Papers

Swinkels, A., van der Cruijsen, R., van den Broek, N., Geurts, S. A. E., Scholte, R. H. J., & Vink, J. M. (2025). The temporal sequence between student problematic internet use, fear of missing out and mental health: A random-intercept cross-lagged panel model. Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 19, 100717. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2025.100717

Sarintohe, E., van den Broek, N., Larsen, J. K., Burk, W. J., & Vink, J. M. (2025). The development of food addiction symptoms and the role of mental health and sex among Indonesian adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic. Acta Psychologica, 256, 105061. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105061

van Hooijdonk, K. J., van den Broek, N., Tan, C. Y., Vink, J. M., & Larsen, J. (2025). Current nicotine use and the development of depressive symptoms across adolescence and adulthood: A multi-dataset study exploring moderation effects of body mass index and sex. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-025-01484-4

Swinkels, A., van den Broek, N., & Cillessen, A. H. (2025). Longitudinal associations of (un) popularity with weight perceptions and dieting in adolescence. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 54(3), 704-719. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-024-02090-8

van Hooijdonk, K. J., Reed, Z. E., van den Broek, N., Singh, M., Sallis, H. M., Gillespie, N. A., … & Vink, J. M. (2025). Triangulated evidence provides no support for bidirectional causal pathways between diet/physical activity and depression/anxiety. Psychological Medicine, 55, e4. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291724003349

Polman, M. A., Beckers, D., Burk, W. J., Smit, C. R., Buijzen, M., Vink, J. M., van den Broek, N., & Larsen, J. K. (2024). The effect of a multi-component school-based social network intervention on children’s body mass index: a four-arm intervention study. Psychology & Health, 39(11), 1503-1520. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2023.2179084

van den Broek, N., Maran, P. L., Beckers, D., Burk, W. J., Verhagen, M., Vink, J. M., & Larsen, J. K. (2024). Examining the bidirectional associations between adolescents’ physical activity and depressive symptoms before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mental Health and Physical Activity, 27, 100618. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mhpa.2024.100618

van den Broek, N. (2023). ‘What you see is what you get?’De Rol van Belangrijke Sociale Partners en de Coronacrisis in het Eetgedrag van Adolescenten. Jeugd in Ontwikkeling. https://doi.org/10.54447/JiO.13608

van den Broek, N., Larsen, J. K., Verhagen, M., Burk, W. J., & Vink, J. M. (2023). Adolescents’ food intake changes during the COVID-19 pandemic: The moderating role of pre-pandemic susceptibility, COVID-19 related stressors, and the social food context. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 20(4), 616-634. https://doi.org/10.1080/17405629.2022.2115999

Larsen, J. K., van den Broek, N., Verhagen, M., Burk, W. J., & Vink, J. M. (2023). A longitudinal study on changes in food parenting practices during COVID-19 and the role of parental well-being. Appetite, 180, 106331. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2022.106331

van den Broek, N., de la Haye, K., Veldhuis, L., Verhagen, M., Larsen, J. K., Vink, J. M., & Burk, W. J. (2022). Examining food intake similarities in adolescent best friend dyads using longitudinal Actor-Partner Interdependence Models. Appetite, 175, 106072. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2022.106072

van den Broek, N., Verhagen, M., Larsen, J. K., & Vink, J. M. (2022). Een cohortvergelijking van eetgedrag, leefstijl en sociaal-emotionele gezondheid bij jongeren vóór en tijdens de coronacrisis. TSG: Tijdschrift Voor Gezondheidswetenschappen, 100(2), 40-48. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12508-022-00331-4

van den Broek, N., Larsen, J. K., Verhagen, M., Burk, W. J., & Vink, J. M. (2020). Is adolescents’ food intake associated with exposure to the food intake of their mothers and best friends?. Nutrients, 12(3), 786. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12030786

Hermans, R. C., van den Broek, N., Nederkoorn, C., Otten, R., Ruiter, E. L., & Johnson-Glenberg, M. C. (2018). Feed the alien! The effects of a nutrition instruction game on children’s nutritional knowledge and food intake. Games for Health Journal, 7(3), 164-174. https://doi.org/10.1089/g4h.2017.0055

van den Broek, N., Larsen, J. K., Verhagen, M., Eisinga, R., Burk, W. J., & Vink, J. M. (2018). The longitudinal link between mothers’ and adolescents’ snacking: The moderating role of television viewing. Appetite, 120, 565-570. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2017.10.010

Larsen, J. K., Sleddens, E. F. C., Vink, J. M., van den Broek, N., & Kremers, S. P. J. (2017). The sex-specific interaction between food responsiveness and sleep duration explaining body mass index among children. Sleep Medicine, 40, 106-109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2017.09.025

van den Broek, N., Deutz, M. H., Franken, A., & Cillessen, A. H. (2017). Populariteit, maar niet geliefdheid, is gerelateerd aan risicogedrag van Nederlandse adolescenten. Kind en adolescent, 38(1), 31-47.https://doi.org/10.1007/s12453-017-0136-9

van den Broek, N., Deutz, M. H., Schoneveld, E. A., Burk, W. J., & Cillessen, A. H. (2016). Behavioral correlates of prioritizing popularity in adolescence. Journal of youth and adolescence, 45(12), 2444-2454. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-015-0352-7

Dissertation

van den Broek, N. (2023). “What you see is what you get?”: Examining the role of important socialization agents and the COVID-19 pandemic in adolescents’ food intake. https://www.publicatie-online.nl/uploaded/flipbook/163051-Nina-van-den-Broek/