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An Verelst
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2025
Association between doses of the ‘Welcome to School’ intervention and mental health and resilience among young newcomer immigrants and refugees
Agnes Brunak
Ilse Derluyn
Susanne Rosthøj
Morten Skovdal
Nina Langer Primdahl
Caroline Spaas
Lucia De Haene
Hilde Colpin
Per Kristian Hilden
Arnfinn Andersen
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
2025
Coping strategies of people with a refugee or migration background during the COVID-19 pandemic and their association with mental health
Eva Spiritus-Beerden
An Verelst
Ines Devlieger
Fabio Botelho Guedes
Antonio Chiarenza
Stéphanie De Maesschalck
Natalie Durbeej
Rocío Garrido
Margarida Gaspar de Matos
Elisabeth Ioannidi
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
HEALTH EDUCATION RESEARCH
2025
Towards education with a shared language : language learning strategies adopted by newly arrived immigrant and refugee adolescents in Danish schools
Linnea Waade Biermann
Anne Sofie Borsch
Nina Langer Primdahl
Signe Smith Jervelund
An Verelst
Ilse Derluyn
Morten Skovdal
A1
Journal Article
in
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF EDUCATION
2025
‘They have somewhere to turn to’ : wellbeing support for newly arrived refugee and migrant adolescents in English secondary schools
Aimee Kelley
An Verelst
Ilse Derluyn
A1
Journal Article
in
BRITISH EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL
2025
2024
Dilemmas of ‘doing good’ : how teachers respond to the care needs of newly arrived refugee and immigrant adolescents in Denmark
Anne Sofie Borsch
An Verelst
Signe Smith Jervelund
Ilse Derluyn
Morten Skovdal
A2
Journal Article
in
PASTORAL CARE IN EDUCATION
2024
Evaluation of the Teaching Recovery Techniques intervention among newcomer students in Swedish schools : a randomised controlled trial turned into a feasibility study
Natalie Durbeej
Raziye Salari
Anna Sarkadi
Reeta Kankaanpä
Ilse Derluyn
An Verelst
Fatumo Osman
A1
Journal Article
in
BMC PUBLIC HEALTH
2024
Migrant students’ self-reported executive function skills in relation to mental health, postmigration stress, and positive appraisals of self and the social context
Marianne Opaas
Tore Wentzel-Larsen
Alexander Nissen
Per Kristian Hilden
Raija-Leena Punamäki
Caroline Spaas
Signe Smith Jervelund
Reeta Kankaanpää
Morten Skovdal
Kirsi Peltonen
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOTRAUMATOLOGY
2024
Negotiating futures : how schools shape belonging for young newcomers in Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
Caroline Spaas
Fatumo Osman
Morten Skovdal
Per Kristian Hilden
Ilse Derluyn
Natalie Durbeej
Anna Sarkadi
Nina L. Primdahl
Arnfinn J. Andersen
An Verelst
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF CHILD AND FAMILY STUDIES
2024
Psychometric properties of the Children’s Revised Impact of Event Scale (CRIES-8) among refugee adolescents from Afghanistan, Syria, and Somalia
Reeta Kankaanpää
Mervi Vänskä
Marianne Opaas
Caroline Spaas
Ilse Derluyn
Signe Smith Jervelund
Morten Skovdal
Natalie Durbeej
Fatumo Osman
Lucia De Haene
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOTRAUMATOLOGY
2024
The effect of teacher multicultural attitudes on self-efficacy and wellbeing at work
Sanni Aalto
Reeta Kankaanpää
Kirsi Peltonen
Ilse Derluyn
Nikolett Szelei
An Verelst
Lucia De Haene
Sofie de Smet
Caroline Spaas
Signe Smith Jervelund
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF EDUCATION
2024
Understanding how classroom drama workshops can facilitate social capital for newly arrived migrant and refugee adolescents : insights from Denmark
Dähne Finja
Signe Smith Jervelund
Nina Langer Primdahl
Nicole Siemsen
Ilse Derluyn
An Verelst
Caroline Spaas
Lucia De Haene
Morten Skovdal
A1
Journal Article
in
TRANSCULTURAL PSYCHIATRY
2024
2023
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the psychological well-being of migrants and refugees settled in Spain
Rocío Garrido
Virginia Paloma
Isabel Benítez
Morten Skovdal
An Verelst
Ilse Derluyn
A1
Journal Article
in
ETHNICITY & HEALTH
2023
School-based psychosocial interventions’ effectiveness in strengthening refugee and migrant adolescents’ mental health, resilience, and social relations : a four-country cluster randomized study
Caroline Spaas
Sameh Said-Metwaly
Morten Skovdal
Nina Langer Primdahl
Signe Smith Jervelund
Per Kristian Hilden
Arnfinn J. Andersen
Marianne Opaas
Emma Soye
Charles Watters
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
PSYCHOSOCIAL INTERVENTION
2023
Understanding interventions as social practices : how a school-based mental health intervention for migrant adolescents in Denmark interacted with context
Anne Sofie Borsch
An Verelst
Signe Smith Jervelund
Ilse Derluyn
Morten Skovdal
A1
Journal Article
in
CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW
2023
2022
Effectiveness of psychosocial school interventions in Finnish schools for refugee and immigrant children, 'Refugees Well School' in Finland (RWS-FI) : a protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial
Reeta Kankaanpää
Sanni Aalto
Mervi Vänskä
Riina Lepistö
Raija-Leena Punamäki
Emma Soye
Charles Watters
Arnfinn Andersen
Per Kristian Hilden
Ilse Derluyn
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
TRIALS
2022
Experience of discrimination during COVID-19 pandemic : the impact of public health measures and psychological distress among refugees and other migrants in Europe
Mattia Marchi
Federica Maria Magarini
Antonio Chiarenza
Gian Maria Galeazzi
Virginia Paloma
Rocío Garrido
Elisabeth Ioannidi
Katerina Vassilikou
Margarida Gaspar de Matos
Tania Gaspar
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
BMC PUBLIC HEALTH
2022
Mental health of refugee and non-refugee migrant young people in European secondary education : the role of family separation, daily material stress and perceived discrimination in resettlement
Caroline Spaas
An Verelst
Ines Devlieger
Sanni Aalto
Arnfinn J. Andersen
Natalie Durbeej
Per Kristian Hilden
Reeta Kankaanpää
Nina Langer Primdahl
Marianne Opaas
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF YOUTH AND ADOLESCENCE
2022
Migrant students’ sense of belonging and the Covid‐19 pandemic : implications for educational inclusion
Nikolett Szelei
Ines Devlieger
An Verelst
Caroline Spaas
Signe Smith Jervelund
Nina Langer Primdahl
Morten Skovdal
Marianne Opaas
Natalie Durbeej
Fatumo Osman
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
SOCIAL INCLUSION
2022
Social determinants of the mental health of young migrants
An Verelst
Caroline Spaas
Elisa Pfeiffer
Ines Devlieger
Reeta Kankaapää
Kirsi Peltonen
Mervi Vänskä
Emma Soye
Charles Watters
Fatumo Osman
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
2022
The impact of COVID-19 on the majority population, ethno-racial minorities, and immigrants : a systematic literature review on threat appraisals from an inter-group perspective
Emanuele Politi
Adrian Lüders
Sindhuja Sankaran
Joel Anderson
Jasper Van Assche
Eva Spiritus-Beerden
Antoine Roblain
Karen Phalet
Ilse Derluyn
An Verelst
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
EUROPEAN PSYCHOLOGIST
2022
2021
'I just want some clear answers': challenges and tactics adopted by migrants in Denmark when accessing health risk information about COVID-19
Rasmus Luca Lyager Brønholt
Nina Langer Langer Primdahl
Anja M. B. Jensen
An Verelst
Ilse Derluyn
Morten Skovdal
A1
Journal Article
in
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
2021
Analyse des problèmes liés au parcours juridique des victimes des violences sexuelles dans la province de la Tshopo en République Démocratique du Congo
Augustin Mukiekie Tshite
Sébastien Loosa Bolamba
Olivier Schmitz
An Verelst
Bosmans Marleen
Edouard Konan
Chantal Nandindo
A2
Journal Article
in
EUROPEAN SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL (KOČANI)
2021
De impact van de COVID-19-pandemie op het (over)leven van vluchtelingen en migranten in België
Eva Spiritus-Beerden
An Verelst
Tosca Lasuy
Nina Langer-Primdahl
Morten Skovdal
Ilse Derluyn
Bookchapter
in
Armoede en sociale uitsluiting : jaarboek 2021
2021
Evaluation of a school-based intervention to promote mental health of refugee youth in Sweden (The RefugeesWellSchool Trial) : study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial
Natalie Durbeej
Serena McDiarmid
Anna Sarkadi
Inna Feldman
Raija-Leena Punamäki
Reeta Kankaanpää
Arnfinn Andersen
Per Kristian Hilden
An Verelst
Ilse Derluyn
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
TRIALS
2021
Kader voor veilig melden van seksueel geweld voor migranten slachtoffers
An Verelst
Nikolett Szelei
Venetia Clarke
Oleksandra Boychenko
Leni Linthout
Ines Keygnaert
Report
2021
Mental health of refugees and migrants during the COVID-19 pandemic : the role of experienced discrimination and daily stressors
Eva Spiritus-Beerden
An Verelst
Ines Devlieger
Nina Langer Primdahl
Fábio Botelho Guedes
Antonio Chiarenza
Stéphanie De Maesschalck
Natalie Durbeej
Rocío Garrido
Margarida Gaspar de Matos
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
2021
Migrantes e refugiados durante a pandemia da COVID-19 : destaques do estudo aparttogether/oms = Migrants and refugees during the COVID-19 pandemic : highlights from the study aparttogether/who
Fábio Botelho Guedes
Susana Gaspar
Ana Cerqueira
Tânia Gaspar
Gina Tomé
Cátia Branquinho
Pedro Calado
Emilia Marques
Ilse Derluyn
An Verelst
et al.
A4
Journal Article
in
PSICOLOGIA, SAÚDE & DOENÇAS
2021
Misure di denuncia in sicurezza per migranti vittime di violenza sessuale
An Verelst
Nikolett Szelei
Venetia Clarke
Oleksandra Boychenko
Leni Linthout
Ines Keygnaert
Report
2021
Processus de signalement sécurisé pour les migrants victimes de violences sexuelles
An Verelst
Nikolett Szelei
Venetia Clarke
Oleksandra Boychenko
Leni Linthout
Ines Keygnaert
Report
2021
Safe reporting for migrant victims of sexual violence : mapping policies in Belgium, Ireland, and the UK
Oleksandra Boychenko
Nikolett Szelei
Gaëlle Le Pavic
Ruth Shrimpling
Leni Linthout
Ines Keygnaert
An Verelst
Manual
2021
Safe reporting framework for migrant victims of sexual violence
An Verelst
Nikolett Szelei
Venetia Clarke
Oleksandra Boychenko
Leni Linthout
Ines Keygnaert
Report
2021
‘It’s difficult to help when I am not sitting next to them’ : how COVID-19 school closures interrupted teachers’ care for newly arrived migrant and refugee learners in Denmark
Nina Langer Primdahl
Anne Sofie Borsch
An Verelst
Signe Smith Jervelund
Ilse Derluyn
Morten Skovdal
A2
Journal Article
in
VULNERABLE CHILDREN AND YOUTH STUDIES
2021
2020
The impact of avoidant/ disengagement coping and social support on the mental health of adolescent victims of sexual violence in Eastern Congo
An Verelst
Sarah Bal
Maarten De Schryver
Kana Nanc Say
Eric Broekaert
Ilse Derluyn
A1
Journal Article
in
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
2020
2019
'If you can’t follow, you’re out' : the perspectives of people with mental health problems on citizenship
Marianne Vervliet
Didier Reynaert
An Verelst
Sofie Vindevogel
Jessica De Maeyer
A1
Journal Article
in
APPLIED RESEARCH IN QUALITY OF LIFE
2019
2014
Mental health of victims of sexual violence in eastern Congo: associations with daily stressors, stigma, and labeling
An Verelst
Maarten De Schryver
Eric Broekaert
Ilse Derluyn
A1
Journal Article
in
BMC WOMENS HEALTH
2014
Psychosocial well-being of adolescent victims of sexual violence in eastern Congo
An Verelst
Ilse Derluyn
Eric Broekaert
Dissertation
2014
The mediating role of stigmatization in the mental health of adolescent victims of sexual violence in Eastern Congo
An Verelst
Maarten De Schrijver
L De Haene
Eric Broekaert
Ilse Derluyn
A1
Journal Article
in
CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT
2014