| Marine joined VLIZ after having earned her Master’s in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology from the Universite Catholique de Louvain. Her main research interest is human well-being and particularly, innovative sources of well-being such as music, mindfulness, and now, the coast. The research project Blue Psychology represents the integration of the discipline of psychology into the Oceans and Human Health field. Rather than looking at the risks present in the interaction between oceans and humans, we will instead investigate how coastal environments benefit our psychological wellbeing. It has become increasingly clear that coastal environments positively impact our general health but underlying mechanisms remain unknown. We will argue that coastal environments give rise to the emotions of awe and nostalgia, which in turn help reduce stress from everyday life. Both emotions can be considered “ambivalent”, a mix of positive and negative affect, and potentially present a way to cope with stress, through meaning-making processes. The project’s methodology will include qualitative, experimental, and interventional designs, and each study will go through a pre-registration process. | |
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more
Function: Researcher
Direct contact at institute:
Tel.: +32 (0)59-34 14 97
GSM: +32-(0)486-35 50 17
E-mail: 
|
|
| Thesis [show] |
- Severin, M. (2019). How Buddhism impacts happiness: psychological mechanisms explaining Buddhism's effect on subjective well-being. MA Thesis. Université Catholique de Louvain, Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l'Education: Louvain-la-Neuve. 63 pp., more
|
| Abstracts (3) [show] |
- Severin, M.I.; Vandegehuchte, M.; Hooyberg, A.; Buysse, A.; Raes, F.; Everaert, G. (2021). In times of crisis: Effect of the Belgian coast on well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, Online event 3 March 2021. VLIZ Special Publication, 85: pp. 19, more
- Severin, M.I.; Raes, F.; Buysse, A.; Everaert, G. (2021). How do coastal landscapes impact stress, coping strategies, and pro-environmental attitudes?, in: Annual Meeting of the Belgian Association of Psychological Sciences, 27th and 28th May 2021 at UCLouvain. pp. 2 pp, more
- Severin, M.I.; Vandegehuchte, M.; Hooyberg, A.; Buysse, A.; Raes, F.; Everaert, G. (2020). Effect of the Belgian coast on human wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic, in: Monaco international symposium: human health & the ocean in a changing world, 2-3 December, 2020, Monte-Carlo, Monaco. pp. 2 pp, more
|
| Other publication [show] |
- Severin, M.I.; Raes, F.; Buysse, A.; Everaert, G. (2021). How does the coast impact stress, coping strategies and pro-environmental attitudes? VLIZ/Ghent University/KU Leuven: Oostende, Gent, Leuven. 1 poster pp., more
|
|
