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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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  • Profile

    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

    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 presentation. Abstract from 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

    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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