Dr. Emely W.M.L. de Vet

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Short biography

Emely de Vet graduated in 2001 in Health Sciences at the Universiteit Maastricht with a majors in Health Education and Health Promotion. After working for a short period as a researcher at the Department of Health Ethics of the Universiteit Maastricht, she started as a PhD student in 2002 at the Department of Health Education and Health Promotion at the same university. In 2005 she finished her PhD in testing the validity and applicability of the Transtheoretical model, after which she worked as a post-doctoral researcher on the effects of implementation intentions at the Department of Public Health of the Erasmus MC University Medical Center in Rotterdam. Since October 2006, she works as assistant professor in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention at the Institute for Health Sciences, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

Research Interests

• validity and applicability of health behavior theories
• empirical theory-comparison
• effects of simple strategies for behavior change (implementation  
• intentions, anticipated regret, use of reminders)
• use of new media (Internet, mobile phones, computer games) 
• diet and physical activity
  
  

5 Key publications as 1st author

• De Vet, E. (2007). Implementation intentions and diet. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 63, 499-500.
• De Vet, E., De Nooijer, J., De Vries, N. K., & Brug, J. (2006). The Transtheoretical model for fruit, vegetable and fish consumption: associations between intakes, stages of change and stage transition determinants. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity.3:13 doi:10.1186/1479-5868-3-13.
• De Vet, E., De Nooijer, J., De Vries, N. K., & Brug, J. (2007). Comparing stage of change and behavioral intention to understand fruit intake. Health Education Research, 22: 599-608.
• De Vet, E., De Nooijer, J., De Vries, N.K., & Brug, J. (2007). Testing the Transtheoretical model for fruit intake: comparing web-based tailored stage-matched and stage-mismatched feedback. Health Education Research. First published on June 25, 2007 as  doi:10.1093/her/cym019.
• De Vet, E., De Nooijer, J., Oenema, A., De Vries, N. K., & Brug, J. (in press). Predictors of stage transitions in the Precaution Adoption Process Model for fruit intake. American Journal of Health Promotion.
  
  

5 publications as co-author

• Brug, J., De Vet, E., De Nooijer, J., & Verplanken, B. (2006). Predicting fruit consumption: cognitions, intention and habits. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 38, 73-81.
• De Bruijn, G.J., Kremers, S.P.J. De Vet, E., De Nooijer, J., Van Mechelen, W., Brug, J. (2007). Does habit strength moderate the intention-behavior relationship? The case of fruit consumption. Psychology and Health, 22, 899-916.
• De Nooijer, J., Van Assema, P., De Vet, E., & Brug, J. (2005). How stable are stages of change for nutrition behaviors. Health Promotion International, 20, 27-34.
• De Nooijer, J., De Vet, E., Brug, J. & De Vries, N. K. (2006). Do implementation intentions help to turn good intentions into higher fruit intakes? Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 38, 25-29.
• Reubsaet, A., Brug, J., De Vet, E., & Van den Borne, B. (2003). The effects of practicing registration of organ  donation preference on self-efficacy and registration intention: an enactive mastery experience. Psychology and Health, 18, 585-594.