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Researcher

Maxim Dierckens

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34 Results

2025

A holistic perspective on adolescent well-being : trends and determinants of mental, social, and physical well-being

Karen SchrijversBenedicte DeforcheMaxim Dierckens

Social inequalities in adolescents’ psychological and somatic complaints : cross-national trends between 2002 and 2022 and the role of societal changes

Mathilde E. BronsPaola BerchiallaMarco HelbichMaxim DierckensMichela LenziJoanna C. InchleyGonneke W.J.M. Stevens

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Studie Jongeren en Gezondheid : eindrapport 2021-2024

Maxim DierckensKaren SchrijversBenedicte Deforche

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 LoeysLouise PoppeMaxim DierckensBeatrijs Moerkerke

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE

The toll of an early bell : school start time and adolescent sleep quality in Flanders

Maxim DierckensMargaux RigoleLouise PoppeBenedicte DeforcheAnneke Vandendriessche

2024

At risk or resilient? Examining the effects of having a migration background on mental and social wellbeing outcomes amongst adolescents

Sarah DevosKaren SchrijversMaxim DierckensJelle Van CauwenbergBenedicte DeforcheIlse DerluynKatrijn Delaruelle

A2 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENCE AND YOUTH

Country-level sociocultural context and socioeconomic inequalities in adolescent dietary behaviours : a multilevel analysis in 21 European countries

Maxim DierckensBenedicte DeforcheBart De ClercqDominic WeinbergGonneke W.J.M. StevensAngeline ChatelanManon RoucheEls ClaysKatrijn Delaruelle

A1 Journal Article in APPETITE

Questioning gender identity in adolescent population research : development and pilot testing of the Gender Identity Questions for Adolescents (GIQA)

Karen SchrijversSara De MeyerBenedicte DeforcheJoz MotmansMaxim Dierckens

A1 Journal Article in PSYCHOLOGY OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER DIVERSITY

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. BronsMarco HelbichFrank J. ElgarMichela LenziGideon BoltMaxim DierckensAlina CosmaKirsten VisserGonneke W.J.M. Stevens

A1 Journal Article in SOCIAL SCIENCE MEDICINE

The implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for the construction of the family affluence scale : findings from 16 countries

Maartje BoerConcepción Moreno-MaldonadoMaxim DierckensMichela LenziCandace CurrieCaroline ResidoriLucia BosákováPaola BerchiallaTamsyn EidaGonneke Stevens

A1 Journal Article in CHILD INDICATORS RESEARCH

Three decades of adolescent health : unveiling global trends across 41 countries in psychological and somatic complaints (1994–2022)

Karen SchrijversAlina CosmaThomas PotrebnyEinar ThorsteinssonCarolina CatundaFranziska ReissSabina HulbertMichaela KostičováMarina MelkumovaMichela Bersia et al.

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Unlocking adolescent dietary behaviours: the causal role of social contexts

Maxim DierckensJelle Van CauwenbergKatrijn DelaruelleBart De ClercqEls ClaysBenedicte Deforche

2023

How do family, school and neighbourhood contexts relate to one another in forming adolescent dietary behaviours?

Maxim DierckensKatrijn DelaruelleBart De ClercqEls ClaysBenedicte Deforche

Sixteen-year trends in fruit consumption and related socioeconomic inequalities among adolescents in Western European countries

Charlotte NicolasManon RoucheMaxim DierckensColette KellyAnne-Siri FismenPaola NardoneKatia CastetbonAngeline Chatelan

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

2022

Country-level social mobility and inequalities in adolescent health behaviours in 32 countries

H SchmenglerM PeetersGWJM StevensAE KunstKatrijn DelaruelleMaxim DierckensL CharrierD WeinbergAJ OldehinkelWAM Vollebergh

Social inequalities in adolescent health and health behaviours : trends and determinants

Maxim DierckensBenedicte DeforcheBart De Clercq

Socioeconomic inequalities in adolescent health behaviours across 32 different countries : the role of country-level social mobility

Heiko SchmenglerMargot PeetersGonneke W.J.M. StevensAnton E. KunstKatrijn DelaruelleMaxim DierckensLorena CharrierDom WeinbergAlbertine J. OldehinkelWilma A.M. Vollebergh

A1 Journal Article in SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE

Trends in material and non-material inequalities in adolescent health and health behaviours : a 12-year study in 23 European countries

Maxim DierckensMatthias RichterIrene MoorFrank J. ElgarEls ClaysBenedicte DeforcheBart De Clercq

A1 Journal Article in PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

2021

Adolescents’ sleep quality in relation to peer, family and school factors : findings from the 2017/2018 HBSC study in Flanders

Katrijn DelaruelleMaxim DierckensAnneke VandendriesscheBenedicte DeforcheLouise Poppe

A1 Journal Article in QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH

After the bell : adolescents’ organised leisure-time activities and well-being in the context of social and socioeconomic inequalities

Petr BaduraZdenek HamrikMaxim DierckensInese GobiņaMarta Malinowska-CieślikJana FurstovaJaroslava KopcakovaWilliam Pickett

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH

Data gathering methods for gender identity : good practices and challenges

Joz MotmansAisa BurgwalMaxim DierckensPavlou MiltosKarel Fric

Eindrapport Studie Jongeren en Gezondheid 2017 - 2020

Maxim DierckensKatrijn DelaruelleBenedicte Deforche

How are adolescents sleeping? Conservative estimates of sleep duration underestimate the problem

Anneke VandendriesscheMaxim DierckensKatrijn DelaruelleBenedicte Deforche

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH

Je bent jong en ... je zorgt : aantal, profiel, taakopname, welzijn en gezondheid van jonge mantelzorgers becijferd

Joost BronselaerJan PickeryVeronique VandezandeMaxim DierckensKatrijn DelaruelleBarbara Demeyer

Jonge mantelzorgers in de kijker : resultaten en aanbevelingen vanuit drie onderzoeksrapporten

Joost BronselaerBarbara DemeyerVeronique VandezandeJonas DockxKatrijn DeniesMaxim DierckensKatrijn Delaruelle

Mental health in adolescents with a migration background in 29 European countries : the buffering role of social capital

Katrijn DelaruelleSophie D. WalshMaxim DierckensBenedicte DeforcheMatthias Robert KernCandace CurrieConcepcion Moreno MaldonadoAlina CosmaGonneke W. J. M. Stevens

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF YOUTH AND ADOLESCENCE

Twenty-four-year trends in family and regional disparities in fruit, vegetable and sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among adolescents in Belgium

Manon RoucheMaxim DierckensLucille DesbouysCamille PedroniThérésa LebacqIsabelle GodinBenedicte DeforcheKatia Castetbon

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH

2020

Country-level meritocratic beliefs moderate the social gradient in adolescent mental health : a multilevel study in 30 European countries

Dominic WeinbergGonneke W.J.M. StevensCandace CurrieKatrijn DelaruelleMaxim DierckensMichela LenziGill MainCatrin Finkenauer

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH

National level wealth inequality and socioeconomic inequality in adolescent mental wellbeing

Maxim DierckensD WeinbergY HuangF ElgarI MoorL AugustineN LyyraB De ClercqG W J M StevensC Currie

National-level wealth inequality and socioeconomic inequality in adolescent mental well-being : a time series analysis of 17 countries

Maxim DierckensDominic WeinbergYanyan HuangFrank ElgarIrene MoorLilly AugustineNelli LyyraBenedicte DeforcheBart De ClercqGonneke W.J.M. Stevens et al.

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH

2019

Cultural values and adolescents’ health inequalities in 21 European countries

Maxim DierckensBart De ClercqBenedicte Deforche

Socioeconomic disparities in diet vary according to migration status among adolescents in Belgium

Manon RoucheBart De ClercqThérésa LebacqMaxim DierckensNathalie MoreauLucille DesbouysIsabelle GodinKatia Castetbon

A1 Journal Article in NUTRIENTS

Vlaamse jonge mantelzorgers onderzocht

Véronique VandezandeJoost BronselaerBarbara DemeyerKatrijn DeniesAnton DerksMaxim Dierckens

A4 Journal Article in WELWIJS (LEUVEN)

2018

Trends in adolescents’ material and occupational social class-based inequalities in health

Maxim DierckensM RichterI MoorF ElgarEls ClaysBenedicte DeforcheB De Clercq