• Changes in Psychological Distress in Five Groups of Welfare State Service Workers over a Nine-Year Period 

      Geirdal, Amy Østertun; Nerdrum, Per; Høglend, Per Andreas; Bonsaksen, Tore (Healthcare;Volume 10 / Issue 4, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-03-22)
      Health and social care workers are exposed to varying degrees of stress in their work, which may be reflected in their trajectories of psychological distress during the education program and the first years in the job. The ...
    • Mental health and quality of life among Norwegian child welfare service workers 

      Geirdal, Amy Østertun; Nerdrum, Per; Olkowska, Alicja (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      Social workers in child welfare services play an important role in preventing crises and identifying the need for and implementing relevant measures among children and families of different ages and circumstances, often ...
    • Psychological Distress among Young Norwegian Health Professionals 

      Nerdrum, Per; Geirdal, Amy Østertun (Professions & Professionalism;3(2), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      High psychological distress has been shown to be a risk for acquisition of skills that are necessary when working in the health professions. In this study, we present longitudinal data on psychological distress among 169 ...
    • Psychological Distress in Norwegian Nurses and Teachers over Nine Years 

      Nerdrum, Per; Geirdal, Amy Østertun; Høglend, Per Andreas (Journal article; Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)
      Psychological dist ress have been found to be high and influence nega- tively nurses’ and teachers’ work. In t his nine - year project , we present the first lon- gitudinal study comparing psychological ...
    • The transition from university to work: what happens to mental health? A longitudinal study 

      Geirdal, Amy Østertun; Nerdrum, Per; Bonsaksen, Tore (BMC Psychology;7, Article number: 65 (2019), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-09-12)
      Background: When enrolled in university or college, students receive varying degrees of training in managing practical situations in the workplace. However, after graduation, the young professionals meet their responsibilities ...