Maité Van Alboom
Status: PhD researcher
Maité Van Alboom obtained her Master of Science in Clinical Psychology in 2018 at the University of Ghent. For her master thesis she focused on catastrophizing thoughts, acceptation, and well-being in adolescents who underwent spinal fusion for idiopathic scoliosis.
Currently, Maité is a PhD student under supervision of Prof. dr. Liesbet Goubert (department of Experimental-Clinical and Health Psychology) and Prof. dr. Piet Bracke. She focuses on the role of stigma and social networks in the context of chronic pain. Besides, Maité is also working as a clinical psychologist in a group practice.