With the advent of sophisticated machine-learning methods, practitioners rely more and more on asynchronous video interviews (AVI) to automatically assess job candidates. However, very little published empirical evidence is available to tell that AVIs are valid and reliable methods of measuring one’s personality. In this project, we collect AVIs from mock job video interviews and explore whether algorithmic assessment is suitable to automatically measure personality, job-related competences, and hireability. Participants were presented with a job...

Many internet-based and mobile-based interventions have been developed and implemented in the last decade for anxiety disorders, proving their effectiveness in several studies. However, little research has been carried out in this field for the case of Specific Phobias and, to our knowledge, no systematic reviews have been published on this matter. The aim of this study is to summarize the data published about treatments delivered through the Internet and mobile apps for Specific Phobia...

Refugees and asylum seekers are at an elevated risk of developing common mental disorders, like depression, due to the numerous challenges that they experience before, during, and after the migration (1). There is a growing body of research demonstrating the effectiveness of psychological interventions for reducing symptoms of mental disorders in refugees and asylum seekers exposed to adversities (2-8). Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) has developed a novel, low-intensity self-help intervention, namely the Self-Help+...

Experimental Study on M-Turk manipulating goals that can be attained through gossip

Human activities often impact the sensory environment of organisms. Wind energy turbines are a fast-growing potential source of anthropogenic vibrational noise that can affect soil animals sensitive to vibrations and thereby alter soil community functioning. Larger soil animals, such as earthworms (macrofauna, > 1 cm in size), are particularly likely to be impacted by the low-frequency turbine waves that can travel through soils over large distances. Here we examine the effect of wind turbine-induced vibrational...

Preregistration for Study 2, data, scripts, and materials for 'Who likes ugly? Understanding the enjoyment of grotesque art'

Masterthese Nikki Smulders

Background. The number of trials on psychotherapies for adult depression is very large and is quickly growing. Because of this large body of knowledge, it is important that the results of these studies are summarized and integrated in meta-analytic studies. More than a decade ago we developed a meta-analytic database of these trials, which was updated yearly through systematic literature searches. Recently, we developed a new version of this meta-analytic database, built on the systems...

Preregistration for "A Diary Study about Organizational Gossip".

Background. The number of trials on psychotherapies for adult depression is very large and is quickly growing. Because of this large body of knowledge, it is important that the results of these studies are summarized and integrated in meta-analytic studies. More than a decade ago we developed a meta-analytic database of these trials, which was updated yearly through systematic literature searches. Recently, we developed a new version of this meta-analytic database, built on the systems...

The college years are a developmentally crucial period for young people in which they make the transition from late adolescence to emerging adulthood (Arnett, 2000). Psychosocial and mental health problems during this phase of life are not only highly prevalent (Auerbach et al., 2018), but they also affect academic functioning (Bruffaerts, 2018) and can have long-term adverse outcomes in later adulthood, including persistent emotional and physical health problems, relationship dysfunction, and labor market marginalization (Scott,...

It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land. Widespread and rapid changes in the atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere and biosphere have occurred (IPCC, 2021). There is also considerable evidence that mental health is affected by these climate changes. A recent seminal review describes how mental health is affected by climate change through four different pathways (Clayton, 2021). First, discrete events, such as natural disasters can have a direct impact on mental...

1. Ecosystems are increasingly managed to provide multiple benefits to humans, which often degrades their ecological integrity. This strongly applies to aquatic ecosystems, in which engineering can enhance flood protection, drinking water supply, fisheries and recreation. Although these activities typically increase ecosystem functionality to humans, they often impair key aspects of biodiversity and natural functioning. 2. Classical restoration of such degrading freshwater ecosystems can lead to societal opposition, if returning to a former ecosystem state...

This project assesses the relations between motivations to avoid pathogens and preferences for facial symmetry and/or facial sexual dimorphism.

“Individual patient data” (IPD) meta-analyses are meta-analyses in which the primary data of the trials are collected and merged into one big datafile with patient-level data. This allows to examine whether patient-level data are associated with the outcomes of therapies, and because the data from multiple trials are combined, they do have sufficient statistical power to examine predictors and moderators of outcome. Individual trials are typically powered to find effects of an intervention, but not...

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to world-wide human suffering, which may include negative effects on mental health (United Nations, 2020). A great number of research projects have assessed the mental health impacts of COVID-19, which have been integrated into systematic reviews (SRs) with or without meta-analyses (MAs). Although some authors have reported direct and indirect negative effects of COVID-19 on specific mental health problems (e.g., depression or post-traumatic stress symptoms) and elevated generic psychological distress...