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Gonneke W. J. M. Stevens

Gonneke W. J. M. Stevens

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Gonneke W. J. M. Stevens is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the social sciences and psychology, with a significant focus on clinical psychology and sociopolitical aspects of health and development. Stevens has contributed extensively to understanding adolescent psychosocial and emotional growth, health disparities, and the effects of technology on youth.

The scientist's work involves various subfields including clinical psychology, sociology and political science, education, health, and general health professions. Their research topics cover areas such as child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, health disparities and outcomes, psychological and temporal perspectives research, COVID-19 and mental health, early childhood education and development, as well as the impact of technology on adolescents and digital technology's role in child development.

Stevens has published in several recurring academic venues, with frequent contributions to the Journal of Adolescent Health, Journal of Youth and Adolescence, Social Science & Medicine, Computers in Human Behavior, and the European Journal of Pediatrics. These publications reflect a focus on adolescent health and well-being across multiple disciplinary perspectives.

Among their recent papers are:

  • Adolescents' Intense and Problematic Social Media Use and Their Well-Being in 29 Countries (2020), Journal of Adolescent Health
  • Social media use intensity, social media use problems, and mental health among adolescents: Investigating directionality and mediating processes (2020), Computers in Human Behavior
  • Cross-National Time Trends in Adolescent Mental Well-Being From 2002 to 2018 and the Explanatory Role of Schoolwork Pressure (2020), Journal of Adolescent Health
  • Neighbourhood deprivation effects on young people's mental health and well-being: A systematic review of the literature (2020), Social Science & Medicine
  • Enhancing Understanding of Adolescent Health and Well-Being: The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Study (2020), Journal of Adolescent Health

Stevens collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Catrin Finkenauer
  • Alina Cosma
  • Maartje Boer
  • Kirsten Visser
  • Margot Peeters

The collective work of Stevens and coauthors often addresses complex issues affecting adolescent health, with particular attention to the roles of social environment, technology use, and mental health trajectories. This body of research informs understanding of how external pressures such as schoolwork and neighborhood conditions intersect with individual well-being and development.

Best Publications

  • Socioeconomic inequalities in adolescent health 2002-2010 : a time-series analysis of 34 countries participating in the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study

    Frank J. Elgar;Timo Kolja Pförtner;Irene Moor;Bart De Clercq

  • Mental health in migrant children.

    Gonneke W.J.M. Stevens;Wilma A.M. Vollebergh

  • Adolescents' Intense and Problematic Social Media Use and Their Well-Being in 29 Countries.

    Maartje Boer;Regina J.J.M. van den Eijnden;Meyran Boniel-Nissim;Suzy Lai Wong

  • Social media use intensity, social media use problems, and mental health among adolescents: Investigating directionality and mediating processes

    Maartje Boer;Gonneke W.J.M. Stevens;Catrin Finkenauer;Margaretha E. de Looze

  • Parent, teacher and self-reported problem behavior in The Netherlands: comparing Moroccan immigrant with Dutch and with Turkish immigrant children and adolescents.

    Gonneke W. J. M. Stevens;Trees Pels;Leyla Bengi-Arslan;Frank C. Verhulst

  • Cross-National Time Trends in Adolescent Mental Well-Being From 2002 to 2018 and the Explanatory Role of Schoolwork Pressure.

    Alina Cosma;Alina Cosma;Alina Cosma;Gonneke Stevens;Gina Martin;Elisa L. Duinhof

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

    Kirsten Visser;Gideon Bolt;Catrin Finkenauer;Merel Jonker

  • The relationship between immigrant school composition, classmate support and involvement in physical fighting and bullying among adolescent immigrants and non-immigrants in 11 countries

    Sophie D Walsh;Bart De Clercq;Michal Molcho;Yossi Harel-Fisch

  • Economic disadvantage and young children's emotional and behavioral problems: mechanisms of risk.

    Jolien Rijlaarsdam;Gonneke W. J. M. Stevens;Jan van der Ende;Albert Hofman

  • Patterns of Psychological Acculturation in Adult and Adolescent Moroccan Immigrants Living in the Netherlands

    Gonneke W. J. M. Stevens;Trees V. M. Pels;Wilma A. M. Vollebergh;Alfons A. M. Crijnen

  • Predicting externalizing problems in Moroccan immigrant adolescents in the Netherlands

    Gonneke W. J. M. Stevens;Wilma A. M. Vollebergh;Trees V. M. Pels;Alfons A. M. Crijnen

  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder-Symptoms, Social Media Use Intensity, and Social Media Use Problems in Adolescents: Investigating Directionality.

    Maartje Boer;Gonneke Stevens;Catrin Finkenauer;Regina van den Eijnden

  • Maternal Childhood Maltreatment and Offspring Emotional and Behavioral Problems Maternal and Paternal Mechanisms of Risk Transmission

    Jolien Rijlaarsdam;Gonneke W. J. M. Stevens;Pauline W. Jansen;Ank P. Ringoot

  • An Internationally Comparative Study of Immigration and Adolescent Emotional and Behavioral Problems: Effects of Generation and Gender.

    Gonneke W J M Stevens;Sophie D Walsh;Tim Huijts;Marlies Maes

  • Enhancing Understanding of Adolescent Health and Well-Being: The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Study.

    Joanna C. Inchley;Gonneke W.J. M. Stevens;Oddrun Samdal;Dorothy B. Currie

  • Multiple Identities and Religious Transmission: A Study Among Moroccan‐Dutch Muslim Adolescents and Their Parents

    Maykel Verkuyten;Jochem Thijs;Gonneke Stevens

  • Perceived Social Support from Different Sources and Adolescent Life Satisfaction Across 42 Countries/Regions: The Moderating Role of National-Level Generalized Trust

    Shanshan Bi;Gonneke W J M Stevens;Marlies Maes;Marlies Maes;Marlies Maes;Maartje Boer

  • Problem Behavior and Acculturation in Moroccan Immigrant Adolescents in the Netherlands Effects of Gender and Parent-Child Conflict

    Gonneke W.J.M. Stevens;Wilma A.M. Vollebergh;Trees V.M. Pels;Alfons A.M. Crijnen

  • Intersectionality and Adolescent Mental Well-being: A Cross-Nationally Comparative Analysis of the Interplay Between Immigration Background, Socioeconomic Status and Gender.

    Matthias Robert Kern;Elisa L. Duinhof;Sophie D. Walsh;Alina Cosma

  • Parenting and Internalizing and Externalizing Problems in Moroccan Immigrant Youth in the Netherlands

    Gonneke W. J. M. Stevens;Wilma A. M. Vollebergh;Trees V. M. Pels;Alfons A. M. Crijnen

  • Gender inequality and sex differences in physical fighting, physical activity, and injury among adolescents across 36 countries

    Margaretha de Looze;Frank J. Elgar;Candace Currie;Petra Kolip

  • HBSC 2013. Gezondheid, welzijn en opvoeding van jongeren in Nederland [Health, well-being, and upbringing of adolescents in the Netherlands].

    Margreet de Looze;Saskia van Dorsselaer;Simone de Roos;Jacqueline Verdurmen

Frequent Co-Authors

Wilma A. M. Vollebergh
Wilma A. M. Vollebergh Utrecht University
Catrin Finkenauer
Catrin Finkenauer Utrecht University
Sophie D. Walsh
Sophie D. Walsh Bar-Ilan University
Tom F. M. ter Bogt
Tom F. M. ter Bogt Utrecht University
Antonius H. N. Cillessen
Antonius H. N. Cillessen Radboud University
Frank C. Verhulst
Frank C. Verhulst Erasmus University Rotterdam
Jan van der Ende
Jan van der Ende Erasmus University Rotterdam
Rens van de Schoot
Rens van de Schoot Utrecht University

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