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Suicidal ideation and self-harm among youths in Norway: associations with verbal, physical and sexual abuse
(Child & Family Social Work;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-01-22)Using data from a national survey (N=6979) of young people in their last year in Norwegian secondary schools in 2007 (aged 18-19), this article explores the relationship between sexual abuse and experiences of violence ... -
Is video gaming, or video game addiction, associated with depression, academic achievement, heavy episodic drinking, or conduct problems?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-02-03)While the relationships between videogame use and negative consequences are debated, the relationships between videogame addiction and negative consequences are fairly well established. However, previous studies suffer ... -
Regulating Web Content: The Nexus of Legislation and Performance Standards in the United Kingdom and Norway
(Behavioral sciences & the law;32(1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-02-06)Despite different historical traditions, previous research demonstrates a convergence between regulatory approaches in the United Kingdom and Norway. To understand this convergence, this article examines how different ... -
Predictors of Disordered Eating in Adolescence and Young Adulthood: A Population-Based, Longitudinal Study of Females and Males in Norway
(International Journal of Behavioral Development;38(2), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-03)We investigated longitudinal predictors for disordered eating from early adolescence to young adulthood (12–34 years) across gender and different developmental phases among Norwegian young people. Survey data from a ... -
Tobacco use among Norwegian adolescents: from cigarettes to snus
(Addiction;109(7), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-03-16)Aims To: (i) investigate the development of smoking and snus use among Norwegian adolescents, and (ii) describe the users in each group. Design Two population-based surveys with identical procedures in 2002 (response ... -
Interpreting Housing Allowance: The Norwegian Case
(Housing, Theory and Society;31(3), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-04-14)Housing allowances are part of both the housing policy and the general welfare policy. In order to understand fully how the housing allowances affect welfare and well- being, one needs to use multiple approaches. We propose ... -
Are assessments responding to a dynamic environment? Evidence from four emerging techno-scientific domains
(Science and Public Policy;41(3), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-05-23)Assessments of emerging science and technologies can assist actors to anticipate and influence techno-scientific development. Although the importance of contextual factors in techno-scientific development has been stressed, ... -
Assessments of emerging science and technologies: Mapping the landscape
(Science and Public Policy;41(3), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-05-23)This paper presents comparative work from the EST-Frame project on technology appraisal. It focuses on studies of ‘advisory domains’ (more or less distinct traditions for assessment of technologies, such as risk analysis, ... -
Child welfare clients and school satisfaction
(European Journal of Social Work;2014, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-07-10)Despite long-standing knowledge about child welfare clients’ poor educational outcomes, we know less about these vulnerable young people’s situation in school. This article addresses school satisfaction among upper secondary ... -
Developmental Trajectories of Postpartum Weight 3 Years After Birth: Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study
(Maternal and child health journal;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-08-01)This study explored the developmental trajectories of postpartum weight from 0.5 to 3 years after childbirth, and aimed to determine the associations between postpartum weight trajectories and prepregnancy body mass index ... -
Immigrant organisations as schools of bureaucracy
(Ethnicities;15(1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-08-05)This article analyses the way Norwegian authorities facilitate and expect immigrant organisations to serve as schools of democracy – and to what extent there are elements of bureaucratic schooling. Moreover, it examines ... -
Public involvement and narrative fallacies of nanotechnologies
(NanoEthics;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-08-12)This paper analyzes a European research project called ‘Deepening Ethical Engagement and Participation in Emerging Nanotechnologies’ with the abbreviation DEEPEN. The DEEPEN’s findings and conclusions on the narratives, ... -
Institutional Design and Political Representation: the Council of Immigrant Organisations in Oslo
(Journal of International Migration and Integration;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-09-12)The city of Oslo has established a council of immigrant organisations (CIO). The city has designed CIO to have a double mandate: one from the city of Oslo and one from the immigrant organisations. The question raised in ... -
Survival and Exits in Neighbourhoods: A Long-Term Analyses
(Housing Studies;30(2), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-12-02)Neighbourhoods form a frame for our lives. At the same time, neighbourhoods are themselves formed by mobility in to and out of the m . This paper studies who stays in and who leaves in two districts of Oslo. The empirical ... -
From cannabis to problem drinking? Use and abuse from youth to adulthood
(Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs;32(1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-12-16)AIMS – The transition from youth to adulthood is associated with changes in the consumption of drugs and alcohol. The aim is to explore the process of “maturing out” of high levels of alcohol consumption, substance use and ... -
Vikarbyrådirektivet: liberalisering eller likebehandling?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Artikkelen diskuterer den historiske og regulatoriske bakgrunnen for, og mulige virkninger av, implementeringen av Vikarbyrådirektivet. Dette gjøres med utgangspunkt i en todelt prosess som innebærer (1) en ... -
Housing Market and Family Relations in a Welfare State
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)One idea widespread in current discourse on the ageing population speaks of the ‘intergenerational inequity’ between the elderly and the young. This assumption overlooks the extensive lifetime financial transfers from older ... -
Conditions for political leadership in pluricentric Scandinavian regions
(Journal article, 2015)How does the increasingly pluricentric character of regional governance in Denmark, Sweden and Norway condition the political leadership of politicians elected at regional levels of government? In regional governance, ... -
Health in All Policies: A cross-sectional study of the public health coordinators' role in Norwegian municipalities
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Aims: The public health coordinator (PHC) is a municipal-government position in Norway whose role is to organise and oversee municipal policies and functions to support national public health goals. This cross-sectional ... -
The effects of parental income on Norwegian adolescents’ school grades: A sibling analysis
(Acta Sociologica;58(3), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Associations between family income and offspring’s educational attainment are well-established. A debated topic is whether this association is due to the causal influence of family income per se, or arises because of other ...