Laura Thomas
Biographic Data
| ID | 3920789 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura Thomas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura |
| FAMILY NAME | Thomas |
| SIGNATURE | THOMAS L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ghent University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5311-2362 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The connection between the social network perspective and teacher professional development
How to return to the classroom after burnout? Enabling and constraining factors experienced by teachers
Burnout among teachers is a pervasive issue with substantial implications for educational systems worldwide. While extensive research has explored the causes and manifestations of burnout, less attention has been directed towards understanding the process of returning to teaching after experiencing burnout. This study addresses this gap by examining the experiences of teachers who have navigated burnout and subsequently returned to the profession…
Child Sexual Abuse
When responding to concerns of child sexual abuse (CSA), social workers must provide child-centered approaches that are developmentally appropriate and tackle the complex needs of the child(ren) and the wider needs of family members. Meeting the needs of the whole family, not only safeguards and prevents future harm, but helps address trauma, and promotes strength within the child and family unit. Using a concurrent triangulated mixed method desi…
Relationship between the intraindividual interplay of negative and positive exam-related emotions and the behavioral-emotional dimensions of academic procrastination
Although achievement situations trigger multiple emotions and learners experience both negative and positive emotions simultaneously, procrastination research typically examines isolated relationships between specific emotions and procrastination. The potential interplay of negative and positive emotions regarding procrastination is often overlooked, although this perspective can shed light on their dynamic relationships. Moreover, past studies p…
“I wish people knew that there are other flavors” Reflections on the representation of poly-kink in mainstream media by polyamorous kinksters in the Netherlands
Although studies have remarked upon the increase in representation of kinksters and BDSM practices in mainstream media narratives, community voices indicate that these narratives do not provide an authentic portrayal of their community. This misrepresentation of kinksters results in stigmatization and forces the community to manage its minority stress. This article reflects upon the results from a series of interviews with Dutch poly-kink-identif…
Patients' and Therapists' Views of Integrated Online CBT for Depression
BACKGROUND: CBT is an effective treatment for depression, but access varies across the United Kingdom. Online CBT increases access. The INTERACT platform was designed to support patient engagement in CBT, enabling therapists to deliver high-intensity CBT via typed instant messaging and allowing patients and therapists access to an integrated online library of resources during and between sessions. METHODS: The INTERACT trial aimed to evaluate thi…
University teachers as versatile masters
Insights from Drug Checking Programs
The year 2021 was the most deadly year for overdose deaths in the USA and Canada. The stress and social isolation stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic coupled with a flood of fentanyl into local drug markets created conditions in which people who use drugs were more susceptible to accidental overdose. Within territorial, state, and local policy communities, there have been longstanding efforts to reduce morbidity and mortality within this populati…
Connecting the Dots in Education for Newly Arrived Migrant Students in Flanders
All over Europe, the rapidly increasing number of newly arrived migrant students (NAMS) not only transformed countries into ethnically diverse societies but also led to various challenges for the educational system in general and its schools and teachers in particular. In Flanders, education for NAMS has several limitations, such as an overrepresentation of NAMS in vocational tracks and a lack of interaction between reception and mainstream educa…
University students’ profiles of burnout symptoms amid the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany and their relation to concurrent study behavior and experiences
Unpacking the dynamics of collegial networks in relation to beginning teachers’ job attitudes
Previous research has pointed at the pivotal role of professional collegial support relationships to keep beginning teachers in the profession. In this study, we build on previous research by using follow-up mixed-method social network data to explore (1) to what extent, in what ways and for which reasons beginning teachers’ work-related network (position) changes throughout a school year, and (2) how the network (position) of beginning teachers …
Do schools and alcohol mix? Australian parents' perspectives
Purpose Alcohol use by adults at school events and alcohol promotion through school fundraising activities is common, but little is known about secondary school parents' attitudes towards these practices. Parental attitudes may influence principals' decision-making on this topic, particularly in jurisdictions where education department guidance is limited. This study explored parents' attitudes towards the consumption or promotion of alcohol in s…
How can we use strategies to encourage engagement, alongside the explicit teaching of vocabulary, in order to support disadvantaged, Send pupils to improve their descriptive writing
This paper reports on an intervention in a London school with boys with special educational needs and a lack of motivation to write descriptively. They displayed inconsistency in their written outcomes and a repetitive, limited range of vocabulary. While these issues were intertwined, the strategies described in this paper sought firstly to tackle the motivation and engagement of these pupils with descriptive writing and secondly to address vocab…
Beginning teachers’ professional support
Longitudinal impact of the Cyber Friendly Schools program on adolescents’ cyberbullying behavior
Cyberbullying is a major public health problem associated with serious mental, social, and academic consequences for young people. To date, few programs addressing cyberbullying have been developed and empirically tested. The Cyber Friendly Schools (CFS) group-randomized controlled trial measured the longitudinal impact of a whole-school online cyberbullying prevention and intervention program, developed in partnership with young people. Non-gove…
Bias in student survey findings from active parental consent procedures
Increasingly, researchers are required to obtain active (explicit) parental consent prior to surveying children and adolescents in schools. This study assessed the potential bias present in a sample of actively consented students, and in the estimates of associations between variables obtained from this sample. Students (n = 3496) from 36 non‐government metropolitan schools in Perth, Western Australia completed an online survey in 2010 as part of…
Creating Comprehensive, Youth Centered, Culturally Appropriate Sex Education
Rotc service commitments
Creating Comprehensive, Youth Centered, Culturally Appropriate Sex Education
Bias in student survey findings from active parental consent procedures
Increasingly, researchers are required to obtain active (explicit) parental consent prior to surveying children and adolescents in schools. This study assessed the potential bias present in a sample of actively consented students, and in the estimates of associations between variables obtained from this sample. Students (n = 3496) from 36 non‐government metropolitan schools in Perth, Western Australia completed an online survey in 2010 as part of…
Longitudinal impact of the Cyber Friendly Schools program on adolescents’ cyberbullying behavior
Cyberbullying is a major public health problem associated with serious mental, social, and academic consequences for young people. To date, few programs addressing cyberbullying have been developed and empirically tested. The Cyber Friendly Schools (CFS) group-randomized controlled trial measured the longitudinal impact of a whole-school online cyberbullying prevention and intervention program, developed in partnership with young people. Non-gove…
Beginning teachers’ professional support
Child Sexual Abuse
When responding to concerns of child sexual abuse (CSA), social workers must provide child-centered approaches that are developmentally appropriate and tackle the complex needs of the child(ren) and the wider needs of family members. Meeting the needs of the whole family, not only safeguards and prevents future harm, but helps address trauma, and promotes strength within the child and family unit. Using a concurrent triangulated mixed method desi…
Unpacking the dynamics of collegial networks in relation to beginning teachers’ job attitudes
Previous research has pointed at the pivotal role of professional collegial support relationships to keep beginning teachers in the profession. In this study, we build on previous research by using follow-up mixed-method social network data to explore (1) to what extent, in what ways and for which reasons beginning teachers’ work-related network (position) changes throughout a school year, and (2) how the network (position) of beginning teachers …
Rotc service commitments
Creating Comprehensive, Youth Centered, Culturally Appropriate Sex Education
Bias in student survey findings from active parental consent procedures
Increasingly, researchers are required to obtain active (explicit) parental consent prior to surveying children and adolescents in schools. This study assessed the potential bias present in a sample of actively consented students, and in the estimates of associations between variables obtained from this sample. Students (n = 3496) from 36 non‐government metropolitan schools in Perth, Western Australia completed an online survey in 2010 as part of…
Longitudinal impact of the Cyber Friendly Schools program on adolescents’ cyberbullying behavior
Cyberbullying is a major public health problem associated with serious mental, social, and academic consequences for young people. To date, few programs addressing cyberbullying have been developed and empirically tested. The Cyber Friendly Schools (CFS) group-randomized controlled trial measured the longitudinal impact of a whole-school online cyberbullying prevention and intervention program, developed in partnership with young people. Non-gove…
Beginning teachers’ professional support
Do schools and alcohol mix? Australian parents' perspectives
Purpose Alcohol use by adults at school events and alcohol promotion through school fundraising activities is common, but little is known about secondary school parents' attitudes towards these practices. Parental attitudes may influence principals' decision-making on this topic, particularly in jurisdictions where education department guidance is limited. This study explored parents' attitudes towards the consumption or promotion of alcohol in s…
How can we use strategies to encourage engagement, alongside the explicit teaching of vocabulary, in order to support disadvantaged, Send pupils to improve their descriptive writing
This paper reports on an intervention in a London school with boys with special educational needs and a lack of motivation to write descriptively. They displayed inconsistency in their written outcomes and a repetitive, limited range of vocabulary. While these issues were intertwined, the strategies described in this paper sought firstly to tackle the motivation and engagement of these pupils with descriptive writing and secondly to address vocab…
Unpacking the dynamics of collegial networks in relation to beginning teachers’ job attitudes
Previous research has pointed at the pivotal role of professional collegial support relationships to keep beginning teachers in the profession. In this study, we build on previous research by using follow-up mixed-method social network data to explore (1) to what extent, in what ways and for which reasons beginning teachers’ work-related network (position) changes throughout a school year, and (2) how the network (position) of beginning teachers …
Connecting the Dots in Education for Newly Arrived Migrant Students in Flanders
All over Europe, the rapidly increasing number of newly arrived migrant students (NAMS) not only transformed countries into ethnically diverse societies but also led to various challenges for the educational system in general and its schools and teachers in particular. In Flanders, education for NAMS has several limitations, such as an overrepresentation of NAMS in vocational tracks and a lack of interaction between reception and mainstream educa…
University students’ profiles of burnout symptoms amid the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany and their relation to concurrent study behavior and experiences
University teachers as versatile masters
Insights from Drug Checking Programs
The year 2021 was the most deadly year for overdose deaths in the USA and Canada. The stress and social isolation stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic coupled with a flood of fentanyl into local drug markets created conditions in which people who use drugs were more susceptible to accidental overdose. Within territorial, state, and local policy communities, there have been longstanding efforts to reduce morbidity and mortality within this populati…
Relationship between the intraindividual interplay of negative and positive exam-related emotions and the behavioral-emotional dimensions of academic procrastination
Although achievement situations trigger multiple emotions and learners experience both negative and positive emotions simultaneously, procrastination research typically examines isolated relationships between specific emotions and procrastination. The potential interplay of negative and positive emotions regarding procrastination is often overlooked, although this perspective can shed light on their dynamic relationships. Moreover, past studies p…
“I wish people knew that there are other flavors” Reflections on the representation of poly-kink in mainstream media by polyamorous kinksters in the Netherlands
Although studies have remarked upon the increase in representation of kinksters and BDSM practices in mainstream media narratives, community voices indicate that these narratives do not provide an authentic portrayal of their community. This misrepresentation of kinksters results in stigmatization and forces the community to manage its minority stress. This article reflects upon the results from a series of interviews with Dutch poly-kink-identif…
Patients' and Therapists' Views of Integrated Online CBT for Depression
BACKGROUND: CBT is an effective treatment for depression, but access varies across the United Kingdom. Online CBT increases access. The INTERACT platform was designed to support patient engagement in CBT, enabling therapists to deliver high-intensity CBT via typed instant messaging and allowing patients and therapists access to an integrated online library of resources during and between sessions. METHODS: The INTERACT trial aimed to evaluate thi…
Child Sexual Abuse
When responding to concerns of child sexual abuse (CSA), social workers must provide child-centered approaches that are developmentally appropriate and tackle the complex needs of the child(ren) and the wider needs of family members. Meeting the needs of the whole family, not only safeguards and prevents future harm, but helps address trauma, and promotes strength within the child and family unit. Using a concurrent triangulated mixed method desi…
The connection between the social network perspective and teacher professional development
How to return to the classroom after burnout? Enabling and constraining factors experienced by teachers
Burnout among teachers is a pervasive issue with substantial implications for educational systems worldwide. While extensive research has explored the causes and manifestations of burnout, less attention has been directed towards understanding the process of returning to teaching after experiencing burnout. This study addresses this gap by examining the experiences of teachers who have navigated burnout and subsequently returned to the profession…
Psychology (15 works) · Medicine (10 works) · Political science (9 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Pedagogy (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Mathematics education (5 works) · Medical education (5 works) · Parental Involvement in Education (4 works)