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  1. Marital-history differences in increased loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic: A European study among older adults living alone

    Article • Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, May 2023, Elsevier

    Pearl Dykstra

  2. Een steeds rijker geschakeerd palet aan kennisbronnen voor de empirische sociologie

    Article • Mens & Maatschappij, October 2022, Amsterdam University Press

    Pearl Dykstra

  3. The COVID-19 pandemic and changes in the level of contact between older parents and their non-coresident children: A European study

    Article • Journal of Family Research, April 2022, Universitatsbibliothek Bamberg

    Pearl Dykstra

  4. The Covid-19 pandemic

    Article • December 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Pearl Dykstra

  5. Better Grandparent, Better Grandchild? Cognitive Evidence From Chinese Multigenerational Households

    Article • August 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Pearl Dykstra

  6. Living arrangements in later life

    Article • June 2021, Edward Elgar Publishing

    Pearl Dykstra

  7. Safe Linkage of Cohort and Population-Based Register Data in a Genomewide Association Study on Health Care Expenditure

    Article • Twin Research and Human Genetics, April 2021, Cambridge University Press

    Pearl Dykstra

  8. Correction to: Policies for Later-Life Families in a Comparative European Perspective

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Pearl Dykstra

  9. Grandparenthood in China and Western Europe: An analysis of CHARLS and SHARE

    Article • Advances in Life Course Research, September 2020, Elsevier

    Pearl Dykstra

  10. Understanding the effects of Covid-19 through a life course lens

    Article • Advances in Life Course Research, September 2020, Elsevier

    Pearl Dykstra

  11. Policies for Later-Life Families in a Comparative European Perspective

    Article • January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Pearl Dykstra

  12. Wetenschappelijk onderzoek en maatschappelijke verantwoordelijkheid1

    Article • Mens & Maatschappij, September 2019, Amsterdam University Press

    Pearl Dykstra

  13. Intergenerational co-residence during later life in Europe and China

    Article • Chinese Journal of Sociology, April 2019, SAGE Publications

    Pearl Dykstra

  14. Chinese parent-child relationships in later life in the context of social inequalities

    Article • Journal of Family Research, April 2019, Universitatsbibliothek Bamberg

    Pearl Dykstra

  15. Family dynamics in China and Europe in the last half-century

    Article • Chinese Journal of Sociology, March 2019, SAGE Publications

    Pearl Dykstra

  16. Intergenerational Family Caregiving in Welfare Policy Context

    Article • January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Pearl Dykstra

  17. Spousal resources and relationship quality in eight European countries

    Article • Community Work & Family, October 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Pearl Dykstra

  18. Is Living Alone “Aging Alone”? Solitary Living, Network Types, and Well-Being

    Article • The Journals of Gerontology Series B, October 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Pearl Dykstra

  19. Intergenerational ties across borders: a typology of the relationships between Polish migrants in the Netherlands and their ageing parents

    Article • Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, June 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Pearl Dykstra

  20. Cross-national Differences in Intergenerational Family Relations: The Influence of Public Policy Arrangements

    Article • Innovation in Aging, January 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Pearl Dykstra

  21. Are Societies with a High Value on the Active Ageing Index More Age Integrated?

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Pearl Dykstra

  22. Non-kin ties as a source of support in Europe: understanding the role of cultural context

    Article • European Societies, November 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Pearl Dykstra

  23. Adult children stepping in? Long-term care reforms and trends in children's provision of household support to impaired parents in the Netherlands

    Article • Ageing and Society, August 2017, Cambridge University Press

    Pearl Dykstra

  24. Parenthood and depression: is childlessness similar to sonlessness among Chinese seniors?

    Article • Ageing and Society, June 2017, Cambridge University Press

    Pearl Dykstra

  25. Does Educational Similarity Drive Parental Support?

    Article • Journal of Marriage and Family, May 2017, Wiley

    Ms Brett E Ory, Pearl Dykstra

  26. The Impact of Siblings on the Geographic Distance Between Adult Children and Their Ageing Parents. Does Parental Need Matter?

    Article • Population Space and Place, March 2017, Wiley

    Pearl Dykstra

  27. Symposium The future of informal care

    Article • Tijdschrift voor Gerontologie en Geriatrie, March 2017, Radboud University

    Pearl Dykstra

  28. The influence of motherhood on income: do partner characteristics and parity matter?

    Article • Community Work & Family, September 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Pearl Dykstra

  29. Social network indices in the Generations and Gender Survey

    Article • Demographic Research, June 2016, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

    Pearl Dykstra

  30. Vriendschappen tussen jong en oud in 25 Europese landen

    Article • Mens & Maatschappij, June 2016, Amsterdam University Press

    Pearl Dykstra

  31. Residential care and care to community-dwelling parents: out-selection, in-selection and diffusion of responsibility

    Article • Ageing and Society, May 2016, Cambridge University Press

    Pearl Dykstra

  32. Linked lives in families: The influence of demographic change and national policies

    Article • Population Horizons, January 2016, De Gruyter

    Pearl Dykstra

  33. Structuration of the Life Course: Some Neglected Aspects

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Pearl Dykstra

  34. Childless Older Adults

    Article • December 2015, Wiley

    Pearl Dykstra

  35. Aging and Social Support

    Article • October 2015, Wiley

    Pearl Dykstra

  36. Care Ideals in the Netherlands: Shifts between 2002 and 2011

    Article • Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement, June 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Pearl Dykstra

  37. Zorgidealen in Nederland: verschuivingen tussen 2002 en 2011

    Article • Mens & Maatschappij, January 2015, Amsterdam University Press

    Pearl Dykstra

  38. Aging Without Children

    Article • Public Policy & Aging Report, January 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Pearl Dykstra

  39. Child care by grandparents: changes between 1992 and 2006 – ERRATUM

    Article • Ageing and Society, June 2014, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Teun Geurts, Pearl Dykstra

  40. Child care by grandparents: changes between 1992 and 2006

    Article • Ageing and Society, April 2014, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Teun Geurts, Pearl Dykstra

  41. Hello pension, goodbye tension? The impact of work and institutions on older workers’ labor market participation in Europe

    Article • International Journal of Ageing and Later Life, March 2014, Linkoping University Electronic Press

    Prof. dr. Ferry Koster, Pearl Dykstra

  42. Older adults’ networks and public care receipt: do partners and adult children substitute for unskilled public care?

    Article • Ageing and Society, July 2013, Cambridge University Press

    Pearl Dykstra

  43. Regional Economic Performance and Distance Between Parents and Their Employed Children – a Multilevel Analysis

    Article • Population Space and Place, December 2012, Wiley

    Pearl Dykstra

  44. Generational interdependencies in families

    Article • Demographic Research, October 2012, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

    Pearl Dykstra

  45. Continuity and change in intergenerational family relationships: An examination of shifts in relationship type over a three-year period

    Article • Advances in Life Course Research, September 2012, Elsevier

    Pearl Dykstra

  46. Living arrangements, intergenerational support types and older adult loneliness in Eastern and Western Europe

    Article • Demographic Research, August 2012, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

    Pearl Dykstra

  47. Les normes des obligations filiales aux Pays-Bas

    Article • Population, July 2012, CAIRN

    Pearl Dykstra

  48. The Men Behind Economically Successful Women: A Focus on Dutch Dual-earner Couples

    Article • Multidisciplinary Journal of Gender Studies, June 2012, Hipatia Press

    Pearl Dykstra

  49. Families: in alle staten?

    Article • Mens & Maatschappij, June 2012, Amsterdam University Press

    Pearl Dykstra

  50. Cross-National Differences in Older Adult Loneliness

    Article • The Journal of Psychology, January 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Pearl Dykstra

  51. Norms of Filial Obligation in the Netherlands

    Article • Population (English Edition), January 2012, CAIRN

    Pearl Dykstra

  52. Stabiliteit en verandering in intergenerationele familierelaties - Verschuivingen in relatietypen over een periode van drie jaar

    Article • Mens & Maatschappij, December 2011, Amsterdam University Press

    Pearl Dykstra

  53. Childlessness and Norms of Familial Responsibility in the Netherlands

    Article • Journal of Comparative Family Studies, July 2011, University of Toronto Press (UTPress)

    Pearl Dykstra

  54. Parity and men's mortality risks

    Article • European Journal of Public Health, March 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Pearl Dykstra

  55. Family obligations and support behaviour: a United States–Netherlands comparison

    Article • Ageing and Society, January 2011, Cambridge University Press

    Pearl Dykstra

  56. Personal relationships in late life: An introduction to the special issue

    Article • Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, December 2010, SAGE Publications

    Pearl Dykstra

  57. Relationships between parents and their adult children: a West European typology of late-life families

    Article • Ageing and Society, December 2010, Cambridge University Press

    Pearl Dykstra

  58. Autonomy in an ascribed relationship: The case of adult children and elderly parents

    Article • Journal of Aging Studies, December 2010, Elsevier

    Pearl Dykstra

  59. De mannen achter succesvolle vrouwen: ‘kanjers’ of ‘maatjes’?

    Article • Mens & Maatschappij, December 2010, Amsterdam University Press

    Pearl Dykstra

  60. Mantelzorgende mannen: een kwestie van moeten, kunnen of willen

    Article • TSG - Tijdschrift voor gezondheidswetenschappen, August 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Pearl Dykstra

  61. The transition to parenthood and well-being: The impact of partner status and work hour transitions.

    Article • Journal of Family Psychology, August 2010, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Pearl Dykstra

  62. The absence of conflict between paid-work hours and the provision of instrumental support to elderly parents among middle-aged women and men

    Article • Ageing and Society, May 2010, Cambridge University Press

    Pearl Dykstra

  63. Contact Between Grandchildren and Their Grandparents in Early Adulthood

    Article • Journal of Family Issues, December 2009, SAGE Publications

    Dr Teun Geurts, Pearl Dykstra

  64. The wellbeing of childless men and fathers in mid-life

    Article • Ageing and Society, October 2009, Cambridge University Press

    Pearl Dykstra

  65. De invloed van Europese verzorgingsstaten op financiële overdrachten binnen families - Een benadering op microniveau

    Article • Mens & Maatschappij, September 2009, Amsterdam University Press

    Pearl Dykstra

  66. Economic Resources and Remaining Single: Trends Over Time

    Article • European Sociological Review, April 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Pearl Dykstra

  67. Older adult loneliness: myths and realities

    Article • European Journal of Ageing, April 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Pearl Dykstra

  68. Life Outcomes of Childless Men and Fathers

    Article • European Sociological Review, January 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Pearl Dykstra

  69. Kin Relationships

    Article • January 2009, SAGE Publications

    Pearl Dykstra

  70. PATHWAYS INTO CHILDLESSNESS: EVIDENCE OF GENDERED LIFE COURSE DYNAMICS

    Article • Journal of Biosocial Science, November 2008, Cambridge University Press

    Pearl Dykstra

  71. Discrepancies in Parent’s and Adult Child’s Reports of Support and Contact

    Article • Journal of Marriage and Family, April 2008, Wiley

    Pearl Dykstra

  72. Intergenerational contact beyond the dyad: the role of the sibling network

    Article • European Journal of Ageing, February 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Pearl Dykstra

  73. Virtue is its own reward? Support-giving in the family and loneliness in middle and old age

    Article • Ageing and Society, February 2008, Cambridge University Press

    Pearl Dykstra

  74. Childlessness and Parenthood in Two Centuries

    Article • Journal of Family Issues, November 2007, SAGE Publications

    Pearl Dykstra

  75. Pathways to Childlessness and Late-Life Outcomes

    Article • Journal of Family Issues, November 2007, SAGE Publications

    Pearl Dykstra

  76. Social Embeddedness and Late-Life Parenthood

    Article • Journal of Family Issues, November 2007, SAGE Publications

    Pearl Dykstra

  77. Similar or Different? The Importance of Similarities and Differences for Support Between Siblings

    Article • Journal of Family Issues, August 2007, SAGE Publications

    Pearl Dykstra

  78. Social and Emotional Loneliness Among Divorced and Married Men and Women: Comparing the Deficit and Cognitive Perspectives

    Article • Basic and Applied Social Psychology, April 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Pearl Dykstra

  79. Aging and Social Support

    Article • February 2007, Wiley

    Pearl Dykstra

  80. Van generatie op generatie : Gelijkenis tussen ouders en kinderen

    Article • January 2007, Amsterdam University Press

    Pearl Dykstra

  81. Off the Beaten Track

    Article • Research on Aging, November 2006, SAGE Publications

    Pearl Dykstra

  82. Solidarity and Conflict Between Adult Children and Parents: A Latent Class Analysis

    Article • Journal of Marriage and Family, October 2006, Wiley

    Pearl Dykstra

  83. Loneliness and Social Isolation

    Article • June 2006, Cambridge University Press

    Pearl Dykstra

  84. Changes in Older Adult Loneliness

    Article • Research on Aging, November 2005, SAGE Publications

    Pearl Dykstra

  85. Gender and Marital-History Differences in Emotional and Social Loneliness among Dutch Older Adults

    Article • Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement, January 2004, Cambridge University Press

    Pearl Dykstra

  86. The long-term rewards of parenting: Older adults’ marital history and the likelihood of receiving support from adult children

    Article • Ageing International, June 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Pearl Dykstra

  87. Formal Assistance Among Dutch Older Adults: An Examination of the Gendered Nature of Marital History

    Article • Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement, January 2000, Cambridge University Press

    Pearl Dykstra

  88. Rebuilding the network: New relationships in widowhood

    Article • Personal Relationships, December 1996, Wiley

    Pearl Dykstra

  89. Loneliness among the Never and Formerly Married: The Importance of Supportive Friendships and a Desire for Independence

    Article • The Journals of Gerontology Series B, September 1995, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Pearl Dykstra

  90. The Differential Availability of Relationships and the Provision and Effectiveness of Support to Older Adults

    Article • Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, August 1993, SAGE Publications

    Pearl Dykstra

  91. New Ways of Theorizing and Conducting Research in the Field of Loneliness and Social Isolation

    Article • Cambridge University Press

    Pearl Dykstra

  92. Impact of Longer Life on Care Giving from Children

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Pearl Dykstra