Frits Van Wel
Biographic Data
| ID | 93498 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Frits Van Wel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Frits |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Wel |
| SIGNATURE | VAN WEL F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Utrecht University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 137 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Child Support Grants in South Africa
Despite the growth of cash transfers to reduce poverty, promote child and family well-being and women's empowerment, the gender dynamics and impact of social protection remains poorly understood. We hypothesise that poor female care-givers receiving a cash transfer for their children are better able to contribute to the material and social well-being of their children than female care-givers who do not receive a cash transfer. This paper reports …
Psychosocial Factors Predicting Job Search Behaviour of Long-Term Welfare Recipients in the Netherlands
In spite of active labour market policies, a considerable number of welfare recipients in the Netherlands are long-term unemployed. In order to investigate the job search behaviour of this group, we developed a model of job search behaviour, inspired by the theory of planned behaviour, expectancy value theory and self-determination theory Survey data relating to 193 individuals receiving welfare benefits for at least one year were collected. A mo…
Partially Disabled Employees
In 2006 new social policy legislation was introduced in the Netherlands, under which employees with chronic health problems may be allocated a ‘double identity’, being assessed simultaneously as partly sick and partly able to work. Employees in this situation receive a proportion of disability benefit according to their assessed loss of earning capacity and are required to engage in paid work in order to earn an income over and above this. Our ce…
Life Course Status and Exchanges of Support Between Young Adults and Parents
The authors investigated intergenerational support exchanges in relation to young adults' life course status. In a sample of 2,022 young adults (ages 18-34 years) in The Netherlands, single young adults reported receiving more advice from parents than married young adults, and those with children of their own received more practical support. Married young adults and young adults with children provided less support to parents than, respectively, s…
Life Course Stage in Young Adulthood and Intergenerational Congruence in Family Attitudes
We investigated how intergenerational congruence in family-related attitudes depends on life course stage in young adulthood. Recent data from the Netherlands Kinship Panel Study were used; the present sample included 2,041 dyads of young adults and their parents. Findings are discussed in terms of the elasticity in intergenerational attitude congruence in response to young adults' life course transitions. Our results suggest that intergeneration…
Youth cultural styles
This research examines whether opposition between higher and lower forms of youth culture still contributes to the emergence of groups with different cultural tastes. Do youth at higher levels of secondary education (for example, pre-university education) tend to display ‘omnivorous’ tastes nowadays (Peterson, 1992), just as highly educated adults do? A sample of Dutch adolescents (N = 226) completed a questionnaire concerning their preferences i…
Intergenerational Contact and the Life Course Status of Young Adult Children
This study examined how the life course status of young adults-whether they have a romantic partner and whether they have children-is related to how often they have contact with their parents. Hypotheses were tested using recent data from the Netherlands Kinship Panel Study. The main sample included 1,911 young adults between the ages of 18 and 34. Results suggest that young adults' entrance into cohabitation and marriage is associated with less …
Ethnicity, youth cultural participation, and cultural reproduction in the Netherlands
Transitional Phase or a New Balance
In recent years in the Netherlands, mothers' labor participation has increased sharply. This article examines which factors influence mothers' employment rates and the division of household and caring responsibilities between parents. From research among 1,285 women with young children, it appears that cultural factors rather than economic motives or institutional obstacles offer the most important explanation for whether they work or not. A cult…
Dancestasy”
“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…
Careful or Lenient
The 1996 welfare reform that attempted to get lone parents out of social assistance represents a major shift in social policy in the Netherlands. Instead of having the financial right to care for their children, lone mothers are now obliged to earn their living by paid work as soon as their youngest child reaches the age of five. This policy shift is accompanied by additional incentives to support lone mothers in engaging in (part-time) work. Nev…
The Labor Market Orientation of Single Mothers on Welfare in The Netherlands
Since the implementation of the new General Assistance Act (1996) in The Netherlands, single parents on welfare have become obliged to seek work as soon as their youngest child has become 5 years old. This article presents a study of 1,049 Dutch single mothers on welfare. Using LISREL, a conceptual model is examined for the effects of both the past and current circumstances of the mothers on their labor orientation and on their steps toward a ful…
The Parental Bond and the Well-Being of Adolescents and Young Adults
Fast on 200 Beats per Minute
The youth culture of gabbers has been the most remarkable Dutch youth culture of the past decade. It has been subjected to many years of negative stereotyping in the media. In this article, a study is presented among 1,147 Dutch adolescents, comparing gabbers to their 'normal' peers. The results show that gabbers clearly differ in their taste for music and clothes but differ less than expected in their ideas about a normal way of life, foreigners…
Adolescents and Fear Appeals
As part of a study into ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ informative television advertisements 784 Dutch adolescents were asked to evaluate ten television advertisements about safe sex, road safety and smoking. These short films did not differ much in terms of effectiveness. Variables that play a central role in theories on fear arousal (severity, vulnerability, response and self-efficacy) also proved to be of (some) importance in this study. Almost half of the…
Ethnicity and Youth Cultural Participation in the Netherlands
In this article the influence of several factors (ethnicity, sex, educational level and the cultural participation of family members) on adolescents' active cultural participation (e.g., drawing, acting) and receptive cultural participation (e.g., attending concerts, visiting museums) is explored. The respondents included 557 12-to 18-years-olds living in the city of Utrecht (the Netherlands): 285 minority youth (i.e., youth whose parents had bot…
A Culture Gap Between the Generations? Social Influences on Youth Cultural Style
This article examines the connection between adolescents ‘tastes and those of significant individuals in their social environment. The analysis is based on Dutch teenagers' responses to a questionnaire about their own and others’ preferences in the areas of music, reading material, film, television, art, culture and recreation. Four cultural styles were distinguished. These cultural styles were characterized respectively by elite, informational, …
I Count My Parents among My Best Friends
In the 1960s the gap was a subject of intense discussion. Bikers, provos, hippies--one youth culture after another defied the taboos of the older generation. Youth researchers therefore expected that conflicts between parents and youth would lend themselves to abundant substantiation (Elder, 1980). After a time, however, it had to be concluded that theories that connected adolescence with notions about sturm und drang, identity crisis, and the ga…
Intergenerational Contact and the Life Course Status of Young Adult Children
This study examined how the life course status of young adults-whether they have a romantic partner and whether they have children-is related to how often they have contact with their parents. Hypotheses were tested using recent data from the Netherlands Kinship Panel Study. The main sample included 1,911 young adults between the ages of 18 and 34. Results suggest that young adults' entrance into cohabitation and marriage is associated with less …
Life Course Status and Exchanges of Support Between Young Adults and Parents
The authors investigated intergenerational support exchanges in relation to young adults' life course status. In a sample of 2,022 young adults (ages 18-34 years) in The Netherlands, single young adults reported receiving more advice from parents than married young adults, and those with children of their own received more practical support. Married young adults and young adults with children provided less support to parents than, respectively, s…
Ethnicity, youth cultural participation, and cultural reproduction in the Netherlands
Transitional Phase or a New Balance
In recent years in the Netherlands, mothers' labor participation has increased sharply. This article examines which factors influence mothers' employment rates and the division of household and caring responsibilities between parents. From research among 1,285 women with young children, it appears that cultural factors rather than economic motives or institutional obstacles offer the most important explanation for whether they work or not. A cult…
Careful or Lenient
The 1996 welfare reform that attempted to get lone parents out of social assistance represents a major shift in social policy in the Netherlands. Instead of having the financial right to care for their children, lone mothers are now obliged to earn their living by paid work as soon as their youngest child reaches the age of five. This policy shift is accompanied by additional incentives to support lone mothers in engaging in (part-time) work. Nev…
The Parental Bond and the Well-Being of Adolescents and Young Adults
Child Support Grants in South Africa
Despite the growth of cash transfers to reduce poverty, promote child and family well-being and women's empowerment, the gender dynamics and impact of social protection remains poorly understood. We hypothesise that poor female care-givers receiving a cash transfer for their children are better able to contribute to the material and social well-being of their children than female care-givers who do not receive a cash transfer. This paper reports …
Life Course Stage in Young Adulthood and Intergenerational Congruence in Family Attitudes
We investigated how intergenerational congruence in family-related attitudes depends on life course stage in young adulthood. Recent data from the Netherlands Kinship Panel Study were used; the present sample included 2,041 dyads of young adults and their parents. Findings are discussed in terms of the elasticity in intergenerational attitude congruence in response to young adults' life course transitions. Our results suggest that intergeneration…
I Count My Parents among My Best Friends
In the 1960s the gap was a subject of intense discussion. Bikers, provos, hippies--one youth culture after another defied the taboos of the older generation. Youth researchers therefore expected that conflicts between parents and youth would lend themselves to abundant substantiation (Elder, 1980). After a time, however, it had to be concluded that theories that connected adolescence with notions about sturm und drang, identity crisis, and the ga…
Dancestasy”
“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…
Ethnicity and Youth Cultural Participation in the Netherlands
In this article the influence of several factors (ethnicity, sex, educational level and the cultural participation of family members) on adolescents' active cultural participation (e.g., drawing, acting) and receptive cultural participation (e.g., attending concerts, visiting museums) is explored. The respondents included 557 12-to 18-years-olds living in the city of Utrecht (the Netherlands): 285 minority youth (i.e., youth whose parents had bot…
Youth cultural styles
This research examines whether opposition between higher and lower forms of youth culture still contributes to the emergence of groups with different cultural tastes. Do youth at higher levels of secondary education (for example, pre-university education) tend to display ‘omnivorous’ tastes nowadays (Peterson, 1992), just as highly educated adults do? A sample of Dutch adolescents (N = 226) completed a questionnaire concerning their preferences i…
Psychosocial Factors Predicting Job Search Behaviour of Long-Term Welfare Recipients in the Netherlands
In spite of active labour market policies, a considerable number of welfare recipients in the Netherlands are long-term unemployed. In order to investigate the job search behaviour of this group, we developed a model of job search behaviour, inspired by the theory of planned behaviour, expectancy value theory and self-determination theory Survey data relating to 193 individuals receiving welfare benefits for at least one year were collected. A mo…
Fast on 200 Beats per Minute
The youth culture of gabbers has been the most remarkable Dutch youth culture of the past decade. It has been subjected to many years of negative stereotyping in the media. In this article, a study is presented among 1,147 Dutch adolescents, comparing gabbers to their 'normal' peers. The results show that gabbers clearly differ in their taste for music and clothes but differ less than expected in their ideas about a normal way of life, foreigners…
The Labor Market Orientation of Single Mothers on Welfare in The Netherlands
Since the implementation of the new General Assistance Act (1996) in The Netherlands, single parents on welfare have become obliged to seek work as soon as their youngest child has become 5 years old. This article presents a study of 1,049 Dutch single mothers on welfare. Using LISREL, a conceptual model is examined for the effects of both the past and current circumstances of the mothers on their labor orientation and on their steps toward a ful…
A Culture Gap Between the Generations? Social Influences on Youth Cultural Style
This article examines the connection between adolescents ‘tastes and those of significant individuals in their social environment. The analysis is based on Dutch teenagers' responses to a questionnaire about their own and others’ preferences in the areas of music, reading material, film, television, art, culture and recreation. Four cultural styles were distinguished. These cultural styles were characterized respectively by elite, informational, …
I Count My Parents among My Best Friends
In the 1960s the gap was a subject of intense discussion. Bikers, provos, hippies--one youth culture after another defied the taboos of the older generation. Youth researchers therefore expected that conflicts between parents and youth would lend themselves to abundant substantiation (Elder, 1980). After a time, however, it had to be concluded that theories that connected adolescence with notions about sturm und drang, identity crisis, and the ga…
Ethnicity and Youth Cultural Participation in the Netherlands
In this article the influence of several factors (ethnicity, sex, educational level and the cultural participation of family members) on adolescents' active cultural participation (e.g., drawing, acting) and receptive cultural participation (e.g., attending concerts, visiting museums) is explored. The respondents included 557 12-to 18-years-olds living in the city of Utrecht (the Netherlands): 285 minority youth (i.e., youth whose parents had bot…
Adolescents and Fear Appeals
As part of a study into ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ informative television advertisements 784 Dutch adolescents were asked to evaluate ten television advertisements about safe sex, road safety and smoking. These short films did not differ much in terms of effectiveness. Variables that play a central role in theories on fear arousal (severity, vulnerability, response and self-efficacy) also proved to be of (some) importance in this study. Almost half of the…
The Parental Bond and the Well-Being of Adolescents and Young Adults
Fast on 200 Beats per Minute
The youth culture of gabbers has been the most remarkable Dutch youth culture of the past decade. It has been subjected to many years of negative stereotyping in the media. In this article, a study is presented among 1,147 Dutch adolescents, comparing gabbers to their 'normal' peers. The results show that gabbers clearly differ in their taste for music and clothes but differ less than expected in their ideas about a normal way of life, foreigners…
Careful or Lenient
The 1996 welfare reform that attempted to get lone parents out of social assistance represents a major shift in social policy in the Netherlands. Instead of having the financial right to care for their children, lone mothers are now obliged to earn their living by paid work as soon as their youngest child reaches the age of five. This policy shift is accompanied by additional incentives to support lone mothers in engaging in (part-time) work. Nev…
The Labor Market Orientation of Single Mothers on Welfare in The Netherlands
Since the implementation of the new General Assistance Act (1996) in The Netherlands, single parents on welfare have become obliged to seek work as soon as their youngest child has become 5 years old. This article presents a study of 1,049 Dutch single mothers on welfare. Using LISREL, a conceptual model is examined for the effects of both the past and current circumstances of the mothers on their labor orientation and on their steps toward a ful…
Dancestasy”
“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…
Ethnicity, youth cultural participation, and cultural reproduction in the Netherlands
Transitional Phase or a New Balance
In recent years in the Netherlands, mothers' labor participation has increased sharply. This article examines which factors influence mothers' employment rates and the division of household and caring responsibilities between parents. From research among 1,285 women with young children, it appears that cultural factors rather than economic motives or institutional obstacles offer the most important explanation for whether they work or not. A cult…
Youth cultural styles
This research examines whether opposition between higher and lower forms of youth culture still contributes to the emergence of groups with different cultural tastes. Do youth at higher levels of secondary education (for example, pre-university education) tend to display ‘omnivorous’ tastes nowadays (Peterson, 1992), just as highly educated adults do? A sample of Dutch adolescents (N = 226) completed a questionnaire concerning their preferences i…
Intergenerational Contact and the Life Course Status of Young Adult Children
This study examined how the life course status of young adults-whether they have a romantic partner and whether they have children-is related to how often they have contact with their parents. Hypotheses were tested using recent data from the Netherlands Kinship Panel Study. The main sample included 1,911 young adults between the ages of 18 and 34. Results suggest that young adults' entrance into cohabitation and marriage is associated with less …
Life Course Stage in Young Adulthood and Intergenerational Congruence in Family Attitudes
We investigated how intergenerational congruence in family-related attitudes depends on life course stage in young adulthood. Recent data from the Netherlands Kinship Panel Study were used; the present sample included 2,041 dyads of young adults and their parents. Findings are discussed in terms of the elasticity in intergenerational attitude congruence in response to young adults' life course transitions. Our results suggest that intergeneration…
Partially Disabled Employees
In 2006 new social policy legislation was introduced in the Netherlands, under which employees with chronic health problems may be allocated a ‘double identity’, being assessed simultaneously as partly sick and partly able to work. Employees in this situation receive a proportion of disability benefit according to their assessed loss of earning capacity and are required to engage in paid work in order to earn an income over and above this. Our ce…
Life Course Status and Exchanges of Support Between Young Adults and Parents
The authors investigated intergenerational support exchanges in relation to young adults' life course status. In a sample of 2,022 young adults (ages 18-34 years) in The Netherlands, single young adults reported receiving more advice from parents than married young adults, and those with children of their own received more practical support. Married young adults and young adults with children provided less support to parents than, respectively, s…
Psychosocial Factors Predicting Job Search Behaviour of Long-Term Welfare Recipients in the Netherlands
In spite of active labour market policies, a considerable number of welfare recipients in the Netherlands are long-term unemployed. In order to investigate the job search behaviour of this group, we developed a model of job search behaviour, inspired by the theory of planned behaviour, expectancy value theory and self-determination theory Survey data relating to 193 individuals receiving welfare benefits for at least one year were collected. A mo…
Child Support Grants in South Africa
Despite the growth of cash transfers to reduce poverty, promote child and family well-being and women's empowerment, the gender dynamics and impact of social protection remains poorly understood. We hypothesise that poor female care-givers receiving a cash transfer for their children are better able to contribute to the material and social well-being of their children than female care-givers who do not receive a cash transfer. This paper reports …
Psychology (16 works) · Developmental psychology (10 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Demographic economics (6 works) · Economics (6 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works)