Rutger C M E Engels

Biographic Data

ID	136869
NAME	Rutger C M E Engels
GIVEN NAMES	Rutger C M E
FAMILY NAME	Engels
SIGNATURE	ENGELS R C M E
AFFILIATIONS	Radboud University Nijmegen
ORCID	0000-0003-1944-9126
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	145
TOTAL CITATIONS	1004
AUTHOR COUNT	144
EDITOR COUNT	1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	2001
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2022
H-INDEX	17

Societal costs of subclinical depressive symptoms in Dutch adolescents: A cost‐of‐illness study
Open AccessDenise H M Bodden, Marieke W H van den Heuvel et al.ARTICLEJournal of Child Psychology and…2022
BACKGROUND: Subclinical depressive symptoms are highly prevalent among adolescents and are associated with negative consequences, which may pose an economic burden for society. We conducted a prevalence-based cost-of-illness study using a societal perspective to investigate the cost-of-illness of subclinical depressive symptoms among adolescents. METHODS: Using a bottom-up approach, cost questionnaires were assessed to measure costs from 237 Dutc…
The degree of consistency of applying parental dietary and sedentary behavior rules as indicators for overweight in children: A cross-sectional study
Open AccessEmilie L M Ruiter, Gerdine A J Fransen et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022
Parents' consistency in applying rules regarding dietary and sedentary behaviors was associated with parents' level of education and ethnic background, as well as with children's dietary and sedentary behaviors and their likelihood of becoming overweight. Our results may contribute to helping make healthcare professionals aware that children of parents who do not apply sedentary behavior rules are more likely to become overweight, as well as the …
Secondary Outcomes of Implemented Depression Prevention in Adolescents: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Open AccessKarlijn W J de Jonge-Heesen, Sanne P A Rasing et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2021
Our most recent RCT provides evidence that indicated depression prevention is effective in reducing depressive symptoms in adolescents when implemented in the school community. In the present study we further test the potential effects of this prevention approach on symptoms related to depression: anxiety, suicidality, somatic symptoms, and perfectionism. We conducted exploratory analyses in 130 adolescents with elevated depressive symptoms aged …
Cancer survivors’ views on digital support for smoking cessation and alcohol moderation: A survey and qualitative study
Open AccessAjla Mujcic, Matthijs Blankers et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021
Cancer survivors are a diverse group with diverse preferences for AM and SC support. Digital AM and SC interventions for cancer survivors are perceived to be of value by some, especially when they incorporate a positive, non-judgemental and non-patronizing tone-of-voice, address concerns specifically relevant to cancer survivors, offer possibilities for personalization, and emphasize autonomy throughout. To encourage AM specifically, problem reco…
Cross-cultural adaptation of an anxiety measure in a disadvantaged South African community context: Methodological processes and findings
Open AccessNaomi Myburgh, Helene Loxton et al.ARTICLETranscultural Psychiatric…2021References: 47
An important challenge to enhancing community access to mental health interventions in marginalised, transcultural settings is the development of culturally relevant screening measures. Cross-cultural adaptation (CCA) and translation methods offer guidelines for the adaption of existing screening measures for use across cultures with the aim of preserving semantic and construct equivalence as well as validity. Yet, the application of CCA methods …
Cross-Lagged Associations between Depressive Symptoms and Response Style in Adolescents
Open AccessKim M van Ettekoven, Sanne P A Rasing et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2020
Depressive disorders are highly prevalent during adolescence and they are a major concern for individuals and society. The Response Style Theory and the Scar Theory both suggest a relationship between response styles and depressive symptoms, but the theories differ in the order of the development of depressive symptoms. Longitudinal reciprocal prospective relationships between depressive symptoms and response styles were examined in a community s…
Associations Between Coping Strategies and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescence: A Longitudinal Perspective
Open AccessKarlijn W J de Jonge-Heesen, Sanne P A Rasing et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Early Adolescence2020Cited by: 1References: 3
Adolescent depression is a major concern for public health and is associated with negative consequences and outcomes. Identifying adolescent characteristics that might relate to the risk for developing depression is crucial. This study investigated bidirectional associations between coping strategies and depressive symptoms over time. The participants were 1,341 secondary school students from the Netherlands ([Formula: see text] = 13.91, SD = 0.5…
Proactive Telephone Smoking Cessation Counseling Tailored to Parents: Results of a Randomized Controlled Effectiveness Trial
Open AccessTessa Scheffers-van Schayck, Rik Otten et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2019
A recent Dutch efficacy trial showed the efficacy of a telephone smoking cessation counseling tailored to smoking parents. Currently, it is unknown whether such telephone counseling would be effective under more real-world conditions. This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of parent-tailored telephone smoking cessation counseling in a two-arm randomized controlled effectiveness trial and whether the effectiveness depended on the recruitmen…
Everyday life situations in which mothers experience difficulty stimulating healthy energy balance–related behavior in their school-age children: A focus group study
Open AccessEmilie L M Ruiter, Gerdine A J Fransen et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2019
We identified five difficult everyday life situations related to healthy energy balance-related behavior. These five difficult situations were used as the input for developing a web-based parenting program designed to prevent children from becoming overweight. We reasoned that if we use these situations and the underlying reasons, many parents would recognize these situations and are willing to learn how to deal with them and complete the e-learn…
Depressive Symptoms Amplify Emotional Reactivity to Daily Perceptions of Peer Rejection in Adolescence
Open AccessThao Ha, Eeske Van Roekel et al.ARTICLEJournal of Youth and Adolescence2019Cited by: 1References: 43
Healthy play, better coping: The importance of play for the development of children in health and disease
Open AccessSanne L Nijhof, Christiaan H Vinkers et al.ARTICLENeuroscience & Biobehavioral…2018
Play is of vital importance for the healthy development of children. From a developmental perspective, play offers ample physical, emotional, cognitive, and social benefits. It allows children and adolescents to develop motor skills, experiment with their (social) behavioural repertoire, simulate alternative scenarios, and address the various positive and negative consequences of their behaviour in a safe and engaging context. Children with a chr…
Outcomes of a Randomized Controlled Trial on the Effectiveness of Depression and Anxiety Prevention for Adolescents with a High Familial Risk
Open AccessSanne P A Rasing, Daan H M Creemers et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2018
A randomized controlled trail was conducted to examine the effectiveness of a depression and anxiety prevention program ‘Een Sprong Vooruit’ (A Leap Forward) among adolescent girls with a high familial risk ( N = 142). The results showed neither effects of the prevention program directly after the intervention, nor at 6 or 12 months follow-up on depression and anxiety symptoms. Further, latent growth curve modeling (LGCM) was used to examine whet…
Evaluation and Implementation of a Proactive Telephone Smoking Cessation Counseling for Parents: A Study Protocol of an Effectiveness Implementation Hybrid Design
Open AccessTessa Scheffers-van Schayck, Rik Otten et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2018
Detrimental health consequences of smoking for both parents and children stress the importance for parents to quit. A Dutch efficacy trial supported the efficacy of proactive telephone counseling on parents. Still, how this program would function in "real world" conditions and how parents could be optimally reached is unclear. Therefore, this study will use an innovative method to examine the recruitment success of two implementation approaches (…
Gaining a competitive edge: Longitudinal associations between children’s competitive video game playing, conduct problems, peer relations, and prosocial behavior
Adam Lobel, Rutger C M E Engels et al.ARTICLEPsychology of Popular Media Culture2017Cited by: 3References: 8
Playful competition is an important hallmark of healthy child development. Playful competition facilitates moral learning, rewards perspective-taking skills, and challenges children to healthily regulate unpleasant emotions such as frustration, anger, and jealousy. Despite this, research on the effects of competitive video gaming has focused on antisocial outcomes, such as declines in prosocial behavior. Moreover, methodological shortcomings such…
Video Gaming and Children’s Psychosocial Wellbeing: A Longitudinal Study
Open AccessAdam Lobel, Rutger C M E Engels et al.ARTICLEJournal of Youth and Adolescence2017Cited by: 9References: 51
The effects of video games on children's psychosocial development remain the focus of debate. At two timepoints, 1 year apart, 194 children (7.27-11.43 years old; male = 98) reported their gaming frequency, and their tendencies to play violent video games, and to game (a) cooperatively and (b) competitively; likewise, parents reported their children's psychosocial health. Gaming at time one was associated with increases in emotion problems. Viole…
The Prospective Associations between Self-Efficacy and Depressive Symptoms from Early to Middle Adolescence: A Cross-Lagged Model
Open AccessYuli R Tak, Steven M Brunwasser et al.ARTICLEJournal of Youth and Adolescence2017Cited by: 10References: 46
Over the course of adolescence, an increasing number of adolescents experience depression. In order to effectively target depression, identifying risk factors for depressive symptoms is pivotal. Since low levels of self-efficacy were associated with higher levels of depressive symptoms in previous studies, the current study investigated the bidirectional and prospective associations between depressive symptoms and academic, social and emotional s…
The Co-Development of Parenting Stress and Childhood Internalizing and Externalizing Problems
Open AccessLisanne L Stone, Suzanne H W Mares et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psychopathology and…2016
Although the detrimental influence of parenting stress on child problem behavior is well established, it remains unknown how these constructs affect each other over time. In accordance with a transactional model, this study investigates how the development of internalizing and externalizing problems is related to the development of parenting stress in children aged 4-9. Mothers of 1582 children participated in three one-year interval data waves. …
Emotional eating as a mediator between depression and weight gain
Open AccessTatjana Van Strien, Hanna Konttinen et al.ARTICLEAppetite2016Cited by: 25References: 61
Adolescent Loneliness and Social Skills: Agreement and Discrepancies Between Self-, Meta-, and Peer-Evaluations
Open AccessGerine M A Lodder, Luc Goossens et al.ARTICLEJournal of Youth and Adolescence2016Cited by: 6References: 42
Lonely adolescents report that they have poor social skills, but it is unknown whether this is due to an accurate perception of a social skills deficit, or a biased negative perception. This is an important distinction, as actual social skills deficits require different treatments than biased negative perceptions. In this study, we compared self-reported social skills evaluations with peer-reported social skills and meta-evaluations of social ski…
Loneliness and the social monitoring system: Emotion recognition and eye gaze in a real-life conversation
Open AccessGerine M A Lodder, Ron H J Scholte et al.ARTICLEBritish Journal of Psychology2016Cited by: 4References: 49
Based on the belongingness regulation theory (Gardner et al., 2005, Pers. Soc. Psychol. Bull., 31, 1549), this study focuses on the relationship between loneliness and social monitoring. Specifically, we examined whether loneliness relates to performance on three emotion recognition tasks and whether lonely individuals show increased gazing towards their conversation partner's faces in a real-life conversation. Study 1 examined 170 college studen…
Smoking-related warning messages formulated as questions positively influence short-term smoking behaviour
Open AccessBarbara Cn Müller, Barbara C N Müller et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Psychology2016Cited by: 6References: 34
Research demonstrated that by reformulating smoking warnings into questions, defensive responses in smokers are reduced and smoking-related risk perception increases. We explored whether these positive outcomes can be generalised to actual behaviour. Participants saw either a movie presenting subheadings with smoking-related questions or statements. Afterwards, the time was measured until participants lit their first cigarette. Smokers who were p…
The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire: Psychometric properties of the parent and teacher version in children aged 4–7
Open AccessLisanne L Stone, Jan M A M Janssens et al.ARTICLEBMC Psychology2015
This study is the first to show SDQ scores are predictively valid, attesting to the feasibility of the SDQ as a screening instrument. Future research into predictive validity of the SDQ is warranted
Self-Control and the Effects of Movie Alcohol Portrayals on Immediate Alcohol Consumption in Male College Students
Open AccessRenske Koordeman, Doeschka J Anschutz et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2015
Viewing a movie with alcohol portrayals can lead to higher alcohol consumption in a specific sample of young men while watching a movie
The effectiveness of a web-based Dutch parenting program to prevent overweight in children 9–13 years of age: Study protocol for a two-armed cluster randomized controlled trial
Open AccessEmilie L M Ruiter, Gerdine A J Fransen et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2015
Dutch Trial Register: NTR3938 . Date of registration: April 7(th), 2013
Longitudinal associations between asthma control, medication adherence, and quality of life among adolescents: Results from a cross-lagged analysis
Open AccessDana Tiggelman, Monique O M Van De Ven et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2015

Parental attachment and adolescents' emotional adjustment: The associations with social skills and relational competence.
Rutger C M E Engels, Catrin Finkenauer et al.ARTICLEJournal of Counseling Psychology2001
Young people learn from their interactions with their parents how to initiate and maintain satisfying and warm friendships. Attachment with parents thereby plays an important role in adolescents' social and emotional adjustment. The model tested in this study proposes that the relation between parental attachment and emotional adjustment is mediated by social skills and relational competence. Structural equation modeling was used to estimate the …
Influences of Risk Behaviors on the Quality of Peer Relations in Adolescence
Open AccessRutger C M E Engels, Tom Ter BogtARTICLEJournal of Youth and Adolescence2001Cited by: 3References: 27
Course, Co-Occurrence, and Longitudinal Associations of Emotional Disturbance and Delinquency from Adolescence to Young Adulthood: A Six-Year Three-Wave Study
Open AccessGeertjan Overbeek, Wilma Vollebergh et al.ARTICLEJournal of Youth and Adolescence2001Cited by: 17References: 58
Parenting Practices, Social Skills and Peer Relationships in Adolescence
Open AccessRutger C M E Engels, Maja Deković et al.ARTICLESocial Behavior and Personality…2002
The influence of parents on their offsprings' peer relations is not limited to childhood but continues throughout the adolescent years. Little is, however, known about which mechanisms link adolescent functioning in family and peer systems. This study focuses on social skills as a mediator between characteristics of the parent-child relationship and peer relations. Data from a cross-sectional study among 508 12–18-year olds were used for analyses…
Dancestasy”: Dance and MDMA Use in Dutch Youth Culture
Open AccessTom Ter Bogt, Rutger Engels et al.ARTICLEContemporary Drug Problems2002Cited by: 6References: 20
“House” is the main youth subculture of the 1980s and 1990s in the Netherlands. For the members of this youth culture scene, house is a combination of going to parties and dancing all night while being high on MDMA, a drug better known as XTC/Ecstasy. This article is a review of the history of house and the Dutch house scene. It considers some of the psychological effects of dancing combined with taking Ecstasy: “dancestasy.” MDMA itself can be p…
Keeping Secrets from Parents: Advantages and Disadvantages of Secrecy in Adolescence
Open AccessCatrin Finkenauer, Rutger C M E Engels et al.ARTICLEJournal of Youth and Adolescence2002Cited by: 32References: 36
The Role of Peer Relations in Adolescent Development in Two Cultures: The Netherlands and Japan
Open AccessMaja Deković, Rutger C M E Engels et al.ARTICLEJournal of Cross-Cultural…2002Cited by: 4References: 55
The aims of this study were (a) to compare peer relations, developmental expectations, self-perceived competence, and well-being in Dutch and Japanese adolescents; and (b) to examine whether relationships among these constructs vary as a function of different cultures, that is, whether the same developmental model applies in both countries. The sample included 253 Dutch and 308 Japanese adolescents between 15 to 18 years of age. The same question…
Parenting style and adolescent fruit consumption
Open AccessStef Kremer, Stef P J Kremers et al.ARTICLEAppetite2003Cited by: 44References: 49
Disclosure and Relationship Satisfaction in Families
Open AccessCatrin Finkenauer, Rutger C M E Engels et al.ARTICLEJournal of Marriage and the Family2004
The present study developed a theoretical framework for understanding the social mechanisms underlying disclosure and its link with relationship satisfaction in a full family design. A study among 262 intact families, consisting of 2 children and 2 adults and involving 1,048 individuals, applied the social relations model. Results showed that disclosure was more important to satisfaction in horizontal relationships than vertical ones. Further, re…
Disclosure and Relationship Satisfaction in Families
Open AccessCatrin Finkenauer, Rutger C M E Engels et al.ARTICLEJournal of Marriage and the Family2004
The present study developed a theoretical framework for understanding the social mechanisms underlying disclosure and its link with relationship satisfaction in a full family design. A study among 262 intact families, consisting of 2 children and 2 adults and involving 1,048 individuals, applied the social relations model. Results showed that disclosure was more important to satisfaction in horizontal relationships than vertical ones. Further, re…
Why do young people drink? A review of drinking motives
Open AccessEmmanuel Kuntsche, Ronald Arnold Knibbe et al.ARTICLEClinical Psychology Review2005
Separation–individuation revisited: On the interplay of parent–adolescent relations, identity and emotional adjustment in adolescence☆
Open AccessWim Meeus, Jurjen Iedema et al.ARTICLEJournal of Adolescence2005
The objective of this study was to test our alternative interpretation of the separation–individuation hypothesis. This interpretation states that separation from the parents is not a precondition for individuation, but rather separation and individuation are two parallel processes of development during adolescence. We investigated our interpretation in two ways. Firstly, we looked at descriptive age differences in parental support and developmen…
Parenting behaviour and adolescent behavioural and emotional problems: The role of self-control
Open AccessCatrin Finkenauer, Rutger C M E Engels et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2005
Cross-sectional data from 1359 boys and girls aged 10–14 years investigated whether parenting behaviours are directly or indirectly (through building self-control) associated with emotional (depression, stress, low self-esteem) and behavioural (delinquency, aggression) problems among adolescents. Replicating existing findings, both types of problems were directly, negatively related to adaptive parenting behaviour (high parental acceptance, stric…
The role of alcohol‐specific socialization in adolescents’ drinking behaviour
Open AccessHaske Van der Vorst, Rutger C M E Engels et al.ARTICLEAddiction2005
Aims To determine which alcohol‐specific socialization practices are related to adolescents’ alcohol use, and to investigate whether parents differ in their alcohol‐specific socialization towards their children. Design In a sample of 428 families, both parents and two adolescents (aged 13–16 years) completed a questionnaire at home about alcohol‐specific parenting and their own alcohol use. Based on the reports of each family member, three differ…
Perceiving concealment in relationships between parents and adolescents: Links with parental behavior
Open AccessCatrin Finkenauer, Tom Frijns et al.ARTICLEPersonal Relationships2005
Although concealment in relationships is commonplace, little is known about its implications for the target of concealment. Two large-scale studies among adolescents and their parents tested the central hypothesis that parents’ perception of child concealment predicts poorer parenting behaviors toward their child. Further, we investigated whether actual child concealment adds to the prediction of parenting behaviors through an interaction with pa…
The Stice model of overeating: Tests in clinical and non-clinical samples
Open AccessTatjana Van Strien, Rutger C M E Engels et al.ARTICLEAppetite2005Cited by: 41References: 55
Keeping Secrets From Parents: Longitudinal Associations of Secrecy in Adolescence
Open AccessTom Frijns, Catrin Finkenauer et al.ARTICLEJournal of Youth and Adolescence2005Cited by: 13References: 46
Friends, Lovers and Groups: Key Relationships in Adolescence
Open AccessRutger C M E Engels, Margaret Kerr et al.BOOKFriends, Lovers and Groups2006
Who drinks and why? A review of socio-demographic, personality, and contextual issues behind the drinking motives in young people
Open AccessEmmanuel Kuntsche, Ronald Arnold Knibbe et al.ARTICLEAddictive Behaviors2006
Challenges to the peer influence paradigm: Results for 12–13 year olds from six European countries from the European Smoking Prevention Framework Approach study
Hein De Vries, Math J J M Candel et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2006
Smoking uptake in this age cohort may be more strongly influenced by personal and parental influences than initially believed. Hence, social inoculation programmes teaching youngsters to resist the pressures to smoke may be less appropriate if youngsters have a positive attitude towards smoking, associate smoking with various advantages and look for peers with similar values. For this group attitudes towards smoking may thus guide future friend s…
Longitudinal Relations Among Parenting, Best Friends, and Early Adolescent Problem Behavior: Testing Bidirectional Effects
Open AccessElizabeth Reitz, Maja Deković et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Early Adolescence2006Cited by: 21References: 21
In this longitudinal study, the bidirectional relations between parenting and friends’ deviance, on one hand, and early adolescent externalizing and internalizing problem behavior, on the other hand, are examined. Of the 650 adolescents (13- to 14-year-olds) who filled out the Youth Self-Report and questionnaires about their parents at two times within a 1-year interval, 141 adolescents could be paired, at both assessments, with the same best fri…
Lying Behavior, Family Functioning and Adjustment in Early Adolescence
Open AccessRutger C M E Engels, Catrin Finkenauer et al.ARTICLEJournal of Youth and Adolescence2006Cited by: 10References: 21
Disentangling Value Similarities and Transmissions in Established Marriages: A Cross-Lagged Longitudinal Study
Open AccessAnnette M C Roest, Judith Semon Dubas et al.ARTICLEJournal of Marriage and the Family2006Cited by: 4References: 24
This study examined spousal value similarity and transmission across a 5-year period on four value orientations: traditional family values, self-determination, social criticism, and hedonism. Participants were 685 Dutch couples in established marriages. Structural equation modeling results indicated that spouses were moderately similar on all value orientations. Over time, spousal similarity remained for traditional family values, self-determinat…
Automatic and controlled processes and the development of addictive behaviors in adolescents: A review and a model
Open AccessReinout W Wiers, Bruce Bartholow et al.ARTICLEPharmacology Biochemistry and…2007
‘I'm Not Interested in Computers’: Gender-based occupational choices of adolescents
Els Rommes, Geertjan Overbeek et al.ARTICLEInformation Communication & Society2007
Which cultural factors offer an explanation for girls' reluctance to choose technological subjects, such as computing science? This question is explored by critically analysing data from individual interviews and focus-group interviews with 86 Dutch adolescents. According to what the authors call the ‘self-to-profession matching’ theory, adolescents systematically compare what they are good at, what they want from a job, and what activities they …