Biography
Thabo van Woudenberg was born in 1989 in Leiden, the Netherlands. In 2012, he obtained a bachelor’s degree in communication science at the Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Two years later, he completed the research master at the Behavioral Science Institute at the same university, after studying self-persuasion to promote advertising literacy and the feeling of presence in virtual environments. Subsequently, Thabo started to work at the Radboud University as part of the MyMovez project, led by Professor Buijzen. In January 2020, Thabo successfully defended his dissertation (Cum Laude), titled: Social Network Interventions that Promote Physical Activity among Adolescents.
At present, Thabo works as a post-doc researcher and scientific coordinator at the Erasmus School of Social and Behavioral Science in Rotterdam. In the current project, Thabo further investigates effective and responsible health campaigns for adolescents using online social networks. For a full scientific curriculum vitae and digital version of the dissertation, please visit http://www.tvanwoudenberg.com.
Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Work
- TJ van Woudenberg, E Rozendaal & M Buijzen (2024) - Parents' perceptions of parental consent procedures for social science research in the school context - International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 27 (5), 545-557 - doi: 10.1080/13645579.2023.2222539 - [link]
- Saskia C.M. Franken, Crystal R. Smit, Rebecca N.H. de Leeuw, Thabo J. van Woudenberg, William J. Burk, Kirsten E. Bevelander & Moniek Buijzen (2023) - Understanding the behavioral determinants of adolescents’ water consumption: A cross-country comparative study - Dialogues in Health, 2 - doi: 10.1016/j.dialog.2023.100101 - [link]
- David J. Blok, Bojan Simoski, Thabo J. van Woudenberg & Moniek Buijzen (2023) - The Usefulness of Web-Based Communication Data for Social Network Health Interventions: Agent-Based Modeling Study - JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting, 6 (1) - doi: 10.2196/44849 - [link]
- Rebecca N. H. de Leeuw, Thabo J. van Woudenberg, Kayla H. Green, Sophie W. Sweijen, Suzanne van de Groep, Mariska Kleemans, Sanne L. Tamboer, Eveline A. Crone & Moniek Buijzen (2023) - Moral Beauty During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Prosocial Behavior Among Adolescents and the Inspiring Role of the Media - Communication Research, 50 (2), 131-156 - doi: 10.1177/00936502221112804 - [link]
- Thabo Van Woudenberg, Moniek Buijzen, Roy Hendrikx, Julia Van Weert, Bas Van Den Putte, Floor Kroese, Martine Bouman, Marijn De Bruin & Mattijs Lambooij (2022) - Physical distancing and social media use in emerging adults and adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: Large-scale Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Survey Study - JMIR Infodemiology, 2 (2) - doi: 10.2196/33713 - [link]
- JA Schlicht, TJ van Woudenberg & M Buijzen (2022) - Arranging the fruit basket: A computational approach towards a better understanding of adolescents? diet-related social media communications - Acta Psychologica, 230, 1-14 - doi: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2022.103738 - [link]
- Esther Rozendaal, Thabo van Woudenberg, Eveline Crone, Kayla Green, Suzanne van de Groep, Rebecca de Leeuw, Sophie Sweijen & Moniek Buijzen (2021) - Communication and COVID-19 physical distancing behavior among Dutch youth - Health Psychology Bulletin, 5 (1), 81-102 - doi: 10.5334/hpb.33
- Crystal R. Smit, Rebecca N.H. de Leeuw, Kirsten E. Bevelander, William J. Burk, Thabo J. van Woudenberg, Laura Buijs & Moniek Buijzen (2021) - Promoting water consumption among Dutch children: an evaluation of the social network intervention Share H<sub>2</sub> O - BMC Public Health, 21 (1) - doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-10161-9 - [link]
- Crystal R. Smit, Rebecca N.H. De Leeuw, Kirsten E. Bevelander, William J. Burk, Laura Buijs, Thabo J. Van Woudenberg & Moniek Buijzen (2020) - Promoting water consumption among children: A three-arm cluster randomised controlled trial testing a social network intervention - Public Health Nutrition, 24 (8), 2324-2336 - doi: 10.1017/S1368980020004802 - [link]
- Thabo van Woudenberg, KE Bevelander, W J Burk & Moniek Buijzen (2020) - The reciprocal effects of physical activity and happiness in adolescents - International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 17 - doi: 10.1186/s12966-020-01058-8 - [link]
- SW (Suzanne) van de Groep & TJ (Thabo) van Woudenberg (2021) - Dragon's Den Seed Fund
Research Traineeship
- Level
- MA-1
- Year Level
- MA-1
3.1 Pos. behavior change in digital age
- Year
- 2022
- Course Code
- FSWP-MINOR-8B