Blar i forfatter "Spein, Anna Rita"
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The association of religious factors with mental health-service utilisation and satisfaction in a mixed Sámi and Norwegian adult population: Adopting the SAMINOR 2 Questionnaire Survey
Kiærbech, Henrik; Broderstad, Ann Ragnhild; Silviken, Anne; Lorem, Geir F; Kristiansen, Roald Ernst; Spein, Anna Rita (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-06-18)The Indigenous Sámi have poorer mental health than the majority population and fairly equal access to professional mental healthcare. Despite this condition, certain studies indicate that this group is underrepresented among the users of such services. Religion or spirituality (R/S) often influences mental health-service utilisation and satisfaction among other Indigenous peoples and ethnic minorities. ... -
Ethnic identity negotiation among Sami youth living in a majority Sami community in Norway
Nystad, Kristine; Spein, Anna Rita; Balto, Asta Mitkijá; Ingstad, Benedicte (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-05-03)Background: This study was part of the international research project “Circumpolar Indigenous Pathways to Adulthood” (CIPA).<p> Objectives: To explore ethnic identity negotiation, an unexplored theme, among indigenous North Sami youth living in a majority Sami community context in Arctic Norway.<p> Methods: A qualitative design was followed using open-ended, in-depth interviews conducted in ... -
How Academic Experiences and Educational Aspirations Relate to Well-Being and Health among Indigenous Sami Youth in Northern Norway. A Qualitative Approach
Nystad, Kristine; Ingstad, Benedicte; Spein, Anna Rita (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020)Increasingly, education occupies the lives of Indigenous adolescents worldwide. This qualitative study is part of the project “Circumpolar Indigenous Pathways to Adulthood” (CIPA), where the overall aim was to identify young people’s stressors in five circumpolar sites, and the resilience processes that safeguard transition into adulthood (Allen et al. 2014). The present study explores the everyday ... -
Religion and Health in Arctic Norway–the association of religious and spiritual factors with suicidal behaviour in a mixed Sámi and Norwegian adult population - The SAMINOR 2 Questionnaire Survey
Kiærbech, Henrik; Silviken, Anne; Lorem, Geir F; Kristiansen, Roald E; Spein, Anna Rita (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-07-12)Given the higher suicide rates among the adult population in the northernmost part of Norway and some unfavourable psychosocial outcomes associated with the Laestadian revival movement in this region, it is reasonable to investigate the relationship between religiosity/spirituality and suicidal behaviour in this context. This study used cross-sectional data from the population-based SAMINOR 2 ... -
Religion and Health In Arctic Norway—The association of religious and spiritual factors with non-suicidal self-injury in the Sami and non-Sami adult population—The SAMINOR 2 Questionnaire Survey
Kiærbech, Henrik; Silviken, Anne; Lorem, Geir F; Kristiansen, Roald E; Spein, Anna Rita (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-07-05)Research has found psychological dimensions of religiosity/spirituality (R/S) beneficial against non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), whereas the effect of R/S social aspects is less studied. Using data from the SAMINOR 2 Questionnaire Survey (2012, n = 10,717 ages 18–69; response rate: 27%; non-Sami: 66%; females: 55%), we examined the association of R/S—religious attendance, congregational affiliation, ... -
Self-rated health among Greenlandic Inuit and Norwegian Sami adolescents: associated risk and protective correlates
Spein, Anna Rita; Pedersen, Cecilia P; Silviken, Anne Cathrine; Melhus, Marita; Kvernmo, Siv; Bjerregaard, Peter (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2013)Objectives. Self-rated health (SRH) and associated risk and protective correlates were investigated among two indigenous adolescent populations, Greenlandic Inuit and Norwegian Sami. Design. Cross-sectional data were collected from ‘‘Well-being among Youth in Greenland’’ (WBYG) and ‘‘The Norwegian Arctic Adolescent Health Study’’ (NAAHS), conducted during 2003 2005 and comprising 10th and 11th ...