I was interviewed by Swiss public radio (SRF) about our new survey on #mentalhealth in #academia. We (@actionuni.bsky.social) surveyed over 2,500 researchers across Switzerland. Around 1 in 4 report depressive symptoms or feeling burned out. What should change? see 🧵 Read the SRF report 👇

Ausgebrannt und depressiv: psychische Probleme bei Forschenden

Laut einer neuen Erhebung haben viele Forschende depressive Symptome. Noch mehr fühlen sich regelmässig ausgebrannt.

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🤔 Should #digital #interventions really be delivered when people feel most distressed? No! In our study, we found that triggering based on self-reported need was rated as more helpful and timely than triggering based on emotion dynamics! 👉 Paper out in #JMIR Mental Health: doi.org/10.2196/74103

Heading home from #ehps2025 — health psychology at its best in my second academic home, Groningen 🇳🇱! It was great to meet old friends and get to know new people and their work! I presented our study on when to ideally deliver digital health interventions in daily life 👉 mental.jmir.org/2025/1/e74103

Yes, indeed! Our preprint is out! 🙌 We compared different #JITAI triggering strategies and found that those based on self-reported support need were rated better than those based on #emotion (dynamics)! More on this and the feasibility of our social support JITAI 👇 osf.io/preprints/ps...

Egon Dejonckheere@dejonckheeregon.bsky.social · last yr.

@timonelmer.bsky.social @eveliensnippe.bsky.social and colleagues explored the potential of different triggering strategies in a #JITAI study on social support in depressed individuals. Pre-print: osf.io/preprints/ps...

SO MANY STAND UP FOR SCIENCE EVENTS TO CHOOSE FROM—153 and COUNTING! To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎

🚨 URGENT: Swiss research and education faces unprecedented budget threats. Today, actionuni and 12 mid-level academic staff associations across Switzerland released a joint statement opposing the drastic federal budget cuts threatening our institutions. 1/7

Does smartphone use make people feel lonelier? Or does loneliness predict smartphone use? We combined experience sampling data with smartphone usage data to examine the bidirectional association between well-being and smartphone use over time. Published in @apajournals.bsky.social Emotion! 🧵 👇

Hi everyone! We are starting up a new bsky account for actionuni, the organisation representing mid-level academic staff in Switzerland. Follow us for our updates!

I’m excited to share that @psypost.bsky.social featured our recent study on the timing of emotional, cognitive, and behavioral improvements during treatment for depression. Co-authored with: @mahelmich.bsky.social @timonelmer.bsky.social @arnoutcsmit.bsky.social Wolfgang Lutz & Eva Ceulemans

PsyPost@psypost.bsky.social · 2y ago

Emotional and cognitive improvements in depression treatment often occur simultaneously, while behavioral changes, like increased activities and social interactions, typically follow emotional gains,… #DepressionRecovery #EmotionalShifts #BehavioralChanges #MoodShifts #CognitiveImprovements

A PhD position AND a postdoc position in Statistics and Data Science with the great Mirka Henninger in Basel! 🤩https://psychologie.unibas.ch/en/fakultaet/abteilungen/statistics-and-data-science/