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Precariousness in Norway and Sweden: a comparative register-based study of longstanding precarious attachment to the labour market 1996–2015
(European Societies;Volume 23, 2021 - Issue 3, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-02-11)Precariousness in working life is a rising concern in Europe, but scant statistical evidence exists as to the prevalence and development of longstanding precarious employment. Using high-quality individual-level population-wide ... -
Precarity in Nordic working life?
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2019)This chapter discusses the relevance of the concept of ‘precarity’, understood as work conditioned by a lack of security and predictability, in a Nordic context, and links precariousness to both formal work arrangements ... -
Predictors in starting and stopping Internet use between 2002 and 2012 by Dutch adults 65 years and older
(Health Informatics Journal;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-07-27)Research has indicated the need to consider the ageing process with technology adoption by older adults. This study examined psychological, health, social and demographic predictors with starting and stopping Internet ... -
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 ... -
Predictors of Medical Students’ Views toward Research: Insights from a Cross-Cultural Study among Portuguese-Speaking Countries
(Healthcare;Volume 10, Issue 2, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-02-10)Developing the skills and interest in scientific research of medical students is crucial to ensuring effective healthcare systems. As such, in this study, we aimed to assess Portuguese-speaking medical students’ attitudes ... -
Predictors of satisfaction with digital follow-up in Norwegian Labor and Welfare Administration: A sequential mixed-methods study
(Social Policy & Administration;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This study examines predictors of satisfaction with digital follow-up among young people in the Norwegian Labor and Welfare Administration (NAV). A total of 1195 young employment seekers were recruited across Norway. ... -
Presidencialismo em crise ou parlamentarismo por outros meios? Impeachments presidenciais no Brasil e na América Latina
(Revista de Ciências Sociais;v. 49, n. 1_Mar/Jun (2018), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)O objetivo desse artigo é contextualizar o impeachment da presidente brasileira Dilma Rousseff na literatura mais ampla sobre interrupções de mandatos presidenciais na América Latina. Contrariando a tese linziana de ... -
Prioriteringer i pleie- og omsorgssektoren - Diskrimineres eldre?
(Tidsskrift for omsorgsforskning;02 / 2018 (Volum 4), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-08-15)Både statistikk som viser fordeling av omsorgsressurser, lovgivningen som setter rammer for rett til tjenester, og en casestudie i fem kommuner, viser ulik tildelingspraksis av tjenester til yngre og eldre hjelpetrengende. ... -
Privacy and Future Consent in Smart Homes as Assisted Living Technologies
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2018)In the field of assisted living technologies, one central strand is to investigate how smart homes might fulfill ambitions for older adults to live longer at home. With the advent of the General Data Protection Regulative ... -
Privatisation of residential care for children and youth in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden
(Nordisk välfärdsforskning | Nordic Welfare Research;Årgang 6, nr. 3-2021,, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-12-09)Few studies have investigated the privatisation of residential care for children and youth, and no studies have compared, mapped, and discussed the care markets that have developed in the Nordic countries. Here, we map and ... -
The Problem of Equal Opportunities in Housing. Immigrants in a Liberalized Housing Market
(Scandinavian Studies in Law;68 Equality, March 2022, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-03)This chapter focuses on equality in the realm of housing, and the dilemma raised when universal policy objectives are combined with market mechanisms. More specifically, the focus here is on the equality of opportunities ... -
Profiling a Pandemic. Who were the victims of the Spanish flu?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)At the end of May 1918, the Spanish government was one of the first to admit that a new disease had emerged in their country. The newswire from Reuters reported that King Alfonso XIII, the prime minister, and ... -
Program theory within policy-initiated evaluations: the Norwegian low-income family study
(Journal of Evidence-Informed Social Work;Volume 15, Issue 4, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-03-26)Using as an example a project where the Norwegian Labor and Welfare Directorate developed a comprehensive model for the follow-up of low-income families, this article demonstrates the process of developing a program theory ... -
Promoting Students’ Mental Health: A Study of Inter-professional Team Collaboration Functioning in Norwegian Schools
(September 2019, Volume 11, Issue 3, Journal article; Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-09-22)Collaboration between different professions is thought to be important for mental health work in schools. However, highquality collaboration is often difficult to achieve in practice, and there is little research available ... -
Propping up interdisciplinarity: responsibility in university flagship research
(Journal of Responsible Innovation;Volume 8, 2021 - Issue 1, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-03-25)Researchers’ communication activities are influenced by motivations and abilities, but also by specific topics and artefacts of research. This is seldom acknowledged in efforts to embed responsible research and innovation ... -
Prospective register-based study of the impact of immigration on educational inequalities in mortality in Norway
(BMC public health;15(1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-04-11)Background: Differences in mortality with regard to socioeconomic status have widened in recent decades in many European countries, including Norway. A rapid upsurge of immigration to Norway has occurred since the 1990s. ... -
Protocol for a systematic review to understand the long-term mental-health effects of influenza pandemics in the pre-COVID-19 era
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Aims: This protocol describes a forthcoming systematic review of the question: ‘What are the long-term effects of historical influenza pandemics on mental health, resulting either from illness itself or the social or ... -
Protocol: Feasibility study and pilot randomised trial of a multilingual support intervention to improve Norwegian language skills for adult refugees
(International Journal of Educational Research;Volume 112, 2022, 101925, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)This protocol is for a feasibility study and pilot trial of a multilingual support intervention. The intervention’s aim is to improve language training for refugees in Norway by introducing multilingual support assistants ... -
Psychiatric diagnoses as grounds for disability pension among former child welfare clients
(Longitudinal and life course studies;8(4), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)This study used the 1987 Finnish Birth Cohort, which included all children born in Finland in 1987 (N=59,476), to investigate psychiatric diagnoses as grounds for disability pensions (DPs) among child welfare clients and ... -
The psychological effects of providing personal care to a partner: a multidimensional perspective
(Health Psychological Research;1(2), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-07-30)The expected increasing demand for informal care in aging societies underscores the importance of understanding the psychological implications of caregiving. This study explores the effect of providing regular help with ...