S. (Špela) Dolinšek

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

College Communicatiewetenschap

Visiting address

Nieuwe Achtergracht 166

Postal address

Postbus 15791
1001 NG Amsterdam

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My PhD project focuses on health communication in crises (such as the recent pandemic), the impact of threatening health messages on our mental well-being and the social life of health messages.Our aim is to build interventions that amplify health communication by counteracting negative effects on mental well-being. I’m also working on an interdisciplinary RPA project investigating language adaptation of conversational systems to the age of a speaker. Prior to starting my PhD journey, I worked as a junior lecturer teaching several courses at the Communication Science department and was awarded with the award for the Most Creative Lecturer on Zoom in 2021.

Keywords

Persuasive communication

Health communication

Covid-19

Compliance

Mental well-being

Research grants & honours

Most Creative Lecturer on Zoom in 2021

Teaching & Supervision

IRM (Introduction to Research Methodology)

Persuasive Communication

Master thesis supervision
Research
PhD project investigating harmful health communication, the impact of threatening health messages on our mental well-being and the social life of health messages on social media.
Involved in RPA project investigating adaptation of language used by conversatonal systems to the age of the speaker.

Experimental design

Literature review

Interviews
Publications
2024

Dolinšek, Š., Scholz, C., Giani, S., van Weert, J. C. M., van den Putte, B., & Meppelink, C. S. (2024). The role of mental well-being in the effects of persuasive health messages: A scoping review. Social Science & Medicine, 353, Article 117060. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117060 [details]
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The role of mental well-being in the effects of persuasive health messages
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Supplementary data-Multimedia component 1
Supplementary data-Multimedia component 2
2024

Dolinšek, S., Scholz, C., van Weert, J. C. M., van den Putte, S. J. H. M., & Meppelink, C. S. (2024). Coping with COVID-19 health messages on social media: Interviews with students with varying depressive symptoms. Abstract from 38th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society, Cascais, Portugal.

Dolinšek, S., Scholz, C., van Weert, J. C. M., van den Putte, S. J. H. M., & Meppelink, C. S. (2024). The role of mental well-being in health communication about COVID-19: An interview study among students with varying levels of depression. Abstract from Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap 2024, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Dolinšek, S., Scholz, C., van Weert, J. C. M., van den Putte, S. J. H. M., & Meppelink, C. S. (2024). The role of mental well-being in health communication about COVID-19: An interview study among students with varying levels of depressive symptoms. Poster session presented at International Conference on Urban Mental Health 2024, Amsterdam.

Dolinšek, S., Scholz, C., van Weert, J. C. M., van den Putte, S. J. H. M., & Meppelink, C. S. (2024). Unintended damage? COVID-19 health messages, their impact on mental well-being, and its implications for message effectiveness: An interview study with students with varying levels of depressive symptoms. Abstract from ECREA European Communication Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

2023

Dolinšek, S., Meppelink, C. S., Giani, S., van Weert, J. C. M., van den Putte, B., & Scholz, C. (2023). The role of mental well-being in the effects of health messages: A scoping review. Abstract from Etmaal Communicatiewetenschap 2023, Enschede, Netherlands.

Dolinšek, S., Meppelink, C. S., Giani, S., van Weert, J. C. M., van den Putte, B., & Scholz, C. (2023). The role of mental well-being in the effects of persuasive health messages: A scoping review. Abstract from EHPS 2023: 37th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society, Bremen, Bremen, Germany.

Dolinšek, S., Meppelink, C. S., Giani, S., van Weert, J. C. M., van den Putte, S. J. H. M., & Scholz, C. (2023). The role of mental well-being in the effects of health messages: A scoping review. Abstract from ACHC Fall Symposium 2023, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Dolinšek, S., Scholz, C., van Weert, J. C. M., van den Putte, B., & Meppelink, C. S. (2023). The role of mental well-being in health communication about COVID-19: An interview study among students with varying levels of depression. Abstract from ECHC 2023: European Conference on Health Communication, Klagenfurt, Austria.

van der Goot, M. J., Dolinšek, S., Jansen, L., Sinclair, A. J., Fernandez Rovira, R., & Pezzelle, S. (2023). Adapting the language of conversational systems to different age groups: An experimental study. Paper presented at Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap, Enschede.

2021

van der Goot, M. J., Georgiou, M., Dolinšek, Š., Jansen, L., Sinclair, A. J., Fernández, R., & Pezzelle, S. (2021). Exploring the potential of adapting conversational systems to different age groups: A pilot study. Paper presented at Conversations 2021. https://conversations2021.files.wordpress.com/2021/11/conversations_2021_positionpaper_20_vandergoot-1.pdf
Others

Dolinšek, Š. (participant) (23-9-2024). Methods for studying platforms, apps and online content, Ljubljana (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).

Dolinšek, Š. (participant) (28-2-2024 - 29-2-2024). EHPS Winter School: "Health Psychology in the Age of Social Media", Amsterdam (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).
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