Enseignement(s)

COMM-B220 - Enjeux numériques de la communication

COMM-B405 - Communication interne

COMM-B565 - Relations publiques digitales et copywriting

Publication(s) récente(s)

Van Ouytsel, J., Maes, C., & Vandenbosch, L. (2024). Youth’s engagement in sexting and their sexuality development. In S. J. Hust, J. F. Willoughby, & R. Ortiz (Eds.), Teens, Sex, and Media Effects. Understanding Media’s Influence on Adolescent Sexuality, Sexual Health, and Advocacy.

Maes, C., & Vandenbosch, L. (2024). Media and Sexual Development. In D. Lemish (Ed.), The Routledge International Handbook of Children, Adolescents, and Media.

Maes, C., Karsay, K., & Noon, E. (2024). Digital Media and Sexually and Gender Diverse Adolescents. In L. Baams & T. Kaufman (Eds.), Sexually and Gender Diverse Adolescents Critical Perspectives on Risk and Resilience.

Maes, C., Vandenbosch, L., & Wright, P. (2024). The Impact of Online Pornography Consumption on Youth. In R. J. Grant, Kumar, & F. H. Farley (Eds.), Handbook of Media Psychology: The Science and The Practice.

Maes, C., Van Oosten, A. J., & Vandenbosch, L. (2022). Adolescents’ Digital Media Interactions within the Context of Sexuality Development. In J. Nesi, E. Telzer, & M. Prinstein (Eds.), Handbook of Adolescent Digital Media Use and Mental Health. doi:10.1017/9781108976237

Maes, C., Vranken, I., De Lenne, O., & Vandenbosch, L. (2025). “No one wants to see curvy women”. The absence of diverse models in magazine advertisements: A 10-year perspective. Body image, 54. doi:10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101944

Noon, E., Maes, C., Karsay, K., Yang, C.-C., Pesout, O., & Stefańczyk, M. (2025). From Stigma to Strength? The Interrelations Between Sexual Identity Stigma, Well-Being, and Accepting Communities on Instagram Amongst Sexual Minority Youth. Journal of adolescence. doi:10.1002/jad.12465

Uyar, A., Vankerckhoven, L., Claes, L., Maes, C., & Luyckx, K. (2025). Positive Body Image in Adolescence: Longitudinal associations with identity and eating disorder symptoms. Journal of youth and adolescence. doi:10.1007/s10964-024-02121-4

Maes, C., Fardouly, J., & Vandenbosch, L. (2025). A Qualitative Exploration of Belgian Adolescents’ and Young Adults’ Views on Idealized and Body Positive Content on Social Media. Body image. doi:10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101938

Dedecker, L., Schreurs, L., Vandenbosch, L., Pellemans, E., Van Hul, L., & Maes, C. (2025). #Visible difference: A multi-method study investigating content of and responses to influencers with visible differences. Body image. doi:10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101921

Maes, C., Vanherle, R., Fardouly, J., & Vandenbosch, L. (2025). #BoPo, #Ideal, or #Mixed? Exploring Adolescents’ Daily Exposure to Appearance Content on Social Media and Its Relations with Body Image Components. Communication research. doi:10.1177/00936502251338901

Konings, F., Vandenbosch, L., Fitzgerald, K., Fardouly, J., Beelen, E., Tabruyn, T., Karsay, K., & Maes, C. (2025). Adolescents’ sexualized self-presentations on social media: A cross-national data donation study. Media psychology. doi:10.1080/15213269.2025.2509500

Maheux, A., Maes, C., Burnell, K., Bauer, D., Prinstein, M., & Telzer, E. (2025). Social media are many things: Addressing the Components and Patterns of Adolescent Social Media Use. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 157. doi:10.1111/nyas.15326

Kvardova, N., Machackova, H., Maes, C., & Vandenbosch, L. (2025). Navigating Beauty Standards on Social Media: Impact of Appearance Activity on Adolescents’ Body Dissatisfaction. Journal of youth and adolescence. doi:10.1007/s10964-025-02159-y

Maes, C., Kvardova, N., & Vandenbosch, L. (2025). BoPo Online, BoPo Offline? Engagement with Body Positivity Posts, Positive Appearance Comments on Social Media, and Adolescents' Appearance-Related Prosocial Tendencies. Computers in human behavior, 162. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2024.108471

Maes, C., Van Ouytsel, J., & Vandenbosch, L. (2024). Active Bystanders in the Forwarding of Sexting Messages: Applying a Theory of Planned Behavior in Youth. New media & society. doi:10.1177/14614448241287729

Maes, C., Wright, P., & Vandenbosch, L. (2024). Adolescents’ Preferences for Mainstream and Paraphilic Pornography and Sexual Health Components: Attention to Within-And Between-Person Dynamics Over Time. Health communication, 40. doi:10.1080/10410236.2024.2335691

Maes, C., Schwertberger, U., Rieger, D., & Vandenbosch, L. (2023). Adolescents’ Remembering of Sexual Television Narratives and their Relations with Positive Sexuality Components: A Biographic Resonance Perspective. Mass communication & society, 27. doi:10.1080/15205436.2023.2256316

Maes, C., & Vandenbosch, L. (2023). Longitudinal Relations Between Heterosexual Adolescents’ Perceived Exposure to Sex-Positive Television Messages and Their Supportive Attitudes and Behaviors Toward the LGBTQ+ Community. Communication research, 51. doi:10.1177/00936502231191830

Noon, E., Maes, C., Karsay, K., & Vandenbosch, L. (2023). Making the Good Better? Investigating the Long-term Associations Between Capitalization on Social Media and Adolescents’ Life Satisfaction. Media psychology. doi:10.1080/15213269.2023.2227941

Maes, C., & Vandenbosch, L. (2023). Victim Blaming and Non-Consensual Forwarding of Sexts Among Late Adolescents and Young Adults. Archives of sexual behavior. doi:10.1007/s10508-023-02537-2

Maes, C., Trekels, J., Impett, E., & Vandenbosch, L. (2023). The Development of the Positive Sexuality in Adolescence Scale (PSAS). The Journal of sex research. doi:10.1080/00224499.2021.2011826

Maes, C., & Vandenbosch, L. (2022). Adolescent girls’ Instagram and TikTok use: Examining relations with body image-related constructs over time using random intercept cross-lagged panel models. Body image, 41, 453-459. doi:10.1016/j.bodyim.2022.04.015

Maes, C., & De Lenne, O. (2022). Filters and fillers: Belgian adolescents’ filter use on social media and the acceptance of cosmetic surgery. Journal of Children and Media, 16. doi:10.1080/17482798.2022.2079696

Maes, C., & Vandenbosch, L. (2022). “I love my body; I love it all”: Body Positivity Messages in Youth-Oriented Television Series. Mass communication & society, 26. doi:10.1080/15205436.2022.2030756

Maes, C., & Vandenbosch, L. (2022). Adolescents’ Use of Sexually Explicit Internet Material Over the Course of 2019–2020 in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Three-wave Panel Study. Archives of sexual behavior, 51, 105-121. doi:10.1007/s10508-021-02122-5

Maes, C., & Vandenbosch, L. (2022). Physically Distant, Virtually Close: Adolescents' Sexting Behaviors during a Strict Lockdown Period of the COVID-19 crisis. Computers in human behavior, 126. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2021.107033

Maes, C., & Vandenbosch, L. (2021). “Consent Is Sexy”: exploring the portrayal of prosocial sexuality messages in youth-oriented series. Journal of Children and Media, 16. doi:10.1080/17482798.2021.1982741

Maes, C., Trekels, J., Tylka, T., & Vandenbosch, L. (2021). The Positive Body Image among Adolescents Scale (PBIAS): Conceptualization, Development, and Psychometric Evaluation among Adolescents from Belgium. Body image, 38, 270-288. doi:10.1016/j.bodyim.2021.05.004