• General self-efficacy in the Norwegian population: Differences and similarities between sociodemographic groups 

      Bonsaksen, Tore; Lerdal, Anners; Heir, Trond; Ekeberg, Øivind; Skogstad, Laila; Grimholt, Tine Kristin; Schou-Bredal, Inger (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Aims: General self-efficacy (GSE) refers to optimistic self-beliefs of being able to perform and control behaviors, and is linked with various physical and mental health outcomes. Measures of self-efficacy are commonly ...
    • Self-rated global health in the Norwegian general population 

      Bonsaksen, Tore; Ekeberg, Øivind; Skogstad, Laila; Heir, Trond; Grimholt, Tine Kristin; Lerdal, Anners; Bredal, Inger Schou (Health and Quality of Life Outcomes;17, Article number: 188 (2019), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-12-09)
      Background. Prevalence studies are needed to assess the distribution of diseases. However, in a contrasting health promotion perspective, self-rated health is in itself an important field of study. This study investigated ...
    • Sociodemographic factors associated with the Norwegian occupational wholeness questionnaire scales 

      Bonsaksen, Tore; Yazdani, Farzaneh (Ergoscience;13 (1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Background: A new assessment purporting to measure the concepts being, becoming, belonging, and the higher order concept occupational wholeness, was recently subjected to factor analysis. The revised scales merged the being ...
    • Who reported having a high-strain job, low strain job, active job and passive job? The WIRUS screening study 

      Bonsaksen, Tore; Thørrisen, Mikkel Magnus; Skogen, Jens Christoffer; Aas, Randi Wågø (PLoS ONE;14(12): e0227336, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-12-17)
      Objective. The Job Demands and Control model classifies job types as active, passive, low-strain or high-strain, based on a combination of job demands and control. While studies have shown high-strain jobs to have adverse ...