Publications by authors named "M P de Looze"
Research shows that both-sex attracted adults have poorer mental health than other- and same-sex attracted adults, but evidence regarding whether similar disparities exist among adolescents remains limited. To investigate this, the current study examines differences in life satisfaction and emotional problems between both-, other- and same-sex attracted adolescents. It also studies whether bullying victimization can explain these differences and whether the associations vary by gender and age.
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- The study investigates the rising internalizing problems among adolescents, particularly girls, in relation to gender equality from 2002 to 2022.
- It finds that the gender gap in psychological symptoms is widening more in gender-equal countries, largely due to increased symptoms among girls linked to stressors like schoolwork pressure.
- As gender equality has progressed, the initial mental health benefits for girls seem to have diminished, becoming negative as stressors have intensified, particularly in educational settings.
Purpose: Building on research suggesting that the COVID-19 pandemic may have led to an exacerbation of deteriorating trends in mental health among adolescents, this paper examined trends in adolescents' psychological and somatic complaints across 35 countries from 2010 to 2022, and tested trends in sociodemographic inequalities in these outcomes between 2018 and 2022.
Methods: Using data from 792,606 adolescents from 35 countries (51% girls; mean age = 13.5; standard deviation 1.
While Gender and Sexuality Alliances (GSAs) are associated with higher acceptance of sexual diversity and lower bullying-victimization, it is unclear which individual and school-level attributes strengthen these associations. Nationally representative data (N = 1,567 students; Mage = 15.4, SD = 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study aimed to assess differences between other-sex attracted and same- and both-sex attracted adolescents in profiles of peer and family social support, online contacts, and preferences for online communication. Data stem from the 2017 Dutch "Health and Behavior in School-Aged Children" (HBSC) survey ( = 6,823; 4.0% same- and both-sex attracted; age14.
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