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Researcher

Melissa De Smet

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Awards & Distinctions

25 Results

2024

Toward meaningful networks : how qualitative research can inform idiographic assessment and personalized care

Melissa De SmetMargaux SchoofsHanne PeetersKimberly Van NieuwenhoveReitske Meganck

A2 Journal Article in QUALITATIVE PSYCHOLOGY

Wie niet gemiddeld is, zien we niet : een methodologisch pleidooi voor inclusieve evidentie

Femke TruijensMelissa De SmetMattias DesmetReitske Meganck

A2 Journal Article in TIJDSCHRIFT VOOR PSYCHIATRIE

2023

' I felt like my senses were under attack' : an interpretative phenomenological analysis of experiences of hypersensitivity in autistic individuals

Liesbeth TaelsJasper FeyaertsMarie LizonMelissa De SmetStijn Vanheule

A1 Journal Article in AUTISM

The Ghent psychotherapy study : a pragmatic, stratified, randomized parallel trial into the differential efficacy of psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral interventions in dependent and self-critical depressive patients

Reitske MeganckMattias DesmetKimberly Van NieuwenhoveMelissa De SmetVicky HennissenFemke TruijensRosa De GeestGoedele HermansClaudi BocktingUfuoma Angelica Norman et al.

A1 Journal Article in PSYCHOTHERAPY AND PSYCHOSOMATICS

What is it like to be the object of research? On meaning making in self-report measurement and validity of data in psychotherapy research

Femke TruijensMelissa De SmetM. VandevoordeMattias DesmetReitske Meganck

A2 Journal Article in METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY

2022

How questionnaires shape experienced symptoms : a qualitative case comparison study of questionnaire administration in psychotherapy research

Femke TruijensKimberly Van NieuwenhoveMelissa De SmetMattias DesmetReitske Meganck

A1 Journal Article in QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN PSYCHOLOGY

The nature of client agency prior to therapy : a qualitative study on clients’ narratives

Emma AckeMelissa De SmetKimberly Van NieuwenhoveReitske Meganck

A1 Journal Article in PSYCHOLOGICA BELGICA

2021

Evidence for the non-evidenced : an argument for integrated methods and conceptual discussion on what needs to be evidenced in psychotherapy research

Femke TruijensMelissa De SmetReitske MeganckMattias Desmet

Editorial material

The patient’s change : understanding the complexity of the dynamics of change and its precursors in psychotherapy

Giulio de FeliceMelissa De SmetReitske MeganckGuenter Schiepek

Editorial material

The patient’s change : understanding the complexity of the dynamics of change and its precursors in psychotherapy

Validity of data as precondition for evidence : a methodological analysis of what is taken to count as evidence in psychotherapy research

Femke TruijensMelissa De SmetMattias DesmetReitske Meganck

A2 Journal Article in PHILOSOPHY PSYCHIATRY & PSYCHOLOGY

What too strict a method obscures about the validity of outcome measures

Mattias DesmetKimberly Van NieuwenhoveMelissa De SmetReitske MeganckBram DeerenIsabel Van HueleElien DecockEveline RaemdonckShana CornelisFemke Truijens et al.

A1 Journal Article in PSYCHOTHERAPY RESEARCH

When ‘good outcome’ does not correspond to ‘good therapy’ : reflections on discrepancies between outcome scores and patients’ therapy satisfaction

Melissa De SmetCamilla Von belowEmma AckeAndrzej WerbartReitske MeganckMattias Desmet

A2 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOTHERAPY & COUNSELLING

2020

Change processes underlying 'good outcome' : a qualitative study on recovered and improved patients’ experiences in psychotherapy for major depression

Melissa De SmetReitske MeganckFemke TruijensRosa De GeestShana CornelisUfuoma Angelica NormanMattias Desmet

A1 Journal Article in PSYCHOTHERAPY RESEARCH

What 'Good outcome' means to patients : understanding recovery and improvement in psychotherapy for major depression from a mixed-methods perspective

Melissa De SmetReitske MeganckRosa De GeestUfuoma Angelica NormanFemke TruijensMattias Desmet

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY

What differentiates poor- and good-outcome psychotherapy? A statistical-mechanics-inspired approach to psychotherapy research : part two: network analyses

Giulio de FeliceAlessandro GiulianiOmar C. G. GeloErhard MergenthalerMelissa De SmetReitske MeganckGiulia PaoloniSilvia AndreassiGuenter K. SchiepekAndrea Scozzari et al.

A1 Journal Article in FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY

2019

No change? A grounded theory analysis of depressed patients' perspectives on non-improvement in psychotherapy

Melissa De SmetReitske MeganckKimberly Van NieuwenhoveFemke TruijensMattias Desmet

A1 Journal Article in FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY

Opening the black box of psychotherapy outcome : a mixed methods study on patients' perspectives

Melissa De SmetReitske Meganck

Understanding the different shades of RCT outcome : patients' perspectives on recovery, improvement, no change and deterioration in psychotherapy for depression

Melissa De SmetReitske Meganck

Validity beyond measurement : why psychometric validity is insufficient for valid psychotherapy research

Femke TruijensShana CornelisMattias DesmetMelissa De SmetReitske Meganck

A1 Journal Article in FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY

2018

Depressie in de media : een kwalitatieve pilotstudie naar de ervaringen van patiënten met mediaberichtgeving over depressie

Melissa De SmetCarmen StubbeStijn VanheuleIgnaas Devisch

A2 Journal Article in TIJDSCHRIFT KLINISCHE PSYCHOLOGIE

Not just clinically significant: the meaning of outcome from the patients` perspective

Melissa De SmetReitske Meganck

Understanding long-term outcome from the patients’ perspective : a mixed methods naturalistic study on inpatient psychotherapy

Melissa De SmetReitske Meganck

A1 Journal Article in PSYCHOLOGICA BELGICA

2017

The Ghent Psychotherapy Study (GPS) on the differential efficacy of supportive-expressive and cognitive behavioral interventions in dependent and self-critical depressive patients : study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Reitske MeganckMattias DesmetClaudi BocktingRuth InslegersFemke TruijensMelissa De SmetRosa De GeestKimberly Van NieuwenhoveVicky HennissenGoedele Hermans et al.

A1 Journal Article in TRIALS

2016

Inkijk en inzicht in het Elim-gevoel : kwalitatieve studie naar de ervaring van voormalige bewoners van Elim

Melissa De SmetReitske Meganck