Thabo J Van Woudenberg
Biographic Data
| ID | 4164111 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thabo J Van Woudenberg |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thabo J |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Woudenberg |
| SIGNATURE | VAN WOUDENBERG T J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Radboud University Nijmegen |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8586-5876 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Designing influential social media campaigns with adolescents in the Netherlands
Social media play a central role in adolescents’ everyday lives and exert meaningful influence on their emotions, thoughts, and behaviors. Because of this influence potential, these platforms are increasingly leveraged for prosocial digital campaigns aimed at promoting positive youth development. Yet, little is known about how adolescents’ own influence expertise can inform such efforts. To address this gap, we partnered with 70 adolescents (12–1…
Moral Beauty During the Covid-19 Pandemic
In this study, we examined whether adolescents helped others during the COVID-19 pandemic and how stories in the media inspired them in doing so. Using an online daily diary design, 481 younger adolescents ( M = 15.29, SD = 1.76) and 404 older adolescents ( M = 21.48, SD = 1.91) were followed for 2 weeks. Findings from linear mixed effects models demonstrated that feelings of being moved by stories in the media were related to giving emotional su…
Parents’ perceptions of parental consent procedures for social science research in the school context
Typically, parents or other legal guardians are asked for an active declaration that the participation of their child in scientific research is informed and voluntary. However, asking for active parental consent leads to lower quality studies and passive parental consent might be preferable. In this study, we used an online survey in which parents ( N = 156) watched video vignettes of multiple types of research in the classroom and asked them to …
Arranging the fruit basket
This study investigated the contents and linguistic styles that adolescents use in their dietary communications on social media. The main aim of the study was to describe adolescents' social media communication practices with regards to diet, in order to better understand dietary social influences and how to effectively intervene in them. The current study made use of an online communication dataset (N = 72,384 messages) of adolescents in primary…
Promoting water consumption among Dutch children
NTR, NL6905, Registered 9 January 2018, https://www.trialregister.nl/trial/6905
Promoting water consumption among children
Objective: To test the effectiveness of a social network intervention (SNI) to improve children’s healthy drinking behaviours. Design: A three-arm cluster randomised control trial design was used. In the SNI, a subset of children were selected and trained as ‘influence agents’ to promote water consumption–as an alternative to sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB)–among their peers. In the active control condition, all children were simultaneously expos…
Comparing the measurement of different social networks
Background: Technological progress has enabled researchers to use new unobtrusive measures of relationships between actors in social network analysis. However, research on how these unobtrusive measures of peer connections relate to traditional sociometric nominations in adolescents is scarce. Therefore, the current study compared traditional peer nominated networks with more unobtrusive measures of peer connections: Communication networks that c…
Youth’s social network structures and peer influences
The MyMovez project - Phase I is an innovative cross-sequential research project that investigates how social influences co-determine youth's energy intake and expenditure. This project utilizes advanced research technologies (Wearable Lab) that provide unique opportunities to better understand the underlying processes that impact youths' health-related behaviors. The project is theoretically and methodologically pioneering and produces a unique …
A randomized controlled trial testing a social network intervention to promote physical activity among adolescents
Dutch Trial Registry (NTR): NTR6173 . Registered 5 October 2016 Study procedures were approved by the Ethics Committee of the Radboud University (ECSW2014-100614-222)
A longitudinal study of friends' and parents' norms on core and non-core snack food intake
Comparing the measurement of different social networks
Background: Technological progress has enabled researchers to use new unobtrusive measures of relationships between actors in social network analysis. However, research on how these unobtrusive measures of peer connections relate to traditional sociometric nominations in adolescents is scarce. Therefore, the current study compared traditional peer nominated networks with more unobtrusive measures of peer connections: Communication networks that c…
Parents’ perceptions of parental consent procedures for social science research in the school context
Typically, parents or other legal guardians are asked for an active declaration that the participation of their child in scientific research is informed and voluntary. However, asking for active parental consent leads to lower quality studies and passive parental consent might be preferable. In this study, we used an online survey in which parents ( N = 156) watched video vignettes of multiple types of research in the classroom and asked them to …
Youth’s social network structures and peer influences
The MyMovez project - Phase I is an innovative cross-sequential research project that investigates how social influences co-determine youth's energy intake and expenditure. This project utilizes advanced research technologies (Wearable Lab) that provide unique opportunities to better understand the underlying processes that impact youths' health-related behaviors. The project is theoretically and methodologically pioneering and produces a unique …
A randomized controlled trial testing a social network intervention to promote physical activity among adolescents
Dutch Trial Registry (NTR): NTR6173 . Registered 5 October 2016 Study procedures were approved by the Ethics Committee of the Radboud University (ECSW2014-100614-222)
A longitudinal study of friends' and parents' norms on core and non-core snack food intake
Comparing the measurement of different social networks
Background: Technological progress has enabled researchers to use new unobtrusive measures of relationships between actors in social network analysis. However, research on how these unobtrusive measures of peer connections relate to traditional sociometric nominations in adolescents is scarce. Therefore, the current study compared traditional peer nominated networks with more unobtrusive measures of peer connections: Communication networks that c…
Promoting water consumption among Dutch children
NTR, NL6905, Registered 9 January 2018, https://www.trialregister.nl/trial/6905
Promoting water consumption among children
Objective: To test the effectiveness of a social network intervention (SNI) to improve children’s healthy drinking behaviours. Design: A three-arm cluster randomised control trial design was used. In the SNI, a subset of children were selected and trained as ‘influence agents’ to promote water consumption–as an alternative to sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB)–among their peers. In the active control condition, all children were simultaneously expos…
Arranging the fruit basket
This study investigated the contents and linguistic styles that adolescents use in their dietary communications on social media. The main aim of the study was to describe adolescents' social media communication practices with regards to diet, in order to better understand dietary social influences and how to effectively intervene in them. The current study made use of an online communication dataset (N = 72,384 messages) of adolescents in primary…
Moral Beauty During the Covid-19 Pandemic
In this study, we examined whether adolescents helped others during the COVID-19 pandemic and how stories in the media inspired them in doing so. Using an online daily diary design, 481 younger adolescents ( M = 15.29, SD = 1.76) and 404 older adolescents ( M = 21.48, SD = 1.91) were followed for 2 weeks. Findings from linear mixed effects models demonstrated that feelings of being moved by stories in the media were related to giving emotional su…
Parents’ perceptions of parental consent procedures for social science research in the school context
Typically, parents or other legal guardians are asked for an active declaration that the participation of their child in scientific research is informed and voluntary. However, asking for active parental consent leads to lower quality studies and passive parental consent might be preferable. In this study, we used an online survey in which parents ( N = 156) watched video vignettes of multiple types of research in the classroom and asked them to …
Designing influential social media campaigns with adolescents in the Netherlands
Social media play a central role in adolescents’ everyday lives and exert meaningful influence on their emotions, thoughts, and behaviors. Because of this influence potential, these platforms are increasingly leveraged for prosocial digital campaigns aimed at promoting positive youth development. Yet, little is known about how adolescents’ own influence expertise can inform such efforts. To address this gap, we partnered with 70 adolescents (12–1…
Psychology (8 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Impact of Technology on Adolescents (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Behavioral Health and Interventions (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Social media (4 works) · Biostatistics (3 works) · Environmental health (3 works)