Revisions of paper this week!

Findings:
⭕Youth's life satisfaction declined during #COVID school closures
⭕Conflict with parents➡️steeper decline
⭕Warmth from #parents was protective, especially for youth with migration background & (pre)vocationally educated parents

#psy #science #devpsy #socpsy

🌈The Tweede Kamer voted for a ban on #ConversionTherapy

✔️There is no #science support and it causes major #psych damage, particularly among youth

⚠️However: People can still undergo it 'voluntarily' and the ban still allows to push for 'caution' or 'reflection' ➡️ it can secretly continue

#lgbt

🤹Meet my personalities during one week of conference in Vilnius

Council member:
⏩Two meetings working on #diversity and inclusion in #devpsy
⏩Two presentations

Communication officer:
⏩Manage social media of #EADP

Scientist:
⏩Two symposium talks on #nonbinary youth

Friend:
⏩The one I failed😢❤️

In Potsdam, Germany this week for the #CDME2025 conference, presenting our newest research! Key findings🔽

#Nonbinary youth:
1️⃣ not “woke” or elitist
2️⃣ face more exclusion from teachers & peers, undermining mental health.

Next stop: #ECDP2025 in Vilnius!

#psych #devpsy #enby

Wilders' image is harmful as it dehumanizes Muslims.

Dehumanization strips away individuality and #empathy, so that harm & violence feel justified - a tactic used in #propaganda throughout history.

What to do?
💡Build empathy
💡Inclusive 'us' instead of 'them'
💡Reject hateful imagery

#psy #science

What a day! From introducing kids who normally have little contact with the university to #science and breaking some #stereotypes of who can be a researcher with them 🧒 to my first TV interview on academic freedom & pressure on #diversity research 🎥 Watch on the news of Omroep Brabant tonight!

📢Evidence vs. Ego (26/30)
❌“The #immigration policies of minister Faber already work”

Immigration #science:
- Push factor: why people leave
- Pull factor: why people come

📉Push factors play a role in 74% of cases
📌Fewer asylum applications? The dictatorial regime in #syria fell (=push)

#psych

🎓 Today we strike in Tilburg against the insane cuts to education & #science

📉 This isn’t just about money. It’s about silencing dissent.
And I refuse.

✊ Starting tomorrow: A month of resistance.

Daily debunk of disinfo about #diversity with science.

#ScienceAgainstLies #WeerwoordMetWetenschap