Blar i SVA - Norwegian Social Research (NOVA) på utgivelsesdato
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Changing Welfare Institutions as Sites of Contestation
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Adolescent Alcohol Use and Binge Drinking: An 18-year Trend Study of Prevalence and Correlates
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-01-03)Aims: Several studies suggest a rapid decrease of alcohol use among adolescents after the turn of the century. With decreasing prevalence rates of smokers, a so-called hardening may have taken place, implying that remaining ... -
Housing allowances, mobility and crowded living: the Norwegian case
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-03-05)Housing allowances should enable economically weak households to accommodate in good qualitatively housing . Utilising a special feature of the Norwegian h ousing allowance system , we study how housing ... -
Transnational practices and local lives. Quran courses via Skype in Norwegian-Pakistani families
(Identities;22(3), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-03-30)With the emergence of an adult generation of descendants of migrants who are entering the labour market, marrying and having children, questions of transnationalism are made current in new ways. This article engages in the ... -
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. ... -
Do knowledge gains from public information campaigns persist over time? Results from a survey experiment on the Norwegian pension reform
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-05-21)Government authorities use resources on information campaigns in order to inform citizens about relevant policy changes. The motivation is usually that individuals sometimes are ill- informed about the public policies ... -
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 ... -
Adult children of parents with young-onset dementia narrate the experiences of their youth through metaphors
(Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare;8, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-05-27)Background: Limited research exists on the development and needs of children of parents with young-onset dementia (YOD) (<65 years old). There is scarce knowledge of how these children experience the situation of growing ... -
Child welfare clients and educational transitions
(Child & Family Social Work;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-06-19)Despite long-standing knowledge about child welfare clients' educational disadvantage, we know less about the individuals' progress through the educational system. Based on Norwegian data, this study examined educational ... -
The Development of Global and Domain-Specific Self-Esteem From Age 13 to 31
(Journal of personality and social psychology;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-07-13)This study examines the development of global self-esteem and self-esteem in six specific domains across adolescence and young adulthood. Using a cohort-sequential design, we analyzed longitudinal data on 3,116 Norwegian ... -
Adolescents from affluent city districts drink more alcohol than others
(Addiction;110(10), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-07-14)Aims To estimate the level of alcohol consumption and problems among adolescents in city districts in Oslo, Norway with different socio-economic composition; to test whether differences in alcohol consumption are related ... -
Resilience in young people living with violence and self-harm: evidence from a Norwegian national youth survey
(Psychology research and behavior management;8, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-08-19)The aim of this article is to explore the relationship between resilience and the psychological problems of young people who reported being victims of violence and who engaged in self-harm. We used data from a national ... -
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 ... -
Gender bias in public long-term care? A survey experiment among care managers
(Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-09-14)Daughters of elderly women are more likely to provide informal care than sons. If care managers take this into account and view informal care as a substitute for formal care, they will statistically discriminate against ... -
Educating the Roma: The Struggle for Cultural Autonomy in a Semi-Nomadic Group in Oslo.
(Social Inclusion;3(5), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-09-29)This paper will discuss the rationale of a group of Norwegian Roma who have resisted the government’s attempts to educate them since the early 1960s. Behind the scenes these Roma claim that a school education is irrelevant ... -
Late-life loneliness in 11 european countries: results from the generations and gender survey
(Social Indicators Research;124(1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-09-29)This study explores country differences in late-life loneliness in Europe among men and women and establishes the role of micro-level differences in socioeconomic status, health, and social variables in these patterns. We ... -
Urban landscapes of adolescent substance use
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Cities are increasingly organised according to socio-spatial divisions in which groups with similar characteristics live in the same areas. This social polarisation is associated with differences in living conditions, ... -
How demographic patterns and social policies shape interdependence among lives in the family realm
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Our starting point is that a social psychological approach dominates the literature on interdependent or “linked” lives (Elder, 1994). We argue that interdependence is not only social-psychological, but is ... -
Family Carers of People with Young-Onset Dementia: Their Experiences with the Supporter Service
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Background: Family carers and people with young-onset dementia (YOD) require tailored assistance as dementia progresses. A variety of health care services is needed, including supporter services. To our knowledge, research ... -
Longitudinal associations between late-life depression dimensions and cognitive functioning: a cross-domain latent growth curve analysis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Background. Cognitive impairment and depression often co-occur in older adults, but it is not clear whether depression is a risk factor for cognitive decline, a psychological reaction to cognitive decline, or whether ...