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Overview

Ann Buysse is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and has a research portfolio that predominantly focuses on psychology and social sciences. Their work crosses multiple subfields including social psychology, sociology and political science, general health professions, reproductive medicine, and clinical psychology.

Their research attention is mainly concentrated on several key topics:

  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
  • Reproductive Health and Technologies
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Family Dynamics and Relationships
  • Health, Psychology, and Well-Being
  • Nostalgia and Consumer Behavior

Recent publications illustrate the thematic range and interdisciplinary nature of Buysse's work. These include:

  • Healthcare professionals' perspectives on mental health service provision: a pilot focus group study in six European countries (2020), published in International Journal of Mental Health Systems
  • A Qualitative Study on Emotions Experienced at the Coast and Their Influence on Well-Being (2022), published in Frontiers in Psychology
  • A Critical Perspective on Mental Health News in Six European Countries: How Are "Mental Health/Illness" and "Mental Health Literacy" Rhetorically Constructed? (2020), published in Qualitative Health Research
  • Coping with minority stress in romantic relationships among lesbian, gay and bisexual people (2020), published in Current Psychology
  • Sexual orientation and sleep problem among Chinese college students: Mediating roles of interpersonal problems and depressive symptoms (2021), published in Journal of Affective Disorders

Frequent publication venues for Buysse's work include:

  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Family Relations
  • International Journal of Mental Health Systems
  • Qualitative Health Research
  • Current Psychology

Among frequent collaborators are Alexis Dewaele, Chao Song, Kris Rutten, Laura Van Beveren, and Wei-Hong Zhang, reflecting ongoing scholarly partnerships across related fields.

Best Publications

  • Metacognition and Mathematical Problem Solving in Grade 3

    Annemie Desoete;Herbert Roeyers;Ann Buysse

  • Measuring empathic tendencies : reliability and validity of the Dutch version of the interpersonal reactivity index

    Kim De Corte;Ann Buysse;Lesley L Verhofstadt;Herbert Roeyers

  • Behavioural problems, social competence and self‐concept in siblings of children with autism

    Sylvie Verte;Herbert Roeyers;Ann Buysse

  • Advancing Advanced Mind-reading Tests: Empathic Accuracy in Adults with a Pervasive Developmental Disorder

    Herbert Roeyers;Ann Buysse;Koen Ponnet;Bert Pichal

  • The analysis of zero-inflated count data: beyond zero-inflated poisson regression

    Tom Loeys;Beatrijs Moerkerke;Olivia De Smet;Ann Buysse

  • Support provision in marriage: the role of emotional similarity and empathic accuracy.

    Lesley L. Verhofstadt;Ann Buysse;William Ickes;Mark Davis

  • Prevalence of gender nonconformity in Flanders, Belgium

    Eva Van Caenegem;Katrien Wierckx;Els Elaut;Ann Buysse

  • Prospective follow-up study of 423 children born after intracytoplasmic sperm injection

    M. Bonduelle;J. Legein;A. Buysse;E. Van Assche

  • Stimulation Seeking and Hyperactivity in Children with ADHD

    Inge Antrop;Herbert Roeyers;Paulette Van Oost;Ann Buysse

  • Indirect pathways between depressive symptoms and marital distress: the role of conflict communication, attributions, and attachment style.

    Els L D Heene;Ann Buysse;Paulette Van Oost

  • Comparative follow-up study of 130 children born after intracytoplasmic sperm injection and 130 children born after in-vitro fertilization

    M. Bonduelle;J. Legein;M.-P. Derde;A. Buysse

  • Empathy and Social Support Provision in Couples: Social Support and the Need to Study the Underlying Processes

    Inge Devoldre;Mark H Davis;Lesley L Verhofstadt;Ann Buysse

  • The phenomenology of children's influence on parents

    Jan De Mol;Ann Buysse

  • Attentive processing of threat and adult attachment: a dot-probe study.

    Marieke Dewitte;Ernst H.W. Koster;Jan De Houwer;Ann Buysse

  • Advanced Mind-Reading in Adults with Asperger Syndrome

    Koen S. Ponnet;Herbert Roeyers;Ann Buysse;Armand De Clercq

  • Social Support in Couples: An Examination of Gender Differences Using Self-report and Observational Methods

    Lesley L. Verhofstadt;Ann Buysse;William Ickes

  • Quality of Life in Adolescents with a Disability and Their Parents: The Mediating Role of Social Support and Resilience

    Femke Migerode;Bea Maes;Ann Buysse;Ruben Brondeel

  • On the difficulty of distinguishing “good” and “poor” perceivers: A social relations analysis of empathic accuracy data

    William Ickes;Ann Buysse;Hao Pham;Kerri Rivers

  • Confirming the three-factor structure of the quality of relationships inventory within couples.

    Lesley L. Verhofstadt;Ann Buysse;Yves Rosseel;Olivier J. Peene

  • Children's catastrophic thinking about their pain predicts pain and disability 6 months later

    Tine Vervoort;C Eccleston;Liesbet Goubert;Ann Buysse

Frequent Co-Authors

Herbert Roeyers
Herbert Roeyers Ghent University
William Ickes
William Ickes The University of Texas at Arlington
Koen Ponnet
Koen Ponnet Ghent University
Jan De Houwer
Jan De Houwer Ghent University
Liesbet Goubert
Liesbet Goubert Ghent University
Geert Crombez
Geert Crombez Ghent University
Konstantinos Kafetsios
Konstantinos Kafetsios Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Ernst H. W. Koster
Ernst H. W. Koster Ghent University
Ivan Eisler
Ivan Eisler King's College London
Tine Vervoort
Tine Vervoort Ghent University

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