Koen Luyckx

22.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
341 papers, 14.3k citations indexed

About

Koen Luyckx is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Koen Luyckx has authored 341 papers receiving a total of 14.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 144 papers in Clinical Psychology, 107 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 95 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Koen Luyckx's work include Identity, Memory, and Therapy (103 papers), Family Support in Illness (61 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (52 papers). Koen Luyckx is often cited by papers focused on Identity, Memory, and Therapy (103 papers), Family Support in Illness (61 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (52 papers). Koen Luyckx collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United States and South Africa. Koen Luyckx's co-authors include Luc Goossens, Bart Soenens, Maarten Vansteenkiste, Seth J. Schwartz, Wim Beyers, Theo A. Klimstra, Laurence Claes, Willy Lens, Janne Vanhalst and Philip Moons and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Gastroenterology.

In The Last Decade

Koen Luyckx

327 papers receiving 13.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Motivational profiles from a self-determination perspective: The quality of motivation matters.

2009 757 citations Koen Luyckx et al. profile →
Capturing ruminative exploration: Extending the four-dimensional model of identity formation in late adolescence

2007 605 citations Koen Luyckx et al. Journal of Research in Personality profile →
Identity in Emerging Adulthood

2013 276 citations Koen Luyckx et al. Emerging Adulthood profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Koen Luyckx	5.6k	4.4k	4.3k	4.0k	2.4k	341	14.3k
Luc Goossens	6.5k 1.2×	3.6k 0.8×	6.1k 1.4×	3.2k 0.8×	3.2k 1.3×	238	15.2k
Susan Branje	7.2k 1.3×	3.6k 0.8×	5.2k 1.2×	1.4k 0.4×	2.4k 1.0×	299	12.7k
Kali H. Trzesniewski	5.9k 1.1×	3.5k 0.8×	6.6k 1.6×	1.3k 0.3×	4.0k 1.6×	71	14.1k
Seth J. Schwartz	8.6k 1.5×	11.9k 2.7×	5.2k 1.2×	4.0k 1.0×	1.9k 0.8×	450	21.8k
Ellen A. Skinner	5.4k 1.0×	2.3k 0.5×	6.5k 1.5×	2.7k 0.7×	3.3k 1.4×	101	16.8k
Kirby Deater‐Deckard	11.5k 2.1×	2.6k 0.6×	4.0k 0.9×	1.4k 0.4×	2.1k 0.9×	288	16.0k
Andrew J. Fuligni	6.0k 1.1×	5.2k 1.2×	3.9k 0.9×	855 0.2×	2.5k 1.0×	200	14.2k
Brett Laursen	6.4k 1.1×	2.2k 0.5×	5.5k 1.3×	1.0k 0.3×	1.4k 0.6×	179	10.8k
Katariina Salmela‐Aro	5.3k 0.9×	2.4k 0.6×	6.5k 1.5×	1.7k 0.4×	3.4k 1.4×	349	15.7k
Jari‐Erik Nurmi	4.3k 0.8×	1.8k 0.4×	4.2k 1.0×	4.2k 1.0×	3.1k 1.3×	283	15.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Claes, Laurence, et al.. (2025). Going beyond appearance: Embodiment throughout adolescence and its associations with identity functioning and eating behaviors. Body Image. 53. 101889–101889.

Lemiere, Jurgen, Koen Raymaekers, Sofie Prikken, et al.. (2025). Identity formation, personality, and well-being in adolescent and emerging adult siblings of survivors of pediatric cancer. Tilburg University Research Portal. 7(1).

Kiekens, Glenn, Laurence Claes, Evan M. Kleiman, et al.. (2024). The Short-Term Course of Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Among Individuals Seeking Psychiatric Treatment. JAMA Network Open. 7(10). e2440510–e2440510. 5 indexed citations

Oris, Leen, et al.. (2024). Stability and change of illness identity in Belgian youth with type 1 diabetes: a latent transition analysis. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 59(1).

Claes, Laurence, et al.. (2023). Psychometric Properties of the Dutch Version of the Eating Competence Satter Inventory (ecSI 2.0TM) in Community Adolescents. Nutrients. 15(21). 4531–4531. 1 indexed citations

Raymaekers, Koen, Philip Moons, Sofie Prikken, et al.. (2023). Comparing youth with and without type 1 diabetes on perceived parenting and peer functioning: a propensity weighting approach. Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 46(6). 1032–1041.

Claes, Laurence, et al.. (2023). Inhabiting the body: Exploring the link between embodiment and identity in community adolescents. Body Image. 47. 101623–101623. 7 indexed citations

Raymaekers, Koen, et al.. (2023). Impairment in personality functioning throughout adolescence and co-development with personality traits, emotion regulation strategies, and psychopathology. Journal of Research in Personality. 104. 104380–104380. 4 indexed citations

Luyckx, Koen, et al.. (2023). The Longitudinal Link Between Personality and Relationship Quality in Emerging Adults: Mediation by Identity?. Emerging Adulthood. 11(4). 869–883. 1 indexed citations

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Prikken, Sofie, Jurgen Lemiere, Laurence Claes, et al.. (2023). Identity Formation and General and Cancer-specific Functioning in Adolescent and Emerging Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer: A Longitudinal Study into Directionality of Effects. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 57(9). 722–732. 4 indexed citations

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Bulck, Liesbet Van, Eva Goossens, Silke Apers, Philip Moons, & Koen Luyckx. (2021). Illness identity in adults with congenital heart disease: Longitudinal trajectories and associations with patient‐reported outcomes and healthcare use. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 77(12). 4743–4754. 8 indexed citations

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Goethals, Eveline R., Jurgen Lemiere, Frank J. Snoek, et al.. (2020). Executive function mediates the link between externalizing behavior and HbA1c in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes: A cross‐national investigation. Pediatric Diabetes. 22(3). 503–510. 4 indexed citations

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Buelens, Tinne, Koen Luyckx, Margaux Verschueren, et al.. (2020). Temperament and Character Traits of Female Eating Disorder Patients with(out) Non-Suicidal Self-Injury. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 9(4). 1207–1207. 23 indexed citations

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Buelens, Tinne, Koen Luyckx, Amarendra Gandhi, Glenn Kiekens, & Laurence Claes. (2019). Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Adolescence: Longitudinal Associations with Psychological Distress and Rumination. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. 47(9). 1569–1581. 70 indexed citations

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Claes, Laurence, Brianna J. Turner, Eva Dierckx, et al.. (2018). Different Clinical Presentations in Eating Disorder Patients with Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Based on the Co-Occurrence of Borderline Personality Disorder. Psychologica Belgica. 58(1). 243–255. 5 indexed citations

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Piotrowski, Konrad, et al.. (2018). Adult roles as predictors of adult identity and identity commitment in Polish emerging adults: Psychosocial maturity as an intervening variable. Current Psychology. 39(6). 2149–2158. 13 indexed citations

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Wouters, Sofie, Hilde Colpin, Koen Luyckx, & Karine Verschueren. (2018). Explaining the Relationship between Parenting and Internalizing Symptoms: The Role of Self-Esteem Level and Contingency. Journal of Child and Family Studies. 27(10). 3402–3412. 32 indexed citations

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Wouters, Sofie, Sander Thomaes, Hilde Colpin, Koen Luyckx, & Karine Verschueren. (2018). How does Conditional Regard Impact Well-being and Eagerness to Learn? An Experimental Study. Psychologica Belgica. 58(1). 105–114. 3 indexed citations

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Houte, Maaike Van Den, Koen Luyckx, Lukas Van Oudenhove, et al.. (2017). Differentiating progress in a clinical group of fibromyalgia patients during and following a multicomponent treatment program. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 98. 47–54. 15 indexed citations

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Sleuwaegen, Ellen, et al.. (2016). Subtypes in borderline patients based on reactive and regulative temperament. Personality and Individual Differences. 108. 14–19. 14 indexed citations

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