Dr. Heiko Schmengler

Dr. Heiko Schmengler

Researcher
Interdisciplinary Social Science
h.schmengler@uu.nl

Publications

2025

Scholarly publications

Schmengler, H., Hartman, C. A., Marceau, K., Giletta, M., & Peeters, M. (2025). The associations between traumatic experiences and trajectories of substance use in adolescence and young adulthood – the role of acute neuroendocrine and subjective stress reactivity. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 182, 1-13. Article 107642. [DOI]
Zeng, Y., Helbich, M., Schmengler, H., Peeters, M., & Stevens, G. (2025). Neighborhood social disorganization in early adolescence and substance use trajectories into young adulthood: The moderating role of effortful control and parental substance use. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. Advance online publication. [DOI]

2024

Scholarly publications

Dratva, J., Molcho, M., Calleja-Agius, J., De Bock, F., Elias, C., Lazzerini, M., Schmengler, H., Cantarero-Arevalo, L., Godeau, E., & Jansen, D. (2024). Call for action - crisis recovery and preparedness in child and adolescent public health. Public Health Reviews, 45, Article 1606849. [DOI] [Repository]
Schmengler, H. (2024). How do socioeconomic health inequalities develop? Exploring mechanisms in the development of socioeconomic inequalities in mental health and health behaviours in adolescents and young adults. [Doctoral thesis 1 (Research UU / Graduation UU), Universiteit Utrecht]. Utrecht University. [DOI] [Portal]

2023

Scholarly publications

Schmengler, H., Oldehinkel, A. J., Vollebergh, W., Pasman, J. A., Hartman, C. A., Stevens, G., Nolte, I. M., & Peeters, M. (2023). Disentangling the interplay between genes, cognitive skills, and educational level in adolescent and young adult smoking – The TRAILS study. Social Science & Medicine, 336, Article 116254. [DOI] [Repository]
Schmengler, H., Peeters, M., Stevens, G., Hartman, C. A., Oldehinkel, A. J., & Vollebergh, W. (2023). ADHD Symptoms and Educational Level in Adolescents: The Role of the Family, Teachers, and Peers. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 51(7), 1051-1066. [DOI] [Repository]
Schmengler, H., Peeters, M., Stevens, G., Kunst, A. E., Hartman, C. A., Oldehinkel, A. J., & Vollebergh, W. (2023). Educational level, attention problems, and externalizing behaviour in adolescence and early adulthood: the role of social causation and health-related selection—the TRAILS study. European child & adolescent psychiatry, 32(5), 809–824. [DOI] [Repository]

2022

Scholarly publications

Schmengler, H., Peeters, M., Stevens, G., Kunst, A. E., Delaruelle, K., Dierckens, M., Charrier, L., Weinberg, D., Oldehinkel, A. J., & Vollebergh, W. (2022). Country-level social mobility and inequalities in adolescent health behaviours in 32 countries. Abstract from 15th European Public Health Conference, Berlin, Berlin, Germany. [DOI]
Schmengler, H., Peeters, M., Stevens, G., Kunst, A. E., Delaruelle, K., Dierckens, M., Charrier, L., Weinberg, D., Oldehinkel, A. J., & Vollebergh, W. (2022). Socioeconomic inequalities in adolescent health behaviours across 32 different countries – The role of country-level social mobility. Social Science & Medicine, 310, Article 115289. [DOI] [Repository]
Schmengler, H., Peeters, M., Kunst, A. E., Oldehinkel, A. J., & Vollebergh, W. (2022). Educational level and alcohol use in adolescence and early adulthood—The role of social causation and health-related selection—The TRAILS Study. PLoS One, 17(1), 1-20. Article e0261606. [DOI] [Repository]

2021

Scholarly publications

Schmengler, H., Peeters, M., Stevens, G., Kunst, A. E., Hartman, C. A., Oldehinkel, A. J., & Vollebergh, W. (2021). Educational level, attention problems, and externalizing behaviour in adolescence – Social causation versus health-related selection. i206-i207. Abstract from World Congress of Epidemiology 2021. [DOI]
Schmengler, H., Cohen, D., Tordjman, S., & Melchior, M. (2021). Autism Spectrum and Other Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Children of Immigrants: A Brief Review of Current Evidence and Implications for Clinical Practice. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, 1-12. Article 566368. [DOI] [Repository]
Kevenaar, S. T., Zondervan - Zwijnenburg, M. A. J., Blok, E., Schmengler, H., Fakkel, M., de Zeeuw, E., van Bergen, E., Onland-Moret, N. C., Peeters, M., Hillegers, M. H. J., Boomsma, D. I., & Oldehinkel, A. J. (2021). Bayesian evidence synthesis in case of multi-cohort datasets: An illustration by multi-informant differences in self-control. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 47, Article 100904. [DOI] [Repository]

2020

Scholarly publications

Schmengler, H., Peeters, M., Kunst, A. E., Oldehinkel, A. J., & Vollebergh, W. A. M. (2020). Education and alcohol use in adolescence – The role of social causation and health-related selection. European Journal of Public Health, 30(Supplement 5), Article ckaa165.240. [DOI]
Fakkel, M., Peeters, M., Lugtig, P., Zondervan-Zwijnenburg, M. A. J., Blok, E., White, T., van der Meulen, M., Kevenaar, S. T., Willemsen, G., Bartels, M., Boomsma, D. I., Schmengler, H., Branje, S., & Vollebergh, W. A. M. (2020). Testing sampling bias in estimates of adolescent social competence and behavioral control. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 46, Article 100872. [DOI] [Repository]

2019

Scholarly publications

Schmengler, H., El‐Khoury Lesueur, F., Yermachenko, A., Taine, M., Cohen, D., Peyre, H., Saint‐Georges, C., Thierry, X., & Melchior, M. (2019). Maternal immigrant status and signs of neurodevelopmental problems in early childhood. 103-104. Abstract from 12th European Public Health Conference, Marseille, France. https://academic.oup.com/eurpub/article/29/Supplement_4/ckz185.272/5624375?searchresult=1
Schmengler, H., El‐Khoury Lesueur, F., Yermachenko, A., Taine, M., Cohen, D., Peyre, H., Saint‐Georges, C., Thierry, X., & Melchior, M. (2019). Maternal Immigrant Status and Signs of Neurodevelopmental Problems in Early Childhood: The French Representative ELFE Birth Cohort. Autism Research, 12(12), 1845–1859. [DOI] [Repository]

2017

Scholarly publications

Schmengler, H., Ikram, U. Z., Snijder, M. B., Kunst, A. E., & Agyemang, C. (2017). Association of perceived ethnic discrimination with general and abdominal obesity in ethnic minority groups: the HELIUS study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 71(5), 453-460. [DOI]