Senior Lecturer
- About
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- Email Address
- chantal.dendaas@abdn.ac.uk
- Office Address
1st Floor, Health Sciences Buiding
Foresterhill Campus
University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen
AB25 2ZD
- School/Department
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
Biography
Chantal is a Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology within the School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, at the University of Aberdeen. She joined the Health Psychology Group in 2020.
Chantal gained a Research Masters, majoring in Social Psychology and minoring in Methodology from the University of Amsterdam in 2008. She defended her PhD thesis at Utrecht University in 2013. She then did postdoctoral research at the National Institute of Health and the Environment (RIVM) in the Netherlands at the Centre for Infectious Disease Control and Prevention in the department for sexually transmitted infections (STI) and HIV.
Her research utilises mixed methods, that included experimental studies, questionnaire and interview studies, and mathematical modeling. Her interest is mainly in sexual health behaviour, infectious disease prevention, and self-control. Chantal works with Prof Diane Dixon, Prof Marie Johnston, and Prof Gill Hubbard (University of Highlands and Islands) on the CSO funded CHARIS project looking at transmission reducing behaviours during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Chantal also contributes significantly to teaching on the Health Psychology masters here in Aberdeen.
- Publications
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Double trouble: modelling the impact of low risk perception and high-risk sexual behaviour on chlamydia transmission
Journal of the Royal Society Interface, vol. 15, no. 141Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2017.0847
Study protocol of the iMPaCT project: A longitudinal cohort study assessing psychological determinants, sexual behaviour and chlamydia (re)infections in heterosexual STI clinic visitors
BMC Infectious Diseases, vol. 18, 559Contributions to Journals: ArticlesFrom intention to STI prevention: An online questionnaire on barriers and facilitators for discussing sexual risk behaviour among HIV nurses
Journal of Advanced Nursing, vol. 73, no. 12, pp. 2953-2961Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13372
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Desire, higher-order sexual health goals and self-control in sexual behavior and sexual risk
Handbook of Self-Control in Health and Well-Being. de Ridder, D., Adriaanse, M., Fujita, K. (eds.). RoutledgeChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersLet's talk about sex: A qualitative study exploring the experiences of HIV nurses when discussing sexual risk behaviours with HIV-positive men who have sex with men
International Journal of Nursing Studies, vol. 76, pp. 55-61Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2017.09.002
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Outbreaks of syphilis among men who have sex with men attending STI clinics between 2007 and 2015 in the Netherlands: A space-time clustering study
Sexually Transmitted Infections, vol. 93, no. 6, pp. 390-395Contributions to Journals: Review articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2016-052754
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Determinants of never having tested for HIV among MSM in the Netherlands
BMJ Open, vol. 6, no. 1, e009480Contributions to Journals: ArticlesComparing databases: Determinants of sexually transmitted infections, HIV diagnoses, and lack of HIV testing among men who have sex with men Health behavior, health promotion and society
BMC Public Health, vol. 15, no. 1, 1114Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-2445-3
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How persuasive are serious games, social media and mHealth technologies for vulnerable young adults? Design factors for health behavior and lifestyle change support: Sexual health case
Contributions to Journals: Conference Articles- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
The impact of long-term health goals on sexual risk decisions in impulsive and reflective cognitive states
Archives of Sexual Behavior, vol. 43, no. 4, pp. 659-667Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-013-0183-0
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Out of sight, out of mind: Cognitive states alter the focus of attention
Experimental Psychology, vol. 60, no. 5, pp. 313-323Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1027/1618-3169/a000201
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Sizing Opportunity: Biases in Estimates of Goal-Relevant Objects Depend on Goal Congruence
Social Psychological and Personality Science, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 362-368Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550612456046