- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Disability Rights and Representation
- Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
- Sex work and related issues
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Down syndrome and intellectual disability research
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Research in Social Sciences
- Marriage and Sexual Relationships
- Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth
- Gender, Feminism, and Media
- Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Erasmus University Rotterdam
2021-2025
Utrecht University
2019
Rutgers Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
2018
While male youths with mild intellectual disabilities (MIDs) display similar sexual development as their peers without MIDs, they experience higher rates of and dating violence (SDV) risk behavior. Yet, little is known about effective gender-specific prevention for this population. Therefore, we conducted a cluster-randomized controlled trial Dutch group-counseling program promoting psychosexual health preventing SDV among MIDs aged 14–21 years—Make Move+. The 120 participating completed...
Adolescent sexual and dating violence (SDV) is a worldwide problem. Although male adolescents in vocational education or youth care may be at increased risk of perpetrating SDV, little known about effective gender-specific prevention. Therefore, we conducted quasi-experimental evaluation Dutch group counseling program promoting psychosexual health preventing SDV among aged 12–18 years: Make Move. The 66 participating completed three questionnaires (baseline, post-test, 3-month follow-up;...
Whereas male youth with mild intellectual disabilities (MID) display similar sexual development as their peers without MID, they experience higher rates of and dating violence (SDV) risk behavior. Yet, little is known about effective gender-specific prevention for this population. Therefore, we conducted a cluster-randomized controlled trial Dutch group-counseling program promoting psychosexual health preventing SDV among MID aged 14 – 21 years: Make Move+. The 120 participating completed...
Adolescent sexual and dating violence (SDV) is a worldwide problem. Although male adolescents in vocational education or youth care may be at increased risk of perpetrating SDV, little known about effective gender-specific prevention. Therefore, we conducted quasi-experimental evaluation Dutch group-counseling program promoting psychosexual health preventing SDV among aged 12–18 years: Make Move. The 66 participating completed three questionnaires (baseline, post-test, 3-month follow-up;...
Sexually developing adolescents and emerging adults face sexual health risks as well potentially negative outcomes of online behaviors. The goal this study was to describe three categories risk behavior: 1) behavior related STI/HIV 2) unplanned pregnancy, 3) behavior. In addition, we investigated whether these behaviors are actually (health) outcomes. For purpose, used data from a Dutch probability survey: "Sex under the age 25". Adolescents aged 12 through 24 (8,053 boys 12,447 girls)...
Whereas male youth with mild intellectual disabilities (MID) display similar sexual development as their peers without MID, they experience higher rates of and dating violence (SDV) risk behavior. Yet, little is known about effective gender-specific prevention for this population. Therefore, we conducted a cluster-randomized controlled trial Dutch group-counseling program promoting psychosexual health preventing SDV among MID aged 14 – 21 years: Make Move+. The 120 participating completed...
Abstract This study aimed to (1) describe male mildly intellectually disabled (MID) adolescents’ general romantic and sexual development, education experience with topics on sexuality relationships, frequency of undesirable behaviors experiences; (2) explore how related attitudes, self-esteem, knowledge, resilience peer pressure link MID dating violence (SDV) perpetration, SDV victimization risk behavior. We used baseline data from a randomized controlled trial program for psychosexual...
Adolescent sexual and dating violence (SDV) is a worldwide problem. Although male adolescents in vocational education or youth care may be at increased risk of perpetrating SDV, little known about effective gender-specific prevention. Therefore, we conducted quasi-experimental evaluation Dutch group-counseling program promoting psychosexual health preventing SDV among aged 12–18 years: Make Move. The 66 participating completed three questionnaires (baseline, post-test, 3-month follow-up;...
Abstract Introduction Scientific literature and clinical practice still pay insufficient attention to the interconnectedness between love sex. Especially youth would benefit in their sexual development from more (e.g., parenting, education, health services) for complex relational context of decisions interactions. Methods To gain insight into young people’s dynamically intertwined early experiences with romantic relationships sexuality, a new semi-structured interview method was developed as...
Objective: To 1) describe mildly intellectually disabled (MID) male adolescents’ general romantic and sexual development, experience with sexuality relationships education, frequency of undesirable behaviors experiences; 2) Explore how a set factors on various socio-cognitive levels (i.e., attitudinal, cognitive, psychological) link to MID experiences (intended) dating violence (SDV) perpetration, SDV victimization risk behavior.Method: We used baseline data from randomized controlled trial...