Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences

Meaning in life mediates the association between post-traumatic growth and psychological resilience among cancer patients

Cancer constitutes a profound medical, psychological, and existential challenge. Although the illness experience is frequently associated with emotional distress and disruption of personal meaning, some patients report post-traumatic growth (PTG), reflecting positive psychologica...

“So, yeah, that’s a blind spot”: Exploring gender awareness in cultural entrepreneurship education at art and design higher education institutions in the Netherlands

This study investigates how educators understand and address gender within cultural entrepreneurship education (CEE) in art and design higher education in the Netherlands. CEE has become central to preparing students for increasingly precarious cultural labour markets and, in Eur...

The precarious nature of musical encounters in healthcare: An ethnographic multi-case study focusing on the perspectives of care professionals and musicians

Background This paper presents an ethnographic multi-case study exploring how musical encounters in healthcare contribute to experiences of connection, focusing on the perspectives of care professionals and musicians. In addition to studies on music in healthcare that primarily e...

Energetic cost of weight shifting and asymmetric weight-bearing during standing in humans

During prolonged standing, humans commonly shift their weight and spontaneously alternate between symmetric and highly asymmetric standing, bearing most of their body weight on one leg. Here, we tested the hypothesis that humans adopt asymmetric weight-bearing to reduce metabolic...