• Conceptualization of Culture and Ethnicity within Social Work in Two Indigenous Communities: Implications for Culturally Adequate Social Work 

      Nygård, Reidunn Håøy; Saus, Merete; Swanson, Shanley (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-10-26)
      This qualitative study compares social work in Sami communities within Norway and Native American communities in Montana in the US. A total of 39 social workers were interviewed. We investigated the conceptualization of culture and ethnicity, as well as the implications of these constructions for a culturally adequate social work practice. We find that social workers in Sápmi conceptualize culture ...
    • Concerns of Parental Substance Abuse and Mental Health Problems Reported to Child Welfare Services—Testing a Moderated Mediation Model for Paths From Reports to Substantiated Concern and Service Provision 

      Vis, Svein Arild; Lauritzen, Camilla; Havnen, Karen J Skaale; Reedtz, Charlotte; Handegård, Bjørn Helge (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-02-28)
      Background: Parental mental health and substance abuse problems are found in reports of concern to child protection and welfare services. The aim of this study was first to investigate what characterized these reports and how they differed from reports with other types of concerns. Two hypotheses were tested. The first hypothesis was (i) if a report contains concerns about mental health and substance ...
    • Confirmatory factor analysis of the behavior rating inventory of executive function in a neuro-pediatric sample and its application to mental disorders 

      Halvorsen, Marianne; Mathiassen, Børge; Amundsen, Tarjei; Ellingsen, Jonas; Brøndbo, Per Håkan; Sundby, Jørgen; Steinsvik, Oddmar; Martinussen, Monica (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-08-15)
      The construct validity of the 9-scale version of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) parent form was examined in a clinical sample of children and adolescents with neurological and neurodevelopmental disorders (<i>N</i> = 281). Confirmatory factor analysis supported a three-factor model separating the inhibitory behavioral control dimension from the emotional control and ...
    • Construction of a fur null mutant and RNA-sequencing provide deeper global understanding of the Aliivibrio salmonicida Fur regulon 

      Thode, Sunniva Katharina; Bækkedal, Cecilie; Söderberg, Jenny Johansson; Hjerde, Erik; Hansen, Hilde; Haugen, Peik (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-07-13)
      <i>Background:</i> The ferric uptake regulator (Fur) is a transcription factor and the main regulator of iron acquisition in prokaryotes. When bound to ferric iron, Fur recognizes its DNA binding site and generally executes its function by repressing transcription of its target genes. Due to its importance in virulence, the Fur regulon is well studied for several model bacteria. In our previous ...
    • Contact with parents from childhood to adulthood – a longitudinal study of children in kinship care and non-kinship care 

      Skoglund, Jeanette; Mabille, Geraldine; Thørnblad, Renee (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-05-12)
      Previous research on parental contact for children in foster care shows that contact frequency is significantly related to parent’s gender and placement type. Yet very few studies have explored the impact of gender and type of placement on parental contact over time. Based on longitudinal quantitative data from kinship care and non-kinship care placements in Norway, we analyse contact between children ...
    • Cost-effectiveness of a transdiagnostic psychotherapy program for youth with common mental health problems 

      Wolf, Rasmus; Jeppesen, Pia; Pedersen, Mette Maria Agner; Puggaard, Louise; Thastum, Mikael; Bielenberg, Niels; Thomsen, Per Hove; Silverman, Wendy K; Plessen, Kerstin Jessica; Neumer, Simon-Peter; Correll, Christoph U; Pagsberg, Anne Katrine; Gyrd-Hansen, Dorte (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-06-24)
      Objectives - Our objective was to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the transdiagnostic psychotherapy program Mind My Mind (MMM) for youth with common mental health problems using a cost-utility analysis (CUA) framework and data from a randomized controlled trial. Furthermore, we analyzed the impact of the choice of informant for both quality-of-life reporting and preference weights on the Incremental ...
    • Cross-cultural adaption and psychometric investigation of the German version of the Evidence Based Practice Attitude Scale (EBPAS-36D) 

      Szota, Katharina; Thielemann, Jonathan F. B.; Christiansen, Hanna; Rye, Marte; Aarons, Gregory A.; Barke, Antonia (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-06-02)
      <p>Background: The implementation of evidence-based practice (EBP) in mental health care confers many benefits to patients, and research into factors facilitating the implementation of EBP is needed. As an important factor affecting the implementation of EBP, service providers’ attitudes toward EBP emerged. The Evidence-Based Practice Attitude Scale (EBPAS-36) is an instrument with good psychometric ...
    • Cyberbullying status and mental health in Norwegian adolescents 

      Kaiser, Sabine; Kyrrestad, Henriette; Fossum, Sturla (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-26)
      The aim of the present study was to examine how the cyberbullying status (not involved, cyber‐victim only, cyberbully only, cyber‐victim and bully) is related to the mental health of the adolescents when controlled for traditional bullying experience. We also examined the potential moderator sex on the relationship between cyberbullying status and mental health. Univariate analyses of variance were ...
    • Depressive symptoms and anger and aggression in Russian adolescents 

      Ruchkin, Vladislav; Stickley, Andrew; Koposov, Roman Alexandriovich; Sukhodolsky, D; Isaksson, Johan (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-11-16)
      Research among adolescents exploring the association between depressive symptoms and aggression has produced inconsistent findings. This study investigated the prevalence of clinically significant (current major depressive episode) and subthreshold depressive symptoms in a general population sample of adolescents from Northern Russia and explored their association with aggression and anger, while ...
    • Determinants of caregiver satisfaction with child neurodevelopmental assessment in neuropaediatric clinics 

      Kjærandsen, Katarina; Brøndbo, Per Håkan; Halvorsen, Marianne (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-02-12)
      Background - In addition to patient evaluations, caregiver evaluations and experiences are important indicators of the quality of health services. The aim of this study was to examine determinants of caregiver satisfaction with and perceived benefit of child neurodevelopmental assessment in neuropaediatric clinics.<p> <p>Methods - The study was conducted among caregivers of children and adolescents ...
    • Development and Psychometric Testing of the Student Learning in Emergencies Checklist (SLEC): Measuring Promotors of Academic Functioning and Wellbeing in Palestinian Youth Affected by War and Conflict 

      Forsberg, June Thorvaldsen; Dolan, Carly Tubbs; Schultz, Jon Håkon (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-04-27)
      Youth living with war and ongoing conflict are frequently exposed to potentially traumatic events and cumulative stress which can result in temporarily impaired academic functioning and reduced wellbeing in school. In Palestine, the Ministry of Education has included psychosocial support programmes in the schools for the purpose of reducing stress reactions and improving school functioning ...
    • Discrimination amongst Arctic Indigenous Sami and Non-Sami Populations in Norway - The SAMINOR 2 Questionnaire Study 

      Hansen, Ketil Lenert; Minton, Stephen James; Friborg, Oddgeir; Sørlie, Tore (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Background:<br> Recent research demonstrates that for many indigenous Sami people, experiencing ethnic discrimination is a regular occurrence. The present study was designed to provide estimates of the prevalence of self-reported discrimination in order to identify specific settings where discrimination happened, to identify perpetrators and to examine individuals’ responses to the discrimination. ...
    • Diskursive kamper? Familiemekleres ulike forståelser av barns deltakelse i obligatorisk mekling ved foreldres samlivsbrudd 

      Salamonsen, Anita; Thørnblad, Renee; Strandbu, Astrid (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-09-02)
      Barns rett til å høres blir stadig formelt styrket. Meklere i familievernet som skal iverksette denne retten i forbindelse med foreldres samlivsbrudd, har et betydelig rom for skjønnsutøvelse. Det foreligger begrenset kunnskap om hvordan og hvorfor praksis varierer. I denne artikkelen analyserer vi 20 mekleres diskusjoner rundt barns rett til å høres i forbindelse med foreldremekling. Vi anlegger ...
    • Do adolescents exposed to peer aggression at school consider themselves to be victims of bullying? The influence of sex and age 

      Vieira, Marlene A.; Handegård, Bjørn Helge; Rønning, John Andreas; Duarte, Cristine S.; Mari, Jair J.; Bordin, Isabel A. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-06-10)
      <p><b> Introduction</b> Exposure to peer aggression (PA) and bullying victimization (BV) are both expressions of peer victimization. <p><b> Objectives</b> In four age-sex groups, (1) Can exposure to PA and BV be considered distinct experiences? (2) To what extent do adolescents exposed to PA consider themselves bullying victims? and (3) What is the effect on BV of the number of PA events ...
    • Do frequency of visits with birth parents impact children’s mental health and parental stress in stable foster care settings 

      Fossum, Sturla; Vis, Svein Arild Myhra; Holtan, Amy (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-01-13)
      This article explores whether the number of visits by birth parents influence perceptions of attachment, children’s competence and mental health, and stress levels in foster parents. Foster parents acted as informants regarding 203 children living in kinship and non-kinship foster care. The children were young when placed in foster care, on average 2.3 years old (SD = 1.0) and had been living in the ...
    • Do Norwegian Sami and non-indigenous individuals understand questions about mental health similarly? A SAMINOR 2 study 

      Sørlie, Tore; Hansen, Ketil Lenert; Friborg, Oddgeir (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-06-05)
      The Western culturally developed Hopkins Symptom Checklist (HSCL-10) is a self-report measure of mental distress widely used for both clinical and epidemiological purposes – also in the multiethnic epidemiological SAMINOR studies in Northern Norway, but without any proper cross-cultural validation. Our objective was to test invariance of the HSCL-10 measurements among Sami and the non-indigenous ...
    • Do the child welfare and protection services involve children in cases with parental mental health problems? A Norwegian case-file study. 

      Vis, Svein Arild; Lauritzen, Camilla; Christiansen, Øivin; Reedtz, Charlotte (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-01-07)
      Background: Parental mental health problems is a common source of concern reported to child welfare and protection services (CWPS). In this study we explored to what extent the child was invited to participate in the investigation process. We aimed to study: (a) what was the current practice in the child protection service in Norway when the CWPS received a report of concern about children whose ...
    • Does homeschooling fit students with school attendance problems? Exploring teachers’ experiences during COVID-19 

      Havik, Trude; Ingul, Jo Magne (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-10-26)
      Attending school on a regular basis and completing school is usually seen as a precondition for students’ academic, emotional, and social learning and development. However, some students struggle with school attendance problems (SAPs) for a myriad of reasons. Homeschooling is a topic of concern in long-term or problematic SAP cases. Some scholars claim that school absenteeism might increase and be ...
    • Does Social and Economic Disadvantage Predict Lower Engagement with Parenting Interventions? An Integrative Analysis Using Individual Participant Data 

      Berry, Vashti; Melendez‑Torres, G.J.; Axford, Nick; Axberg, Ulf; Orobio de Castro, Bram; Gardner, Frances; Gaspar, Maria Filomena; Handegård, Bjørn Helge; Hutchings, Judy; Menting, Ankie; McGilloway, Sinéad; Scott, Stephen; Leijten, Patty (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-07-23)
      There is a social gradient to the determinants of health; low socioeconomic status (SES) has been linked to reduced educational attainment and employment prospects, which in turn afect physical and mental wellbeing. One goal of preventive interventions, such as parenting programs, is to reduce these health inequalities by supporting families with difculties that are often patterned by SES. Despite ...
    • Does the Incredible Years Teacher Classroom Management Programme Improve Child–Teacher Relationships in Childcare Centres? A 1-Year Universal Intervention in a Norwegian Community Sample. 

      Tveit, Håvard Horndalen; Drugli, May Britt; Fossum, Sturla; Handegård, Bjørn Helge; Stenseng, Frode (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-08-08)
      The Incredible Years Teacher Classroom Management (IY TCM) programme has shown promise in reducing behaviour problems among high-risk children in childcare. However, at present, we do not know whether the IY TCM successfully improves the child–teacher relationship in childcare and whether the effects manifest in both the population and in high-risk groups. Hence, we conducted a quasi-experimental ...