Prof. dr. Jaap Denissen

Head of Department
Developmental Psychology
Professor
Social and Behavioural Sciences
j.j.a.denissen@uu.nl
Projects
Project
Shifting Perspectives, Changing Narratives? How can we Help Young People Change Their Construal of Their Adverse Experiences? Does that map on their Well-Being? 16.09.2024 to 15.09.2028
General project description

How do life stories of young people exposed to adversity (e.g., young refugees) differ from those of others? To understand the effects of adversity on specific features of young refugeeā€™s narratives, we need to disentangle the effects of cultural uprooting and refugee experience from normative developmental effects. We will, therefore, (1) examine if young refugees show different features in the way they tell their stories in comparison to third-culture-kids, and a community sample; (2) test narrative features as drivers of well-being; and (3) identify differential effects of the writing exercises for young individuals from refugee, third-culture, and community backgrounds.

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Researcher
Funding
Other Starter's Grant
Project
10 Years Up 01.09.2018 to 01.09.2028
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Researcher
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