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Loes Keijsers is a researcher affiliated with Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Their work primarily spans fields of psychology and social sciences, with a strong focus on clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, sociology and political science, education, and applied psychology.

The research topics covered by Keijsers include:

  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Child Development and Digital Technology
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics

Keijsers has contributed to several peer-reviewed journals, with frequent publications in:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Youth and Adolescence
  • Journal of Adolescence
  • Child Development
  • Developmental Psychology

Recent notable papers include:

  • The effect of social media on well-being differs from adolescent to adolescent, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Social Media Use and Adolescents' Self-Esteem: Heading for a Person-Specific Media Effects Paradigm, 2021, Journal of Communication
  • Social Media Use and Adolescents' Well-Being: Developing a Typology of Person-Specific Effect Patterns, 2021, Communication Research
  • Social media use and friendship closeness in adolescents' daily lives: An experience sampling study, 2021, Developmental Psychology
  • Social Media Browsing and Adolescent Well-Being: Challenging the "Passive Social Media Use Hypothesis", 2021, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Collaborations form a significant part of Keijsers' research approach. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Ine Beyens
  • Patti M. Valkenburg
  • Anne Bülow
  • Savannah Boele
  • J. Loes Pouwels

The volume of publications and coauthorships indicates an established presence in the academic community focused on adolescent development, social media effects, and mental health interventions.

Best Publications

  • On the progression and stability of adolescent identity formation: a five-wave longitudinal study in early-to-middle and middle-to-late adolescence.

    Wim Meeus;Rens Van De Schoot;Loes Keijsers;Seth J. Schwartz

  • The effect of social media on well-being differs from adolescent to adolescent

    Ine Beyens;J. Loes Pouwels;Irene I. van Driel;Loes Keijsers

  • Reciprocal Effects Between Parental Solicitation, Parental Control, Adolescent Disclosure, and Adolescent Delinquency

    Loes Keijsers;Susan J. T. Branje;Inge E. VanderValk;Wim Meeus

  • Developmental changes in parent–child communication throughout adolescence.

    Loes Keijsers;François Poulin

  • Anxiety trajectories and identity development in adolescence: a five-wave longitudinal study.

    Elisabetta Crocetti;Theo Klimstra;Loes Keijsers;William W. Hale

  • Developmental links of adolescent disclosure, parental solicitation, and control with delinquency: moderation by parental support.

    Loes Keijsers;Tom Frijns;Susan J. T. Branje;Wim Meeus

  • Parental monitoring and adolescent problem behaviors How much do we really know

    L.G.M.T. Keijsers;L.G.M.T. Keijsers

  • Examining the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI) Among Early and Late Adolescents and Their Mothers

    S.T. Hawk;L. Keijsers;S.T.J. Branje;J. van der Graaff

  • Maintaining Close Relationships: Gratitude as a Motivator and a Detector of Maintenance Behavior

    Kaska E. Kubacka;Catrin Finkenauer;Caryl E. Rusbult;Loes Keijsers

  • Identity statuses as developmental trajectories: a five-wave longitudinal study in early-to-middle and middle-to-late adolescents.

    Wim H. J. Meeus;Rens van de Schoot;Loes Keijsers;Susan Branje

  • Forbidden friends as forbidden fruit: parental supervision of friendships, contact with deviant peers, and adolescent delinquency.

    Loes Keijsers;Susan Branje;Skyler T. Hawk;Seth J. Schwartz

  • What parents don't know and how it may affect their children: qualifying the disclosure-adjustment link.

    Tom Frijns;Loes Keijsers;Susan Branje;Wim Meeus

  • Self-concept clarity across adolescence : Longitudinal associations with open communication with parents and internalizing symptoms

    Marloes P. A. Van Dijk;Susan Branje;Loes Keijsers;Skyler T. Hawk

  • Social media use and adolescents’ self-esteem: Heading for a person-specific media effects paradigm

    P. Valkenburg;I. Beyens;J.L. Pouwels;I.I. van Driel

  • Gender differences in keeping secrets from parents in adolescence

    Loes Keijsers;Susan J. T. Branje;Tom Frijns;Catrin Finkenauer

  • Mind your own business! Longitudinal relations between perceived privacy invasion and adolescent-parent conflict.

    Skyler T. Hawk;Loes Keijsers;William W. Hale Iii;Wim Meeus

  • A Review of Current Ambulatory Assessment Studies in Adolescent Samples and Practical Recommendations.

    Eeske van Roekel;Loes Keijsers;Joanne Mee Hae Chung

  • Discrete- vs. Continuous-Time Modeling of Unequally Spaced Experience Sampling Method Data.

    Silvia de Haan-Rietdijk;Manuel C. Voelkle;Loes Keijsers;Ellen L. Hamaker;Ellen L. Hamaker

  • Social media use and friendship closeness in adolescents' daily lives: An experience sampling study.

    J. Loes Pouwels;Patti M. Valkenburg;Ine Beyens;Irene I. van Driel

  • Come rain or come shine: Individual differences in how weather affects mood.

    Theo A. Klimstra;Tom Frijns;Loes Keijsers;Jaap J. A. Denissen

  • Moving in and out of Poverty: The Within-Individual Association between Socioeconomic Status and Juvenile Delinquency.

    Roderik Rekker;Dustin Pardini;L.G.M.T. Keijsers;S.T.J. Branje

  • The Longitudinal Association Between Self-esteem and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescents: Separating Between-Person Effects from Within-Person Effects

    M.W. Masselink;G.H. van Roekel;G.H. van Roekel;B.L. Hankin;L. Keijsers

Frequent Co-Authors

Wim Meeus
Wim Meeus Utrecht University
Susan Branje
Susan Branje Utrecht University
Hans M. Koot
Hans M. Koot Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Skyler T. Hawk
Skyler T. Hawk Chinese University of Hong Kong
William W. Hale
William W. Hale Utrecht University
Pol A. C. van Lier
Pol A. C. van Lier Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Theo A. Klimstra
Theo A. Klimstra Tufts University
Quinten A. W. Raaijmakers
Quinten A. W. Raaijmakers Utrecht University
Jaap J. A. Denissen
Jaap J. A. Denissen Utrecht University
Elisabetta Crocetti
Elisabetta Crocetti University of Bologna

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