University of Groningen
The ripple effect in family networks
Bel ,de, Vera
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10.33612/diss.126812050
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Bel ,de, V. (2020). The ripple effect in family networks: Relational structures and well-being in divorced and
non-divorced families. University of Groningen. https://doi.org/10.33612/diss.126812050
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would like to thank the people who have contributed to the research conducted in this thesis. First of all, Marijtje van Duijn and Tom Snijders, my supervisors, I have learned a lot from you and would like to thank you for your commitment to this project. I would like to thank all the families who participated in Lifelines Family Ties; for asking their family members to participate as well as taking time to fill out the questionnaire. I would also like to thank the colleagues at Lifelines who assisted the data collection process. I thank the reading committee, Marjolein Broese van Groenou, Dimitri Mortelmans and Nardi Steverink for reading and reviewing my thesis. I would like to thank Nardi specifically for her assistance in the use of the SPF-scale. Siegwart Lindenberg, I would like to thank you for sharing your thoughts on sharing groups and joint production. I thank my colleagues in the Social Network Analysis (SNA) cluster, the Family Life course and Aging (FLAG) cluster, the Work-Family (WF) seminar in Utrecht, the colleagues at the Sociology department in Groningen and the ICS for their feedback on my written work as well as on the presentations I gave during these years. Ik wil mijn vrienden en familie bedanken voor hun steun en het geven van nieuwe energie. Irene en Fleur, mijn paranimfen, jullie zijn me dierbaar en betekenen - voor en na deze vier jaar - ontzettend veel voor me. Jesse, met jou aan mijn zijde kan ik de hele wereld aan! Tot slot, mama, ik heb dit proefschrift opgedragen aan jou: ik wil je bedanken voor alles wat jij hebt gedaan om dit proefschrift in beginsel mogelijk te maken.
