Crystal Smit
Crystal Smit (PhD) is a postdoctoral researcher at the Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands. She focuses on motivating healthy behaviors among youth, while taking into account the influences in their social networks. In her research she investigates how to develop effective social network health campaigns in co-creation with children and adolescents. For a full scientific curriculum vitae and e-book of her dissertation, please visit www.crystalsmit.com
22 April 2025
Advertising and Marketing, Health and Wellbeing, Youth communication
Peer influence in the Caribbean: Getting Aruban kids to drink more water
14 June 2023
Health and Wellbeing, Youth communication
Thirsty for health: water consumption behaviors in Caribbean and European adolescents
22 June 2021
Health and Wellbeing, Youth communication
Motivating peer influencers to promote health behaviors
16 June 2021
Health and Wellbeing
Peer influencers can promote water drinking among classmates
19 March 2020
Social media, Health and Wellbeing, Youth communication
Influencers can sway children to drink unhealthy beverages
10 January 2020
Social media, Health and Wellbeing, Youth communication
Can watching vlogs created by peers make youth more physically active?
30 August 2019
Health and Wellbeing, Youth communication, Media technology and AI
Finding the Most Effective Peer Influencers Using Computer Simulations
7 June 2018
Health and Wellbeing, Youth communication, Media technology and AI
Can a Smartphone App Train Peer Influencers to Promote Physical Activity Among Their Peers?
17 April 2018
Health and Wellbeing, Youth communication
The Power of Peer Influencers: Influential Children Can Make Classmates Drink More Water
5 May 2017
Health and Wellbeing, Youth communication
What Determines Teens’ Fruit, Vegetable, and Water Intake?
24 June 2016
Health and Wellbeing, Youth communication