Quantified Self (QS) is een internationale beweging van makers en gebruikers van technologie voor zelfmeting van lichamelijke gegevens. Op het moment heeft iedereen de vrije keuze om gebruik te maken van - steeds meer betaalbare - sensortechnologie om zo informatie over het eigen lichaam te verkrijgen, …

This study examines the motives of employees to engage in work related social media use – i.e. the use of personal social media accounts to communicate about work-related issues. The theory of planned behavior (TPB) was used to explain this behavior. Because social media can enable users to express their …

Frail older adults are increasingly encouraged to be in control of their health care, in Western societies. However, little is known about how they themselves perceive control in health care. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the concept of health care-related perceived control from the viewpoint …

Presentation: Self-tracking devices as a means to increase self insight and self management when it comes to health behavior.Result: higher level of sustainable employability, because workers are more self confident and are better equipped when it comes to health behavior

Deze presentatie gaat over een onderzoeksproject van het Kenniscentrum Arbeid van de Hanzehogeschool Groningen waarin het effect van de inzet van sensortechnologie op duurzame inzetbaarheid van medewerkers van een klein bedrijf is onderzocht. Om de duurzame inzetbaarheid van werknemers te optimaliseren …

AIMS: To assess the influence of peer alcohol use during adolescence on young adults' alcohol use and abuse, and to assess to what extent parents' perception of their adolescent child's friends and adolescent's self-control modify this influence. METHODS: We analyzed data from the first, third, and fourth …

Sustainable labour participation:• Vitality • Employability• WorkabilitySelf-tracking devices can be used to alter behaviors and increase self efficiency/empowermentResult:–more self efficacy concerning employability –behavioral change in important (health) domains –more empowerment of older workers …

Presentation iAgecheck, held on 20 november 2013.

We explored how two types of study outcomes, perceived competence and earned credits, are interrelated, and influenced by self-regulation, motivation (intrinsic value and expectancy of procrastination) and deep approach to learn- ing. The relationships between these variables were analysed in a sample …

In recent years, numerous environmental psychology studies have demonstrated that contact with nature as opposed to urban settings can improve an individual’s mood, can lead to increased levels of vitality, and can offer an opportunity to recover from stress. According to Attention Restoration Theory …