Marcel Das
Biographic Data
| ID | 659985 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marcel Das |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marcel |
| FAMILY NAME | Das |
| SIGNATURE | DAS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tilburg University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9895-2776 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 99 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Do potentially traumatic events experienced by people in one's social circle affect one's own mental health and emotional support? Findings from a prospective population-based study
BACKGROUND: Adults may have individuals in their social circle who were recently exposed to potentially traumatic events (PTEs). The present study aims to examine if these adults are at increased risk for mental health problems and reduced emotional support. METHODS: Data was extracted from annual surveys of the prospective VICTIMS-study (2018-2025), conducted with the Dutch population-based LISS panel. We selected adult respondents who participa…
The Influence of the Big Five Personality Factors on Mental Health Before and During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Prospective Study
The Big Five personality factors (PF) are considered to be predictive of mental health problems, but it is unclear if these factors equally contributed to mental health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to before the pandemic. This prospective study aimed to fill this knowledge gap. For this purpose data was extracted from the population-based LISS-panel. We included adult respondents (N males = 1,838, N females = 1892) who participa…
To what extent do post-traumatic mental health and other problems reflect pre-existing problems? Findings from the prospective comparative population-based Victims-study
Background: Findings from prospective studies question the assumption that mental health problems observed in traumatized adults mainly reflect the effects of potentially traumatic events. Aims: Aim of the present comparative prospective study is to clarify the extent to which victims of potentially traumatic events with mental health, social, financial, and/or legal problems, already suffered from such problems before these events. Method: Data …
Social and Behavioral Research and the Internet: Advances in Applied Methods and Research Strategies
Highlighting the progress made by researchers in using Web-based surveys for data collection, this timely volume summarizes the experiences of leading behavioral and social scientists from Europe and the US who collected data using the Internet. Some chapters present theory, methodology, design, and implementation, while others focus on best practice examples and/or issues such as data quality and understanding paradata. A number of contributors …
Methods for Probability-Based Online and Mixed-Mode Panels: Selected Recent Trends and Future Perspectives
This special issue is devoted to discussion of probability-based survey panels that collect data either solely or partly through online questionnaires. Panels of this kind have been around for a long time, though they have been few in number, but recent years have seen several new panels start up in Europe. This has led to renewed interest in the methodology of such panels and also to deeper questioning of the role of these panels. On one hand, t…
A Comparison of Four Probability-Based Online and Mixed-Mode Panels in Europe
Inferential statistics teach us that we need a random probability sample to infer from a sample to the general population. In online survey research, however, volunteer access panels, in which respondents self-select themselves into the sample, dominate the landscape. Such panels are attractive due to their low costs. Nevertheless, recent years have seen increasing numbers of debates about the quality, in particular about errors in the representa…
Innovation in Online Data Collection for Scientific Research: The Dutch Mess Project
Not many long-running scientific studies in Europe or the United States use online panels. Leading scientific studies mostly use face-to-face or telephone interviews to collect data. However, Internet interviewing is cost-effective and offers various new possibilities for empirical research in the social sciences. In principle, one can measure new or complex concepts in much shorter time frames than is customary in more traditional survey researc…
Nonparametric Tests of Panel Conditioning and Attrition Bias in Panel Surveys
Over the past decades there has been an increasing use of panel surveys at the household or individual level. Panel data have important advantages compared to independent cross sections, but also two potential drawbacks: attrition bias and panel conditioning effects. Attrition bias arises if dropping out of the panel is correlated with a variable of interest. Panel conditioning arises if responses are influenced by participation in the previous w…
Design of Web Questionnaires: The Effects of the Number of Items per Screen
This article analyzes the effects of an experimental manipulation of the number of items per screen in a Web survey with forty questions aimed at measuring arousal. The authors consider effects on survey answers, item nonresponse, interview length, and the respondents' evaluation of several aspects of the survey (such as layout). Four different formats are used, with one, four, ten, and forty items and headers on a screen. The authors find no eff…
Design of Web Questionnaires: An Information-Processing Perspective for the Effect of Response Categories
In this article, an information-processing perspective is used to explore the impact of response categories on the answers respondents provide in Web surveys. Response categories have a significant effect on response formulation in questions that are difficult to process, whereas in easier questions (where responses are based on direct recall) the response scales have a smaller effect. In general, people with less cognitive sophistication are mor…
Effects of Design in Web Surveys
Journal Article Effects of Design in Web Surveys: Comparing Trained and Fresh Respondents Get access Vera Toepoel, Vera Toepoel Address correspondence to Vera Toepoel; e-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Marcel Das, Marcel Das Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Arthur Van Soest Arthur Van Soest Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Acad…
Effects of Design in Web Surveys
Journal Article Effects of Design in Web Surveys: Comparing Trained and Fresh Respondents Get access Vera Toepoel, Vera Toepoel Address correspondence to Vera Toepoel; e-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Marcel Das, Marcel Das Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Arthur Van Soest Arthur Van Soest Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Acad…
A Comparison of Four Probability-Based Online and Mixed-Mode Panels in Europe
Inferential statistics teach us that we need a random probability sample to infer from a sample to the general population. In online survey research, however, volunteer access panels, in which respondents self-select themselves into the sample, dominate the landscape. Such panels are attractive due to their low costs. Nevertheless, recent years have seen increasing numbers of debates about the quality, in particular about errors in the representa…
Methods for Probability-Based Online and Mixed-Mode Panels: Selected Recent Trends and Future Perspectives
This special issue is devoted to discussion of probability-based survey panels that collect data either solely or partly through online questionnaires. Panels of this kind have been around for a long time, though they have been few in number, but recent years have seen several new panels start up in Europe. This has led to renewed interest in the methodology of such panels and also to deeper questioning of the role of these panels. On one hand, t…
Nonparametric Tests of Panel Conditioning and Attrition Bias in Panel Surveys
Over the past decades there has been an increasing use of panel surveys at the household or individual level. Panel data have important advantages compared to independent cross sections, but also two potential drawbacks: attrition bias and panel conditioning effects. Attrition bias arises if dropping out of the panel is correlated with a variable of interest. Panel conditioning arises if responses are influenced by participation in the previous w…
Design of Web Questionnaires: An Information-Processing Perspective for the Effect of Response Categories
In this article, an information-processing perspective is used to explore the impact of response categories on the answers respondents provide in Web surveys. Response categories have a significant effect on response formulation in questions that are difficult to process, whereas in easier questions (where responses are based on direct recall) the response scales have a smaller effect. In general, people with less cognitive sophistication are mor…
Design of Web Questionnaires: The Effects of the Number of Items per Screen
This article analyzes the effects of an experimental manipulation of the number of items per screen in a Web survey with forty questions aimed at measuring arousal. The authors consider effects on survey answers, item nonresponse, interview length, and the respondents' evaluation of several aspects of the survey (such as layout). Four different formats are used, with one, four, ten, and forty items and headers on a screen. The authors find no eff…
Innovation in Online Data Collection for Scientific Research: The Dutch Mess Project
Not many long-running scientific studies in Europe or the United States use online panels. Leading scientific studies mostly use face-to-face or telephone interviews to collect data. However, Internet interviewing is cost-effective and offers various new possibilities for empirical research in the social sciences. In principle, one can measure new or complex concepts in much shorter time frames than is customary in more traditional survey researc…
Effects of Design in Web Surveys
Journal Article Effects of Design in Web Surveys: Comparing Trained and Fresh Respondents Get access Vera Toepoel, Vera Toepoel Address correspondence to Vera Toepoel; e-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Marcel Das, Marcel Das Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Arthur Van Soest Arthur Van Soest Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Acad…
Design of Web Questionnaires: The Effects of the Number of Items per Screen
This article analyzes the effects of an experimental manipulation of the number of items per screen in a Web survey with forty questions aimed at measuring arousal. The authors consider effects on survey answers, item nonresponse, interview length, and the respondents' evaluation of several aspects of the survey (such as layout). Four different formats are used, with one, four, ten, and forty items and headers on a screen. The authors find no eff…
Design of Web Questionnaires: An Information-Processing Perspective for the Effect of Response Categories
In this article, an information-processing perspective is used to explore the impact of response categories on the answers respondents provide in Web surveys. Response categories have a significant effect on response formulation in questions that are difficult to process, whereas in easier questions (where responses are based on direct recall) the response scales have a smaller effect. In general, people with less cognitive sophistication are mor…
Nonparametric Tests of Panel Conditioning and Attrition Bias in Panel Surveys
Over the past decades there has been an increasing use of panel surveys at the household or individual level. Panel data have important advantages compared to independent cross sections, but also two potential drawbacks: attrition bias and panel conditioning effects. Attrition bias arises if dropping out of the panel is correlated with a variable of interest. Panel conditioning arises if responses are influenced by participation in the previous w…
Innovation in Online Data Collection for Scientific Research: The Dutch Mess Project
Not many long-running scientific studies in Europe or the United States use online panels. Leading scientific studies mostly use face-to-face or telephone interviews to collect data. However, Internet interviewing is cost-effective and offers various new possibilities for empirical research in the social sciences. In principle, one can measure new or complex concepts in much shorter time frames than is customary in more traditional survey researc…
Methods for Probability-Based Online and Mixed-Mode Panels: Selected Recent Trends and Future Perspectives
This special issue is devoted to discussion of probability-based survey panels that collect data either solely or partly through online questionnaires. Panels of this kind have been around for a long time, though they have been few in number, but recent years have seen several new panels start up in Europe. This has led to renewed interest in the methodology of such panels and also to deeper questioning of the role of these panels. On one hand, t…
A Comparison of Four Probability-Based Online and Mixed-Mode Panels in Europe
Inferential statistics teach us that we need a random probability sample to infer from a sample to the general population. In online survey research, however, volunteer access panels, in which respondents self-select themselves into the sample, dominate the landscape. Such panels are attractive due to their low costs. Nevertheless, recent years have seen increasing numbers of debates about the quality, in particular about errors in the representa…
Social and Behavioral Research and the Internet: Advances in Applied Methods and Research Strategies
Highlighting the progress made by researchers in using Web-based surveys for data collection, this timely volume summarizes the experiences of leading behavioral and social scientists from Europe and the US who collected data using the Internet. Some chapters present theory, methodology, design, and implementation, while others focus on best practice examples and/or issues such as data quality and understanding paradata. A number of contributors …
To what extent do post-traumatic mental health and other problems reflect pre-existing problems? Findings from the prospective comparative population-based Victims-study
Background: Findings from prospective studies question the assumption that mental health problems observed in traumatized adults mainly reflect the effects of potentially traumatic events. Aims: Aim of the present comparative prospective study is to clarify the extent to which victims of potentially traumatic events with mental health, social, financial, and/or legal problems, already suffered from such problems before these events. Method: Data …
The Influence of the Big Five Personality Factors on Mental Health Before and During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Prospective Study
The Big Five personality factors (PF) are considered to be predictive of mental health problems, but it is unclear if these factors equally contributed to mental health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to before the pandemic. This prospective study aimed to fill this knowledge gap. For this purpose data was extracted from the population-based LISS-panel. We included adult respondents (N males = 1,838, N females = 1892) who participa…
Do potentially traumatic events experienced by people in one's social circle affect one's own mental health and emotional support? Findings from a prospective population-based study
BACKGROUND: Adults may have individuals in their social circle who were recently exposed to potentially traumatic events (PTEs). The present study aims to examine if these adults are at increased risk for mental health problems and reduced emotional support. METHODS: Data was extracted from annual surveys of the prospective VICTIMS-study (2018-2025), conducted with the Dutch population-based LISS panel. We selected adult respondents who participa…
Survey Methodology and Nonresponse (8 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Mathematics (5 works) · World Wide Web (5 works) · Statistics (4 works) · Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Mental health (3 works) · Population (3 works)