Publications by authors named "B De Clercq"

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  • The study aims to improve the quality of life (QoL) and adaptation of long-term forensic patients by examining the impact of the therapeutic relationship with counselors.
  • It focuses on how patients perceive their therapist's professional skills and its correlation with their own behaviors and QoL in the ward.
  • Results showed that patients who viewed their counselors as having adequate skills reported less maladaptive behavior and better QoL, highlighting the importance of counselors’ predictability in achieving positive outcomes.
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Studies to date have predominantly focused on countries' socioeconomic conditions (e.g., income inequality) to explain cross-national differences in socioeconomic inequalities in adolescent health (behaviours).

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The current study aims to advance knowledge on the causal interrelationship between childhood CU traits and lying both at a between- and a within-person perspective across a significant developmental period of mid-childhood to mid-adolescence. Cross-lagged panel models and Random-intercept cross-lagged panel models were used to investigate the prospective associations between lying and the distinct subcomponents of CU traits, including Callousness, Uncaring, and Unemotional in a sample of 719 children (T1; M = 10.73 years, SD = 1.

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Addressing ethnic-cultural topics during the process of psychotherapy, i.e. , is considered highly important for ethnic minority clients who consult mental health care services.

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