People who tend to downplay their positive feelings appear more vulnerable to #depression and #anxiety. Researchers from the universities of Leuven and @exeter.ac.uk
have developed a new scale to measure this dampening tendency: authors.elsevier.com/c/1lvEB1KMdl...
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"Computational Modeling of Semantic Networks to Predict Fear Behavior Differences"
www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
Anyone willing to peer-review this pubpeer comment regarding the brain morphology / mindfulness meta analysis that concluded there is a relationship between the two after excluding null findings?
Is it fair, sufficiently concise, and understandable? Feedback v welcome.
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Je kan mijn 600 secondenlezing over piekeren in het kader van 600 jaar KU Leuven hier herbekijken: youtu.be/nktM9ep4gbQ?...
Peace, love, and life. Be well.
(Unknown duo. Mystery photo from our family archive.)
(as an aside: Mahrer wasn’t exactly a fan of evidence-based practices, claiming they smother creativity and innovation in psychotherapy.)
A somewhat uncomfortable truth about professor-psychotherapist Alvin Mahrer, who was awarded multiple times by the APA (including the Living Legends in Psychotherapy Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award).
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Very neat study by my faculty colleague Gert Storms on his own autobiographical memories from his personal diary for the past 24 years. What a job! Don't forget to read the 'Data Accessibility Statements', 'Ethics and Consent' sections ;-)
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles...
The potential of Future Event Specificity Training (FEST) to decrease anhedonia and dampening of positive emotions: A randomised controlled trial
iaap-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Autobiographical Processing and Psychopathology 2024 meeting.
Registration is open !!
Deadline for abstract submission: 31 January 2024
Deadline for registration: 1 April 2024
ppw.kuleuven.be/ppwcontinuo/...
‘Morgen stop ik met piekeren’ bevat tips vol mildheid en humor om je relatie met je gepieker te veranderen, zodat je er minder in verstrikt raakt. #piekeren #mindfulness
www.lannoo.be/nl/morgen-st...