Margriet LenkensIVO Addiction Research Institute
Margriet Lenkens
Doctor of Philosophy
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Publications (10)
Introduction
Legal spaces for street-based sex work are limited and appear to be diminishing. In the Netherlands, two of the once eight tippelzones (legal street sex work zone) remain after the “De Baan” in Utrecht closed in 2021. We examined how the closure has affected the lives and vulnerability of sex workers that worked there.
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Although support by experiential peers for individuals with criminal behaviour is increasing, an empirical basis for its effectiveness is lacking. The purpose of this review was to investigate outcomes, mechanisms, and contextual factors of individual support by experiential peers for individuals who display criminal behaviour. We conducted a syste...
Individuals with a criminal background are increasingly involved in support for people with criminal behavior. However, research into what happens in the relationship between these experiential peers (EPs) and clients is scarce. This qualitative study investigates EPs’ perspectives on the mechanisms of experiential peer support and how this compare...
Closeness between mentor and mentee is previously defined as an important indicator of relationship quality in youth mentoring, but whether this is the case in instrumental mentoring for young adults remains unclear. This is an exploratory study examining how instrumental mentoring serves young adults in their instrumental needs and how relational...
Research on youth mentoring highlights the importance of the relationship quality between mentor and mentee; mentoring results in more positive outcomes when the mentee perceives the relationship as satisfying and trustworthy. Research on relationship quality shows that social skills are important for constructing new relationships. However, wherea...
Background
Experiential peers are increasingly involved in the development and delivery of interventions for individuals who are engaged in delinquent behavior. Experiential peer support, which is the provision of support to an individual engaged in delinquent behavior by someone who has previously also practiced such behavior, is one such applicat...
This qualitative study investigates urban at-risk youths’ perspectives on their multiproblem situations and explores their needs for support. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 23 at-risk youths with varied (externalizing) problems and risk factors. The data analysis was carried out using an inductive thematic approach. Four main themes...
Youths' help-seeking orientation on the individual level, and the presence of bonding and bridging social capital at the contextual level, are important factors in explaining at-risk urban youths' self-sufficiency. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 22 at-risk youths aged 15–25 years in an urban area, to study youths' perceptions of help-...
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Question (1)
For our study on at-risk adolescents were are using (among other instruments) the Family Affluence Scale to measure socio economic status. One of the items concerns the amount of computer a family possesses. Does this also include the possession of tablets and/or smartphones? I think this may have replaced the possession of computers to some extent in the last couple of years, so in that sense the possession or lack of a computer is less indicative of SES I would say.
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