Femke Geusens
Biographic Data
| ID | 1741874 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Femke Geusens |
| GIVEN NAMES | Femke |
| FAMILY NAME | Geusens |
| SIGNATURE | GEUSENS F |
| AFFILIATIONS | KU Leuven |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3600-2249 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Drink or #Drunk? An Experimental Study Investigating the Impact of Positive and Negative Alcohol Depictions in Ephemeral Social Media on Alcohol Cognitions
Exposure to alcohol on social media has been linked to offline alcohol use. With the rise of ephemeral messages (e.g. Snapchat), social media users are exposed to a wider variety of alcohol depictions, ranging from negative to more positive ones. However, it remains unclear how exposure to differential alcohol depictions influences offline alcohol cognitions and who is most susceptible to them. We conducted an online between-subjects experiment m…
Preventing Excessive Gestational Weight Gain During Consecutive Pregnancies
Excessive gestational weight gain (EGWG) poses significant health risks, including increased pregnancy complications, obesity, and metabolic disorders. Addressing EGWG is critical for women with a history of EGWG, as recurrence is common in consecutive pregnancies. This study presents findings from a subanalysis of the intervention arm of the INTER-ACT multi-center randomied controlled trial (RCT), which evaluated the impact of a combined mobile …
Don't vape, nobody uses these poisonous sticks
Media literacy interventions are promising approaches to mitigate the harmful impact of media on substance use behaviors, including smoking and vaping. Some media literacy interventions adopt an interactive format, involving adolescents in the creation of counter messages that challenge pro-substance media narratives. However, research has largely focused on the impact of media literacy interventions on behaviors, leaving a critical gap in unders…
“I see dead people”
This study aimed to add to a nuanced understanding of how viewing different subgenres of paranormal horror can cultivate beliefs in the paranormal. I collected cross-sectional survey data among 601 adults aged 18 – 56 (M = 24.06, SD = 4.16), with a relatively even gender distribution (40.6% males, 59.4% females). Using a linear regression model, I found that more frequent exposure to paranormal horror was related to paranormal beliefs, but only i…
First Comes Substance Use, Then Comes Social Media Posts? Examining the Temporal Ordering and Relative Strength of Relations Across Alcohol, Tobacco and Marijuana Use and Posting Behavior
Social media posts represent a major route by which youth share their substance use cognitions and experiences with others. Extant research has primarily examined relations between alcohol-related posts and posters' own alcohol use, yet little is known about the role of social media in the use of less socially accepted substances, namely tobacco and marijuana. Our study represents the first to examine the relative strength of this relation across…
Disentangling Between-Person Level From Within-Person Level Relationships
A growing body of research supports that publicly displayed alcohol references on social media are positively associated with alcohol use among college students. However, unaddressed questions remain, particularly what types of alcohol references (i.e., alcohol use vs. intoxication) have such influence, and whether the association between sharing alcohol references on social media and drinking behavior is a within-person effect, or rather reflect…
Self-Reported versus Actual Alcohol-Related Communication on Instagram
Numerous studies have highlighted the relation between drinking behavior and alcohol references on social media. However, most studies on substance-use-related social media effects rely on self-report data, and it remains unclear whether individuals can accurately report their online alcohol-related communication. This study contributes to this line of research by examining whether individuals accurately report their alcohol-related self-sharing …
I See, Therefore I am
In recent years, the role of media in individuals' alcohol consumption has been touched upon by several researchers. Nevertheless, the underlying processes explaining the relationship between media use and alcohol consumption, as well as the differences in strength of the associations between social and traditional media use and alcohol consumption remain understudied. The present exploratory cross-sectional study (N = 381) among emerging adults …
Drinking Buddies
Exposure to alcohol posts on social media has been found to be associated with emerging adults’ alcohol use. An important mechanism through which this association seems to occur are social norms. Thus far, however, research has not differentiated between proximal and distal norms and has not accounted for the private (e.g. Instagram private features, Snapchat) and public media outlets (e.g. Instagram public features) through which these norms mig…
Cancelled
A new form of social activism, known as cancel culture, is emerging online. This concept originally referred to forms of calling out others to educate them on the inappropriateness of certain statements and behaviors, but it is now often criticized for being too extreme and unforgiving. In this study we investigated the overt and covert motivations drama and commentary channels provide to discuss the cancellation of five high-profile YouTubers wi…
Triple spirals? A three-wave panel study on the longitudinal associations between social media use and young individuals’ alcohol consumption
The present longitudinal study (N = 596, Mage at baseline = 16.96, SD =.78) combines an interdependent social media effects approach with Slater’s reinforcing spirals model. As such, it is the first study to test a triple spiral between self-sharing of and exposure to alcohol-related content on social media, self-sharing and drinking behavior, and exposure and drinking behavior. We thereby differentiate between within-level and between-level rela…
A cross-cultural comparison of the processes underlying the associations between sharing of and exposure to alcohol references and drinking intentions
This study is among the first to cross-culturally compare the associations between social media use and emerging adults’ drinking behavior in an accepting (Belgium) and comparatively restricted (USA) Western drinking culture. A cross-sectional survey was administered among 770 college students ( n USA = 253, 24% male; n Belgium = 487, 34% male) aged 18–20 years. Structural equation modeling was used and demonstrated that the association between e…
Managing Positive and Negative Media Effects Among Adolescents
The current study examined the role of parental media mediation styles in the relationships between (1) prosocial media content and the performance of prosocial behavior and (2) antisocial media content and the performance of antisocial behavior. The results of a cross-sectional survey (N = 475; Mage = 14.6) indicated that autonomy-supportive restrictive mediation was positively related to prosocial behavior through increased prosocial media expo…
Managing Positive and Negative Media Effects Among Adolescents
The current study examined the role of parental media mediation styles in the relationships between (1) prosocial media content and the performance of prosocial behavior and (2) antisocial media content and the performance of antisocial behavior. The results of a cross-sectional survey (N = 475; Mage = 14.6) indicated that autonomy-supportive restrictive mediation was positively related to prosocial behavior through increased prosocial media expo…
Cancelled
A new form of social activism, known as cancel culture, is emerging online. This concept originally referred to forms of calling out others to educate them on the inappropriateness of certain statements and behaviors, but it is now often criticized for being too extreme and unforgiving. In this study we investigated the overt and covert motivations drama and commentary channels provide to discuss the cancellation of five high-profile YouTubers wi…
A cross-cultural comparison of the processes underlying the associations between sharing of and exposure to alcohol references and drinking intentions
This study is among the first to cross-culturally compare the associations between social media use and emerging adults’ drinking behavior in an accepting (Belgium) and comparatively restricted (USA) Western drinking culture. A cross-sectional survey was administered among 770 college students ( n USA = 253, 24% male; n Belgium = 487, 34% male) aged 18–20 years. Structural equation modeling was used and demonstrated that the association between e…
Managing Positive and Negative Media Effects Among Adolescents
The current study examined the role of parental media mediation styles in the relationships between (1) prosocial media content and the performance of prosocial behavior and (2) antisocial media content and the performance of antisocial behavior. The results of a cross-sectional survey (N = 475; Mage = 14.6) indicated that autonomy-supportive restrictive mediation was positively related to prosocial behavior through increased prosocial media expo…
A cross-cultural comparison of the processes underlying the associations between sharing of and exposure to alcohol references and drinking intentions
This study is among the first to cross-culturally compare the associations between social media use and emerging adults’ drinking behavior in an accepting (Belgium) and comparatively restricted (USA) Western drinking culture. A cross-sectional survey was administered among 770 college students ( n USA = 253, 24% male; n Belgium = 487, 34% male) aged 18–20 years. Structural equation modeling was used and demonstrated that the association between e…
Triple spirals? A three-wave panel study on the longitudinal associations between social media use and young individuals’ alcohol consumption
The present longitudinal study (N = 596, Mage at baseline = 16.96, SD =.78) combines an interdependent social media effects approach with Slater’s reinforcing spirals model. As such, it is the first study to test a triple spiral between self-sharing of and exposure to alcohol-related content on social media, self-sharing and drinking behavior, and exposure and drinking behavior. We thereby differentiate between within-level and between-level rela…
Disentangling Between-Person Level From Within-Person Level Relationships
A growing body of research supports that publicly displayed alcohol references on social media are positively associated with alcohol use among college students. However, unaddressed questions remain, particularly what types of alcohol references (i.e., alcohol use vs. intoxication) have such influence, and whether the association between sharing alcohol references on social media and drinking behavior is a within-person effect, or rather reflect…
Self-Reported versus Actual Alcohol-Related Communication on Instagram
Numerous studies have highlighted the relation between drinking behavior and alcohol references on social media. However, most studies on substance-use-related social media effects rely on self-report data, and it remains unclear whether individuals can accurately report their online alcohol-related communication. This study contributes to this line of research by examining whether individuals accurately report their alcohol-related self-sharing …
I See, Therefore I am
In recent years, the role of media in individuals' alcohol consumption has been touched upon by several researchers. Nevertheless, the underlying processes explaining the relationship between media use and alcohol consumption, as well as the differences in strength of the associations between social and traditional media use and alcohol consumption remain understudied. The present exploratory cross-sectional study (N = 381) among emerging adults …
Drinking Buddies
Exposure to alcohol posts on social media has been found to be associated with emerging adults’ alcohol use. An important mechanism through which this association seems to occur are social norms. Thus far, however, research has not differentiated between proximal and distal norms and has not accounted for the private (e.g. Instagram private features, Snapchat) and public media outlets (e.g. Instagram public features) through which these norms mig…
Cancelled
A new form of social activism, known as cancel culture, is emerging online. This concept originally referred to forms of calling out others to educate them on the inappropriateness of certain statements and behaviors, but it is now often criticized for being too extreme and unforgiving. In this study we investigated the overt and covert motivations drama and commentary channels provide to discuss the cancellation of five high-profile YouTubers wi…
“I see dead people”
This study aimed to add to a nuanced understanding of how viewing different subgenres of paranormal horror can cultivate beliefs in the paranormal. I collected cross-sectional survey data among 601 adults aged 18 – 56 (M = 24.06, SD = 4.16), with a relatively even gender distribution (40.6% males, 59.4% females). Using a linear regression model, I found that more frequent exposure to paranormal horror was related to paranormal beliefs, but only i…
First Comes Substance Use, Then Comes Social Media Posts? Examining the Temporal Ordering and Relative Strength of Relations Across Alcohol, Tobacco and Marijuana Use and Posting Behavior
Social media posts represent a major route by which youth share their substance use cognitions and experiences with others. Extant research has primarily examined relations between alcohol-related posts and posters' own alcohol use, yet little is known about the role of social media in the use of less socially accepted substances, namely tobacco and marijuana. Our study represents the first to examine the relative strength of this relation across…
Don't vape, nobody uses these poisonous sticks
Media literacy interventions are promising approaches to mitigate the harmful impact of media on substance use behaviors, including smoking and vaping. Some media literacy interventions adopt an interactive format, involving adolescents in the creation of counter messages that challenge pro-substance media narratives. However, research has largely focused on the impact of media literacy interventions on behaviors, leaving a critical gap in unders…
Drink or #Drunk? An Experimental Study Investigating the Impact of Positive and Negative Alcohol Depictions in Ephemeral Social Media on Alcohol Cognitions
Exposure to alcohol on social media has been linked to offline alcohol use. With the rise of ephemeral messages (e.g. Snapchat), social media users are exposed to a wider variety of alcohol depictions, ranging from negative to more positive ones. However, it remains unclear how exposure to differential alcohol depictions influences offline alcohol cognitions and who is most susceptible to them. We conducted an online between-subjects experiment m…
Preventing Excessive Gestational Weight Gain During Consecutive Pregnancies
Excessive gestational weight gain (EGWG) poses significant health risks, including increased pregnancy complications, obesity, and metabolic disorders. Addressing EGWG is critical for women with a history of EGWG, as recurrence is common in consecutive pregnancies. This study presents findings from a subanalysis of the intervention arm of the INTER-ACT multi-center randomied controlled trial (RCT), which evaluated the impact of a combined mobile …
Impact of Technology on Adolescents (10 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Social media (7 works) · Alcohol (6 works) · Media Influence and Health (6 works) · Environmental health (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Social Media and Politics (5 works)