dr. CR (Crystal) Smit

Biography

Crystal Smit is assistant professor in Clinical Child and Family Studies at the Department of Psychology, Education and Child Studies. She is also lab manager of the Erasmus Movez Lab—a research team with a shared interest in youth, digital media, and well-being. Her research focuses on motivating healthy behaviors among youth, while taking into account the influences in their social networks. In co-creation with the targeted youth, she investigates how effective (online) health campaigns implementing social influencers can be developed. As lab manager at the Movez Lab, she focuses on the connection between research and society. 

Crystal holds a Bachelor's degree in Pedagogical Sciences and a Research Master's degree in Behavioral Sciences from Radboud University in Nijmegen. Subsequently she started working on her PhD project embedded in the MyMovez project, led by Prof. Moniek Buijzen. In 2021, she successfully defended her PhD thesis, titled Motivating Healthy Drinking Behaviors among Children: The Effects of the Share H2O Social Network Intervention, at the Behavioural Science Institute of Radboud University. For a full scientific curriculum vitae and e-book of her dissertation, please visit crystalsmit.com.

Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences

Assistant professor | Youth and Family
Email
c.r.smit@essb.eur.nl

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Start date approval
januari 2024
End date approval
januari 2027
Place
UTRECHT
Description
Raad van Advies

3.1 Bachelorthesis Pedagogical Sciences

Year
2024
Course Code
FSWE-3081

4.5 Thesis Pedagogical Sciences

Year
2024
Course Code
FSWE-M070

Year
2024
Course Code
FSWE-M1-021S

News regarding dr. CR (Crystal) Smit

Digitale media en het welzijn van jongeren: Het Movez Network wil de volgende generatie in hun kracht zetten

Movez Network zoekt met hun website verbinding met de maatschappij om de volgende generatie te helpen slimme, gezonde en gelukkige media-gebruikers te worden.

Communicatie- en gedragsonderzoeker adviseert kinderartsen over motiveren gezonde keuzes

Op 3 december kregen 200 kinderartsen een kennissessie van communicatie- en gedragsonderzoeker Crysyal Smit over het motiveren van gezonde keuzes bij kinderen.

Onderzoekers geven communicatietips om studenten te motiveren zelftesten te gebruiken

Onderzoekers hebben een communicatiekader opgesteld met tips voor campagnes die studenten moeten motiveren zich te laten testen voordat ze naar hun les gaan.

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