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Same but different: Polish and Norwegian parents' work–family adaptations in Norway
(Journal of European Social Policy;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-03-21)This article explores how families with young children arrive at and live with different work–family adaptations within a welfare state that strongly supports the dual earner/dual carer model—that of Norway. It draws on a ... -
A saturated map of common genetic variants associated with human height
(Nature;Volume 610, Issue 7933, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-10-12)Common single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are predicted to collectively explain 40–50% of phenotypic variation in human height, but identifying the specific variants and associated regions requires huge sample sizes1. ... -
School enrolment following multisystemic treatment: A register-based examination among youth with severe behavioural problems
(Journal article; Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-08)This article addresses the ongoing debate about the effectiveness of multisystemic treatment (MST) by examin ing school enrolment at age 18 among youths who have received MST. The analyses are ... -
School performance and completion of upper secondary school in the child welfare population in Norway
(Nordic Social Work Research;(5)3, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-05-26)A vast amount of research has shown a persistent educational disadvantage in the child welfare population. Studies have argued that the less successful educational progression of child welfare clients is due to poor school ... -
Secular Trends in Depressive Symptoms Among Norwegian Adolescents from 1992 to 2010
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Several survey studies among adolescents have shown increasing rates of depressive symptoms over the last two to three decades. We know however little about mechanisms that might explain this increase. The present ... -
Secular trends in eating problems among norwegian adolescents from 1992 to 2010
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Objective: This study examines secular trends in eating problems among adolescents between 1992 and 2010. The study aims further to investigate whether such trends can be accounted for by secular changes in putative ... -
Self-Esteem Across the Second Half of Life: The Role of Socioeconomic Status, Physical Health, Social Relationships, and Personality Factors
(Journal of Personality and Social Psychology;Volume 114, Issue 6, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-06)Self-esteem development across adulthood has been in the center of interest for some time now. However, not much is known about factors that shape self-esteem and its development in the second half of life and whether ... -
Self-Regulation and the legitimacy of voluntary procedural standards
(Administration & Society;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Human rights obligations require legislation and standards to ensure access to the web. To understand how standards support human rights obligations, this article uses a framework that differentiates the legal or practical ... -
Sexual Harassment or Just Coaching? Sport Students Making Sense of Possibly Sexualising Coach Behaviours
(Social Sciences;Volume 11 / Issue 12, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-11-24)Research has shown that athletes are divided in their assessment of possibly sexualising behaviours from coaches towards athletes. How they arrive at their conclusions has received less attention—yet it is crucial to ... -
Sexual Victimization in the Digital Age: A Population-based Study of Physical and Image-based Sexual Abuse among Adolescents
(Archives of Sexual Behavior;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-01-20)Adolescents increasingly use social media platforms, and these practices open up new forms of sexual victimization, in particular image-based sexual abuse (IBSA). Few studies have examined prevalence rates and correlates ... -
Should I stay or should I go? Nurses’ wishes to leave nursing homes and home nursing
(Journal of Nursing Management;26(8), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Aims: This study investigates the prevalence of nurses’ wishes to leave work in elderly care services and aims to explain differences between younger and older nurses. Background: Health-and-care services, and specifically ... -
Showing Social Solidarity with Future Generations
(Book, 2024)Today’s generations can affect the future ecosystem more than any previous generations and aggravate the welfare of future people. People who have not yet been born are excluded from political decisions important to their ... -
Sickness absence in pregnancy: associations with sedentary behavior: A population-based cohort study from Norway
(BMC Public Health;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background Sickness absence in pregnancy accounts for a large part of sickness-related absenteeism among women. Exercise in pregnancy is associated with a lower level of sickness absence, however little is known about how ... -
Sikrer gode karakterer fullføring? Videregående opplæring blant jenter med hjelp fra barnevernet
(Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning;Årgang 21, nr. 2-2018, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-06-26)Nesten 1200 jenter med hjelp fra barnevernet begynte på helse- og oppvekstfag høsten 2006. Fem år etter hadde mindre enn 350 av dem fullført utdanningen. I artikkelen undersøkes fullføringsforskjeller innad i barnevernsp ... -
Silencing the sexual self and relational and individual well-being in later life: a gendered analysis of North versus South of Europe
(Sexual and Relationship Therapy;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-02-11)This study explores the European North-South differences in older partnered individuals’ silencing of the sexual self and its links to relational and individual well-being. A web survey was conducted among partnered ... -
Single, Dual, and Triple Use of Cigarettes, e-Cigarettes, and Snus among Adolescents in the Nordic Countries
(International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH);Volume 19 / Issue 2, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-01-07)New tobacco and nicotine products have emerged on the market in recent years. Most research has concerned only one product at a time, usually e-cigarettes, while little is known about the multiple use of tobacco and nicotine ... -
Smittevern blant Oslo-ungdom under covid-19-pandemien
(Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening;Utgave 10, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-16)Bakgrunn: Effektivt smittevern er avgjørende for å bekjempe covid-19-pandemien. Vi undersøkte om Oslo-ungdom rapporterte å overholde smittevernreglene under pandemien og om oppslutning om reglene var relatert til ... -
Smoking in early adulthood is prospectively associated with prescriptions of antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, antidepressantsand anxiolytics
(Psychological Medicine;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-02-15)Background. Whether smoking should be regarded as a risk factor for mental disorders remains unresolved. Prescribed psychotropic drugs can be used as indications for mental disorders. We investigated how smoking was ... -
Social Capital and Student Achievement: Exploring the Influence of Social Relationships on School Success in Norway and Romania
(Creative Education;6(15), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-09-04)This paper investigates student social relationships in secondary schools and its relationship with student achievement in Norway and Romania. Using data from national youth surveys (“Young in Norway 2010” for Norway and ... -
Social Citizenship, Inequality and Homeownership. Postwar Perspectives from the North of Europe
(Social Policy and Society;Published online 14 November 2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)In this article, we analyse the social distribution of residential property in Norway post-1945 in light of the concept of social citizenship. Drawing on data from censuses and tax registers, we examine the social ...