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The Social Support - Health Link Unraveled: Pathways Linking Social Support to Functional Capacity in Later Life
(Journal of Aging and Health;Vol 32, Issue 7-8, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-04-15)Objective: Despite evidence that social support is strongly related to health, very little is known about the mechanisms underlying this association. This study investigates whether physical activity, depressive symptoms, ... -
Social Variations in Perceived Parenting Styles among Norwegian Adolescents
(Child indicators research;7(3), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Previous research has documented the associations between parenting and parenting styles and child and adolescent outcomes. Little is known, however, about the social structuring of parenting in contemporary Nordic welfare ... -
Socio-Economic Gradients and Disability During The Transition to Young Adulthood: A Longitudinal Survey and Register Study in Norway
(International journal of disability, development and education;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-07-03)The study aimed to investigate trends and explanatory factors for socio-economic inequalities associated with disability during the transition to young adulthood. A sample of 2606 participants (56% females and 44% ... -
Socioeconomic inequalities in health during the Great Recession: A scoping review of the research literature
(Scandinavian Journal of Public Health;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-10-10)Aims: The so-called “Great Recession” in Europe triggered widespread concerns about population health, as reflected by an upsurge in empirical research on the health impacts of the economic crisis. A growing body of empirical ... -
Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality after age 67: The contribution of psychological factors
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Diverging trends of longer lives and increased inequalities in age-at-death invite to updated research on late-life mortality. Earlier studies have identified health behavior, childhood, psychosocial, and material conditions ... -
Solidarity and tension across generations in welfare democracies
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2021-09-13)In this chapter, social generation will be applied as a normative-political and sociological concept in combination, and that can be used to explain social order and the development of a political order through democratic ... -
Solidarity with Future Generations? Protection clauses in constitutions
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2021-09-13)By including the protection of future generations’ access to a healthy natural environment in constitutions, the current generations have committed themselves to taking future people into account in contemporary policy ... -
De som er kasta ut av det normale : om selvskading og selvterapi i et emo/alternativt miljø i 'Torsdal', Norge
(Tidsskrift for ungdomsforskning;1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Basert på en serie intervjuer utført i 2010, retter artikkelen søkelyset mot et tidligere lite utforsket transnasjonalt ungdomskulturelt fellesskap som omtales som «emo», og som ofte er assosiert med depressivitet og ulike ... -
Sosial ulikhet i barn og unges deltakelse i organiserte fritidsaktiviteter
(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 ... -
Speaking Swedish While Black in Norway
(Journal of Critical Mixed Race Studies;Volume 1, Issue 2, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Swedes are almost unambiguously considered White in Norway and, therefore, labeled as non-strangers and non-marked. One of the most striking aspects of studying young Swedish labor migrants to the Norwegian capital is their ... -
Spousal Loss and Change in Cognitive Functioning: An Examination of Temporal Patterns and Gender Differences
(The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-09-14)Objectives: The study investigates whether the disadvantaged position of men in the adverse consequences of widowhood for health and mortality also exists for changes in cognitive health. Methods: We used data of up ... -
Status discrepancy as a driver of residential mobility: Evidence from Oslo
(Environment and planning A;Volume 49 Issue 9, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-09)Planners have long advocated for “social mix” in neighborhoods without clear evidence that such mixing is stable over time. Indeed, if some groups perceive an intolerable discrepancy between their own economic status and ... -
Stedlige perspektiver på skoleliv og yrkesfag
(Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education; Vol 3 No 3 (2019): Special Issue/temanummer: Stedlige perspektiver på skoleliv og yrkesfag, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Spatial perspectives on school life and vocational education and training The articles featured in this special issue aim to investigate the importance of places and social space for the understanding of young people's ... -
Stovner - problemområde eller lutter idyll? : om forholdet mellom statistikk og erfaring
(Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning;17(3), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Stovner var og til dels er et av Norges mest utskjelte boområder og assosieres med «problem». Bydelen har i de senere år fått mange nye beboergrupper, og kan statistisk sett betegnes som en underprivilegert bydel, ... -
The strains and gains of caregiving: An examination of the effects of providing personal care to a parent on a range of psychological outcomes
(Social Indicators Research;114(2), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-09-11)This study explores the effect of providing regular help with personal care to a resident or non-resident parent or parent-in-law on different aspects of psychological well-being. We use cross-sectional data from the ... -
Street food as an ethnic border: Kebab as a symbol of home among young Swedish migrants in Oslo
(Anthropology of Food;12, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The background for this study is migrants’ shared problems of finding familiar or culturally important foodstuffs, as well as the tendency for foodstuffs and cuisines to become emblematic symbols for minority groups. The ... -
Strengthening Connections Between Research, Policy, and Practice in Norwegian Civic and Citizenship Education
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2021-05-27)In this chapter, we introduce recent education reforms in civic and citizenship education in Norway. We conducted an extensive literature review of relevant Norwegian published studies since 2000, providing a broad overview ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Sustainable welfare in the EU: Promoting synergies between climate and social policies
(Journal article; Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-06-15)The commentary addresses the scope for synergy between climate change policy and social policy in the European Union from a ‘sustainable welfare’ perspective. The emerging sustainable welfare approach is oriented at the ...