Ruth Van Der Hallen
Biographic Data
| ID | 2427445 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ruth Van Der Hallen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ruth |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Der Hallen |
| SIGNATURE | VAN DER HALLEN R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6899-4898 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Hidden Majority
Many university students experience mental health difficulties, yet a large proportion do not seek professional psychological support. Although prior research has linked mental health status to help-seeking behavior, it remains unclear whether all help-avoidant students require professional support and how their mental health profiles compare with those of help-seeking students. To address this gap, this study employed a dual-factor model, which …
Self-concealment predicts use of secrecy and attitude toward secrecy, not subjective ability to keep secrets
Self-concealment and secrecy, although conceptually distinct, are often conflated or inadequately distinguished in existing literature. In this correlational study, we aimed to elucidate the relationship between self-concealment and three dimensions of secrecy: the use of secrecy, the ability to keep secrets, and attitude toward secrecy. The sample consisted of 220 individuals (76% identified as female), between the ages of 18 to 78 ( M = 24.27, …
The LGBTQ+ experience of secrecy
Secrecy, the intentional concealment of information from others, is a widespread phenomenon with important implications for mental health, relationships, and identity. While much research has examined the types of secrets people keep, little is known about how secrecy is experienced by LGBTQ+ individuals, for whom concealment may involve core aspects of identity such as gender and sexuality. Using a multi-faceted framework, this study compared LG…
Pathological Personality Domains and Social Media Use in Emerging Adults
Social media use has been associated with negative effects on mental health, but little is known about the role of personality pathology in predicting social media use. To address this gap, this longitudinal study examined the relationship between self-reported pathological personality domains (Short Form Personality Inventory for the DSM-5; PID-5-SF), social media use (hours per day) and social media self-control failure measured 3 years later. …
Unravelling the Roots of Emotional Development
One’s attachment style forms early in life and can aid in dealing with future setbacks. Equally, Coping and resilience are two specific psychological mechanisms that form how one deals with problems and recovers from stressful situations. These three concepts are well-known interrelated concepts within psychology but to what extent they overlap is still unclear. The present study investigated attachment, resiliency and coping using structural equ…
Investigating the role of residential migration history on the relationship between attachment and sense of belonging
With the rate of both domestic and international migration steadily increasing, the psychological impact of residential migration remains largely unexplored. Attachment, the emotional bond we establish with those close to us, and sense of belonging, the feeling of connectedness to a community, may be vulnerable to frequent migration. This study investigates the association between individuals' early attachment style, sense of belonging, and migra…
Investigating the susceptibility to change of coping and resiliency during Covid‐19
On 11 March 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of the novel coronavirus SARS‐CoV‐2 (COVID‐19) a global pandemic. As a result, most of public life, including cultural, sporting, religious and political events, came to a standstill. The current study investigates potential changes in individual’s coping and resiliency during this phase of the pandemic. The present study investigated potential changes in individuals’ copi…
Just Deal With It
When considering developmental psychology three concepts stand out; (1) resilience: the resistance to stress, (2) coping: the strategies used to reduce stress, and (3) sense of belonging: the connectedness towards peers. Although all three concepts are important for a child’s development, the academic literature lacks research on the interrelations and interplay between them. This study employed network analysis to investigate the interplay betwe…
Attitudes toward Suicide and the Impact of Client Suicide
Previous research has revealed that mental health professionals (MHPs) often experience significant short- and long-term impacts in the aftermath of client suicide. Individual differences are significant, yet what factors explain these differences remain unclear. The current study aimed to investigate to what extent MHPs' attitudes toward (client) suicide could predict the short- and long-term impacts of client suicide. A total of 213 MHPs, aged …
Exploring the Role of Age and Gender on the Impact of Client Suicide in Mental Health Practitioners
Objective: Previous research has revealed that mental health professionals (MHPs) often experience severe, yet varying, levels of short-term impact in the aftermath of client suicide. Individual differences are significant, yet what factors help explain these differences remains unclear. The current study investigated the role of the MHPs' and the clients' age and gender upon the impact of client suicide. Method: An international sample of 213 MH…
Exploring the Role of Coping Strategies on the Impact of Client Suicide
Client suicide refers to cases where a mental health practitioner is exposed, affected, or bereaved by a client's suicide and is known to have a profound impact on MHPs. The current study investigated the role of coping styles in understanding short- and long-term impact of client suicide. An international sample of 213 mental health practitioners who experienced a client suicide completed a survey on coping strategies (i.e., Brief-COPE) and the …
Global processing takes time
What does an individual with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) perceive first: the forest or the trees? In spite of 30 years of research and influential theories like the weak central coherence (WCC) theory and the enhanced perceptual functioning (EPF) account, the interplay of local and global visual processing in ASD remains only partly understood. Research findings vary in indicating a local processing bias or a global processing deficit, and oft…
Precise minds in uncertain worlds
There have been numerous attempts to explain the enigma of autism, but existing neurocognitive theories often provide merely a refined description of 1 cluster of symptoms.Here we argue that deficits in executive functioning, theory of mind, and central coherence can all be understood as the consequence of a core deficit in the flexibility with which people with autism spectrum disorder can process violations to their expectations.More formally w…
Precise minds in uncertain worlds
There have been numerous attempts to explain the enigma of autism, but existing neurocognitive theories often provide merely a refined description of 1 cluster of symptoms.Here we argue that deficits in executive functioning, theory of mind, and central coherence can all be understood as the consequence of a core deficit in the flexibility with which people with autism spectrum disorder can process violations to their expectations.More formally w…
Unravelling the Roots of Emotional Development
One’s attachment style forms early in life and can aid in dealing with future setbacks. Equally, Coping and resilience are two specific psychological mechanisms that form how one deals with problems and recovers from stressful situations. These three concepts are well-known interrelated concepts within psychology but to what extent they overlap is still unclear. The present study investigated attachment, resiliency and coping using structural equ…
Precise minds in uncertain worlds
There have been numerous attempts to explain the enigma of autism, but existing neurocognitive theories often provide merely a refined description of 1 cluster of symptoms.Here we argue that deficits in executive functioning, theory of mind, and central coherence can all be understood as the consequence of a core deficit in the flexibility with which people with autism spectrum disorder can process violations to their expectations.More formally w…
Global processing takes time
What does an individual with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) perceive first: the forest or the trees? In spite of 30 years of research and influential theories like the weak central coherence (WCC) theory and the enhanced perceptual functioning (EPF) account, the interplay of local and global visual processing in ASD remains only partly understood. Research findings vary in indicating a local processing bias or a global processing deficit, and oft…
Investigating the susceptibility to change of coping and resiliency during Covid‐19
On 11 March 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of the novel coronavirus SARS‐CoV‐2 (COVID‐19) a global pandemic. As a result, most of public life, including cultural, sporting, religious and political events, came to a standstill. The current study investigates potential changes in individual’s coping and resiliency during this phase of the pandemic. The present study investigated potential changes in individuals’ copi…
Just Deal With It
When considering developmental psychology three concepts stand out; (1) resilience: the resistance to stress, (2) coping: the strategies used to reduce stress, and (3) sense of belonging: the connectedness towards peers. Although all three concepts are important for a child’s development, the academic literature lacks research on the interrelations and interplay between them. This study employed network analysis to investigate the interplay betwe…
Attitudes toward Suicide and the Impact of Client Suicide
Previous research has revealed that mental health professionals (MHPs) often experience significant short- and long-term impacts in the aftermath of client suicide. Individual differences are significant, yet what factors explain these differences remain unclear. The current study aimed to investigate to what extent MHPs' attitudes toward (client) suicide could predict the short- and long-term impacts of client suicide. A total of 213 MHPs, aged …
Exploring the Role of Age and Gender on the Impact of Client Suicide in Mental Health Practitioners
Objective: Previous research has revealed that mental health professionals (MHPs) often experience severe, yet varying, levels of short-term impact in the aftermath of client suicide. Individual differences are significant, yet what factors help explain these differences remains unclear. The current study investigated the role of the MHPs' and the clients' age and gender upon the impact of client suicide. Method: An international sample of 213 MH…
Exploring the Role of Coping Strategies on the Impact of Client Suicide
Client suicide refers to cases where a mental health practitioner is exposed, affected, or bereaved by a client's suicide and is known to have a profound impact on MHPs. The current study investigated the role of coping styles in understanding short- and long-term impact of client suicide. An international sample of 213 mental health practitioners who experienced a client suicide completed a survey on coping strategies (i.e., Brief-COPE) and the …
Unravelling the Roots of Emotional Development
One’s attachment style forms early in life and can aid in dealing with future setbacks. Equally, Coping and resilience are two specific psychological mechanisms that form how one deals with problems and recovers from stressful situations. These three concepts are well-known interrelated concepts within psychology but to what extent they overlap is still unclear. The present study investigated attachment, resiliency and coping using structural equ…
Investigating the role of residential migration history on the relationship between attachment and sense of belonging
With the rate of both domestic and international migration steadily increasing, the psychological impact of residential migration remains largely unexplored. Attachment, the emotional bond we establish with those close to us, and sense of belonging, the feeling of connectedness to a community, may be vulnerable to frequent migration. This study investigates the association between individuals' early attachment style, sense of belonging, and migra…
Pathological Personality Domains and Social Media Use in Emerging Adults
Social media use has been associated with negative effects on mental health, but little is known about the role of personality pathology in predicting social media use. To address this gap, this longitudinal study examined the relationship between self-reported pathological personality domains (Short Form Personality Inventory for the DSM-5; PID-5-SF), social media use (hours per day) and social media self-control failure measured 3 years later. …
Self-concealment predicts use of secrecy and attitude toward secrecy, not subjective ability to keep secrets
Self-concealment and secrecy, although conceptually distinct, are often conflated or inadequately distinguished in existing literature. In this correlational study, we aimed to elucidate the relationship between self-concealment and three dimensions of secrecy: the use of secrecy, the ability to keep secrets, and attitude toward secrecy. The sample consisted of 220 individuals (76% identified as female), between the ages of 18 to 78 ( M = 24.27, …
The LGBTQ+ experience of secrecy
Secrecy, the intentional concealment of information from others, is a widespread phenomenon with important implications for mental health, relationships, and identity. While much research has examined the types of secrets people keep, little is known about how secrecy is experienced by LGBTQ+ individuals, for whom concealment may involve core aspects of identity such as gender and sexuality. Using a multi-faceted framework, this study compared LG…
The Hidden Majority
Many university students experience mental health difficulties, yet a large proportion do not seek professional psychological support. Although prior research has linked mental health status to help-seeking behavior, it remains unclear whether all help-avoidant students require professional support and how their mental health profiles compare with those of help-seeking students. To address this gap, this study employed a dual-factor model, which …
Psychology (10 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Coping (psychology (3 works) · Mental health (3 works) · Mental Health Treatment and Access (3 works)