Understanding the Relationship Between Mentalization, Mental Health, and Epistemic Trust with Experience Sampling Methods
Theme: Mental health in a digital age
Type of research (qualitative empirical, quantitative empirical, mixed-method): Quantitative empirical with Experience Sampling Method (ESM)
Description:
In this assignment, students will investigate the association between mentalization – the ability to understand the mental state of oneself and or others, mental health, and epistemic trust – the openness to the reception of social knowledge that is regarded as personally relevant and of generalizable significance (Fonagy et al., 2019). These processes will be measured with Experience Sampling Methods, where participants will be asked about these processes multiple times a day over a couple of weeks. Statistical methods will be used to understand the between- and within-person relation between mentalization and epistemic trust, and how these relate to mental health.
References
Fonagy, P., Luyten, P., Allison, E., & Campbell, C. (2019). Mentalizing, epistemic trust and the phenomenology of psychotherapy. Psychopathology, 52(2), 94–103. https://doi.org/10.1159/000501526
Who are we looking for?
We are looking for students who are interested in the intersection between basic psychological research and technology, especially when it comes to using cutting-edge tools to measure mental processes. Interest in clinical psychology, especially applied in the context of mental health is highly desired.
What do we offer?
Cutting edge research methods, individualised feedback, and mentoring.