Publications
Adolescent Attachment: A Social Relations Perspective on Family Relations Vrije Universiteit Brussel Ghent University
While attachment at an early age is almost exclusively determined by parental behavior, variation in the quality of attachment in adolescence seems strong to be influenced by the complex interplay between the adolescent’s internal working model and its environment. To unravel the different sources of variance in adolescent attachment relationships we applied the Social Relations Model. Two parents and two adolescents from 70 relatively ...
Integration, social cohesion and social capital: complex links and relations Hasselt University
Detention as Social Space: Waiting, Social Relations, and Mundane Resistance of Asylum Seekers in Detention Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Under the Trump administration and its “zero-tolerance” policy, the number of detained asylum seekers in the United States has been growing significantly. Yet we know little about their mobility, agency, and social relations at the micro level during the time they are subject to a detention regime. This is because research about detention has frequently developed independently of sustained engagement with the lived experience of those ...
The EU and industrial relations modernization: supranational state support for trade union and social partner modernization and social dialogue KU Leuven
Taking 'social relations' as a cultural ecosystem service : a triangulation approach Ghent University
A critical review and development of a conceptual model of exclusion from social relations for older people Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Social exclusion is complex and dynamic, and it leads to the non-realization of social, economic, political or cultural rights or participation within a society. This critical review takes stock of the literature on exclusion of social relations. Social relations are defined as comprising social resources, social connections and social networks. An evidence review group undertook a critical review which integrates, interprets and synthesizes ...