L. (Liza) Keessen MSc
PhD Candidate
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
CW : Youth & Media Entertainment
Area of expertise: Media Psychology, Solitude, Emerging Adulthood
Visiting address
- Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
Postal address
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Postbus 15791
1001 NG Amsterdam
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Profile
Liza Keessen is a PhD candidate in the program group Youth & Media Entertainment at the Amsterdam School of Communication Research, University of Amsterdam (ASCoR). Her PhD project focusses on how emerging adults can experience optimum solitude in today’s hyperconnected world.
Before starting her PhD, Liza studied Communication Science (BSc, University of Amsterdam) and Psychology (MSc Research, University of Amsterdam).
Research expertise
- Media Psychology
- Solitude
- Emerging Adulthood
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Research
Research methods
- Scale development and validation
- Experimental design
- Survey design
Current research projects
The Digital Transformation of Me-Time (PhD project “DIGI-ME”): Project DIGI-ME explores how digital technology can either support or undermine emerging adults’ need for solitude. Supervision: Prof. Jessica T. Piotrowski, Dr. Sindy Sumter, and Dr. Annemarie van Oosten.
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Teaching
- Entertainment communication
- Research workshop: Experiment
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Publications
2024
Duken, S. B., Keessen, L., Hoijtink, H., Kindt, M., & van Ast, V. A. (2024). Bayesian evaluation of diverging theories of episodic and affective memory distortions in dysphoria. Nature Communications, 15, Article 1320. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-45203-4 [details]- Keessen, L., Piotrowski, J., Sumter, S. R., & van Oosten, J. M. F. (2024). Development and validation of need for solitude scale. Manuscript submitted for publication.
2022
- Keessen, L., Piotrowski, J., Sumter, S. R., & van Oosten, J. M. F. (2022). Me-time in the digital age: Development and validation of the need for solitude scale. Abstract from Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Rhodes, Greece.
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Duken, S. B., Keessen, L., Hoijtink, H., Kindt, M., & van Ast, V. A. (2024). Bayesian evaluation of diverging theories of episodic and affective memory distortions in dysphoria. Nature Communications, 15, Article 1320.