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Researcher
Maxim Dierckens
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35
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2026
Mental health policies in secondary schools and their impact on student well-being and perceived school climate
Karen Schrijvers
Barbara Willems
Aafke Buyl
Benedicte Deforche
Maxim Dierckens
A1
Journal Article
in
SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH
2026
2025
A holistic perspective on adolescent well-being : trends and determinants of mental, social, and physical well-being
Karen Schrijvers
Benedicte Deforche
Maxim Dierckens
Dissertation
2025
Social inequalities in adolescents’ psychological and somatic complaints : cross-national trends between 2002 and 2022 and the role of societal changes
Mathilde E. Brons
Paola Berchialla
Marco Helbich
Maxim Dierckens
Michela Lenzi
Joanna C. Inchley
Gonneke W.J.M. Stevens
A1
Journal Article
in
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
2025
Studie Jongeren en Gezondheid : eindrapport 2021-2024
Maxim Dierckens
Karen Schrijvers
Benedicte Deforche
Report
2025
The mediating role of recreational physical activity and dietary behavior in the relationship between family affluence and mental well-being : an interventional effects approach
Tom Loeys
Louise Poppe
Maxim Dierckens
Beatrijs Moerkerke
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE
2025
The toll of an early bell : school start time and adolescent sleep quality in Flanders
Maxim Dierckens
Margaux Rigole
Louise Poppe
Benedicte Deforche
Anneke Vandendriessche
C3
Conference
2025
2024
At risk or resilient? Examining the effects of having a migration background on mental and social wellbeing outcomes amongst adolescents
Sarah Devos
Karen Schrijvers
Maxim Dierckens
Jelle Van Cauwenberg
Benedicte Deforche
Ilse Derluyn
Katrijn Delaruelle
A2
Journal Article
in
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENCE AND YOUTH
2024
Country-level sociocultural context and socioeconomic inequalities in adolescent dietary behaviours : a multilevel analysis in 21 European countries
Maxim Dierckens
Benedicte Deforche
Bart De Clercq
Dominic Weinberg
Gonneke W.J.M. Stevens
Angeline Chatelan
Manon Rouche
Els Clays
Katrijn Delaruelle
A1
Journal Article
in
APPETITE
2024
Questioning gender identity in adolescent population research : development and pilot testing of the Gender Identity Questions for Adolescents (GIQA)
Karen Schrijvers
Sara De Meyer
Benedicte Deforche
Joz Motmans
Maxim Dierckens
A1
Journal Article
in
PSYCHOLOGY OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER DIVERSITY
2024
School socioeconomic status and psychological complaints among adolescents in 44 countries : the mediating role of schoolwork pressure and classmate support and the moderating role of family SES and country-level income inequality
Mathilde E. Brons
Marco Helbich
Frank J. Elgar
Michela Lenzi
Gideon Bolt
Maxim Dierckens
Alina Cosma
Kirsten Visser
Gonneke W.J.M. Stevens
A1
Journal Article
in
SOCIAL SCIENCE MEDICINE
2024
The implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for the construction of the family affluence scale : findings from 16 countries
Maartje Boer
Concepción Moreno-Maldonado
Maxim Dierckens
Michela Lenzi
Candace Currie
Caroline Residori
Lucia Bosáková
Paola Berchialla
Tamsyn Eida
Gonneke Stevens
A1
Journal Article
in
CHILD INDICATORS RESEARCH
2024
Three decades of adolescent health : unveiling global trends across 41 countries in psychological and somatic complaints (1994–2022)
Karen Schrijvers
Alina Cosma
Thomas Potrebny
Einar Thorsteinsson
Carolina Catunda
Franziska Reiss
Sabina Hulbert
Michaela Kostičová
Marina Melkumova
Michela Bersia
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
2024
Unlocking adolescent dietary behaviours: the causal role of social contexts
Maxim Dierckens
Jelle Van Cauwenberg
Katrijn Delaruelle
Bart De Clercq
Els Clays
Benedicte Deforche
C3
Conference
2024
2023
How do family, school and neighbourhood contexts relate to one another in forming adolescent dietary behaviours?
Maxim Dierckens
Katrijn Delaruelle
Bart De Clercq
Els Clays
Benedicte Deforche
C3
Conference
2023
Sixteen-year trends in fruit consumption and related socioeconomic inequalities among adolescents in Western European countries
Charlotte Nicolas
Manon Rouche
Maxim Dierckens
Colette Kelly
Anne-Siri Fismen
Paola Nardone
Katia Castetbon
Angeline Chatelan
A1
Journal Article
in
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUTRITION
2023
2022
Country-level social mobility and inequalities in adolescent health behaviours in 32 countries
H Schmengler
M Peeters
GWJM Stevens
AE Kunst
Katrijn Delaruelle
Maxim Dierckens
L Charrier
D Weinberg
AJ Oldehinkel
WAM Vollebergh
C3
Conference
2022
Social inequalities in adolescent health and health behaviours : trends and determinants
Maxim Dierckens
Benedicte Deforche
Bart De Clercq
Dissertation
2022
Socioeconomic inequalities in adolescent health behaviours across 32 different countries : the role of country-level social mobility
Heiko Schmengler
Margot Peeters
Gonneke W.J.M. Stevens
Anton E. Kunst
Katrijn Delaruelle
Maxim Dierckens
Lorena Charrier
Dom Weinberg
Albertine J. Oldehinkel
Wilma A.M. Vollebergh
A1
Journal Article
in
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
2022
Trends in material and non-material inequalities in adolescent health and health behaviours : a 12-year study in 23 European countries
Maxim Dierckens
Matthias Richter
Irene Moor
Frank J. Elgar
Els Clays
Benedicte Deforche
Bart De Clercq
A1
Journal Article
in
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
2022
2021
Adolescents’ sleep quality in relation to peer, family and school factors : findings from the 2017/2018 HBSC study in Flanders
Katrijn Delaruelle
Maxim Dierckens
Anneke Vandendriessche
Benedicte Deforche
Louise Poppe
A1
Journal Article
in
QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH
2021
After the bell : adolescents’ organised leisure-time activities and well-being in the context of social and socioeconomic inequalities
Petr Badura
Zdenek Hamrik
Maxim Dierckens
Inese Gobiņa
Marta Malinowska-Cieślik
Jana Furstova
Jaroslava Kopcakova
William Pickett
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH
2021
Data gathering methods for gender identity : good practices and challenges
Joz Motmans
Aisa Burgwal
Maxim Dierckens
Pavlou Miltos
Karel Fric
C3
Conference
2021
Eindrapport Studie Jongeren en Gezondheid 2017 - 2020
Maxim Dierckens
Katrijn Delaruelle
Benedicte Deforche
Report
2021
How are adolescents sleeping? Conservative estimates of sleep duration underestimate the problem
Anneke Vandendriessche
Maxim Dierckens
Katrijn Delaruelle
Benedicte Deforche
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH
2021
Je bent jong en ... je zorgt : aantal, profiel, taakopname, welzijn en gezondheid van jonge mantelzorgers becijferd
Joost Bronselaer
Jan Pickery
Veronique Vandezande
Maxim Dierckens
Katrijn Delaruelle
Barbara Demeyer
Report
2021
Jonge mantelzorgers in de kijker : resultaten en aanbevelingen vanuit drie onderzoeksrapporten
Joost Bronselaer
Barbara Demeyer
Veronique Vandezande
Jonas Dockx
Katrijn Denies
Maxim Dierckens
Katrijn Delaruelle
Report
2021
Mental health in adolescents with a migration background in 29 European countries : the buffering role of social capital
Katrijn Delaruelle
Sophie D. Walsh
Maxim Dierckens
Benedicte Deforche
Matthias Robert Kern
Candace Currie
Concepcion Moreno Maldonado
Alina Cosma
Gonneke W. J. M. Stevens
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF YOUTH AND ADOLESCENCE
2021
Twenty-four-year trends in family and regional disparities in fruit, vegetable and sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among adolescents in Belgium
Manon Rouche
Maxim Dierckens
Lucille Desbouys
Camille Pedroni
Thérésa Lebacq
Isabelle Godin
Benedicte Deforche
Katia Castetbon
A1
Journal Article
in
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
2021
2020
Country-level meritocratic beliefs moderate the social gradient in adolescent mental health : a multilevel study in 30 European countries
Dominic Weinberg
Gonneke W.J.M. Stevens
Candace Currie
Katrijn Delaruelle
Maxim Dierckens
Michela Lenzi
Gill Main
Catrin Finkenauer
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH
2020
National level wealth inequality and socioeconomic inequality in adolescent mental wellbeing
Maxim Dierckens
D Weinberg
Y Huang
F Elgar
I Moor
L Augustine
N Lyyra
B De Clercq
G W J M Stevens
C Currie
C3
Conference
2020
National-level wealth inequality and socioeconomic inequality in adolescent mental well-being : a time series analysis of 17 countries
Maxim Dierckens
Dominic Weinberg
Yanyan Huang
Frank Elgar
Irene Moor
Lilly Augustine
Nelli Lyyra
Benedicte Deforche
Bart De Clercq
Gonneke W.J.M. Stevens
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH
2020
2019
Cultural values and adolescents’ health inequalities in 21 European countries
Maxim Dierckens
Bart De Clercq
Benedicte Deforche
C3
Conference
2019
Socioeconomic disparities in diet vary according to migration status among adolescents in Belgium
Manon Rouche
Bart De Clercq
Thérésa Lebacq
Maxim Dierckens
Nathalie Moreau
Lucille Desbouys
Isabelle Godin
Katia Castetbon
A1
Journal Article
in
NUTRIENTS
2019
Vlaamse jonge mantelzorgers onderzocht
Véronique Vandezande
Joost Bronselaer
Barbara Demeyer
Katrijn Denies
Anton Derks
Maxim Dierckens
A4
Journal Article
in
WELWIJS (LEUVEN)
2019
2018
Trends in adolescents’ material and occupational social class-based inequalities in health
Maxim Dierckens
M Richter
I Moor
F Elgar
Els Clays
Benedicte Deforche
B De Clercq
C3
Conference
2018