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Prof. Dr. Lien Goossens is a faculty member at Ghent University in the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, specifically within the Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology. Her work focuses on eating disorders, body image issues, and psychopathology in children and adolescents.
- Key research areas: Eating disorders, childhood obesity, emotion regulation, attachment theory, reward sensitivity
- Active in clinical psychology and preventive interventions
Recent research explores social media's impact on body dissatisfaction, family contexts in food refusal, and self-regulation in adolescents. She has co-authored 15+ publications between 2018-2024, primarily in psychology and nutrition journals.
She has supervised multiple PhD students including Jolien De Coen (2023), Elisa Boelens (2022), and Eva Van Malderen (2017). Collaborations frequently involve researchers like Caroline Braet and Sandra Verbeken.