M Peeters
Biographic Data
| ID | 8042 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M Peeters |
| GIVEN NAMES | M |
| FAMILY NAME | Peeters |
| SIGNATURE | PEETERS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Utrecht University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8861-5744 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Understanding youth professionals’ perceptions of poverty and its link to youth mental health
Youth growing up in poverty face an increased risk of mental health problems due to a complex interplay of stressors in different life domains. Interdisciplinary collaboration between youth professionals from different disciplines is needed to comprehensively address this interplay of poverty-related stressors in integrated youth care. However, little is known about how youth professionals from different disciplines conceptualize poverty and its …
Adolescent gamers: A four-wave study of gaming trajectories and psychosocial development
The debate regarding adolescent video gaming often oscillates between fears of potential risks and hopes for benefits, yet few studies examine how gaming behaviors evolve individually over time. This study addresses the need for longitudinal research by identifying distinct developmental trajectories of gaming and their relationship with psychosocial functioning (self-esteem, life satisfaction, and social competence). We utilized four waves of lo…
Evaluation of sensitive period, accumulation, and social mobility mechanisms linking neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation to mental health during adolescence and young adulthood: A life-course, caus…
Little is known about how young people's mental health is associated with exposure to neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation early in life. We addressed this gap by examining three life course mechanisms-sensitive period, accumulation, and social mobility-to assess whether the timing, duration, and direction of changes in exposure to neighborhood deprivation are associated with externalizing and internalizing problems during adolescence and young…
Neighborhood Social Disorganization in Early Adolescence and Substance Use Trajectories into Young Adulthood: The Moderating Role of Effortful Control and Parental Substance Use
Adolescents living in socially disorganized neighborhoods may consume substances more frequently. Although some evidence suggests that such potential neighborhood influences persist into young adulthood, findings remain inconsistent. More research is needed that includes different indicators of neighborhood social disorganization, substance use outcomes, and family- and individual-level moderating factors. To address these gaps, this study examin…
Why We Can’t Stop: The Impact of Rewarding Elements in Videogames on Adolescents’ Problematic Gaming Behavior
This study explored the association between rewarding elements in videogames and adolescents’ problematic gaming behavior, evaluating the extent to which individual vulnerabilities amplify this relationship. In a two-cohort-design the impact of rewarding elements on adolescents’ problematic gaming was investigated: the first cohort consisted of 2708 secondary school students (53.9% male, M = 13.9 SD = 1.20), and the second cohort of 1616 (54.2% m…
Parental SES and family support as predictors of educational level: Testing the buffering effect of effortful control and peer support
INTRODUCTION: Exposure to family risk factors increases adolescents' chances of attaining a lower educational level. However, some adolescents attain a high educational level despite being exposed to family risk factors such as a lower parental socioeconomic status (SES) or receiving less family support. METHOD: = 11.1, SD = 0.55, 50.8% female), we investigated if higher levels of effortful control and peer support can buffer against the negative…
Intergenerational Upward and Downward Social Mobility: The Role of Intelligence, Effortful Control, Assertiveness, and Peer Competence in Early Adolescence
Relatively little is known about which competencies adolescents need to experience intergenerational social mobility. We investigated if intelligence, effortful control, assertiveness, and peer competence at age 11 was associated with upward or downward mobility at age 26, utilizing data from the TRAILS study ( N = 2229; age T1 = 11.1 ( SD = 0.55); 50.8% girls). Results from our multinomial logistic regressions indicate that intelligence and effo…
A cross-sectional study on gaming intensity and social vulnerability in adolescents that have a chronic condition
Background: Adolescents growing up with a chronic condition might experience more social vulnerabilities compared to their healthy peers as an indirect result of their conditions. This can lead to a relatedness need frustration for these adolescents. Consequently, they might spend more time playing video games compared to their peers. Research shows that both social vulnerability and gaming intensity are predictors for problematic gaming. Therefo…
A cross-national comparison of problematic gaming behavior and well-being in adolescents
Background and aims. The popularity of playing games among adolescents has increased during the last decades, possibly affecting the prevalence of problematic gaming behavior. The current study aimed to compare country-level prevalence rates of adolescents' problematic gaming behavior in five countries and identify cross-cultural similarities and differences in the relationship between problematic gaming and well-being (life satisfaction, psychol…
Decline in positive future orientations among adolescents during covid‐19: The role of socioeconomic status, parental support, and sense of control
INTRODUCTION: Before coronavirus disease (covid-19), adolescents from a lower socioeconomic status (SES) background tend to have less positive future orientations, receive less parental support, and have a weaker sense of control than adolescents from a higher SES background. The covid-19 pandemic has potentially increased the socioeconomic gaps in positive future orientations, parental support, and sense of control among adolescents who are curr…
Parent-Adolescent Transmission of Socioeconomic Status: Testing Serial Mediation of Conflict Behaviors, Emotion Regulation, and Empathy
In this study, we investigated whether the intergenerational transmission of SES is mediated by parental and adolescents’ conflict behaviors, emotion regulation, and empathy. Longitudinal serial mediation analyses were performed on a subset of adolescents ( M age = 13.03) and their parents from the RADAR cohort study ( N = 320, 52.2% boys) in the Netherlands. Results showed partial support for intergenerational transmission of SES, mostly between…
Disentangling the interplay between genes, cognitive skills, and educational level in adolescent and young adult smoking - The TRAILS study
Recent studies suggest that smoking and lower educational attainment may have genetic influences in common. However, little is known about the mechanisms through which genetics contributes to educational inequalities in adolescent and young adult smoking. Common genetic liabilities may underlie cognitive skills associated with both smoking and education, such as IQ and effortful control, in line with indirect health-related selection explanations…
Organising for thin places during the Covid-19 pandemic
This study aims to investigate some of the socio-spatial aspects of thickness and thinness in large Swedish organisations that arose from working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic.The questions that this study aimed to answer are 'How do representatives who manage their staff by allowing or restricting WFH in public and private organisations describe how aspects of thickness, in terms of physical proximity and social relations, changed when …
Socioeconomic inequalities in adolescent health behaviours across 32 different countries - The role of country-level social mobility
Higher family affluence is associated with healthier behaviours in adolescents, but the strength of this association varies across countries. Differences in social mobility at the country-level, i.e. the extent to which adolescents develop a different socioeconomic status (SES) than their parents, may partially explain why the association between family affluence and adolescent health behaviours is stronger in some countries than in others. Using…
Differences in Adolescents’ Alcohol Use and Smoking Behavior between Educational Tracks: Do Popularity Norms Matter
Explanations about differences in drinking and smoking rates between educational tracks have so far mainly focused on factors outside the classroom. The extent to which these behaviors are rewarded with popularity within a classroom—so called popularity norms—and their interaction with individual characteristics could explain the observed differences in risk behavior. 1860 adolescents ( M age = 13.04; 50% girls) from 81 different classrooms repor…
An Experimental Study of Risk Taking Behavior Among Adolescents: A Closer Look at Peer and Sex Influences
In this experimental study, it was examined to what extent peers and sex were important predictors of risk taking behavior of adolescents. Participants were 140 Dutch adolescents (52.9% boys, 12-15 years) who completed the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART) as a measure of risk taking behavior, either individually or in the presence of homogenous or heterogeneous peer groups. Results showed that (a) adolescents took significantly more risk when th…
Clueless or Powerful? Identifying Subtypes of Bullies in Adolescence
Clueless or Powerful? Identifying Subtypes of Bullies in Adolescence
An Experimental Study of Risk Taking Behavior Among Adolescents: A Closer Look at Peer and Sex Influences
In this experimental study, it was examined to what extent peers and sex were important predictors of risk taking behavior of adolescents. Participants were 140 Dutch adolescents (52.9% boys, 12-15 years) who completed the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART) as a measure of risk taking behavior, either individually or in the presence of homogenous or heterogeneous peer groups. Results showed that (a) adolescents took significantly more risk when th…
Socioeconomic inequalities in adolescent health behaviours across 32 different countries - The role of country-level social mobility
Higher family affluence is associated with healthier behaviours in adolescents, but the strength of this association varies across countries. Differences in social mobility at the country-level, i.e. the extent to which adolescents develop a different socioeconomic status (SES) than their parents, may partially explain why the association between family affluence and adolescent health behaviours is stronger in some countries than in others. Using…
Differences in Adolescents’ Alcohol Use and Smoking Behavior between Educational Tracks: Do Popularity Norms Matter
Explanations about differences in drinking and smoking rates between educational tracks have so far mainly focused on factors outside the classroom. The extent to which these behaviors are rewarded with popularity within a classroom—so called popularity norms—and their interaction with individual characteristics could explain the observed differences in risk behavior. 1860 adolescents ( M age = 13.04; 50% girls) from 81 different classrooms repor…
Disentangling the interplay between genes, cognitive skills, and educational level in adolescent and young adult smoking - The TRAILS study
Recent studies suggest that smoking and lower educational attainment may have genetic influences in common. However, little is known about the mechanisms through which genetics contributes to educational inequalities in adolescent and young adult smoking. Common genetic liabilities may underlie cognitive skills associated with both smoking and education, such as IQ and effortful control, in line with indirect health-related selection explanations…
Clueless or Powerful? Identifying Subtypes of Bullies in Adolescence
An Experimental Study of Risk Taking Behavior Among Adolescents: A Closer Look at Peer and Sex Influences
In this experimental study, it was examined to what extent peers and sex were important predictors of risk taking behavior of adolescents. Participants were 140 Dutch adolescents (52.9% boys, 12-15 years) who completed the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART) as a measure of risk taking behavior, either individually or in the presence of homogenous or heterogeneous peer groups. Results showed that (a) adolescents took significantly more risk when th…
Differences in Adolescents’ Alcohol Use and Smoking Behavior between Educational Tracks: Do Popularity Norms Matter
Explanations about differences in drinking and smoking rates between educational tracks have so far mainly focused on factors outside the classroom. The extent to which these behaviors are rewarded with popularity within a classroom—so called popularity norms—and their interaction with individual characteristics could explain the observed differences in risk behavior. 1860 adolescents ( M age = 13.04; 50% girls) from 81 different classrooms repor…
Organising for thin places during the Covid-19 pandemic
This study aims to investigate some of the socio-spatial aspects of thickness and thinness in large Swedish organisations that arose from working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic.The questions that this study aimed to answer are 'How do representatives who manage their staff by allowing or restricting WFH in public and private organisations describe how aspects of thickness, in terms of physical proximity and social relations, changed when …
Socioeconomic inequalities in adolescent health behaviours across 32 different countries - The role of country-level social mobility
Higher family affluence is associated with healthier behaviours in adolescents, but the strength of this association varies across countries. Differences in social mobility at the country-level, i.e. the extent to which adolescents develop a different socioeconomic status (SES) than their parents, may partially explain why the association between family affluence and adolescent health behaviours is stronger in some countries than in others. Using…
A cross-sectional study on gaming intensity and social vulnerability in adolescents that have a chronic condition
Background: Adolescents growing up with a chronic condition might experience more social vulnerabilities compared to their healthy peers as an indirect result of their conditions. This can lead to a relatedness need frustration for these adolescents. Consequently, they might spend more time playing video games compared to their peers. Research shows that both social vulnerability and gaming intensity are predictors for problematic gaming. Therefo…
A cross-national comparison of problematic gaming behavior and well-being in adolescents
Background and aims. The popularity of playing games among adolescents has increased during the last decades, possibly affecting the prevalence of problematic gaming behavior. The current study aimed to compare country-level prevalence rates of adolescents' problematic gaming behavior in five countries and identify cross-cultural similarities and differences in the relationship between problematic gaming and well-being (life satisfaction, psychol…
Decline in positive future orientations among adolescents during covid‐19: The role of socioeconomic status, parental support, and sense of control
INTRODUCTION: Before coronavirus disease (covid-19), adolescents from a lower socioeconomic status (SES) background tend to have less positive future orientations, receive less parental support, and have a weaker sense of control than adolescents from a higher SES background. The covid-19 pandemic has potentially increased the socioeconomic gaps in positive future orientations, parental support, and sense of control among adolescents who are curr…
Parent-Adolescent Transmission of Socioeconomic Status: Testing Serial Mediation of Conflict Behaviors, Emotion Regulation, and Empathy
In this study, we investigated whether the intergenerational transmission of SES is mediated by parental and adolescents’ conflict behaviors, emotion regulation, and empathy. Longitudinal serial mediation analyses were performed on a subset of adolescents ( M age = 13.03) and their parents from the RADAR cohort study ( N = 320, 52.2% boys) in the Netherlands. Results showed partial support for intergenerational transmission of SES, mostly between…
Disentangling the interplay between genes, cognitive skills, and educational level in adolescent and young adult smoking - The TRAILS study
Recent studies suggest that smoking and lower educational attainment may have genetic influences in common. However, little is known about the mechanisms through which genetics contributes to educational inequalities in adolescent and young adult smoking. Common genetic liabilities may underlie cognitive skills associated with both smoking and education, such as IQ and effortful control, in line with indirect health-related selection explanations…
Why We Can’t Stop: The Impact of Rewarding Elements in Videogames on Adolescents’ Problematic Gaming Behavior
This study explored the association between rewarding elements in videogames and adolescents’ problematic gaming behavior, evaluating the extent to which individual vulnerabilities amplify this relationship. In a two-cohort-design the impact of rewarding elements on adolescents’ problematic gaming was investigated: the first cohort consisted of 2708 secondary school students (53.9% male, M = 13.9 SD = 1.20), and the second cohort of 1616 (54.2% m…
Parental SES and family support as predictors of educational level: Testing the buffering effect of effortful control and peer support
INTRODUCTION: Exposure to family risk factors increases adolescents' chances of attaining a lower educational level. However, some adolescents attain a high educational level despite being exposed to family risk factors such as a lower parental socioeconomic status (SES) or receiving less family support. METHOD: = 11.1, SD = 0.55, 50.8% female), we investigated if higher levels of effortful control and peer support can buffer against the negative…
Intergenerational Upward and Downward Social Mobility: The Role of Intelligence, Effortful Control, Assertiveness, and Peer Competence in Early Adolescence
Relatively little is known about which competencies adolescents need to experience intergenerational social mobility. We investigated if intelligence, effortful control, assertiveness, and peer competence at age 11 was associated with upward or downward mobility at age 26, utilizing data from the TRAILS study ( N = 2229; age T1 = 11.1 ( SD = 0.55); 50.8% girls). Results from our multinomial logistic regressions indicate that intelligence and effo…
Understanding youth professionals’ perceptions of poverty and its link to youth mental health
Youth growing up in poverty face an increased risk of mental health problems due to a complex interplay of stressors in different life domains. Interdisciplinary collaboration between youth professionals from different disciplines is needed to comprehensively address this interplay of poverty-related stressors in integrated youth care. However, little is known about how youth professionals from different disciplines conceptualize poverty and its …
Adolescent gamers: A four-wave study of gaming trajectories and psychosocial development
The debate regarding adolescent video gaming often oscillates between fears of potential risks and hopes for benefits, yet few studies examine how gaming behaviors evolve individually over time. This study addresses the need for longitudinal research by identifying distinct developmental trajectories of gaming and their relationship with psychosocial functioning (self-esteem, life satisfaction, and social competence). We utilized four waves of lo…
Evaluation of sensitive period, accumulation, and social mobility mechanisms linking neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation to mental health during adolescence and young adulthood: A life-course, caus…
Little is known about how young people's mental health is associated with exposure to neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation early in life. We addressed this gap by examining three life course mechanisms-sensitive period, accumulation, and social mobility-to assess whether the timing, duration, and direction of changes in exposure to neighborhood deprivation are associated with externalizing and internalizing problems during adolescence and young…
Neighborhood Social Disorganization in Early Adolescence and Substance Use Trajectories into Young Adulthood: The Moderating Role of Effortful Control and Parental Substance Use
Adolescents living in socially disorganized neighborhoods may consume substances more frequently. Although some evidence suggests that such potential neighborhood influences persist into young adulthood, findings remain inconsistent. More research is needed that includes different indicators of neighborhood social disorganization, substance use outcomes, and family- and individual-level moderating factors. To address these gaps, this study examin…
Psychology (11 works) · Developmental psychology (10 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Socioeconomic status (6 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Peer group (5 works) · Population (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression (4 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (4 works)