Publications

de Bel, V. (2023). Multi-functional ties and well-being in family networks before and after parental divorce. Social Sciences, 12(11), 586. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci12110586

de Bel, V., Potarca, G., & Van Duijn, M. A. J. (2023). “Fault lines” and substitution in the family network: Three-generational, bi-lateral, and gendered contact patterns in divorced and non-divorced families. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/rvq9h [pre-print]

de Bel, V., Snijders, T. A. B., & Widmer, E. D. (2021). Modelling ambivalent triads in family research. Social Science Research, 98(102577). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2021.102577

de Bel, V. and Widmer, E.D. (2021). Nuclear Family. In The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, G. Ritzer (Ed.). https://doi.org/10.1002/9781405165518.wbeos1767

de Bel, V. (2020). Kringen in de vijver van het familienetwerk. Sociologie Magazine, 28(3), 30–31.

de Bel, V. (2020). The ripple effect in family networks. Relational structures and well-being in divorced and non-divorced families [University of Groningen]. https://doi.org/10.33612/diss.126812050

Widmer, E. D., de Bel, V., Ganjour, O., Girardin, M., & Zufferey, M.-E. (2020). Dynamiques familiales et COVID-19: Réactions à la période de confinement. In F. Gamba, M. Nardone, T. Ricciardi, & S. Cattacin (Eds.), COVID-19: Le regard des sciences social (pp. 159–177). Seismo. https://doi.org/10.33058/seismo.20735 [Original publication in French, translations published in German and Italian]

de Bel, V., & Van Gasse, D. (2020). Knotting the safety net. A multi-actor family network approach in divorce research. In D. Mortelmans (Ed.), Divorce in Europe. New insights in trends, causes and consequences of relation break-ups. (1st ed., p. 357). Cham, Switzerland: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25838-2

de Bel, V., Kalmijn, M., & van Duijn, M. A. J. (2019). Balance in family triads: How intergenerational relationships affect the adult sibling relationship. Journal of Family Issues, 40(18), 2707–2727. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X19860181

Spiegel, T., de Bel, V., & Steverink, N. (2016). Keeping up appearances: The role of identity concealment in the workplace among adults with degenerative eye conditions and its relationship with wellbeing and career outcomes. Disability and Rehabilitation, 38(7), 627–636. https://doi.org/10.3109/09638288.2015.1055378