two monk-bishops in seventh-century Egypt, Abraham of Hermonthis and Pesynthios of Koptos, by reconstructing their social networks on the basis of their archival documents.

Is blended care a feasible and effective treatment method for social anxiety in adolescence?

From basic science to real-world interventions

... examines how different motives stemming from people’s interdependencies and social identities influence decision making in social contexts.

This thesis, conducted in the framework of ERC Starting grant project BABYLON (PI: Caroline Waerzeggers), presents an investigation into Babylonian society, focusing on the city of Borsippa during Neo-Babylonian and early Persian rule (c. 620-484 BCE).

This dissertation takes an important step in understanding the phenomenon of non-take-up of social support and what it means for contemporary social policies.

The aim of this study was to provide insight into how teachers in higher education can be supported in the design, implementation and evaluation of group assignments by developing a theoretical and evidence-based framework for the design of group assignments.

Negative perceptions of ambiguous social cues, social performance and physical arousal in socially anxious youth

What evaluative languages (errors, mistakes, vices, etc.) did book reviewers employ? To what extent and on what occasions did they invoke early modern vices? And to what extent did this differ across fields or change over the course of the century?

Why do some children confront social challenges with confidence, whereas others experience difficulties? What is the role of child temperament and child emotional dispositions? What is the role of parenting? This project aims to shed light on the mechanisms explaining shyness and confidence in response…

A neurobiological perspective on individual differences in social competence

The studies outlined in this volume explore how connectedness continues to change Africa and how Africa continues to shape the social life of connections.

Humans are fundamentally a social species, rather than individualists.

Promotor: Prof.dr. G.R. de Snoo

Promotores: Prof.dr. G. Miley & Prof.dr. J.M. van den Broek

Do you have to be able to say everything on Twitter and Facebook? Is Instagram morally obliged to remove photos from attacks? Should we allow the terrorist group to recruit new members on the internet?

What are the biological effects of Chinese herbal medicine in regulation of cancer cell metastasis?

PhD Defence

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