• Association between neighborhood health behaviors and body-mass index in Northern Norway: Evidence from the Tromsø Study 

      SARI, Emre; Moilanen, Mikko; Bambra, Clare; Grimsgaard, Sameline; Njølstad, Inger (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-12-13)
      Aim: The prevalence of overweight and obesity has risen rapidly worldwide, and the ongoing obesity pandemic is one of the most severe public health concerns in modern society. The average body mass index (BMI) of people living in Northern Norway has also steadily increased since the late 1970s. This study aimed to understand how individuals’ health behavior is associated with the general health ...
    • Dataset on social and psychological effects of COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey 

      SARI, Emre; Kağan, Gamze; Şencan Karakuş, Buse; Özdemir, Özgür (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-07-23)
      This data was gathered to investigate how individuals’ levels of intolerance to distress and instant anxiety are related to some of the behaviors that people can change in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We present a dataset based on a four-wave survey of the social and psychological effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey (N = 2,817). Turkey was heavily impacted by the first waves of infections ...
    • Suicide and economic uncertainty: New findings in a global setting 

      Er, Selahattin Tolga; Demir, Ender; SARI, Emre (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-03-21)
      This study extends the previous literature on the association between country-level economic uncertainty and suicide rate to 141 countries by introducing the World Uncertainty Index. We first examine the role of economic uncertainty on the suicide rates in a global setting for the period 2000–2019 and then analyzed if the association varied across different income groups. Our primary findings suggest ...
    • Suicide as globalisation's Black Swan: global evidence 

      SARI, Emre; Er, S. Tolga; Demir, Ender (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-02-28)
      Objectives - This empirical study investigated the relationship between globalisation and suicide rates. We examined whether there is a beneficial or harmful relationship between economic, political and social globalisation and the suicide rate. We also estimated whether this relationship differs in high-, middle- and low-income countries.<p> <p>Study design - Using panel data from 190 countries ...