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Luc Goossens

Luc Goossens

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Psychology

D-Index
85
Citations
26214
World Ranking
1194
National Ranking
13

Overview

Luc Goossens is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has a research focus primarily in psychology and social sciences, with 57 publications in psychology and 20 in social sciences. Their work spans key subfields including clinical psychology, social psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, education, and health.

The main topics addressed in Goossens' research include child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, early childhood education and development, anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, cognitive processes, psychological well-being and life satisfaction, attachment and relationship dynamics, health disparities and outcomes, and identity, memory, and therapy.

Among their recent published papers are:

  • Loneliness, Social Anxiety Symptoms, and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescence: Longitudinal Distinctiveness and Correlated Change (2020) in Journal of Youth and Adolescence
  • Changes in adolescent loneliness and concomitant changes in fear of negative evaluation and self-esteem (2020) in International Journal of Behavioral Development
  • Gene-environment interaction: New insights into perceived parenting and social anxiety among adolescents (2020) in European Psychiatry
  • Manifesto for new directions in developmental science (2020) in New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development
  • First look at the five-factor model personality facet associations with sensory processing sensitivity (2020) in Current Psychology

Goossens has collaborated frequently with a number of colleagues, including:

  • Karla Van Leeuwen (20 joint publications)
  • Patricia Bijttebier (18 joint publications)
  • Guy Bosmans (17 joint publications)
  • Wim Van Den Noortgate (17 joint publications)
  • Stephan Claes (9 joint publications)

The researcher's publications commonly appear in several venues, such as:

  • Journal of Youth and Adolescence (3 publications)
  • Attachment & Human Development (3 publications)
  • International Journal of Behavioral Development (2 publications)
  • Current Psychology (2 publications)
  • Journal of Adolescence (2 publications)

In addition to journal articles, Goossens has contributed to book literature, including publishing a book titled Handbook of Adolescent Development in 2020 through Psychology Press eBooks.

Best Publications

  • Loneliness: Clinical Import and Interventions

    Stephanie Cacioppo;Angela J. Grippo;Sarah London;Luc Goossens

  • Capturing ruminative exploration: Extending the four-dimensional model of identity formation in late adolescence

    Koen Luyckx;Seth J. Schwartz;Michael D. Berzonsky;Bart Soenens

  • Conceptualizing parental autonomy support: adolescent perceptions of promotion of independence versus promotion of volitional functioning.

    Bart Soenens;Maarten Vansteenkiste;Willy Lens;Koen Luyckx

  • The synergistic relationship of perceived autonomy support and structure in the prediction of self-regulated learning.

    Eline Sierens;Maarten Vansteenkiste;Luc Goossens;Bart Soenens

  • Unpacking commitment and exploration: Preliminary validation of an integrative model of late adolescent identity formation

    Koen Luyckx;Luc Goossens;Bart Soenens;Wim Beyers

  • Improving memory performance in the aged through mnemonic training: a meta-analytic study.

    Paul Verhaeghen;Alfons Marcoen;Luc Goossens

  • Identifying Configurations of Perceived Teacher Autonomy Support and Structure: Associations with Self-Regulated Learning, Motivation and Problem Behavior.

    Maarten Vansteenkiste;Eline Sierens;Luc Goossens;Bart Soenens

  • A developmental contextual perspective on identity construction in emerging adulthood: change dynamics in commitment formation and commitment evaluation.

    Koen Luyckx;Luc Goossens;Bart Soenens

  • Parenting and adolescent problem behavior: an integrated model with adolescent self-disclosure and perceived parental knowledge as intervening variables.

    Bart Soenens;Maarten Vansteenkiste;Koen Luyckx;Luc Goossens

  • Facts and fiction about memory aging: a quantitative integration of research findings

    Paul Verhaeghen;Alfons Marcoen;Luc Goossens

  • Identity Statuses Based on 4 Rather Than 2 Identity Dimensions: Extending and Refining Marcia's Paradigm

    Koen Luyckx;Luc Goossens;Bart Soenens;Wim Beyers

  • Psychologically controlling teaching: Examining outcomes, antecedents, and mediators

    Bart Soenens;Eline Sierens;Maarten Vansteenkiste;Filip Dochy

  • Maladaptive perfectionistic self-representations: The mediational link between psychological control and adjustment ☆

    Bart Soenens;Maarten Vansteenkiste;Patrick Luyten;Bart Duriez

  • Emotional autonomy, psychosocial adjustment and parenting: interactions, moderating and mediating effects.

    Wim Beyers;Luc Goossens

  • A Structural Model of Autonomy in Middle and Late Adolescence: Connectedness, Separation, Detachment, and Agency

    Wim Beyers;Luc Goossens;Ilse Vansant;Els Moors

  • Parental psychological control and dimensions of identity formation in emerging adulthood.

    Koen Luyckx;Bart Soenens;Maarten Vansteenkiste;Luc Goossens

  • Trajectories of loneliness during childhood and adolescence: predictors and health outcomes.

    Pamela Qualter;Stephen Lloyd Brown;K J Rotenberg;J Vanhalst

  • Gender Differences in Loneliness across the Lifespan: A Meta–Analysis:

    Marlies Maes;Marlies Maes;Pamela Qualter;Janne Vanhalst;Wim Van den Noortgate

  • Basic Need Satisfaction and Identity Formation: Bridging Self-Determination Theory and Process-Oriented Identity Research

    Koen Luyckx;Maarten Vansteenkiste;Luc Goossens;Bart Duriez

  • Dynamics of perceived parenting and identity formation in late adolescence.

    Wim Beyers;Luc Goossens

  • Handbook of adolescent development

    Sandy Jackson;Luc Goossens

  • "Improving memory performance in the aged through mnemonic training: A meta-analytic study": Correction.

    Paul Verhaeghen;Alfons Marcoen;Luc Goossens

Frequent Co-Authors

Koen Luyckx
Koen Luyckx KU Leuven
Bart Soenens
Bart Soenens Ghent University
Maarten Vansteenkiste
Maarten Vansteenkiste Ghent University
Wim Beyers
Wim Beyers Ghent University
Theo A. Klimstra
Theo A. Klimstra Tufts University
Ron H. J. Scholte
Ron H. J. Scholte Radboud University
Rutger C. M. E. Engels
Rutger C. M. E. Engels Erasmus University Rotterdam

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