Peeters is involved in multiple studies and projects such as the TRAILS study, the HBSC study, the DiYo project, the Minding the Gap project and the academic collaborative center ’"Youth and Family Central". TRAILS is a longitudinal, multidisciplinary study of the psychological and social development of adolescents and young adults. The HBSC project is an cross-national study (WHO collaboration) that monitors adolescent health every four years and advises national policies around adolescent health. In the DiYo project Peeters studies the development of gaming behavior among adolescents. In the "Minding the Gap project" the mental health of youth living in poverty is evaluated and together with municipalities prevention strategies are developed. Within the academic collaborative center ‘Youth and Family central’, Peeters works together with various parties and organizations (GGD, Trimbos, Youth Health Care) in the field of youth and young people and she leads the study ‘Mental Capital’ on schoolstress and school attendance.
Risk behavior and Addiction
- TRAILS; adolescents' risk behavior in context
- social inequalities in risk behavior and mental health (PhD project Heiko Schmengler & Ties Fakkel)
- Youth in Transition; Youth in Addiction Care
- Minding the Gap; poverty and mental health among youth (PhD project Naomi de Pooter, Isabel Koopmanschap, post-doc Natascha Koper)
- Digital Youth Project; gaming behavior (PhD project Bas van Nierop) and addiction (PhD project Samui Winterwerp)
- LIFTS projects; healthy lifestyle youth in vocational education (PhD Simone Ooms & Daniela van Uden)
School stress and drop-out; co-creation research and youth participation
Regionale kenniswerkplaats Jeugd en Gezin Centraal
Wegwijzer “Mentaal Kapitaal”; mental health promotion in the schoolcontext
report "Mentaal Kapitaal" (Doornwaard, Peeters, Leijerzapf, de Haas, Efat, Kleinjan, 2021)
Dynamics of Youth; Teaming up to battle against problematic gaming behavior
collaboration with Brijder Addiction Care, WKZ/UMCU and the HBSC study on social problems and problematic gaming behavior in youth