- Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
CW : Persuasive Communication - Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
1018 WV Amsterdam
Name: Mathijs Mesman
MSc: Social and organizational Psychology, 2017, Leiden University
PhD: Expected in 2020, University of Amsterdam
Interests: Health communication, interpersonal communication, risk behaviour
Research: The aim of the PhD project is to understand how the effects of health interventions are mediated or moderated by interpersonal communication. To this end, we examine how teachers communicate about the health intervention with students, how students communicate with classmates and respond to the communication of their teacher, and how the effects of the health intervention depend on interpersonal communication by teachers and students. Another aim of the project is to improve the health intervention based on the knowledge of content of interpersonal communication.