• Class, parenting and academic stress in Norway: middle-class youth on parental pressure and mental health 

      Eriksen, Ingunn Marie (Discourse;Published online 04 Feb 2020, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Mental health problems among young people have increased in recent decades, particularly among middle-class youth, a development often related to increasing achievement pressure. This paper explores how young people from ...
    • En plaget ungdomsgenerasjon? 

      Madsen, Ole Jacob; von Soest, Tilmann (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2021-11-18)
      In this chapter we present an overview of the prevalence of and trends in psychological distress among Norwegian adolescents, including self-reported symptoms of anxiety and depression. We specifically highlight Ungdata ...
    • Fire typer ungdomsliv: Ressurser, relasjoner og stedets betydning 

      Eriksen, Ingunn Marie; Stefansen, Kari; Ødegård, Guro (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2021-11-18)
      This chapter investigates how young people’s “projects of the self” – their self-presentations and orientations towards the future – are shaped by economic, cultural and relational capital, as well as place. What does ...
    • Fire typer ungdomsliv: Ressurser, relasjoner og stedets betydning 

      Eriksen, Ingunn Marie; Stefansen, Kari; Ødegård, Guro (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2021-11-18)
      This chapter investigates how young people’s “projects of the self” – their self-presentations and orientations towards the future – are shaped by economic, cultural and relational capital, as well as place. What does ...
    • Hvorfor ser færre unge lyst på livet? Utviklingen for opplevd livskvalitet blant ungdom og yngre voksne i Norge 

      Hellevik, Ottar; Hellevik, Tale (Nordisk tidsskrift for ungdomsforskning (NTU);Årgang 2, nr. 2-2021, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-11-12)
      Tidsserier fra Norsk Monitor for lykkefølelse og tilfredshet med tilværelsen avdekker en markert nedgang mellom 2009 og 2019. Dette i kontrast til utviklingen mellom 1985 og 2009, da nivået var stabilt eller svakt stigende. ...
    • Immigration and the decline in adolescent binge drinking 

      Rogne, Adrian Farner; Pedersen, Willy; Bakken, Anders (Drug and Alcohol Dependence;Volume 203, 1 October 2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-05-28)
      Background: Adolescent alcohol consumption has fallen in most Western countries over the past two decades, while immigrants and children of immigrants from low-consumption countries constitute a growing proportion of ...
    • Med kropp som prosjekt 

      Eriksen, Ingunn Marie; Walseth, Kristin (Chapter, 2021-11-18)
      This chapter concerns young people’s relationships with their own bodies. Based on three different qualitative studies, we find that these relationships are characterised by a strong degree of self-reflexivity and a way ...
    • Når ungdom ruser seg 

      Bilgrei, Ola Røed; Bakken, Anders; Pedersen, Willy (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2021-11-18)
      Traditionally, the use of cannabis has been associated with more deviance and psychosocial problems than the use of alcohol among adolescents in Norway. Drawing on national survey data, we present trends in the use of both ...
    • Offline, online. Digitale ungdomsliv gjennom tre tiår 

      Bakken, Anders; Hegna, Kristinn; Sletten, Mira Aaboen (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Being a teenager in 2021 is different from being a teenager thirty years ago. Although many of the basic questions related to identity and social belonging are the same, the framework around young people’s everyday life – ...
    • Rekkefølgeeffekter i spørreundersøkelser blant ungdom. Resultater fra et split-ballot-eksperiment 

      Bakken, Anders; Andersen, Patrick Lie; Frøyland, Lars Roar; Abebe, Dawit Shawel (Norsk sosiologisk tidsskrift;Årgang 3, nr. 1-2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-02-01)
      Et viktig spørsmål i metodelitteraturen er om svaralternativenes rekkefølge har betydning for hva respondentene svarer i spørreskjemaundersøkelser. Imidlertid pekes det på at svarrekkefølgeeffekter ikke er godt nok forstått, ...
    • Sosial ulikhet i barn og unges deltakelse i organiserte fritidsaktiviteter 

      Jacobsen, Sigurd Eid; Andersen, Patrick Lie; Nordø, Åsta Dyrnes; Sletten, Mira Aaboen; Arnesen, Daniel (Rapport fra Senter for forskning på sivilsamfunn og frivillig sektor;, Research report, 2021)
      Deltakelse i organiserte fritidsaktiviteter er for barn og ungdom en viktig kilde til fellesskap, identitet og mestring. Det er imidlertid grunn til å tro at sosioøkonomiske forskjeller fortsetter å gjøre seg gjeldende i ...
    • Teens’ dreams of becoming professional athletes: the gender gap in youths’ sports ambitions 

      Eriksen, Ingunn Marie (Sport in Society Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-03-06)
      In comparatively gender equal Norway, most boys and girls participate in sports at about equal rates. This apparent gender equality is investigated further: do young teens also profess equal ambitions of becoming professional ...
    • Ungdoms voldsutsatthet og foreldres landbakgrunn 

      Andersen, Patrick Lie; Smette, Ingrid; Bredal, Anja (Vold i nære relasjoner i et mangfoldig Norge;, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-10)
      Earlier studies from the Nordic countries have shown that youth from immigrant backgrounds are more likely to be exposed to parental violence compared with non-immigrant youth. However, few studies have investigated ...
    • Young Citizenship: Civic Engagement and Participation in Four Nordic Countries 

      Hegna, Kristinn (Contemporary Philosophies and Theories in Education;Volume 16, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2020-07-30)
      Since the beginning of the 2000s several studies have expressed a strong concern about young people’s lack of interest in political issues and their low degree of political participation through traditional channels. ...