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Kirsten Visser

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ID1740643
NAMEKirsten Visser
GIVEN NAMESKirsten
FAMILY NAMEVisser
SIGNATUREVISSER K
AFFILIATIONSUtrecht University
ORCID0000-0003-3680-5794
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS27
TOTAL CITATIONS63
AUTHOR COUNT27
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2013
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX5
  • "I Just Walk Around and Try Something New": Investigating Children's Risky Play in Urban Neighborhood Spaces Using Play-Alongs

    Open Access•Kirsten Visser, Eline Ellerbeck•ARTICLE•Children Youth and Environments•2025

    Risky play provides valuable developmental benefits for children. Using play-alongs, photo elicitation, and duo-interviews with 7–10-year-olds, this study investigates children's risky play experiences and behavior in a Dutch neighborhood, focusing on environmental influences. Results revealed children's natural inclination toward risky play, where they carefully balance risks and rewards, often through peer interactions. Informal and green space…

  • Stimulating inclusive outdoor play: Breaking the vicious circle between physical segregation and lack of social acceptance

    Open Access•Kirsten Visser, Roxane Beekhuizen et al.•ARTICLE•Disability & Society•2025•References: 3

    Inclusive play is a critical catalyst for social inclusion and has developmental benefits for all children. This research explores barriers that adult stakeholders perceive towards inclusion of children with disabilities in ‘playing together’ with peers with and without disabilities. Insights were gathered through four focus groups (n = 37) involving young adults with a disability, parents of children with and without disabilities, healthcare and…

  • Planning for Risky Play: From Child-Safe Playgrounds Towards Adventurous Urban Areas

    Open Access•Marlies Meijer, Kirsten Visser et al.•ARTICLE•Planning Theory & Practice•2024

    A reduction of urban space dedicated to outdoor play has occurred in recent decades, accompanied by a focus on risk reduction when planning for play. Experts increasingly argue in favor of risky play and enabling settings in the urban outdoors. In this paper we examine how risky play is enabled and constrained in two Dutch cities – frontrunners in this debate. Through analyzing path dependencies and institutional change, our qualitative case stud…

  • Creating environments for risky play: Understanding the interplay between parents, play professionals and policymakers

    Open Access•Kirsten Visser, Irina Van Aalst et al.•ARTICLE•Children & Society•2024

    Playing outside is essential to growing up actively, socially and in good health. It is theorized that children particularly benefit from risky play situations. Opportunities for risky play, however, have declined in the last decades. Based on interviews with parents, play professionals and municipal policymakers in the Netherlands, we illustrate how environments for children's (risky) play are produced through the interplay between these three g…

  • Young Adults’ Perceptions of Intergenerational Solidarity and Conflict: The Renegotiation of Compliance with Restrictions During the Covid-19 Pandemic

    Open Access•Kirsten Visser, G Mollenhorst et al.•ARTICLE•Young•2024•References: 14

    During the COVID-19 pandemic, mitigating behaviour moved into the moral domain, and compliance with restrictions became tied to issues of intergenerational solidarity. Little is known about young people’s experiences with and attitudes towards coping with COVID-19 restrictions or about the role of intergenerational solidarity and conflict in their compliance. An analysis of 20 in-depth interviews with young adults (aged 18–24) in Dutch cities rev…

  • 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 co…

    Open Access•Mathilde E Brons, Marco Helbich et al.•ARTICLE•Social Science & Medicine•2024•Cited by: 1•References: 67

  • Complementing or Congruent? Desired Characteristics in a Friend and Romantic Partner in Autistic versus Typically Developing Male Adolescents

    Open Access•Linda P Dekker, Esther J M van der Vegt et al.•ARTICLE•Archives of Sexual Behavior•2023

    Ideal friend and romantic partner characteristics related to self-perceived characteristics have been investigated in typically developing (TD) individuals, but not in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Considering the autistic symptoms and challenges, investigating these concepts in autistic individuals is relevant. Given the lack of consensus, identity-first (“autistic person”) and person-first (“person with autism”) language are …

  • Acquiring Financial Support for Children’s Sports Participation: Co-Creating a Socially Safe Environment for Parents from Low-Income Families

    Open Access•Lonneke van Leeuwen, Angelique Ruiter et al.•ARTICLE•Children•2023

    Despite the many benefits of club-organized sports participation for children, sports participation is lower among children from low-income families than among those from middle- or high-income families. Social safety experienced by parents from low-income families is an important facilitator for parents to request financial support for their children's sports participation. Therefore, the first aim of this study was to better understand parental…

  • Time trends in associations between neighbourhood and school characteristics and mental health problems among Dutch adolescents

    Open Access•Mathilde E Brons, Marco Helbich et al.•ARTICLE•Health & Place•2023•Cited by: 1•References: 11

    We investigated trends in associations between physical and social neighbourhood and school characteristics and adolescent mental health problems between 2005 and 2017. Nationally representative, repeated cross-sectional data collected in the Netherlands among primary (N = 5,871) and secondary school students (N = 20,778) were analysed through cross-classified multilevel models. Hardly any evidence was found for over-time changes in associations …

  • It is natural: Sustained place attachment of long-term residents in a gentrifying Prague neighbourhood

    Open Access•Jessica Sykora, Marie Horňáková et al.•ARTICLE•Social & Cultural Geography•2023•Cited by: 4•References: 42

    Recently, post-socialist inner cities have been transforming through various processes of revitalisation and gentrification. The resulting physical and social contrasts of neighbouring localities lead to the spatial fragmentation of inner-city areas that may produce variegated effects on the everyday life of local residents. This paper examines how long-term residents of an inner-city neighbourhood in Prague undergoing residential and commercial …

  • Facilitating Children’s Club-Organized Sports Participation: Person–Environment Misfits Experienced by Parents from Low-Income Families

    Open Access•Lonneke van Leeuwen, Anne Annink et al.•ARTICLE•Children•2022

    Despite the many benefits of club-organized sports participation for children, studies have shown that sports participation is lower among children from low-income families than among children from middle- or high-income families. Adopting a socioecological perspective, the main aim of our study was to identify and describe experiences of person-environment (PE) misfits in relation to parental facilitation of children's sports participation. We c…

  • There are many ways to make it’: Young minority men’s aspirations and navigation of their low-income neighbourhood: a case study in Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Open Access•Kirsten Visser, Matthijs Jonker et al.•ARTICLE•Children s Geographies•2022•Cited by: 1•References: 29

    Young minority men from low-income neighbourhoods are often perceived as a uniform, disaffected group with antipathy towards mainstream education and occupations, while their own experiences are generally overlooked. Through in-depth interviews, we investigated how 14 minority young men (aged 16-23) from low-income neighbourhoods experience and navigate the impact of the neighbourhood social environment on their educational and occupational aspir…

  • Independent associations between residential neighbourhood and school characteristics and adolescent mental health in the Netherlands

    Open Access•Mathilde E Brons, Gideon Bolt et al.•ARTICLE•Health & Place•2022•Cited by: 3•References: 18

    This study examined associations between characteristics of the residential neighbourhood and the school and adolescent mental health, including the moderating role of family socioeconomic status (SES) and family support. Nationally representative Dutch data from adolescents aged 12-16 (N = 6422) were analysed through cross-classified multilevel models. Findings showed that school characteristics are more strongly linked to adolescent mental heal…

  • I Think It’ll All Blow Over in the End’: How Young People Perceive the Impact of Covid-19 on Their Future Orientations

    Open Access•Juul H D Henkens, Kirsten Visser et al.•ARTICLE•Young•2022•Cited by: 5•References: 10

    Since the beginning of 2020, the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and its lockdowns have changed the current lives of young people drastically. Given the importance of future orientations for young people’s mental well-being, it is important to investigate if and how this lockdown affected young people’s future orientations. In this study, 34 Dutch young people (aged 16–24) with diverse backgrounds were interviewed during the lockdown of spring 202…

  • Neighbourhood deprivation effects on young people's mental health and well-being: A systematic review of the literature

    Open Access•Kirsten Visser, Gideon Bolt et al.•ARTICLE•Social Science & Medicine•2021

  • Neighbourhood Factors in Children's Outdoor Play: A Systematic Literature Review

    Open Access•Kirsten Visser, Irina Van Aalst•ARTICLE•Tijdschrift voor Economische en…•2021•Cited by: 5•References: 4

    This systematic review discusses 25 recent studies (from 2000 to 2019, 13 quantitative and 12 qualitative) on the associations between neighbourhood characteristics and outdoor play of children (7–14 years old). Both physical and social contexts are shown to influence outdoor play, though studies differ on which elements matter most. Play‐friendly environments with informal and safe opportunities are more stimulating than formal playgrounds. More…

  • “I really wanted to stay in the same neighbourhood…”: Neighbourhood choice and satisfaction in the context of forced relocation—young people’s perspectives

    Open Access•Kirsten Visser•ARTICLE•Journal of Housing and the Built…•2019

    In recent decades, many Dutch municipalities have adopted policies of urban restructuring in deprived neighbourhoods. These policies lead to the forced relocation of the families living in the original social housing. As these families have priority in the housing market, the forced relocation is often seen as an opportunity to move to a better neighbourhood. However, we know little about how such a forced relocation and the new neighbourhood are…

  • I didn’t listen. I continued hanging out with them; they are my friends.’ The negotiation of independent socio-spatial behaviour between young people and parents living in a low-income neighbourhood

    Open Access•Kirsten Visser•ARTICLE•Children s Geographies•2019•Cited by: 1•References: 14

    Several studies show that parents can play an important role in buffering the effects of neighbourhood risks on their children, but pay limited attention to the processes of negotiation that take place within the family. To provide insight into these processes, interviews with young people and parents were conducted in the Feijenoord district in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Young people were often more familiar with and positive about the neighbou…

  • Insight into Informant Discrepancies Regarding Psychosexual Functioning of Adolescents with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder

    Open Access•Linda P Dekker, Kirsten Visser et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Research on Adolescence•2019•References: 4

    The private nature of psychosexual functioning leads adolescents and their parents to have different perspectives, which highlights studying parent-child informant discrepancies in this domain. We investigated informant discrepancy in psychosexual functioning, using the self-report and parent report versions of the Teen Transition Inventory (TTI), of adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD; 136 parent-child dyads) compared to adolescents f…

  • Young People are the Future? Comparing Adults’ and Young People’s Perceptions and Practices of Diversity in a Highly Diverse Neighbourhood

    Open Access•Kirsten Visser, Anouk K Tersteeg•ARTICLE•Tijdschrift voor Economische en…•2019•Cited by: 3•References: 48

    As today’s cities are becoming more diverse, scholars and policy makers have become increasingly interested in the impacts of living in diverse neighbourhoods on people’s perceptions of diversity. While adults’ and young people’s perceptions have been studied separately, we know little about how different age groups living in the same neighbourhood encounter and experience diversity. In this paper we explore how adults (aged 35–65) and young peop…

  • Because we're all different” – Everyday experiences of belonging among young people from immigrant backgrounds in Tottenham

    Open Access•Kirsten Visser•ARTICLE•Geoforum•2017•Cited by: 12•References: 9

  • ‘You shouldn't blame religion … but the person’ – the ethnic boundary work of young second-generation migrants in Rotterdam

    Open Access•Kirsten Visser•ARTICLE•Children s Geographies•2016

    In the Netherlands, as in most other western European countries, the desirability and the governability of a multicultural society are topics of debate. In the last decade, this debate has increasingly centred on second-generation migrants, focusing on their high rates of crime and school drop-out. In the Dutch context, however, little scholarly research has paid attention to second-generation migrants’ own experiences. In this paper, I therefore…

  • Hot times, hot places. Youths’ risk perceptions and risk management in Chicago and Rotterdam

    Open Access•Kirsten Visser, Florian Sichling et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Youth Studies•2016•Cited by: 3•References: 14

    Many young people in low-income neighbourhoods are considered to be at risk of poor social outcomes and of becoming victims of violence and crime. This exploratory study focuses on how young people perceive risk and navigate their environment in two low-income, multi-ethnic neighbourhoods, one in Rotterdam and one in Chicago. We conducted in-depth interviews and mental mapping exercises with young people aged 14–19 in both sites. We found that ne…

  • A good place to raise your children? The diversity of parents’ neighbourhood perceptions and parenting practices in a low-income, multi-ethnic neighbourhood

    Open Access•Kirsten Visser, Gideon Bolt et al.•ARTICLE•Geoforum•2015•Cited by: 8•References: 9

  • Come and live here and you'll experience it’: Youths talk about their deprived neighbourhood

    Kirsten Visser, Gideon Bolt et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Youth Studies•2014•Cited by: 10•References: 10

    This study examined youths' lived experiences of a deprived neighbourhood in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Previous studies assume that deprived neighbourhoods pose serious risks for youths. What is largely missing from these studies, however, are the experiences of young people themselves. Do they indeed experience their neighbourhood as hostile and unsafe? Do they really experience a lack of resources? We conducted a qualitative study among youth…

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  • Because we're all different” – Everyday experiences of belonging among young people from immigrant backgrounds in Tottenham

    Open Access•Kirsten Visser•ARTICLE•Geoforum•2017•Cited by: 12•References: 9

  • Come and live here and you'll experience it’: Youths talk about their deprived neighbourhood

    Kirsten Visser, Gideon Bolt et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Youth Studies•2014•Cited by: 10•References: 10

    This study examined youths' lived experiences of a deprived neighbourhood in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Previous studies assume that deprived neighbourhoods pose serious risks for youths. What is largely missing from these studies, however, are the experiences of young people themselves. Do they indeed experience their neighbourhood as hostile and unsafe? Do they really experience a lack of resources? We conducted a qualitative study among youth…

  • A good place to raise your children? The diversity of parents’ neighbourhood perceptions and parenting practices in a low-income, multi-ethnic neighbourhood

    Open Access•Kirsten Visser, Gideon Bolt et al.•ARTICLE•Geoforum•2015•Cited by: 8•References: 9

  • I Think It’ll All Blow Over in the End’: How Young People Perceive the Impact of Covid-19 on Their Future Orientations

    Open Access•Juul H D Henkens, Kirsten Visser et al.•ARTICLE•Young•2022•Cited by: 5•References: 10

    Since the beginning of 2020, the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and its lockdowns have changed the current lives of young people drastically. Given the importance of future orientations for young people’s mental well-being, it is important to investigate if and how this lockdown affected young people’s future orientations. In this study, 34 Dutch young people (aged 16–24) with diverse backgrounds were interviewed during the lockdown of spring 202…

  • Neighbourhood Factors in Children's Outdoor Play: A Systematic Literature Review

    Open Access•Kirsten Visser, Irina Van Aalst•ARTICLE•Tijdschrift voor Economische en…•2021•Cited by: 5•References: 4

    This systematic review discusses 25 recent studies (from 2000 to 2019, 13 quantitative and 12 qualitative) on the associations between neighbourhood characteristics and outdoor play of children (7–14 years old). Both physical and social contexts are shown to influence outdoor play, though studies differ on which elements matter most. Play‐friendly environments with informal and safe opportunities are more stimulating than formal playgrounds. More…

  • It is natural: Sustained place attachment of long-term residents in a gentrifying Prague neighbourhood

    Open Access•Jessica Sykora, Marie Horňáková et al.•ARTICLE•Social & Cultural Geography•2023•Cited by: 4•References: 42

    Recently, post-socialist inner cities have been transforming through various processes of revitalisation and gentrification. The resulting physical and social contrasts of neighbouring localities lead to the spatial fragmentation of inner-city areas that may produce variegated effects on the everyday life of local residents. This paper examines how long-term residents of an inner-city neighbourhood in Prague undergoing residential and commercial …

  • Independent associations between residential neighbourhood and school characteristics and adolescent mental health in the Netherlands

    Open Access•Mathilde E Brons, Gideon Bolt et al.•ARTICLE•Health & Place•2022•Cited by: 3•References: 18

    This study examined associations between characteristics of the residential neighbourhood and the school and adolescent mental health, including the moderating role of family socioeconomic status (SES) and family support. Nationally representative Dutch data from adolescents aged 12-16 (N = 6422) were analysed through cross-classified multilevel models. Findings showed that school characteristics are more strongly linked to adolescent mental heal…

  • Young People are the Future? Comparing Adults’ and Young People’s Perceptions and Practices of Diversity in a Highly Diverse Neighbourhood

    Open Access•Kirsten Visser, Anouk K Tersteeg•ARTICLE•Tijdschrift voor Economische en…•2019•Cited by: 3•References: 48

    As today’s cities are becoming more diverse, scholars and policy makers have become increasingly interested in the impacts of living in diverse neighbourhoods on people’s perceptions of diversity. While adults’ and young people’s perceptions have been studied separately, we know little about how different age groups living in the same neighbourhood encounter and experience diversity. In this paper we explore how adults (aged 35–65) and young peop…

  • Hot times, hot places. Youths’ risk perceptions and risk management in Chicago and Rotterdam

    Open Access•Kirsten Visser, Florian Sichling et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Youth Studies•2016•Cited by: 3•References: 14

    Many young people in low-income neighbourhoods are considered to be at risk of poor social outcomes and of becoming victims of violence and crime. This exploratory study focuses on how young people perceive risk and navigate their environment in two low-income, multi-ethnic neighbourhoods, one in Rotterdam and one in Chicago. We conducted in-depth interviews and mental mapping exercises with young people aged 14–19 in both sites. We found that ne…

  • Out of Place? The Effects of Demolition on Youths’ Social Contacts and Leisure Activities—A Case Study in Utrecht, the Netherlands

    Open Access•Kirsten Visser, Gideon Bolt et al.•ARTICLE•Urban Studies•2014•Cited by: 3•References: 36

    Most Dutch cities have adopted urban restructuring policies aimed at creating a socially mixed population in deprived neighbourhoods. This entails the demolition of low-cost, social rented housing units, which leads to the displacement of their residents. While researchers have investigated the social effects of displacement on adults, this study is the first to provide insight into the effects on youths. The findings indicate that, although the …

  • Urban Restructuring and Forced Relocations: Housing Opportunities for Youth? A Case Study in Utrecht, the Netherlands

    Kirsten Visser, Gideon Bolt et al.•ARTICLE•Housing Studies•2013•Cited by: 3•References: 41

    The existence of deprived urban neighbourhoods leads many governments to adopt policies of urban restructuring aimed at changing the socio-physical structure of these areas. Such policies often take form in the demolition of social rented dwellings and the displacement of residents. Although we know quite a lot about the effects of displacement on adults, little attention has been paid to the effects on youth. This paper provides insight into the…

  • 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 co…

    Open Access•Mathilde E Brons, Marco Helbich et al.•ARTICLE•Social Science & Medicine•2024•Cited by: 1•References: 67

  • Time trends in associations between neighbourhood and school characteristics and mental health problems among Dutch adolescents

    Open Access•Mathilde E Brons, Marco Helbich et al.•ARTICLE•Health & Place•2023•Cited by: 1•References: 11

    We investigated trends in associations between physical and social neighbourhood and school characteristics and adolescent mental health problems between 2005 and 2017. Nationally representative, repeated cross-sectional data collected in the Netherlands among primary (N = 5,871) and secondary school students (N = 20,778) were analysed through cross-classified multilevel models. Hardly any evidence was found for over-time changes in associations …

  • There are many ways to make it’: Young minority men’s aspirations and navigation of their low-income neighbourhood: a case study in Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Open Access•Kirsten Visser, Matthijs Jonker et al.•ARTICLE•Children s Geographies•2022•Cited by: 1•References: 29

    Young minority men from low-income neighbourhoods are often perceived as a uniform, disaffected group with antipathy towards mainstream education and occupations, while their own experiences are generally overlooked. Through in-depth interviews, we investigated how 14 minority young men (aged 16-23) from low-income neighbourhoods experience and navigate the impact of the neighbourhood social environment on their educational and occupational aspir…

  • I didn’t listen. I continued hanging out with them; they are my friends.’ The negotiation of independent socio-spatial behaviour between young people and parents living in a low-income neighbourhood

    Open Access•Kirsten Visser•ARTICLE•Children s Geographies•2019•Cited by: 1•References: 14

    Several studies show that parents can play an important role in buffering the effects of neighbourhood risks on their children, but pay limited attention to the processes of negotiation that take place within the family. To provide insight into these processes, interviews with young people and parents were conducted in the Feijenoord district in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Young people were often more familiar with and positive about the neighbou…

  • Urban Restructuring and Forced Relocations: Housing Opportunities for Youth? A Case Study in Utrecht, the Netherlands

    Kirsten Visser, Gideon Bolt et al.•ARTICLE•Housing Studies•2013•Cited by: 3•References: 41

    The existence of deprived urban neighbourhoods leads many governments to adopt policies of urban restructuring aimed at changing the socio-physical structure of these areas. Such policies often take form in the demolition of social rented dwellings and the displacement of residents. Although we know quite a lot about the effects of displacement on adults, little attention has been paid to the effects on youth. This paper provides insight into the…

  • Come and live here and you'll experience it’: Youths talk about their deprived neighbourhood

    Kirsten Visser, Gideon Bolt et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Youth Studies•2014•Cited by: 10•References: 10

    This study examined youths' lived experiences of a deprived neighbourhood in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Previous studies assume that deprived neighbourhoods pose serious risks for youths. What is largely missing from these studies, however, are the experiences of young people themselves. Do they indeed experience their neighbourhood as hostile and unsafe? Do they really experience a lack of resources? We conducted a qualitative study among youth…

  • Out of Place? The Effects of Demolition on Youths’ Social Contacts and Leisure Activities—A Case Study in Utrecht, the Netherlands

    Open Access•Kirsten Visser, Gideon Bolt et al.•ARTICLE•Urban Studies•2014•Cited by: 3•References: 36

    Most Dutch cities have adopted urban restructuring policies aimed at creating a socially mixed population in deprived neighbourhoods. This entails the demolition of low-cost, social rented housing units, which leads to the displacement of their residents. While researchers have investigated the social effects of displacement on adults, this study is the first to provide insight into the effects on youths. The findings indicate that, although the …

  • A good place to raise your children? The diversity of parents’ neighbourhood perceptions and parenting practices in a low-income, multi-ethnic neighbourhood

    Open Access•Kirsten Visser, Gideon Bolt et al.•ARTICLE•Geoforum•2015•Cited by: 8•References: 9

  • ‘You shouldn't blame religion … but the person’ – the ethnic boundary work of young second-generation migrants in Rotterdam

    Open Access•Kirsten Visser•ARTICLE•Children s Geographies•2016

    In the Netherlands, as in most other western European countries, the desirability and the governability of a multicultural society are topics of debate. In the last decade, this debate has increasingly centred on second-generation migrants, focusing on their high rates of crime and school drop-out. In the Dutch context, however, little scholarly research has paid attention to second-generation migrants’ own experiences. In this paper, I therefore…

  • Hot times, hot places. Youths’ risk perceptions and risk management in Chicago and Rotterdam

    Open Access•Kirsten Visser, Florian Sichling et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Youth Studies•2016•Cited by: 3•References: 14

    Many young people in low-income neighbourhoods are considered to be at risk of poor social outcomes and of becoming victims of violence and crime. This exploratory study focuses on how young people perceive risk and navigate their environment in two low-income, multi-ethnic neighbourhoods, one in Rotterdam and one in Chicago. We conducted in-depth interviews and mental mapping exercises with young people aged 14–19 in both sites. We found that ne…

  • Because we're all different” – Everyday experiences of belonging among young people from immigrant backgrounds in Tottenham

    Open Access•Kirsten Visser•ARTICLE•Geoforum•2017•Cited by: 12•References: 9

  • “I really wanted to stay in the same neighbourhood…”: Neighbourhood choice and satisfaction in the context of forced relocation—young people’s perspectives

    Open Access•Kirsten Visser•ARTICLE•Journal of Housing and the Built…•2019

    In recent decades, many Dutch municipalities have adopted policies of urban restructuring in deprived neighbourhoods. These policies lead to the forced relocation of the families living in the original social housing. As these families have priority in the housing market, the forced relocation is often seen as an opportunity to move to a better neighbourhood. However, we know little about how such a forced relocation and the new neighbourhood are…

  • I didn’t listen. I continued hanging out with them; they are my friends.’ The negotiation of independent socio-spatial behaviour between young people and parents living in a low-income neighbourhood

    Open Access•Kirsten Visser•ARTICLE•Children s Geographies•2019•Cited by: 1•References: 14

    Several studies show that parents can play an important role in buffering the effects of neighbourhood risks on their children, but pay limited attention to the processes of negotiation that take place within the family. To provide insight into these processes, interviews with young people and parents were conducted in the Feijenoord district in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Young people were often more familiar with and positive about the neighbou…

  • Insight into Informant Discrepancies Regarding Psychosexual Functioning of Adolescents with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder

    Open Access•Linda P Dekker, Kirsten Visser et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Research on Adolescence•2019•References: 4

    The private nature of psychosexual functioning leads adolescents and their parents to have different perspectives, which highlights studying parent-child informant discrepancies in this domain. We investigated informant discrepancy in psychosexual functioning, using the self-report and parent report versions of the Teen Transition Inventory (TTI), of adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD; 136 parent-child dyads) compared to adolescents f…

  • Young People are the Future? Comparing Adults’ and Young People’s Perceptions and Practices of Diversity in a Highly Diverse Neighbourhood

    Open Access•Kirsten Visser, Anouk K Tersteeg•ARTICLE•Tijdschrift voor Economische en…•2019•Cited by: 3•References: 48

    As today’s cities are becoming more diverse, scholars and policy makers have become increasingly interested in the impacts of living in diverse neighbourhoods on people’s perceptions of diversity. While adults’ and young people’s perceptions have been studied separately, we know little about how different age groups living in the same neighbourhood encounter and experience diversity. In this paper we explore how adults (aged 35–65) and young peop…

  • Neighbourhood deprivation effects on young people's mental health and well-being: A systematic review of the literature

    Open Access•Kirsten Visser, Gideon Bolt et al.•ARTICLE•Social Science & Medicine•2021

  • Neighbourhood Factors in Children's Outdoor Play: A Systematic Literature Review

    Open Access•Kirsten Visser, Irina Van Aalst•ARTICLE•Tijdschrift voor Economische en…•2021•Cited by: 5•References: 4

    This systematic review discusses 25 recent studies (from 2000 to 2019, 13 quantitative and 12 qualitative) on the associations between neighbourhood characteristics and outdoor play of children (7–14 years old). Both physical and social contexts are shown to influence outdoor play, though studies differ on which elements matter most. Play‐friendly environments with informal and safe opportunities are more stimulating than formal playgrounds. More…

  • Facilitating Children’s Club-Organized Sports Participation: Person–Environment Misfits Experienced by Parents from Low-Income Families

    Open Access•Lonneke van Leeuwen, Anne Annink et al.•ARTICLE•Children•2022

    Despite the many benefits of club-organized sports participation for children, studies have shown that sports participation is lower among children from low-income families than among children from middle- or high-income families. Adopting a socioecological perspective, the main aim of our study was to identify and describe experiences of person-environment (PE) misfits in relation to parental facilitation of children's sports participation. We c…

  • There are many ways to make it’: Young minority men’s aspirations and navigation of their low-income neighbourhood: a case study in Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Open Access•Kirsten Visser, Matthijs Jonker et al.•ARTICLE•Children s Geographies•2022•Cited by: 1•References: 29

    Young minority men from low-income neighbourhoods are often perceived as a uniform, disaffected group with antipathy towards mainstream education and occupations, while their own experiences are generally overlooked. Through in-depth interviews, we investigated how 14 minority young men (aged 16-23) from low-income neighbourhoods experience and navigate the impact of the neighbourhood social environment on their educational and occupational aspir…

  • Independent associations between residential neighbourhood and school characteristics and adolescent mental health in the Netherlands

    Open Access•Mathilde E Brons, Gideon Bolt et al.•ARTICLE•Health & Place•2022•Cited by: 3•References: 18

    This study examined associations between characteristics of the residential neighbourhood and the school and adolescent mental health, including the moderating role of family socioeconomic status (SES) and family support. Nationally representative Dutch data from adolescents aged 12-16 (N = 6422) were analysed through cross-classified multilevel models. Findings showed that school characteristics are more strongly linked to adolescent mental heal…

  • I Think It’ll All Blow Over in the End’: How Young People Perceive the Impact of Covid-19 on Their Future Orientations

    Open Access•Juul H D Henkens, Kirsten Visser et al.•ARTICLE•Young•2022•Cited by: 5•References: 10

    Since the beginning of 2020, the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and its lockdowns have changed the current lives of young people drastically. Given the importance of future orientations for young people’s mental well-being, it is important to investigate if and how this lockdown affected young people’s future orientations. In this study, 34 Dutch young people (aged 16–24) with diverse backgrounds were interviewed during the lockdown of spring 202…

  • Complementing or Congruent? Desired Characteristics in a Friend and Romantic Partner in Autistic versus Typically Developing Male Adolescents

    Open Access•Linda P Dekker, Esther J M van der Vegt et al.•ARTICLE•Archives of Sexual Behavior•2023

    Ideal friend and romantic partner characteristics related to self-perceived characteristics have been investigated in typically developing (TD) individuals, but not in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Considering the autistic symptoms and challenges, investigating these concepts in autistic individuals is relevant. Given the lack of consensus, identity-first (“autistic person”) and person-first (“person with autism”) language are …

  • Acquiring Financial Support for Children’s Sports Participation: Co-Creating a Socially Safe Environment for Parents from Low-Income Families

    Open Access•Lonneke van Leeuwen, Angelique Ruiter et al.•ARTICLE•Children•2023

    Despite the many benefits of club-organized sports participation for children, sports participation is lower among children from low-income families than among those from middle- or high-income families. Social safety experienced by parents from low-income families is an important facilitator for parents to request financial support for their children's sports participation. Therefore, the first aim of this study was to better understand parental…

  • Time trends in associations between neighbourhood and school characteristics and mental health problems among Dutch adolescents

    Open Access•Mathilde E Brons, Marco Helbich et al.•ARTICLE•Health & Place•2023•Cited by: 1•References: 11

    We investigated trends in associations between physical and social neighbourhood and school characteristics and adolescent mental health problems between 2005 and 2017. Nationally representative, repeated cross-sectional data collected in the Netherlands among primary (N = 5,871) and secondary school students (N = 20,778) were analysed through cross-classified multilevel models. Hardly any evidence was found for over-time changes in associations …

  • It is natural: Sustained place attachment of long-term residents in a gentrifying Prague neighbourhood

    Open Access•Jessica Sykora, Marie Horňáková et al.•ARTICLE•Social & Cultural Geography•2023•Cited by: 4•References: 42

    Recently, post-socialist inner cities have been transforming through various processes of revitalisation and gentrification. The resulting physical and social contrasts of neighbouring localities lead to the spatial fragmentation of inner-city areas that may produce variegated effects on the everyday life of local residents. This paper examines how long-term residents of an inner-city neighbourhood in Prague undergoing residential and commercial …

  • Planning for Risky Play: From Child-Safe Playgrounds Towards Adventurous Urban Areas

    Open Access•Marlies Meijer, Kirsten Visser et al.•ARTICLE•Planning Theory & Practice•2024

    A reduction of urban space dedicated to outdoor play has occurred in recent decades, accompanied by a focus on risk reduction when planning for play. Experts increasingly argue in favor of risky play and enabling settings in the urban outdoors. In this paper we examine how risky play is enabled and constrained in two Dutch cities – frontrunners in this debate. Through analyzing path dependencies and institutional change, our qualitative case stud…

  • Creating environments for risky play: Understanding the interplay between parents, play professionals and policymakers

    Open Access•Kirsten Visser, Irina Van Aalst et al.•ARTICLE•Children & Society•2024

    Playing outside is essential to growing up actively, socially and in good health. It is theorized that children particularly benefit from risky play situations. Opportunities for risky play, however, have declined in the last decades. Based on interviews with parents, play professionals and municipal policymakers in the Netherlands, we illustrate how environments for children's (risky) play are produced through the interplay between these three g…

  • Young Adults’ Perceptions of Intergenerational Solidarity and Conflict: The Renegotiation of Compliance with Restrictions During the Covid-19 Pandemic

    Open Access•Kirsten Visser, G Mollenhorst et al.•ARTICLE•Young•2024•References: 14

    During the COVID-19 pandemic, mitigating behaviour moved into the moral domain, and compliance with restrictions became tied to issues of intergenerational solidarity. Little is known about young people’s experiences with and attitudes towards coping with COVID-19 restrictions or about the role of intergenerational solidarity and conflict in their compliance. An analysis of 20 in-depth interviews with young adults (aged 18–24) in Dutch cities rev…

  • 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 co…

    Open Access•Mathilde E Brons, Marco Helbich et al.•ARTICLE•Social Science & Medicine•2024•Cited by: 1•References: 67

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