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Rusinstitusjoner for ungdom. Grensedragning mellom frivillighet, tvang, omsorg og behandling. Samfunnsvitenskapelig analyse
(NOVA Rapport;1/2024, Report, 2024)Studien gir kunnskap om hvilke erfaringer ungdom, institusjonsansatte og ansatte i statlig og kommunalt barnevern har med rustiltak. Ett hovedfunn er at rustiltak synes å kunne være et godt alternativ for ungdom med ... -
Rusinstitusjoner for ungdom. En balanse mellom nærvær av rettigheter og fravær av tvang. Rettsvitenskapelig analyse
(NOVA Rapport;2/2024, Report, 2024)Rapporten er en rettsvitenskapelig analyse av regler i, og rundt, rustiltak for ungdom. Rapportens overordnede spørsmål er hvordan styrende myndigheter gjennom lovgivning og regelverk kan sikre en forsvarlig avveining ... -
Loneliness prevalence of community-dwelling older adults and the impact of the mode of measurement, data collection, and country: A systematic review and meta-analysis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Objectives: The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to assess the prevalence of loneliness in many countries worldwide which have different ways of assessing it. Design: Systematic review and meta-analys ... -
Sickness absence among mothers caring for a child with disability: Examining the impact of mechanical and psychosocial occupational exposures
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Background: Sickness absence is more prevalent among mothers caring for children with disability compared to those caring for non-disabled children. Working in a poor working environment may worsen the impact of care burden ... -
Bruk av e-sigaretter som ungdomskultur
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Det har vært bekymring for økt bruk av e-sigaretter (vaping) blant ungdom i mange land. Nye tall fra Oslo tyder på at ungdomsvaping kan være økende. Hvorfor er det slik? Og hvor bekymret bør vi være? I denne artikkelen ... -
Barnevernstjenestens arbeid med vold og overgrep
(NOVA Rapport;16/2023, Research report, 2023)Saker om vold og overgrep er en viktig del av barnevernstjenestens arbeid. Denne rapporten bygger på et forskningsoppdrag fra Barne-, ungdoms- og familiedirektoratet (Bufdir). Hovedformålet var å undersøke hvordan ... -
Predicting suicide attempts among Norwegian adolescents without using suicide-related items: a machine learning approach
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Introduction: Research on the classification models of suicide attempts has predominantly depended on the collection of sensitive data related to suicide. Gathering this type of information at the population level can be ... -
Interpreting the state-citizen nexus in contemporary Nordic legal and social citizenship: the case of divergence in restriction on freedom of movement as a mitigation policy in the COVID-19 pandemic
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The aim of this article was to use an interpretivist approach to analyse the state–citizen nexus in general and the conflict between civil and social rights imposing restrictions on people’s freedom of movement during the ... -
Polysubstance use and its correlation with psychosocial and health risk behaviours among more than 95,000 Norwegian adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic (January to May 2021): a latent profile analysis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background Polysubstance use represents an adolescent health risk; however, large-scale studies investigating this issue during the COVID-19 pandemic are scarce. We aim to (i) characterise substance use profiles among ... -
Unravelling the dichotomisation of care and reablement: an ethnographic exploration of contradictions between policy rhetoric and practice in Danish and Norwegian eldercare
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Reablement has been positioned as a superior care ideal distinct from home care. Drawing on cross-national ethnographic data, this article instead demonstrates how the continuity and interdependency between reablement ... -
Self-esteem trajectories over three decades predict opposition to social equality in midlife
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Although life trajectories are frequently theorized to explain people’s attitudes toward different social groups, few studies have been able to directly assess their importance with suitable data. Addressing this gap and ... -
Life-course transitions and exclusion from social relations in the lives of older men and women
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)There is increasing interest across European contexts in promoting active social lives in older age, and counteracting pathways and outcomes related to social isolation and loneliness for men and women in later life. ... -
Making assessment protocols workable: Navigating transparency and person-centredness in Norwegian reablement
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Western welfare states are facing great challenges as they strive to optimise their health and social systems in response to the realities of an ageing population. Many countries put a stake on reablement services— short-term ... -
Lønner det seg å jobbe? Inntektsutvikling blant stønadsmottakere som øker sin arbeidsdeltakelse
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Spørsmålet om hvor mye trygde- og stønadsmottakere vil «tjene på» inntektsgivende arbeid er ofte diskutert. I denne artikkelen analyserer vi registerdata for 89 000 familier som i 2017 fikk nesten alle sine inntekter ... -
State crisis response versus transnational family living: An online ethnography among transnational families during the pandemic
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Transnational family living refers to the situation of maintaining relationships across national borders. It is dependent on a certain degree of flexibility from the state. As part of the crisis response to the COVID-19 ... -
Menn på familievernkontoret. Alliansearbeid mellom terapeuter og klienter
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Det kan spores tendenser til polarisering i feltet for vold i nære relasjoner og foreldreskap. I forskningen på menn og vold skilles det mellom menn som har utøvd vold, og menn som utsatte for vold, og i det offentlige ... -
Distinguishing Types of Sexual Assault Among Young People: A Latent Class Analysis Approach
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Scientific evidence on the incident-specific characteristics of sexual assault during youth is limited. Using latent class analysis, this article contributes to this research agenda by (1) developing a typology of sexual ... -
How is disability addressed in a job interview?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Evidence reveals that disabled people face discrimination during the hiring process. Nonetheless, knowledge is scarce about how employers and disabled applicants relate to the phenomenon of disability in job interviews. ... -
Serious Mortgage Arrears among Immigrant Descendant and Native Participants in a Low-Income Public Starter Mortgage Program: Evidence from Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Although low-income homeownership programs serving vulnerable families at the lower end of the income distribution have been the focus of housing policy in many countries over the past 50 years, little is known about the ... -
How school placement and parental social capital influence children’s perceptions of inclusion in school. A survey of Norwegian children with physical disabilities
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The study analyses variations in school well-being, social inclusion, and academic self-concept in a population of Norwegian children born with a physical disability (N = 311). Overall, the children reported positive ...