Sofie Van Regenmortel

Biographic Data

ID346875
NAMESofie Van Regenmortel
GIVEN NAMESSofie
FAMILY NAMEVan Regenmortel
SIGNATUREVAN REGENMORTEL S
AFFILIATIONSVrije Universiteit Brussel
ORCID0000-0002-3853-7597
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS18
AUTHOR COUNT10
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Childlessness in Later Life

    Open AccessHannelore Stegen, Sofie Van Regenmortel et al.ARTICLESAGE Open2025

    This study is a comprehensive portrayal of childlessness in later life, describing childless older adults’ specific characteristics related to childlessness, their personal and social characteristics, and well-being in comparison with older adults with children. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 543 adults (60+), 47.0% (255) of whom were childless. Reasons for childlessness include personal choice (35.3%), life events (24.3%), health p…

  • Multi-dimensional civic engagement of older Europeans

    Open AccessToon Vercauteren, Sofie Van Regenmortel et al.ARTICLEAgeing and Society2025References: 74

    Civic engagement is increasingly relevant for healthy and active ageing and addressing social exclusion among older people. Current research focuses primarily on formal volunteering, overlooking other ways older people contribute to their families and communities. This study addresses these gaps by recognising civic engagement as multi-dimensional – including associational engagement, informal care-giving, formal volunteering, digital engagement …

  • Patterns of Multidimensional Social Exclusion Among Older Home Care Services Recipients

    Open AccessHanna Ristolainen, Sofie Van Regenmortel et al.ARTICLEThe Journals of Gerontology…2024Cited by: 1References: 10

    Different types of social exclusion should be acknowledged when addressing social exclusion among home care clients. Enhanced measures should be developed to support older adults using home and healthcare services the most, as they are at high risk of severe exclusion

  • Exploring underexposed stories

    Open AccessSofie Van Regenmortel, An-Sofie Smetcoren et al.ARTICLEAgeing and Society2021Cited by: 1References: 79

    To gain insights into vulnerable lifecourses and give a voice to those often underrepresented in quantitative research, this study examines the life stories (past, present and future) of 19 financially excluded older adults using an adapted version of McAdams’ life-story interview scheme. Although these life stories demonstrate an accumulation of many disadvantages and an uncertain future because of current financial situations, the stories also …

  • Parcours de vie des personnes âgées à faibles revenus

    Angelika Thelin, Sofie Van RegenmortelARTICLERetraite et société2020

    Cet article examine le parcours de vie des personnes âgées à faibles revenus en Suède et en Belgique, selon une approche comparative des politiques sociales de ces deux pays. L’étude porte sur les conditions de vie actuelles de ces personnes âgées, ainsi que sur les événements et parcours à l’origine de leur faible niveau de ressources. Une analyse secondaire qualitative de 49 récits de vie a permis d’identifier cinq parcours menant à un faible n…

  • Accumulation of Disadvantages

    Open AccessSofie Van Regenmortel, Liesbeth De Donder et al.ARTICLESocial Indicators Research2018Cited by: 15References: 56

  • Factors related to the quality of life of older prisoners

    Open AccessStefaan De Smet, Liesbeth De Donder et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2017

  • Socio-demographic, socio-economic and health need differences between types of care use in community-dwelling older adults

    Bram Fret, Deborah Lambotte et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Care and…2017

    This article aims to identify relations between socio-demographic/socio-economic characteristics and the use of informal and formal care. All analyses were performed on data from the Belgian Ageing Studies, a survey among community-dwelling older people (60+) in Belgium. Latent class analyses were used to identify types of care use and bivariate analyses were used to assess differences within these types. Eight different types were identified. Re…

  • Research note

    Sofie Van Regenmortel, Tom De Mette et al.ARTICLELeisure Studies2017Cited by: 1References: 22

    This research note aims to address the lack of research focused on the audiences of amateur theatre and examines how audiences of artistic- (i.e. participating in festivals with high artistic requirements) and social- (i.e. not participating in those festivals with high artistic requirements) oriented amateur theatre groups differ. This is achieved by performing a quantitative study of eight amateur theatre audiences in Flanders (Belgium). Analys…

  • Social Exclusion in Later Life

    Open AccessSofie Van Regenmortel, Liesbeth De Donder et al.ARTICLEJournal of Population Ageing2016