Collaborations
Interfaculty
Europa
Maladaptive daydreaming: a new psychological disorder?
The project "Better understanding maladaptive daydreaming", led by Prof. Daniela Jopp of the UNIL, aims to deepen the knowledge of this disorder which has only recently been identified and studied (Somer, Somer, & Jopp, 2016), but which seems to correspond to unique diagnostic criteria and to cause clinically significant suffering in those affected (Bigelsen, Lehrfeld, Jopp, & Somer, 2016). One of the ways in which I am collaborating on this project is by training students in structured diagnostic interviewing.
https://applicationspub.unil.ch/interpub/noauth/php/Un/UnPers.php?PerNum=1164160&LanCode=37&menu=rech
Contact : Daniela Jopp
Switzerland
AERES: Computerisation and extension of the use of a resource self-assessment tool
The AERES, a resource self-assessment tool using a deck of cards, has demonstrated its clinical and research utility in assessing the resources of people with severe mental illness (Bellier-Teichmann, Fusi, & Pomini, 2017; Bellier-Teichmann, Golay, & Pomini, 2018). In collaboration with Dr. Bellier-Teichmann, Prof. Pomini, Pomini and Dr. Golay, we aim to computerize the AERES tool and to test its usefulness in other contexts of use (such as professional or educational environments).
http://ateliers-rehab.ch/produits-psychiatrie-communautaire/aeres/
Contact : Tanja Bellier-Teichmann
Switzerland
Interuniversity
Europa
Developement and validatation of the "Social Thermoregulation, Risk Avoidance, and Eating Questionnaire" (STRAEQ-2)
This project is lead by Olivier Dujols, Richard Klein and Hans IJzerman from the CORE lab at the Université Grenoble Alpes. The STRAEQ-2 is a questionnaire that aims to assess 1) individual differences in the most crucial needs to survival in three dimensions: temperature regulation, risk avoidance, and food intake, 2) the ability to cope with these needs by outsourcing them to other people. An initial globally oriented scale will be developed expanding on an earlier questionnaire developed in a smaller subset of countries (STRAQ-1; Vergara et al., 2019). The collaborators of different sites will help gather data to improve the applicability and validate the scale.
https://osf.io/ghbzk/
Contact : Olivier Dujols, Richard Klein, Hans IJzerman
Grenoble
France
America
Touch in close relationships of Latino-Americans
Accumulating research indicates that touch in close relationships is associated with mental and physical well-being. On the mere frequency level, research indicates that there are clear intercultural differences. In particular, Latino-Americans touch more. However, to our knowledge, no study has investigated how the association between touch and well-being varies among cultures. Recent research indicates that more collectivistic cultures, such as the Latin-American culture, promote well-being by offering more social support (e.g. Campos, 2015). However, most studies investigating Latino relationships were conducted in the USA. The present research project aims to test the hypotheses that more frequent touch in people living in Latino-America promotes well-being.
For this purpose, we collaborate with researchers from 5 Latin American countries: Prof. Juan Enrique Wilson Alcalde, Universidad de Chile, Prof. Cassepp-Borges, Universidade Federal Fluminense in Brazil, Prof. Rozzana Sánchez Aragón, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Prof. Ruth Nina-Estrella, Universidad de Puerto Rico and Prof. Carmen Elvira Navia Arroyo, Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
https://faculty.sites.uci.edu/crhlab/
Contact : Belinda Campos, Juan Enrique Wilson Alcalde, Rozzana Sánchez Aragón, Ruth Nina-Estrella, Carmen Elvira Navia Arroyo
Irvine
U.S.A.
Love in the time of Covid
An international research study of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on how we connect, relate and cope during this difficult time.
https://loveinthetimeofcovid.me/
Contact : Richard Slatcher, Rhonda Balzarini, Giulia Zoppolat
Athens, GA
U.S.A.
External collaboration
Europa
Inducing touch in daily life of couples: An ecological momentary intervention
This study investigates whether artificially inducing touch in the daily life of couples, using an GPS-based smartphone application, results in the well-known benefits of touch in romantic relationships.
https://www.ru.nl/personen/karremans-j/
Contact : Kerem Besim Durbin, J.C.T.M. Karremans & Reine van der Wal
Leiden, Nijmegen & Utrecht
Netherlands
