Mariek Vanden Abeele

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
84 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Mariek Vanden Abeele is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Communication and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Mariek Vanden Abeele has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 28 papers in Communication and 20 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Mariek Vanden Abeele's work include Impact of Technology on Adolescents (63 papers), Social Media and Politics (25 papers) and Child Development and Digital Technology (19 papers). Mariek Vanden Abeele is often cited by papers focused on Impact of Technology on Adolescents (63 papers), Social Media and Politics (25 papers) and Child Development and Digital Technology (19 papers). Mariek Vanden Abeele collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Netherlands and Switzerland. Mariek Vanden Abeele's co-authors include Lieven De Marez, Marjolijn L. Antheunis, Alexander Schouten, Keith Roe, Antonius J. van Rooij, Rich Ling, Gianluca Lo Coco, Vittoria Franchina, Ralf De Wolf and Steven Eggermont and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Scientific Reports and Computers in Human Behavior.

In The Last Decade

Mariek Vanden Abeele

76 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Fear of Missing Out as a Predictor of Problematic Social ... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 50 100 150 200 250
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  1. Fear of Missing Out as a Predictor of Problematic Social Media Use and Phubbing Behavior among Flemish Adolescents
    2018 269 citations Mariek Vanden Abeele, Antonius J. van Rooij et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mariek Vanden Abeele Belgium 24 1.6k 626 474 381 317 84 2.2k
Chia‐chen Yang United States 20 1.3k 0.8× 457 0.7× 479 1.0× 252 0.7× 205 0.6× 37 1.7k
Joseph Bayer United States 18 1.6k 1.0× 303 0.5× 506 1.1× 387 1.0× 444 1.4× 37 2.2k
Sophia Xenos Australia 9 1.4k 0.8× 446 0.7× 414 0.9× 237 0.6× 190 0.6× 20 1.7k
Jochen Peter Netherlands 11 1.5k 0.9× 837 1.3× 773 1.6× 418 1.1× 160 0.5× 28 2.0k
Úrsula Oberst Spain 21 1.9k 1.2× 921 1.5× 429 0.9× 318 0.8× 386 1.2× 66 2.5k
Rachel Grieve Australia 26 1.1k 0.7× 511 0.8× 286 0.6× 529 1.4× 206 0.6× 58 2.3k
Nazir S. Hawi Lebanon 14 2.1k 1.3× 1.1k 1.7× 296 0.6× 252 0.7× 302 1.0× 21 2.6k
Tracii Ryan Australia 20 1.8k 1.1× 1.5k 2.4× 523 1.1× 374 1.0× 268 0.8× 43 3.3k
Bonka Boneva United States 9 1.8k 1.1× 560 0.9× 845 1.8× 315 0.8× 156 0.5× 10 2.3k
David Šmahel Czechia 21 1.5k 1.0× 1.1k 1.8× 557 1.2× 541 1.4× 146 0.5× 99 2.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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Koster, Ernst H. W., et al.. (2025). The effects of social media abstinence on affective well-being and life satisfaction: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 7581–7581. 5 indexed citations
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Abeele, Mariek Vanden, et al.. (2025). Methodological considerations for social media intervention studies. Nature Reviews Psychology. 4(9). 603–614. 1 indexed citations
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Abeele, Mariek Vanden, et al.. (2024). Co-present mobile phone use as an expectancy violation: revisiting ‘phubbing’ in two lab-based experiments. Social Influence. 19(1). 5 indexed citations
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Wolf, Ralf De, et al.. (2024). From bliss to burden: An ethnographic inquiry into how social, material and individual obstacles to digital well-being shape everyday life. New Media & Society. 28(1). 212–229. 4 indexed citations
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Wolfers, Lara N., et al.. (2023). Commentary: Technoference or parental phubbing? A call for greater conceptual and operational clarity of parental smartphone use around children. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 65(8). 1108–1114. 14 indexed citations
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Abeele, Mariek Vanden, et al.. (2023). Does mindless scrolling hamper well-being? Combining ESM and log-data to examine the link between mindless scrolling, goal conflict, guilt, and daily well-being. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. 29(1). 13 indexed citations
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Abeele, Mariek Vanden, et al.. (2023). Measuring digital well-being in everyday life among Slovenian adolescents: The Perceived Digital Well-Being in Adolescence Scale. Journal of Children and Media. 18(1). 99–119. 6 indexed citations
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Abeele, Mariek Vanden & Minh Hao Nguyen. (2022). Digital well-being in an age of mobile connectivity: An introduction to the Special Issue. Mobile Media & Communication. 10(2). 174–189. 45 indexed citations
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Heuvel, Marion I. van den, Anne Bülow, Vera Ellen Heininga, et al.. (2021). Tracking Infant Development With a Smartphone: A Practical Guide to the Experience Sampling Method. Frontiers in Psychology. 12. 703743–703743. 11 indexed citations
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Abeele, Mariek Vanden. (2020). Digital Wellbeing as a Dynamic Construct. Communication Theory. 31(4). 932–955. 209 indexed citations
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Rooij, Antonius J. van, Mariek Vanden Abeele, & Jan Van Looy. (2017). Examining the Role of (Un)Conscious Determinants in Online Gambling: Complementing the Theory of Planned Behavior With the Concept of Habit. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 1 indexed citations
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Vermeulen, Lotte, Mariek Vanden Abeele, & Sofie Van Bauwel. (2016). A Gendered Identity Debate in Digital Game Culture. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7 indexed citations
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Abeele, Mariek Vanden, Keith Roe, & Mario Pandelaere. (2007). Construct Validation of the Concepts Social Presence, Emotional Presence and Connectedness. 215–224. 1 indexed citations
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Abeele, Mariek Vanden, et al.. (2005). Connecting the family home: co-designing new technologies for Community Communication. 5 indexed citations

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