Helle Larsen
Biographic Data
| ID | 3827271 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Helle Larsen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Helle |
| FAMILY NAME | Larsen |
| SIGNATURE | LARSEN H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Amsterdam |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0117-9252 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The good and the bad: A qualitative investigation of students' perspectives on their problematic smartphone use
Adolescents' Perspectives on Self‐Regulation and Need for Change in Digital Media Use: A Focus Group Study
INTRODUCTION: Research on digital media use and adolescents' development and well-being remains inconclusive, and adolescents' own perspectives on these issues are largely unexplored. Nevertheless, concrete policy measures are being implemented to regulate adolescents' digital media use. Therefore, this study examined adolescents' own perspectives on the effects of digital media use, the cognitive processes relating to their self-regulation of di…
The Role of Discrimination in Social Safety and its Interplay with Adolescents’ Mental Health and Substance Use: A Network Perspective
Discrimination, as experienced by adolescents, represents a major societal issue with implications for mental health and risky health behaviors. Yet the interplay between these factors in the context of social safety in urban living environments remains insufficiently understood and was explored in the current study. Participants were 1,675 Dutch adolescents (Mage = 17.44 years, SD = 0.36; 56.6% girls) who participated in the ABCD-study. This sub…
Augmented youth: Prevalence and predictors of AR filter use on social media among adolescents
This study explored adolescents’ active and passive use of augmented reality (AR) filters on social media, focusing on three main aspects: (1) the types and frequency of AR filters used, (2) the application targets of these filters and the closeness of the sources, and (3) the developmental, dispositional, and social predictors of such use. A cross-sectional survey ( N = 797 Dutch adolescents aged 12 to 18) revealed that the majority of the adole…
Guidelines for reporting research using systematic coding of observed human behaviour (SCOBe)
Systematic coding of observed human behaviour (SCOBe) is used across disciplines and topics but methodological reporting is often incomplete. We developed internationally generated, interdisciplinary guidelines for methodological reporting of such research. Using Delphi methodology, a working group of 22 experts sought group consensus in three rounds. Participants first assessed an initial set of reporting criteria (round 1). Next, in interactive…
Understanding Affective Symptoms and Substance Use in Older Adolescents in an Urban Context: A Network Approach
Global urbanization may present mental health challenges for youth. We investigated relationships between affective symptoms, substance use, and urban characteristics in 17–18-year-old adolescents from the Amsterdam Born Children and their Development study ( N = 1682). Objectively measured urban neighbourhood characteristics (e.g. safety, poverty) were obtained from the Geoscience and Health Cohort Consortium in addition to self-report assessmen…
Bidirectional associations of problematic social media use and problematic gaming with mental health difficulties and strengths in adolescents: Sex and social support as potential moderators
The evidence on the direction of associations between mental health and problematic social media use (PSMU) and problematic gaming (PG) in adolescents remains inconclusive. Therefore, this study investigated a comprehensive model of temporal associations between mental health difficulties and strengths, and PSMU/PG, while accounting for sex and perceived social support as potential moderators. Mental health domains were measured with the Strength…
From everyday life to measurable problematic smartphone use: The development and validation of the Smartphone Use Problems Identification Questionnaire (Supiq)
YouTube vloggers set the stage: How public (non)compliance with Covid‐19 regulations affects adolescents
INTRODUCTION: YouTube vloggers may be important socialization figures, yet their influence on adolescents' health-related behaviors and cognitions is largely untested. In this two-study mixed-method project, we first assessed the extent of (non)compliance to COVID-19 regulations by vloggers on YouTube and how viewers reacted to this. Second, we experimentally assessed the effects of vlogger behavior paired with viewer evaluations on adolescents' …
Implicit Social Attunement and Alcohol Use: The Effect of Peer Feedback on Willingness to Drink in Social Settings
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11469-024-01371-4
ABC-Training for Alcohol Use During a Voluntary Abstinence Challenge: A Randomized Controlled Trial
The current study aimed to test the effectiveness of ABC-training in influencing drinking behaviors during voluntary abstinence challenges, compared with Approach Bias Modification (ApBM) and sham-ApBM. We conducted two randomized controlled trial studies with three between-subject conditions: ABC-training, conventional ApBM, and sham-ApBM. Assessments were conducted at baseline, midtest, and posttest and at 2-week, 3-month, and 6-month follow-up…
Development and socialization of self-regulation from infancy to adolescence: A meta-review differentiating between self-regulatory abilities, goals, and motivation
Self-regulation has been intensely studied across developmental science disciplines in virtue of its significance to understanding and fostering adaptive functioning throughout life. Whereas research has predominantly focused on self-regulatory abilities, age-related changes in goals and motivation that underlie self-regulation have been largely neglected. In a systematic meta-review, we disentangle the development of self-regulatory abilities fr…
Social goals and gains of adolescent bullying and aggression: A meta-analysis
There is a long-standing debate on the goals that underlie adolescent socially coercive behaviors, such as bullying, relational aggression, and instrumental aggression. Knowledge about these goals is critical for the development of effective interventions. Bridging evolutionary and social-cognitive perspectives, we propose and substantiate a Social Goals and Gains Model of Adolescent Bullying and Aggression. The model holds that adolescents who h…
Inclusion of a Parental Component in a Sports-Based HIV Prevention Program for Dominican Youth
Self-efficacy to prevent HIV significantly increased among participants in the experimental condition of UNICA. Self-efficacy for safe sex increased among sexually active participants in the experimental condition of A Ganar. Implications for Impact: These findings are important to meet the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal of good health and wellbeing, as they suggest that parental involvement in sports-based HIV prevention programs c…
Problematic smartphone use and the quantity and quality of peer engagement among adolescents: A longitudinal study
Problematic smartphone use (PSU) has recently attracted a lot of attention, especially among adolescents. The knowledge about the role peer engagement might play in the development of PSU is still limited. We aimed to investigate the bidirectional relationships between PSU, the quantity of online (i.e., passive and active social media messaging on smartphone) and offline peer engagement (i.e., intensity of face-to-face meeting with friends) and t…
The role of sensory processing sensitivity in the longitudinal associations between relationship qualities with parents and peers and externalizing behavior in adolescence
Some adolescents may be more likely to be influenced by parents and peers in their development of externalizing behavior than others. Recent research indicates that sensory processing sensitivity may underlie such differences in sensitivity to environmental influences, and specifically that individuals with higher sensory processing sensitivity may be similarly highly reactive to both negative and positive social contexts. Data from a two-wave, t…
Intervening through Conversations: How Instructions Influence Conversational Valence and Binge Drinking Determinants
A promising avenue for health behavior change is to influence conversational valence, that is, the extent to which people talk negatively or positively about health behaviors. However, no research to date has experimentally manipulated conversational valence, thereby inhibiting conclusions about causal inferences. This study aims to fill this gap by investigating the influence of conversational valence instructions on perceived conversational val…
Dual processes in fear and anxiety: No effects of cognitive load on the predictive value of implicit measures
70) confirmed these findings, as the capacity of explicit and implicit measures to predict self-reported and physiological responses to a social stressor was not moderated by cognitive load. In two experiments, we thus found no empirical support for the central dual process model assumption that cognitive control moderates the predictive value of implicit and explicit measures. While implicit measures and dual process accounts may still be valuab…
Implicit Motivational Processes Underlying Smoking in American and Dutch Adolescents
Attentional bias, inhibition skills, and working memory might be important factors explaining smoking in adolescence. Cultural differences in approach-avoidance bias should be considered in future research
Apgar score and hospitalization for epilepsy in childhood: A registry-based cohort study
Background A depressed Apgar score at 5 minutes is a marker for perinatal insults, including neurologic damage. We examined the association between 5-minute Apgar score and the risk of epilepsy hospitalization in childhood. Methods Using records linked from population registries, we conducted a cohort study among singleton children born alive in the period 1978–2001 in North Jutland County, Denmark. The first hospital discharge diagnosis of epile…
The role of sensory processing sensitivity in the longitudinal associations between relationship qualities with parents and peers and externalizing behavior in adolescence
Some adolescents may be more likely to be influenced by parents and peers in their development of externalizing behavior than others. Recent research indicates that sensory processing sensitivity may underlie such differences in sensitivity to environmental influences, and specifically that individuals with higher sensory processing sensitivity may be similarly highly reactive to both negative and positive social contexts. Data from a two-wave, t…
Apgar score and hospitalization for epilepsy in childhood: A registry-based cohort study
Background A depressed Apgar score at 5 minutes is a marker for perinatal insults, including neurologic damage. We examined the association between 5-minute Apgar score and the risk of epilepsy hospitalization in childhood. Methods Using records linked from population registries, we conducted a cohort study among singleton children born alive in the period 1978–2001 in North Jutland County, Denmark. The first hospital discharge diagnosis of epile…
Implicit Motivational Processes Underlying Smoking in American and Dutch Adolescents
Attentional bias, inhibition skills, and working memory might be important factors explaining smoking in adolescence. Cultural differences in approach-avoidance bias should be considered in future research
Intervening through Conversations: How Instructions Influence Conversational Valence and Binge Drinking Determinants
A promising avenue for health behavior change is to influence conversational valence, that is, the extent to which people talk negatively or positively about health behaviors. However, no research to date has experimentally manipulated conversational valence, thereby inhibiting conclusions about causal inferences. This study aims to fill this gap by investigating the influence of conversational valence instructions on perceived conversational val…
Dual processes in fear and anxiety: No effects of cognitive load on the predictive value of implicit measures
70) confirmed these findings, as the capacity of explicit and implicit measures to predict self-reported and physiological responses to a social stressor was not moderated by cognitive load. In two experiments, we thus found no empirical support for the central dual process model assumption that cognitive control moderates the predictive value of implicit and explicit measures. While implicit measures and dual process accounts may still be valuab…
Problematic smartphone use and the quantity and quality of peer engagement among adolescents: A longitudinal study
Problematic smartphone use (PSU) has recently attracted a lot of attention, especially among adolescents. The knowledge about the role peer engagement might play in the development of PSU is still limited. We aimed to investigate the bidirectional relationships between PSU, the quantity of online (i.e., passive and active social media messaging on smartphone) and offline peer engagement (i.e., intensity of face-to-face meeting with friends) and t…
The role of sensory processing sensitivity in the longitudinal associations between relationship qualities with parents and peers and externalizing behavior in adolescence
Some adolescents may be more likely to be influenced by parents and peers in their development of externalizing behavior than others. Recent research indicates that sensory processing sensitivity may underlie such differences in sensitivity to environmental influences, and specifically that individuals with higher sensory processing sensitivity may be similarly highly reactive to both negative and positive social contexts. Data from a two-wave, t…
Development and socialization of self-regulation from infancy to adolescence: A meta-review differentiating between self-regulatory abilities, goals, and motivation
Self-regulation has been intensely studied across developmental science disciplines in virtue of its significance to understanding and fostering adaptive functioning throughout life. Whereas research has predominantly focused on self-regulatory abilities, age-related changes in goals and motivation that underlie self-regulation have been largely neglected. In a systematic meta-review, we disentangle the development of self-regulatory abilities fr…
Social goals and gains of adolescent bullying and aggression: A meta-analysis
There is a long-standing debate on the goals that underlie adolescent socially coercive behaviors, such as bullying, relational aggression, and instrumental aggression. Knowledge about these goals is critical for the development of effective interventions. Bridging evolutionary and social-cognitive perspectives, we propose and substantiate a Social Goals and Gains Model of Adolescent Bullying and Aggression. The model holds that adolescents who h…
Inclusion of a Parental Component in a Sports-Based HIV Prevention Program for Dominican Youth
Self-efficacy to prevent HIV significantly increased among participants in the experimental condition of UNICA. Self-efficacy for safe sex increased among sexually active participants in the experimental condition of A Ganar. Implications for Impact: These findings are important to meet the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal of good health and wellbeing, as they suggest that parental involvement in sports-based HIV prevention programs c…
From everyday life to measurable problematic smartphone use: The development and validation of the Smartphone Use Problems Identification Questionnaire (Supiq)
YouTube vloggers set the stage: How public (non)compliance with Covid‐19 regulations affects adolescents
INTRODUCTION: YouTube vloggers may be important socialization figures, yet their influence on adolescents' health-related behaviors and cognitions is largely untested. In this two-study mixed-method project, we first assessed the extent of (non)compliance to COVID-19 regulations by vloggers on YouTube and how viewers reacted to this. Second, we experimentally assessed the effects of vlogger behavior paired with viewer evaluations on adolescents' …
Implicit Social Attunement and Alcohol Use: The Effect of Peer Feedback on Willingness to Drink in Social Settings
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11469-024-01371-4
ABC-Training for Alcohol Use During a Voluntary Abstinence Challenge: A Randomized Controlled Trial
The current study aimed to test the effectiveness of ABC-training in influencing drinking behaviors during voluntary abstinence challenges, compared with Approach Bias Modification (ApBM) and sham-ApBM. We conducted two randomized controlled trial studies with three between-subject conditions: ABC-training, conventional ApBM, and sham-ApBM. Assessments were conducted at baseline, midtest, and posttest and at 2-week, 3-month, and 6-month follow-up…
Augmented youth: Prevalence and predictors of AR filter use on social media among adolescents
This study explored adolescents’ active and passive use of augmented reality (AR) filters on social media, focusing on three main aspects: (1) the types and frequency of AR filters used, (2) the application targets of these filters and the closeness of the sources, and (3) the developmental, dispositional, and social predictors of such use. A cross-sectional survey ( N = 797 Dutch adolescents aged 12 to 18) revealed that the majority of the adole…
Guidelines for reporting research using systematic coding of observed human behaviour (SCOBe)
Systematic coding of observed human behaviour (SCOBe) is used across disciplines and topics but methodological reporting is often incomplete. We developed internationally generated, interdisciplinary guidelines for methodological reporting of such research. Using Delphi methodology, a working group of 22 experts sought group consensus in three rounds. Participants first assessed an initial set of reporting criteria (round 1). Next, in interactive…
Understanding Affective Symptoms and Substance Use in Older Adolescents in an Urban Context: A Network Approach
Global urbanization may present mental health challenges for youth. We investigated relationships between affective symptoms, substance use, and urban characteristics in 17–18-year-old adolescents from the Amsterdam Born Children and their Development study ( N = 1682). Objectively measured urban neighbourhood characteristics (e.g. safety, poverty) were obtained from the Geoscience and Health Cohort Consortium in addition to self-report assessmen…
Bidirectional associations of problematic social media use and problematic gaming with mental health difficulties and strengths in adolescents: Sex and social support as potential moderators
The evidence on the direction of associations between mental health and problematic social media use (PSMU) and problematic gaming (PG) in adolescents remains inconclusive. Therefore, this study investigated a comprehensive model of temporal associations between mental health difficulties and strengths, and PSMU/PG, while accounting for sex and perceived social support as potential moderators. Mental health domains were measured with the Strength…
The good and the bad: A qualitative investigation of students' perspectives on their problematic smartphone use
Adolescents' Perspectives on Self‐Regulation and Need for Change in Digital Media Use: A Focus Group Study
INTRODUCTION: Research on digital media use and adolescents' development and well-being remains inconclusive, and adolescents' own perspectives on these issues are largely unexplored. Nevertheless, concrete policy measures are being implemented to regulate adolescents' digital media use. Therefore, this study examined adolescents' own perspectives on the effects of digital media use, the cognitive processes relating to their self-regulation of di…
The Role of Discrimination in Social Safety and its Interplay with Adolescents’ Mental Health and Substance Use: A Network Perspective
Discrimination, as experienced by adolescents, represents a major societal issue with implications for mental health and risky health behaviors. Yet the interplay between these factors in the context of social safety in urban living environments remains insufficiently understood and was explored in the current study. Participants were 1,675 Dutch adolescents (Mage = 17.44 years, SD = 0.36; 56.6% girls) who participated in the ABCD-study. This sub…
Psychology (15 works) · Developmental psychology (9 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Impact of Technology on Adolescents (7 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Psychiatry (7 works) · Cognition (5 works) · Behavioral Health and Interventions (4 works) · Child Development and Digital Technology (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works)