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Dr Severin, Marine
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Marine joined VLIZ after having earned her Master’s in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology from the Universite Catholique de Louvain. Her main research interest is human well-being and particularly, innovative sources of well-being such as music, mindfulness, and now, the coast. The research project Blue Psychology represents the integration of the discipline of psychology into the Oceans and Human Health field. Rather than looking at the risks present in the interaction between oceans and humans, we will instead investigate how coastal environments benefit our psychological wellbeing. It has become increasingly clear that coastal environments positively impact our general health but underlying mechanisms remain unknown. We will argue that coastal environments give rise to the emotions of awe and nostalgia, which in turn help reduce stress from everyday life. Both emotions can be considered “ambivalent”, a mix of positive and negative affect, and potentially present a way to cope with stress, through meaning-making processes. The project’s methodology will include qualitative, experimental, and interventional designs, and each study will go through a pre-registration process.

Thesaurus term: Environmental psychology
 

Institutes (3)  Top | Institutes | Publications | Project | Datasets 
  • Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more
  • Function: Researcher
    Direct contact at institute:
    Tel.: +32-(0)59-33 61 54
    GSM: +32-(0)486-35 50 17
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  • Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Psychologie en Pedagogische Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Experimenteel - Klinische en Gezondheidspsychologie, more
  • KU Leuven; Centrum voor Leerpsychologie en Experimentele Psychopathologie, more
  • Direct contact at institute:
Marine Severin

Project  Top | Institutes | Publications | Project | Datasets 
  • BluePsychology - How coastal environments improve psychological wellbeing: underlying mechanisms, more

Datasets (4)  Top | Institutes | Publications | Project | Datasets 
  • Catarino, A.I.; Mahu, E.; Severin, M.I.; Annasawmy, P.A.; Beckman, F.; Monteiro, I.; Neves Silva, P.; Everaert, G.; Hwai, A.S.T.; Krug, L.A.; Seeyave, S.; Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Belgium; University of Ghana: Ghana; Université de Bretagne Occidentale (UBO): France; Secretariat Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans (POGO): United Kingdom; Ocean Science Centre Mindelo (OSCM), Institute of Marine Research (IMAR): Cabo Verde; Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies (CEMACS), School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia: Malaysia; (2021): Citizen observation of local litter in coastal ecosystems: Animated standard operating procedure (video). Marine Data Archive., more
  • Severin, M.I.; Akpetou, K.L.; Annasawmy, P.; Asuquo, F.E.; Beckman, F.; Benomar, M.; Jaya-Ram, A.; Malouli, M.; Mees, J.; Monteiro, I.; Ndwiga, J.; Silva, P.N.; Nubi, O.A.; Sim, Y.K.; Sohou, Z.; Hwai, T.S.; Woo, S.P.; Zizah, S.; Buysse, A.; Raes, F.; Krug, L.A.; Seeyave, S.; Everaert, G.; Mahu, E.; Catarino, A.I.; (2023): Pre and post-survey data evaluating the impact of the COLLECT project on participants. Marine Data Archive., more
  • Severin, M.I.; Pauwels, L.; Verheye, J.; Loeys, T.; Everaert, G.; Buysse, A.; Raes, F.; Flanders Marine Institute; KU Leuven; Ghent University; (2023): Survey data from experimental studies evaluating effect of coastal landscapes on emotions, well-being, and pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors., more
  • Severin, M.I.; Raes, F.; Notebaert, E.; Lambrecht, L.; Everaert, G.; Buysse, A.; Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ); Centre for the Psychology of Learning and Experimental Psychopathology, KU Leuven; Department of Experimental Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University: Belgium; (2022): Transcribed qualitative interviews of young coastal residents in 2021., more

Publications (34)  Top | Institutes | Publications | Project | Datasets 
A1 Publications (4) [show]
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Theses (2) [show]
Abstracts (16) [show]
Reports (4) [show]
Other publications (3) [show]
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