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Steven Eggermont
Researcher at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Publications - 156
Citations - 4391
Steven Eggermont is an academic researcher from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. The author has contributed to research in topics: Self-objectification & Sexualization. The author has an hindex of 29, co-authored 147 publications receiving 3324 citations. Previous affiliations of Steven Eggermont include University of Amsterdam.
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Cyberbullying research in Belgium: An overview of generated insights and a critical assessment of the mediating role of technology in cyberbullying in a Web 2.0-world
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Like me (please?): Connecting online self-presentation to pre- and early adolescents’ self-esteem:
TL;DR: It is found that self-presentation on social media was positively related to pre- and early adolescents’ self-esteem, via their perceived online popularity (e.g. receiving “likes”), but results also revealed a relationship between online popularity and users’ need for popularity, which was in turn negatively associated with self- esteem.
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Playing a videogame with a sexualized female character increases adolescents' rape myth acceptance and tolerance toward sexual harassment
TL;DR: It is suggested that gameplaying with a sexualized woman may increase adolescents' acceptance of rape myths and tolerance for sexual harassment and highlight the use of sexualized female game characters in (educational and active) videogames that target adolescents.