There has been a global displacement of people, who were forced to leave their homes due to war and conflicts. Especially from 2015 on a problem arose, as all these people entered other countries to build up a new and safe life. All these people ask asylum and protection of European countries. The Netherlands …

Success at school determines future career opportunities. We described a time-of-day specific disparity in school performance between early and late chronotypes. Several studies showed that students with a late chronotype and short sleep duration obtain lower grades, suggesting that early school starting …

Door de kredietcrisis die begon in 2008 liep ABN AMRO meer reputatieschade op dan andere grote banken in Nederland. ABN AMRO was zich voorafgaand aan dit onderzoek al bewust van haar reputatieschade en is ook al jaren bezig met het verbeteren van deze reputatie en het herstel van het vertrouwen. Het …

This thesis focuses on the relationship between ethnic composition and both schooling outcomes and classroom behaviour, making the crucial distinction between the share of migrant-origin students and ethnic diversity. Ethnic school composition is seen as one of the explanations for the inequality of …

De vraag die in dit artikel centraal staat is: op welke manieren manifesteert straatcultuur zich online? Om deze vraag te beantwoorden putten de auteurs uit een verkennende studie waarin het social media-gebruik van een netwerk van jongeren uit de Rotterdamse wijk Spangen is geanalyseerd (Van den Broek, …

Das Ziel dieser Studie ist es, das SSPA auf Menschen mit hochfunktionellem Autismus, dem AS, in Deutschland zu übertragen. Dazu wird das SSPA erst kritisch in Bezug auf die Erfassung von pragmatischen Fähigkeiten diskutiert um danach in einer vergleichenden Studie die pragmatischen Fähigkeiten von 20 …

Purpose: To get insight into personal meaning of a person involved in a physical therapy intervention. Methods: Mrs. A, a 76-year-old woman is referred to a physical therapist (PT) for assessment of functioning and training before total hip arthroplasty (THA). The patient, her daughter, and PT were …

BACKGROUND: In The Netherlands, one out of six Dutch employees has informal care tasks; in the hospital and healthcare sector, this ratio is one out of four workers. Informal carers experience problems with the combination of work and informal care. In particular, they have problems with the burden of …

Maintaining independence is the most important goal of the majority of older people. The onset of disability in activities of daily living is one of the greatest threats to the ability of older people to live independently. Older people with a low socioeconomic status (SES) are at high risk of functional …