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Koen Luyckx is a Senior Lecturer at KU Leuven's Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, affiliated with the School Psychology and Development in Context department. He holds memberships at two key research institutes: the KU Leuven Institute for Child and Youth (LC&Y) and the KU Leuven Institute for Rare Diseases (Leuven.IRD). His research examines identity formation across developmental stages with particular focus on adolescents and emerging adults.
Luyckx's research investigates psychological adaptation to health challenges, body image development, and identity processes in clinical and community populations. Key areas include:
- Longitudinal trajectories of body satisfaction and eating behaviors
- Identity integration in youth with chronic illnesses
- Psychological functioning in rare disease populations
- Clinical applications of identity development theories
His recent publications demonstrate strong thematic coherence, focusing on identity-body relationships, illness adaptation, and developmental methodology. Research consistently employs longitudinal designs with clinical and community samples, emphasizing practical applications for adolescent mental health interventions.
As primary supervisor, Luyckx mentors doctoral candidates researching identity pathology, embodiment, and chronic illness adaptation. He leads multiple funded projects including:
- 'Growing Up in a Digital Mirror' (body image in preadolescence)
- 'ID-BODY: An identity perspective on the body'
- 'MaPPS-project' on psychological individuality in chronic illness
