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Kvarstein, Elfrida Hartveit; Langjord, Tuva; Bovim, Tone Helene; Christensen, Tore Buer; Eikenæs, Ingeborg Helene Ulltveit-Moe & Hove, Oddbjørn
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(2026).
Possible drivers of self-harm severity - relative contributions of post-traumatic stress and levels of personality functioning – results from the Extreme Challenges project.
Frontiers in Psychiatry.
17,
p. 1–14.
doi:
10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1911977.
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Vijayakumar, Arya Panthalanickal; Wilsgaard, Tom; Schirmer, Henrik; Lindekleiv, Haakon; Attia, Zachi I. & Lopez-Jimenez, Francisco
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(2026).
Clustering of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Midlife Forms Trajectories That Affect Heart Aging Biomarker and Incidence of Cardiovascular Disease.
Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Digital Health (MCP: Digital Health).
4(4),
p. 100425–100425.
doi:
10.1016/j.mcpdig.2026.100425.
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Objective
To (1) identify multivariable longitudinal midlife patterns of systolic and diastolic blood pressure, body mass index, and non–high density lipoprotein cholesterol and (2) assess whether electrocardiogram derived heart age acceleration (δ-age) mediates their associations with incident myocardial infarction (MI), stroke, and all-cause mortality.
Patients and Methods
We analyzed 5244 participants from the observational cohort study, the Tromsø Study, who were free of MI or stroke at baseline (Tromsø7, 2015-2016) and attended at least 3 surveys (Tromsø3-7, 1986-2016). Age-standardized risk factor z-scores were modeled with quadratic B-splines and grouped using K-means clustering to identify joint multivariable life-course risk profiles. δ-Age was derived from 12-lead electrocardiograms using a validated neural network. Natural-effects models decomposed hazard ratios between clusters and clinical events (follow-up to 2021) into direct and δ-age mediated components.
Results
Four distinct clusters were identified: stable low-risk (cluster 1, n=1604, 30.6%), dyslipidemia (cluster 2, n=1340, 25.6%), hypertension (cluster 3, n=1476, 28.1%), and high-risk trajectory (cluster 4, n=824, 15.7%). Each 1-SD increment in δ-age was associated with 27% to 30% of excess MI, stroke, and death, independent of age and sex. Clusters 3 and 4 carried the greatest excess risk of clinical events, whereas mediation by δ-age was modest (4%-8% of total effect for MI and stroke) and not statistically significant.
Conclusion
Joint multivariable life-course clustering of conventional risk factors identified clinically distinct long-term cardiovascular risk phenotypes. Although δ-age adds independent prognostic information, it explained little of the excess risk associated with chronic hypertension, dyslipidemia, or obesity, indicating it functions primarily as a parallel marker and not a causal mediator.
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Torgalsbøen, Anne-Kari; Mohn, Christine; Larøi, Frank & Czajkowski, Nikolai Olavi
(2026).
Resilience and clinical recovery in first-episode schizophrenia: a 10-year longitudinal study of clinically recovered, non-recovered, and healthy control participants.
Frontiers in Psychiatry.
17.
doi:
10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1813256.
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Introduction Research on resilience in clinical recovery following first-episode schizophrenia (FES) remains limited, and few longitudinal studies achieve sufficient retention to capture long-term trajectories. To address this, the Oslo Schizophrenia Recovery Study (OSR) was designed to examine resilience over time in FES. Investigating resilience is essential for understanding how individuals exposed to schizophrenia may achieve favorable outcomes. We addressed two primary questions: First, how does resilience change over time in individuals with FES compared with healthy controls. Second, whether longitudinal resilience trajectories within the FES group differ between participants who meet predefined clinical recovery criteria compared to those who do not. Methods Repeated assessments were conducted across 12 clinical evaluations. The sample comprised 28 individuals with FES and 28 healthy controls. Resilience was measured with the Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale, and social and role functioning were indexed using the Global Functioning Scales. The data were analyzed using linear multilevel models. Candidate longitudinal mixed-effects models were compared using the small-sample corrected Akaike Information Criterion (AICc), with parameters estimated by maximum likelihood. Results At 10-year follow-up, retention was 79%. Half of the FES group achieved clinical recovery. Model estimates indicated increasing resilience over time in the FES group, whereas resilience in healthy controls remained relatively stable, although statistical support for differential trajectories between groups was limited. Clinically recovered individuals showed a steeper increase in resilience. In contrast, non-recovered individuals exhibited only modest, gradual improvements, with resilience levels remaining lower at study completion. Conclusion Different resilience trajectories were observed between clinically recovered and non-recovered individuals with FES, with greater improvements in resilience associated with recovery. Although causality remains uncertain and differences to healthy controls were less robust, these findings highlight the value of repeated longitudinal assessments of resilience in FES, both to more precisely characterize resilience trajectories and to reduce drop-out rates.
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Reas, Deborah; Lie, Selma; Mala, Tom & Kvalem, Ingela Lundin
(2026).
Maladaptive Weight-Related Compensatory Behaviours Among Individuals Undergoing Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.
European Eating Disorders Review.
ISSN 1072-4133.
doi:
10.1002/erv.70181.
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Andersen, Adelina Trolle
(2026).
The autonomy–abandonment dilemma: Why umbrella states oppose their nuclear patron.
European Journal of International Security.
ISSN 2057-5637.
p. 1–17.
doi:
10.1017/eis.2026.10097.
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Abstract Why do small states in asymmetric alliances oppose their nuclear security guarantor? This article examines the decision-making process behind Norway’s proposal to establish a Nordic nuclear weapon free zone in 1981 and argues for a new theoretical framework, the autonomy–abandonment dilemma, to understand how small states manage their alliance membership. Norway’s proposal led Alexander Haig, then-US Secretary of State, to threaten the US withdrawal of Norway’s security guarantee. Examining the bargaining process reveals how a small state accidentally breaks the balance between autonomy and abandonment. Importantly, the case has implications for how we interpret a state’s intentions based on the outcome of a specific policy. What at first glance appeared as free riding was, on inspection, the result of not cynical exploitation of the nuclear patron but rather domestic bargaining. The policy’s strategic implications resulted from management of the conflict between strategic considerations and domestic political pressures.
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Bowen, Catherine E.; Halse, Bjørn Atle Sundsback; Seterelv, Siri Schøyen; Selbæk, Geir; Langballe, Ellen Melbye & Skirbekk, Vegard Fykse
(2026).
Most older long-term care residents in Oslo have documented do-not-resuscitate status: a cross-sectional study.
Resuscitation.
ISSN 0300-9572.
229,
p. 111344–111344.
doi:
10.1016/j.resuscitation.2026.111344.
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With population aging, understanding the frequency and distribution of decisions to attempt or withhold cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in long-term care populations is increasingly important. In Oslo, CPR status, that is, an advance decision about whether CPR should or should not be attempted, is systematically assessed and documented for all long-term care residents. Comprehensive register data therefore provide a unique opportunity to assess advance CPR decisions at the population level. We obtained cross-sectional data on the documented CPR status of nearly all persons aged 50+ years admitted to public or private long-term care facilities in Oslo between 2018 and 2023 (N = 7860). We examined the proportion of long-term care residents with documented positive CPR status (CPR should be attempted) and used multivariable logistic regression to analyze the associations between documented positive CPR status and age, sex, marital status, primary contact (e.g., son, daughter, spouse, professional), functional limitations, institutional relocations, duration of stay, and year of admission. We found that 9.2% of long-term care residents had documented positive CPR status. Documented positive CPR status was related to younger age, fewer limitations, shorter duration of stay, and fewer relocations. Compared with residents first admitted in 2018, documented positive CPR status was less likely among those first admitted between 2019 and 2022, but not among those first admitted in 2023. There was no evidence that documented positive CPR status was related to sex, marital status, primary contact. Our findings provide population-level evidence on documented CPR status in long-term care and highlight the need for future research on how such decisions are made.
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Bjørndal, Ludvig Daae; Nes, Ragnhild Bang; Ebrahimi, Omid Vakili; Teulings, Irene Johanna Elisabeth & Røysamb, Espen
(2026).
Social processes in well-being (SoWell): A survey and ecological momentary assessment twin study.
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health.
ISSN 1403-4948.
doi:
10.1177/14034948261488979.
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Koleini, Ada; Kehoe, Christiane E.; Idsøe, Thormod; Skoe, Frederik Ferstad & Tamnes, Christian Krog
(2026).
Validating the Psychometric Properties of an Adapted Coping With Children’s Negative Emotions Scale for Teachers.
Sage Open.
16(4).
doi:
10.1177/21582440261493376.
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Fagereng, Andreas; Gulbrandsen, Magnus Andreas Haare; Holm, Martin B. & Natvik, Gisle James
(2026).
Fisher Dynamics, Monetary Policy, and Household Indebtedness.
Journal of Money, Credit and Banking.
ISSN 0022-2879.
doi:
10.1111/jmcb.70105.
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Growth in household debt-to-income ratios can be attributed to nominal debt changes or “Fisher dynamics” due to interest income and expenses, real income growth, and inflation. With microdata covering the universe of Norwegian households for more than 20 years, we decompose the importance of these channels for how debt-to-income ratios evolve over time and respond to monetary policy shocks. On average, debt changes outsize Fisher dynamics, but among highly leveraged households Fisher dynamics dominate. After interest rate hikes, debt changes and Fisher dynamics pull in opposite directions, with the former dominating, leading to a decline in debt-to-income ratios. This pattern is consistent across sub-groups, including highly indebted households, recent movers, households facing liquidity constraints, and households facing high unemployment risk.
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Psyridou, Maria; Torppa, Minna; Vasalampi, Kati; Poikkeus, Anna Maija; Lerkkanen, Marja-Kristiina & Bergen, Elsje van
(2026).
ADHD symptoms and learning difficulties: co-occurrence and directionality from Grades 1 to 9.
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
ISSN 0021-9630.
doi:
10.1111/jcpp.70244.
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Asmundardottir, Dora Soldis; Hauge, Åshild Lappegard & Seibt, Beate
(2026).
Place-related continuity shapes support for battery industries: a qualitative interview study from two Norwegian communities.
Local Environment : the International Journal of Justice and Sustainability.
ISSN 1354-9839.
doi:
10.1080/13549839.2026.2677070.
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Hagedorn, Marcus
(2026).
An equilibrium theory of nominal exchange rates.
European Economic Review.
ISSN 0014-2921.
189.
doi:
10.1016/j.euroecorev.2026.105437.
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This paper proposes an equilibrium theory of nominal exchange rates, which offers a new perspective on various issues in open economy macroeconomics. The nominal exchange rate and portfolio choices are jointly determined in equilibrium, thus providing a new approach to overcoming the indeterminacy results in Kareken and Wallace (1981). The distinctive features of this theory are that the nominal exchange rate is determined in international financial markets, that the risk premium and UIP deviations are fully endogenous equilibrium objects and that the real exchange rate inherits its properties from the nominal exchange rate. In terms of policy, this novel theory implies that a country with an exchange rate peg and free asset mobility faces a tetralemma and not a trilemma, because it loses not only monetary policy independence but also fiscal policy independence.
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Fleckenstein, Abbigail Marie; Paruzel-Czachura, Mariola; Pypno-Blajda, Katarzyna; Peltola, Henna-Riikka & Vuoskoski, Jonna Katariina
(2026).
Moral echoes: Do morality and humanness affect emotional and aesthetic responses to music?
Royal Society Open Science.
13(10).
doi:
10.1098/rsos.252167.
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Abstract When listening to novel music, extra-musical information about the musician may influence a listener's evaluations of the music. Here, we studied the extent to which information about the musicians’ Humanness, Morality and Sex, conveyed by their vocal timbre and tessitura, affected listeners’ emotional and aesthetic responses to their music. This online, pre-registered experiment followed a 2 (Humanness: Human vs. AI model) × 2 (Vocalist Sex: Male vs. Female) × 3 (Morality: Moral, Immoral, Neutral) mixed factorial design. Participants (n = 400) were randomly assigned to one of four groups, differing in Humanness and Vocalist Sex. Participants read three descriptions depicting a Moral, Immoral and Neutral behaviour and listened to three unfamiliar songs pseudorandomly paired with a description. Emotional and aesthetic responses to each song were measured using validated measures (GEMS-9 scale) and additional items assessing feelings of being Moved, Connected, perceived Beauty, Liking and perceived Creativity. As predicted, linear mixed-effects models revealed significant main effects of Morality for all dependent variables, with Immoral descriptions consistently yielding more negative ratings. Contrary to predictions, we observed no differences in responses to songs based on Humanness, no significant interaction between Morality and Humanness and no effect of Vocalist Sex on responses.
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Nawaz, Abdul Rehman; Botetzagias, Iosif & Anjum, Gulnaz
(2026).
“When the climate changes, we feel it first”: Gendered perceptions of environmental change and women’s health in Pakistan.
Women's Health.
ISSN 1745-5057.
22.
doi:
10.1177/17455057261455288.
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Background Rural women in climate-vulnerable regions face intersecting health risks from environmental stressors, gendered labor roles, and limited access to health services. Understanding how men and women perceive climate change is critical for designing interventions that protect women’s health and well-being. Objectives To examine gendered perspectives on climate change among smallholder farmers in rural Pakistan and explore how these perspectives influence health-related risks and adaptive capacity, with a focus on implications for women’s health. Design This study employed a cross-sectional Q-methodology design to identify shared and divergent viewpoints within and between male and female participant groups. Methods Thirty participants (10 women and 20 men) from South Punjab, Pakistan, provided written informed consent. They sorted 48 statements into a forced quasi-normal distribution from “most disagree” to “most agree.” These individual sorts were analyzed, through PCA and varimax rotation, for identifying shared perspectives (‘Factors’ in Q terminology) separately for men and women. The qualitative interpretation of the factors was based on most (dis-) agreed upon, distinguishing and consensus statements. Results Women’s factors, such as Structural Health Vulnerability and Fatalistic Resilience , emphasized infrastructural deficits, funding gaps, and health risks to food systems and livestock, linking adaptation capacity to systemic reforms. Men’s factors, including Optimistic Techno-Adaptation and Economically Worried , Techno-Faithful , displayed greater confidence in technological and market-driven solutions, though often overlooking structural constraints. Conclusion Gendered framings of climate change reveal distinct implications for women’s health in rural Pakistan. Women’s perspectives emphasize systemic barriers that heighten vulnerability, underscoring the need for interventions that integrate climate adaptation with women’s health programs. Addressing faith-based framings, economic insecurity, and infrastructure gaps can improve the design of culturally resonant, gender-sensitive health interventions.
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Anjum, Gulnaz & Aziz, Mudassar
(2026).
The Responsibility–Power–Justice Nexus: A Framework for Reorienting Behavioral Science Toward Power and Justice.
Perspectives on Psychological Science.
ISSN 1745-6916.
doi:
10.1177/17456916261468309.
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Behavioral science has achieved remarkable policy influence, yet the problems it addresses, such as climate change, health inequality, and financial precarity, have worsened. We argue this is no coincidence. The field suffers from systematic power-blindness: it treats individuals as abstract decision makers while bracketing the structural forces that shape their behavioral possibilities. This article develops the responsibility–power–justice (RPJ) nexus framework as a corrective, advancing two foundational claims. First, power is not external to behavior but constitutive of it; every behavioral intervention embeds claims about who bears responsibility for problems and solutions. Second, justice is not a normative standard applied after behavioral analysis, but a causal mechanism operating within it: Tax compliance depends on perceived fairness, health behaviors reflect institutional trust, and cooperation requires beliefs about equitable burden-sharing. Across climate policy, public health, and economic governance, we demonstrate a consistent pattern: powerful actors reframe structural problems as individual failures, behavioral science supplies the intellectual tool kit, and interventions redistribute responsibility downward while leaving power structures intact. We trace this pattern to the field’s roots in methodological individualism, its privileging of individual-level experiments, and its institutional entanglement with prevailing governance arrangements. We conclude by outlining what a justice-oriented behavioral science would require.
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Amland, Tonje; Grande, German; Bergen, Elsje van; Melby-Lervåg, Monica & Lervåg, Arne Ola
(2026).
Parental and early child skills outweigh home numeracy environment in predicting maths development.
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
ISSN 0021-9630.
doi:
10.1111/jcpp.70247.
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Asheim, Geir B.; Kamaga, Kohei & Zuber, Stéphane
(2026).
Evaluating intergenerational consequences by dominance: Efficiency when future identities are unobservable.
Social Choice and Welfare.
ISSN 0176-1714.
doi:
10.1007/s00355-026-01674-6.
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We examine the claim that Pareto Dominance can evaluate efficiency-improving policies with long-lasting intergenerational consequences. Climate policies is a prime example, seeking to correct the externality that emitters of greenhouse gases do not pay for the future consequences of their emissions. However, climate policies lead to different identities of future people, ruling out a personal interpretation of Pareto Dominance. Assuming that there are infinitely many future people whose identities are not observable, we specify conditions under which their spatiotemporal positions do not matter and where rank-ordered streams play an important role. We justify Rank-Order Dominance whereby a world a rank-order dominates another world b if a Pareto dominates b for earlier born people and Suppes-Sen dominates b for future people, where one of the two need not be strict. We illustrate the controversial and even counterintuitive properties of this dominance relation for policy choice.
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Stankovic, Tatjana; Bang, Guri; Hovi, Jon & Tørstad, Vegard Heggelund
(2026).
Windows of adversity: how crises entrench carbon lock-in in corporatist democracies.
Journal of European Public Policy.
ISSN 1350-1763.
p. 30–30.
doi:
10.1080/13501763.2026.2750975.
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Do economic crises open windows of opportunity for green transformation? A prominent strand of recent literature argues they can. We show that, in corporatist democracies, the opposite can occur: Crises entrench fossil fuel dependence and deepen carbon lock-in. Extending Mildenberger’s theory of double representation, we argue that political urgency and acute economic threats consolidate the power of carbon-intensive interests, as governments rely on them for information, legitimacy, and rapid implementation. This dynamic intensifies when key political actors are weak – under minority governments, or when left parties, electorally weakened, lean on unions tied to fossil fuel industries. Under these conditions, the institutional channels that normally constrain ambitious climate policy shift from veto to appropriation: Carbon-intensive actors no longer simply block reform but capture state resources on exceptionally generous and weakly conditional terms. We probe this argument using Norway’s COVID-19 response, drawing on interviews with key stakeholders. The case traces how an initially moderate government proposal for oil-industry support was expanded into an exceptionally generous tax package. Our findings challenge the assumption of crises as ‘windows of opportunity’ for green transformation, showing instead how corporatist institutions can produce ‘windows of adversity’ – with implications for climate politics and crisis policymaking across corporatist democracies.
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Aksoy, Ozan; Manzo, Gianluca; Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth & Raub, Werner
(2026).
More on standards in sociology: Replies to Barbera, Przepiorka, Skardhamar, Wang, and Zeng.
Rationality and Society.
ISSN 1043-4631.
doi:
10.1177/10434631261492661.
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Frogner, Erik Rimestad; Pedersen, Mads Lund & Westlye, Lars Tjelta
(2026).
Adolescent development of decision making processes in n-back task performance and links to pubertal timing and tempo.
Acta Psychologica.
ISSN 0001-6918.
270.
doi:
10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.107883.
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Suter, Manuel; Haugestad, Christian Andres Palacios; Wullenkord, Marlis Charlotte & Nicholas, Kimberly A.
(2026).
Experimenting for impact: Combining research with advocacy for climate stability.
PLOS Climate.
5(2 February).
doi:
10.1371/journal.pclm.0000837.
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Wang, Louie Lei; Wang, Mari Vaage; Eek, Brandlistuen Ragnhild & Melby-Lervåg, Monica
(2026).
The effect of being assigned to special needs assistance depends on children's types of difficulty.
Learning and Individual Differences.
ISSN 1041-6080.
132,
p. 1–6.
doi:
10.1016/j.lindif.2026.103012.
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Johansen, Fanny Tufte; Finsrud, Ingvild; Flo-Groeneboom, Elisabeth & Kvamme, Ingvild Reppen
(2026).
Transformative pathways: shame and fear of compassion as potential mechanisms of change in psychotherapy.
Psychotherapy Research.
ISSN 1050-3307.
doi:
10.1080/10503307.2026.2732028.
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Objective: It has been hypothesized that shame and fear of receiving compassion from others are interrelated processes in psychotherapy. However, little is known about how these factors influence each other in a clinical setting. This study examined the relationships between shame, fear of receiving compassion from others, and symptom distress at a within-patient level throughout psychotherapy.
Method: The transdiagnostic sample consisted of 1,134 inpatients at Modum Bad receiving psychological treatment. Weekly self-reports measured symptom distress, fear of receiving compassion, and shame. The Latent Curve Model with Structured Residuals was used to examine the relationships between the variables at a within-patient level throughout therapy.
Results: At a within-patient level, reciprocal predictive relationships were found between shame and symptom distress, and between fear of receiving compassion and symptom distress. Shame also predicted fear of receiving compassion, but not vice versa. Sensitivity analyses supported the relationship between shame and symptom distress across treatment units but indicated greater variation in relationships involving fear of receiving compassion.
Conclusion: The findings suggest that shame and fear of receiving compassion are dynamically involved in symptom change during psychotherapy. Shame appears particularly central, whereas the role of fear of receiving compassion may vary across treatment contexts.
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Karlsen, Jannicke; Wold, Astri Heen; Hjetland, Hanne Næss; Gismarvik, Marit Enny & Hagtvet, Bente Eriksen
(2026).
Barns initiativ i samtaler med barnehagelærer.
Nordisk barnehageforskning (NBF).
23(2),
p. 82–102.
doi:
10.23865/nbf.v23.873.
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Formålet med denne studien er å få økt innsikt i barns initiativ i samtale med barnehagelærer ved å studere forekomst av og samtalekonteksten rundt initiativene deres, og hvorvidt disse forholdene varierer for enspråklige og flerspråklige norske barn. I studien analyseres samtaler knyttet til en bildebok i 14 par med barnehagelærer og fem år gamle barn ved hjelp av initiativ–respons-analyse (IR-analyse) (Linell & Gustavsson, 1987). Resultatene viser at de enspråklige barna tar flere initiativ enn de flerspråklige, og at barnehagelærerne i større grad stiller spørsmål til de flerspråklige barna etter initiativene deres. Felles for alle barna er at det ser ut til at spørsmål fra barnehagelærer begrenser barnas muligheter til å påvirke samtalen. En samtalestrategi der barnehagelærer i mindre grad stiller spørsmål og i større grad følger barnets initiativ, kan bidra til å åpne opp for barnets bidrag og påvirkning, noe som kan være positivt både for barnets deltagelse og for dets språklige utvikling.
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Linnaranta, Outi; Myllyniemi, A.; Salusjärvi, E.; Seilo, N.; Kaljadin, J. & Kukko, T. R.
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(2026).
Did national implementation of interpersonal counseling improve adolescent depression treatment pathways in primary care? Protocol for a longitudinal cohort study.
BMC Public Health.
26(1).
doi:
10.1186/s12889-026-26466-6.
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Background
Implementation of evidence-based interventions is one of the proposed responses to increased demand for treatment of adolescent depression. While the efficacy of interpersonal psychotherapy to treat depression of adolescents (IPT-A) is well established, the shorter adolescent interpersonal counseling (IPC-A) was implemented in primary care in Finland due to better feasibility. We present a protocol for a prospective evaluation of whether implementation of IPC-A has improved the naturalistic treatment flow and outcome of adolescents with sustained depression. We will evaluate the comparative effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of IPC-A and other treatment options, as compared to no treatment of sustained depression.
Methods
We will collect a prospective cohort of grade 7 to 9 adolescents (13 to 17-year-olds) in selected Finnish schools using convenience sampling (n = 9000). We will describe the comparative effectiveness of naturalistic treatment, with an aim to compare three groups as defined at 6 months (with IPC-A, n = 100; with other psychosocial treatment, n = 200; or no treatment, n = 100). The primary outcome measure will be the proportion of adolescents who received specialized psychiatric services by 2 years after baseline in each group. Secondary outcome measures will include longitudinal changes in PHQ-9-A scores by 12 months, positive mental health, social inclusion, and quality of life. Cost-effectiveness will be evaluated using survey data at 12 months, and an economic evaluation using register data and information on service use 12 months before and up to 10 years after baseline. A universal evaluation of all adolescents, independent of mood, will provide prospective description of adolescents a) with sustained depression over the follow-up period (Patient Health Questionnaire 9 items, adolescent version, PHQ-9-A ≥ 10 in two measurements over 6 months), b) with a self-reported need and motivation for support, c) with therapeutic intervention, and d) benefits and harms of treatment. We will describe the treatment received and predictors of treatment and outcome based on reports from adolescents, caretakers, and therapists, as well as electronic patient records. Impact of training in IPC-A on competence and access to treatment will be evaluated.
Discussion
The study will describe need for, pathways to, and content of mental health services for depressed adolescents over the two years following national implementation of IPC-A. The results can improve equal access to care, and inform decision makers about the best practices for treatment of depression, including utility of the implementation of IPC-A.
Trial registration
ClinicalTrials.com NCT06390462 registered 2024-03-19.
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Harrison, Joseph; Sullivan, Frank; Keenan, Katherine; Kravdal, Øystein & Kulu, Hill
(2026).
Migrant mortality across contexts and generations: A comparative study of Norway and England and Wales.
Demographic Research.
ISSN 1435-9871.
55,
p. 533–572.
doi:
10.4054/DemRes.2026.55.18.
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Sassi, Francesco
(2026).
Electricity as Infrastructural Power: Mapping the Physical and Social Dimensions of Norway–EU Interdependence.
Politics and Governance.
14.
doi:
10.17645/pag.12246.
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Electricity price spikes are severely affecting the Norway–EU electricity interdependence. Against the background of geopolitical tensions, the European energy crisis and surging integration with the EU electricity market, Norway’s core energy policy has been challenged. Specifically, the unique relationship between the state, natural resources, territory, and the use of the country’s vast hydropower capacity has been jeopardised by tensions inherent within this electricity interdependence. Drawing on the concepts of infrastructural power and the primary institutions of the English School of IR, the article elaborates the “infrastructural power’s governed interdependence framework” to investigate electricity interdependencies as a crucial nexus between cross-border electricity infrastructure and international relations. Bridging energy studies and IR, the framework captures the bureaucratic state responsiveness feedback effect on electricity interdependencies. This is an essential feature of the energy transition, explaining how governments reclaim control over physical and social infrastructure through increased control over cross-border electricity infrastructure. The research highlights how tensions between the primary institutions of environmental stewardship, the market, nationalism, sovereignty, and territoriality have profoundly shaken the Norwegian political landscape. While the EU has opted for market integration and additional investments in interconnectivity to deliver affordable electricity and secure power supplies, Norwegian civil society has forced domestic policymakers to manage electricity infrastructure directly. Therefore, Norway has introduced measures to restrain price fluctuations, constraining market dynamics, while limiting physical interconnections with the European markets. This could potentially destabilise the entire Norway–EU electricity interdependence.
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Klausen, Jan Erling; Mortensen, Peter Bjerre; Serritzlev, Søren & Vabo, Signy Irene
(2026).
The Geography of Local Politics: How Jurisdiction Size Shapes Local Policy Agendas.
Journal of Public Policy.
ISSN 0143-814X.
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Kvale, Knut; Larsen, Anna Grøndahl; Følstad, Asbjørn & as, Nena van
(2026).
CUSTOMER CARE IN THE AGE OF AI: CURRENT PERCEPTIONS AND FUTURE EXPECTATIONS.
IADIS International Journal on Computer Science and Information System.
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Kowalski, Joachim; Dąbkowska, Małgorzata; Aleksandrowicz, Adrianna; Jarkiewicz, Michał; Larøi, Frank & Gawęda, Łukasz
(2026).
Examining Auditory Hallucinations and Attention in Schizophrenia Patients According to the Metacognitive Model.
Schizophrenia Bulletin.
ISSN 0586-7614.
52(5).
doi:
10.1093/schbul/sbaf208.
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Asheim, Geir B. & Cato, Susumu
(2026).
The dilemma between repugnancy and sadism extends beyond critical-level utilitarianism.
Economics and Philosophy.
ISSN 0266-2671.
p. 1–25.
doi:
10.1017/S0266267126100807.
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We consider axioms under which population principles face an unavoidable choice between accepting the Repugnant Conclusion or the Very Sadistic Conclusion. Our analysis reveals that this dilemma persists even without imposing the axiom of Anonymity. This significantly broadens the ethical implications when considering populations that differ in temporal, spatial or probabilistic dimensions or when including non-human populations. Imposing Existence Independence, combined with an Archimedean axiom that we term the Strict Limit Property, is sufficient for the dilemma to arise. These findings substantially generalize previous impossibility results in population ethics and highlight the inescapable trade-offs faced by any coherent population principle.
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Xia, Lihua; Ren, Kang; Demetriou, Ina; Gurunandan, Kshipra; Meeker, Karin L. & Pineiro, Didac Vidal
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(2026).
Bilingualism and cognitive aging in ethnically diverse older adults: cross-sectional and longitudinal evidence from Health and Aging Brain Study—Health Disparities.
The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences.
ISSN 1079-5014.
81(10),
p. 1–10.
doi:
10.1093/geronb/gbag150.
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Hesselberg, Jan Ole; Ulleberg, Pål; Sørensen, Øystein; Fostervold, Knut Inge; Ingvaldsen, Sigrid Hegna & Svege, Ida
(2026).
Why do reviewers disagree? Evidence from four funders and 134,000 reviews.
PLOS ONE.
21(9),
p. 1–21.
doi:
10.1371/journal.pone.0356108.
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Getz, Vilde; Pleym, Karin; Dammen, Toril; Husebye, Einar; Sverre, Elise Christine Bjørkholen & Peersen, Kari
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(2026).
Patient and healthcare system factors associated with
participation in municipal smoking cessation programs after
hospitalization for atherosclerotic vascular disease in Norway:
A prespecified analysis of two randomized controlled trials.
Tobacco Prevention & Cessation.
12(61),
p. 1–13.
doi:
10.18332/tpc/236282.
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Introduction: Persistent smoking after hospitalization for an atherosclerotic
vascular event remains common, and only a small proportion attend
cardiac rehabilitation or community-based lifestyle support, including smoking
cessation programs. This study aimed to identify patient and healthcare...
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Ystrom, Eivind; Timpe, Clara Marie Fides & Jole, Oda van
(2027).
Sosial ulikhet i Norge og barns psykiske utvikling - en megakobling.
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Thune, Taran Mari; Normann, Håkon Endresen; Smith, Benjamin Donald & Svartefoss, Silje Marie
(2026).
Blir det noe av innovasjonsløftet for å løse store samfunnsutfordringer? | Forskningspolitikk.
Forskningspolitikk.
ISSN 0333-0273.
49(3),
p. 18–19.
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Ayache, Urszula Wiszniowska; Buche, Ivy & Soppe, Birthe
(2026).
Co-Constructing Responsibility: Leaders and stakeholders after the Juukan Gorge destruction.
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Ayache, Urszula Wiszniowska & Soppe, Birthe
(2026).
From Imagined Futures to Strategic Retreat: The disruption of the green imaginaries in the energy sector.
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Ravndal, Jacob Aasland
(2026).
The Police as a Human Kind: A Philosophy-of-Science Perspective on What Police Science Can and Should Be.
Nordic Journal of Studies in Policing (NJSP).
13(2),
p. 1–4.
doi:
10.18261/njsp.13.2.5.
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Kunst, Jonas R.
(2026).
Israel og Palestina: Håpets paradoks i en fastlåst konflikt
- Forskningsnytt.
[Journal].
Apollon.
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Mendes, Elisabete; Deliberato, Débora & Tetzchner, Stephen von
(2026).
Perceptions of mothers and professionalsregarding the use of AAC systems.
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Tetzchner, Stephen von & Stadskleiv, Kristine
(2026).
Young aided communicators’ reasoning about pragmatic scenarios.
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Teulings, Irene Johanna Elisabeth; Røysamb, Espen; Bjørndal, Ludvig Daae; Leonardsen, Esten Høyland; Iasiello, Matthew & Nes, Ragnhild Bang
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(2026).
How Well Do Life Satisfaction Scores Reflect People’s Wellbeing? Insights from a Multidimensional, Machine Learning Approach.
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Life satisfaction is widely used as a primary indicator of population wellbeing in both scientific research and political decision-making. Yet, it remains unclear what global life evaluations capture across the broader landscape of wellbeing. In a UK sample (N = 1,050), we examined how four global life evaluation measures reflected experiences across 15 wellbeing domains. Machine learning analyses identified optimism, personal circumstances, happiness, and meaning and purpose as the strongest predictors, with other domains contributing comparatively little additional predictive information. Crucially, domains’ contributions corresponded only weakly with self-reported importance, challenging the assumption that unequal contributions reflect what people value most. Global wellbeing measures (e.g., life satisfaction scores) thus appear to provide selectively weighted rather than broad summaries of wellbeing, potentially underrepresenting domains people consider important. Researchers and policymakers seeking comprehensive or value-based assessments may therefore benefit from complementing global measures with multidimensional or domain-specific assessments.
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Haugestad, Christian Andres Palacios; Sandbakken, Ella Marie & Moss, Sigrun Marie
(2026).
"Alt for Norge": A Rapid-Response Ethnography of National Grief and Royal Succession.
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Haugestad, Christian Andres Palacios & Sandbakken, Ella Marie
(2026).
Kongen er død, leve fellesskapet: Etnografiske glimt fra en nasjonal overgangsrite.
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Ciancio, Javier; Clarke, Rodrigo & Flikke, Rune
(2026).
Delivery de sushi: Subsidio marino a cóndores mediado por el salmón Chinook invasor.
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Biologisk analyse av næringstilgang for kondorer basert på en ny invasjon av introdusert Chinook laks i elver i Argentinsk Patagonia
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Østring, Peder Ressem
(2026).
The Battle of the ‘Spar: A conjunctural analysis of the Brent Spar controversy.
doi:
https:/tu-dresden.de/gsw/slk/anglistik_amerikanistik/na-literatur/petrocultures2026/full-program-und-book-of-abstracts?set_language=en.
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The oil and gas industry has shaped coastal and oceanic landscapes in the North Sea Region for well over half a century. Today, the North Sea is home to hundreds of oil platforms, thousands of deepwater oil wells, and an extensive network of pipelines. Following a spectacular dispute in the late 1990s between Shell and environmental activists regarding the proposed dumping of a loading buoy called Brent Spar, regulations were put in place that, as a rule, prohibited deepwater disposal. This presentation revisits the events of 1995 where Greenpeace was able to out-maneuver Shell in a fierce battle over narratives. In this epoch-making conflict, the very multinational nature of Shell left them vulnerable to international campaigns in protests of the proposed dumping of the Spar. During the spring and summer of 1995, Greenpeace activists, consumers, top level ministers – and even a radical flank of activists taking direct action against Shell property – played a role in shaping the outcome. This presentation seeks to showcase how the policy duopoly of industry and bureaucrats was broken by interventions from the wider public across various scales. Following the cues of Doreen Massey and Stuart Hall, and as more recently articulated by geographer Jamie Peck, the analysis of the Brent Spar case is set in the tradition of a conjunctural analysis. Here, the Brent Spar controversy is used as a prism to shed light on various political, economic and cultural contradictions that together made up these critical moments of 1995 – and through which the geometries of power in the North Sea can better be understood. In times of runaway climate crisis, the Brent Spar case, which challenged fossil capital through popular organisation, is well worth a deeper inquiry. The presentation will draw on fieldwork, interviews and archival research in Norway, the Netherlands and the UK.
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Østring, Peder Ressem
(2026).
Kull og klassekamp i England.
[Journal].
Gnist ISSN 2535-3195.
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Man kan ikke forstå dagens britiske politikk uten å forstå de langsiktige følgene av den tapte gruvestreiken ‘84–85 og påfølgende industridød, mener den britiske marxisten Ray Hudson. Gnist har vært på reportasjereise til Nordøst-England i ruinene etter tiår med nyliberalisme.
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Mangset, Marte
(2026).
«Røff guide» til Monika Krause - Sosiologen.
sosiologen.no.
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Må samfunnsvitenskapen alltid studere de samme stedene, epokene og fenomenene? Monika Krause oppfordrer oss til å lete etter det smale, men først og fremst til å tenke grundigere gjennom hvorfor forskere velger velbrukte forskningsobjekter.
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Mangset, Marte
(2026).
La bureaucratie, coupable idéale ? - La Vie des idées.
La Vie des Idées.
ISSN 2265-5077.
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À propos de : Markus Hinterleitner, Blaming bureaucracy. Reckoning with a problematic political activity, Oxford University Press ; Julie Gervais, Claire Lemercier & Willy Pelletier, La haine des fonctionnaires, Éditions Amsterdam - Pourquoi la bureaucratie est-elle si souvent tenue pour responsable des échecs de l'action publique ? En examinant les stratégies de mise en cause des administrations et les réalités du travail des agents, deux ouvrages récents montrent comment la critique de l'État se déplace vers ses exécutants.
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Mangset, Marte
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Qu’est-ce qu’un bon système fiscal selon les professionels du droit fiscal? Une étude comparée entre secteurs et entre pays.
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Mangset, Marte
(2026).
How do tax law professionals define a good tax system? Legal expertise, politics and professional boundaries in comparative perspective.
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Mangset, Marte
(2026).
How do tax law professionals define a good tax system? Comparing expert conceptions and professional norms between sectors and countries.
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Mangset, Marte & Durand, Corentin
(2026).
Challenging symbolic power. Contesting state monopoly in French fiscal expertise.
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Andersen, Adelina Trolle; Cameron, James Jerome John; Malnes, Raino Sverre & Rø, Johannes Gullestad
(2026).
Unfolding Umbrella States’ Nuclear Dilemmas: The case of Norway.
Universitetet i Oslo.
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Scholars of international politics have paid insufficient attention to how nuclear weapons affect the considerations of policymakers in umbrella states. To fill this gap, this thesis addresses the following overarching research question: What influences how nonnuclear states in a nuclear alliance make policy decisions related to nuclear weapons? The thesis starts from the observation that Norway, an umbrella state, contributes to the nuclear mission of its alliance while reconciling these efforts with the goal of disarmament. This seemingly contradictory approach—enhancing nuclear deterrence while remaining as nonnuclear as possible—warrants an examination.
The thesis answers the question by using the Norwegian case to examine the impact of “the nuclear revolution” on nonnuclear members of a nuclear alliance (Article I), nonnuclear opposition by nonnuclear states in asymmetric alliances (Article II), and changes in nuclear states’ strategic relationships and their impact on nonnuclear states (Article III). Based on, but not limited to, archival documents from the Norwegian National Archives, the Norwegian Labor Movement’s Archives, a special collection of document copies held by the Norwegian Institute for Defense Studies, governmental documents, and memoirs, the three articles conduct in-depth case studies of Norway’s policies related to nuclear weapons.
This thesis finds that the assumptions of the nuclear revolution have not influenced Norway’s policy decisions related to nuclear weapons. Instead, Norway’s decisions have been influenced by fear of abandonment and a commitment to demonstrating loyalty, balanced against aspirations for autonomy and a security dilemma sensibility. The balance between fear of abandonment and aspirations for autonomy may be accidentally violated by domestic political pressures and deliberately shifted by changes in US nuclear policy.
These findings have implications for interpreting Norway’s decisions related to nuclear weapons. I find that the parts of Norwegian policies with the potential to enhance a US counterforce capability (such as nuclear intelligence) are a result of fluke rather than design. The same can be said of potential Norwegian nuclear free-riding in the alliance. Absence of contributions to an alliance can be judged as free-riding, that is, benefiting from a public good without contributing to it. In this case, it appears to have been an unintended side effect of domestic political pressure to pursue disarmament policies rather than a cynical “exploitation.”
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Huseby, Vilde Blix; Gjellestad, Marianne & Reitan, Oline
(2026).
Mellom kropp og forventninger: Kvinners erfaringer med overgangsalder i arbeidslivet
En sosiologisk studie av kvinners opplevelser.
Universitetet i Oslo.
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Overgangsalderen er en naturlig livsfase, som kan medføre både fysiske og kognitive endringer. Til tross for at mange kvinner erfarer overgangsaldere mens de er yrkesaktive, har temaet fått lite oppmerksomhet i norsk arbeidslivsforskning. Denne studien undersøker kvinners erfaringer med overgangsalderen slik den utspiller seg i arbeidslivet. Studien retter søkelys på hvordan stigma og skam, samt hvordan forhold ved arbeidsplassen kan ha betydning for denne opplevelsen. Studien bygger på kvalitative intervjuer med tolv kvinner mellom tidlig i 40-årene til tidlig i 60-årene, bosatt i ulike deler av Norge. Datamaterialet analyseres med utgangspunkt i tre teoretiske perspektiver: Dorothy Smiths standpunktteori, Joan Ackers teori om kjønnede organisasjoner og Erving Goffmans stigmateori.
Formålet med studien er å undersøke hvordan symptomer på overgangsalderen påvirker kvinners deltakelse i arbeidslivet. Med et sosiologisk blikk, utforsker studien hvordan individuelle erfaringer, arbeidslivets normer om tilgjengelighet, og samfunnets forventninger til kjønn utgjør et dynamisk samspill. Studien plasserer seg i skjæringspunktet mellom feministisk sosiologi og arbeidslivs- og organisasjonssosiologi.
Funnene i analysen viser at overgangsalderen påvirker informantenes arbeidshverdag i ulik grad. Kognitive symptomer som hjernetåke og hukommelsesproblemer, i tillegg til søvnproblematikk fremstår som spesielt krevende. Studien viser at bruk av individuelle tiltak som hormonbehandling, samt organisatoriske forhold som mulighet for hjemmekontor og fleksible arbeidsordninger er avgjørende for at flere av informantene klarer å stå i arbeidslivet, til tross for opplevde symptomer. Ytterligere, er åpenhet i det psykososiale arbeidsmiljøet tett knyttet til informantenes opplevelser og håndtering av overgangsalderen i arbeidslivet. Åpenheten i arbeidsmiljøet ser også ut til å henge sammen med hvorvidt informantene opplever stigma og skam. Til tross for økt oppmerksomhet knyttet til overgangsalderen i media, ser det ut til å være begrenset kunnskap om temaet både i samfunnet og hos helsepersonell. Resulterende henter flere av informantene kunnskap hos venninner med tilsvarende erfaringer. Manglende informasjon, språk og retningslinjer for håndtering av overgangsalderen, peker på at utfordringene i stor grad individualiseres fremfor å forstå det som et arbeidslivrelatert tema. Denne studien søker å utfordre dette, ved å løfte frem overgangsalderen som en relevant problemstilling i arbeidslivet – et felt som hittil har vært lite utforsket i Norge.
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Andersen, Maria Lyster; Torvik, Fartein Ask & Hart, Rannveig Kaldager
(2026).
Family Transitions, Mental Health, and Work: Evidence from Parenthood, Grandparenthood, and Assisted Reproduction in Norway.
Universitetet i Oslo.
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Many countries have experienced substantial declines in fertility, later transitions to parenthood, and increased use of assisted reproductive technologies (ART). These changes can matter for demographic patterns, but also for health, wellbeing, and labour market trajectories across the life course. Family formation may affect health and employment in different, potentially opposing, ways. Parenthood and grandparenthood can provide meaning and social support, but they may also involve stress, care responsibilities, and economic costs. Similarly, difficulties conceiving and undergoing fertility treatment might affect mental health and working life well beyond the treatment period. Yet we do not fully understand how these different experiences of family formation are associated with health and labour-market outcomes over the life course.
Consequently, this thesis examines how different family formation processes relate to health, sick leave, and employment, with a particular focus on gender differences. The three papers of this thesis consider distinct but connected stages of the family life course: parenthood, grandparenthood, and infertility treatment.
Paper 1 studies differences in mental health between parents and childless individuals across the full adult life course. Parents have a consistently lower risk of mental disorders than the childless, even when adjusting for important confounders such as socioeconomic status and marital status. We find the lowest risk of mental disorders among individuals who have not yet become parents. This suggests that the observed parent–childless gap at least partly reflects selection into parenthood rather than a protective causal effect of having children on mental health. Importantly, we also find differences in the association depending on the specific mental health condition studied, with certain symptoms such as stress more likely among parents.
Paper 2 examines the causal effects of becoming a grandparent on health and labour market outcomes, again with particular attention to gender. The results show that grandparenthood affects both health and employment, although the magnitude and direction of effects vary across outcomes. Becoming a grandparent is associated with an increased risk of respiratory infections, a reduction in cardiovascular-related health care use, and a slightly lower risk of mental disorders. It also marks a clear transition in labour market attachment: both women and men become more likely to work part-time and experience reductions in income. The employment effects are substantially larger among grandmothers. These gender differences may reflect women’s greater involvement in informal childcare.
(Paper 3: not published)
Taken together, the three papers show that family formation is linked to health and working life in varying ways across the life course. The papers also illustrate how family formation reflects gendered processes. The thesis highlights the importance of selection into parenthood, identifies grandparenthood as a meaningful life-course transition with health and economic consequences, and shows that unsuccessful fertility treatment may have lasting effects on mental health and employment. By examining these processes together, the thesis shows that family formation is not only an isolated reproductive event, but also a potential source of gender differences and inequalities in health and economic wellbeing.
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Kirchhofer, Solveig Melanie; Fjermestad, Krister Westlye & Briggs, Nancy
(2026).
Siblings of Children with Chronic Disorders: Risk, Protective Factors and Effects of the SIBS Intervention Solveig Melanie.
Universitetet i Oslo.
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Siblings of children with chronic disorders (herein siblings) have heightened risk of developing mental health problems. Mental health problems are a major cause of disability among children and adolescents, leading to significant societal costs. Most sibling studies have examined group differences in risk and focus on sibling mental health outcomes rather than investigating individual -and family-level variables on a range of sibling outcomes. Although the Health Personnel Act (§ 10a) imposes duty on Norwegian health care professionals to provide information and support to caregivers and siblings of people with health care needs, there are still no unified evidence-based approach to inform health care workers on how to enact this duty for siblings. Consequently, there are large differences in how, when -or if at all, siblings are supported. Research that aims to understand the complex risk and protective factors for siblings is needed to develop effective and evidence-based preventive interventions. This thesis is focused on understanding the relationship between risk and protective factors associated with sibling psychosocial adjustment and includes three peer-reviewed and published studies. Paper 1 is a systematic review of social support for siblings of children with neurodevelopmental disorders. My co-authors and I found that social support is a potential key protective or risk factor depending on its level, however there were large differences in how social support was measured and defined across the included papers. In Paper 2 my co-authors and I explored the relationships between risk and protective factors for sibling psychosocial adjustment in a proposed family model. We found paternal mental health and parent-sibling communication quality to be associated with siblings' psychosocial adjustment. In Paper 3 my co-authors and I evaluated the initial outcomes of a manualized parent-sibling preventative intervention in a cluster randomized controlled trial (SIBS-RCT). The initial result showed no statistically significant effects. However, small effect sizes in favor of SIBS are promising for improvements in parent-sibling communication and sibling mental health and signals the need for further refinement of the program, to investigate mechanisms of effect and to target subgroups of siblings at heightened risk. Collectively, the result from the papers in this thesis stresses the importance of enhancing sibling social support, supporting parent-sibling communication and fathers’ roles in families with childhood chronic disorders as these factors may be important for sibling psychosocial adjustment. Suggested clinical recommendations include assessment of individual family members experiences and roles to better target sibling risk factors.
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Rabbing, Lillis Marie-Louise Elisabeth; Lau, Bjørn; Bjørkelo, Brita & Fostervold, Knut Inge
(2026).
Stress in the Police: Concepts and Measures.
Universitetet i Oslo.
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Policing is widely recognised as one of the world’s most stressful occupations. Extensive research has examined the impact of organisational and operational stressors on police employees. Although this literature, largely focused on sworn officers, consistently identifies organisational stressors as particularly burdensome, the field remains dominated by studies of operational tasks. Comprehensive reforms aimed at addressing the increasingly complex criminality have underscored the need for specialised professionals. Civilians from diverse professional backgrounds are now recruited to perform roles previously reserved for sworn officers, introducing new stressors that remain largely unaddressed. Moreover, the field offers limited insight into stress as a broader phenomenon, due to inconsistent definitions, limited theoretical guidance, and substantial variability in methodology and measurement tools.
This dissertation adopts a structured conceptualisation of stress grounded in two main perspectives: stimulus–response and cognitive appraisal, each with distinct methodological implications. In this dissertation, these perspectives are positioned at opposite ends of a continuum. Stimulus–response models understand stressors as objective conditions that elicit physiological, psychological, or behavioural responses. Cognitive appraisal models, in contrast, view stress as arising from individuals’ interpretations of internal or external demands, shaped by perceived coping capacity. Stress models are located along this continuum according to their theoretical proximity, making explicit the assumptions embedded in different measurement strategies and their analytical consequences.
Across three empirical articles, the dissertation examines how stress is conceptualised and measured in policing, and how methodological choices affect the credibility, coherence, and interpretability of empirical findings. The first study maps and summarises instruments used to assess stress in police populations internationally. The second study, focusing on investigative interviewers, demonstrates the utility of a single item, appraisal-based stress measure and provides an empirical example of an alternative to more commonly used stimulus–response approaches. The third study analyses how the widely used Police Stress Questionnaire (PSQ) has been applied differently across studies.
Collectively, the findings underscore that valid and reliable instruments yield meaningful results only when embedded in methodological frameworks consistent with their theoretical foundations. Few police-specific measurement instruments currently in use are updated to address emerging stressors. Closer alignment among theory, measurement, and analysis can promote more coherent and practice-oriented knowledge about stress in contemporary police work. The dissertation highlights the importance of context sensitive operationalisations and explicit specification of causal relationships between constructs and indicators. By systematically aligning theoretical positioning with measurement and analytical strategies, this work offers a foundation for more coherent, theoretically informed, and contextually relevant research on stress in contemporary policing.
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Pedersen, Cathrine; Fandrem, Hildegunn; Vonen, Maria Njølstad; Eftedal, Nikolai Haahjem; Daza, Viviana & Besche, Torstein de
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(2026).
InnFoLiv - Todelt innsiktsarbeid om folkehelse og livsmestring i skolen : Sluttrapport.
NIFU Nordisk institutt for studier av innovasjon, forskning og utdanning.
ISSN 9788232707966.
doi:
https:/hdl.handle.net/11250/5588465.
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Folkehelse og livsmestring ble innført som ett av tre tverrfaglige temaer i læreplanen Kunnskapsløftet 2020 (LK20 og LK20S). Målet er å gi elevene kompetanse som kan bidra til å styrke elevenes psykiske og fysiske helse og deres evne til å ta ansvarlige livsvalg. Videre skal undervisning om det tverrfaglige temaet understøtte fagspesifikk læring og bidra til økt forståelse for sentrale samfunnsutfordringer gjennom arbeid i og på tvers av dag. Denne sluttrapporten presenterer funn fra prosjektet InnFoLiv – Todelt innsikts-arbeid om folkehelse og livsmestring i skolen.
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Helleberg, Agnes; Kjellman, Kjell & Bustan, Karolina
(2026).
Å finne fellesskap før utenforskapet gjør det. En kvalitativ studie av tilhørighet og forebyggende arbeid blant barn og unge i
Bydel Gamle Oslo.
Universitetet i Oslo.
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Denne studien undersøker hvilke meninger foreldre og fagpersoner uttrykker om det å bo og
arbeide i Bydel Gamle Oslo, om bydelens aktiviteter og forebyggende arbeid, og hvordan
disse meningene kan forstås i lys av tilhørighet og utenforskap blant barn og unge. Studien tar
utgangspunkt i en bydel som beskrives med en tydelig dobbelthet. På den ene siden framstår
Gamle Oslo som et sted med sterke fellesskap, engasjerte foreldre, mangfold og lokale
ressurser. På den andre siden forbindes bydelen også med levekårsutfordringer, stigma, åpne
rusmiljøer, kriminalitet og bekymringer for barns oppvekstmiljø.
Studien bygger på semistrukturerte intervjuer med foreldre og fagpersoner som har erfaring
med forebyggende arbeid, aktiviteter og hverdagsliv i bydelen. Den er forankret i en
sosialkonstruksjonistisk epistemologi, der mening forstås som noe som skapes i samspill
mellom mennesker, erfaringer og lokale kontekster. Analysen er gjennomført som refleksiv
tematisk analyse, der temaene forstås som analytiske fortellinger om hvordan barn og unge
kan holdes inne i eller skyves ut av trygge og meningsfulle fellesskap.
Analysen viser at forebyggende arbeid ikke bare handler om at aktiviteter og tiltak finnes,
men om hvordan de virker i barnas hverdagsliv. Foreldrene og fagpersonene beskriver
fellesskap, relasjoner, pedagogisk kunnskap, kulturforståelse, språkstøtte, trygge voksne og
langsiktige tiltak som viktige for å styrke barns tilhørighet. Samtidig viser analysen at slike
tiltak ikke kan forstås løsrevet fra større forhold i bydelen. Stigma, utrygghet, åpne rusmiljøer,
sosial ulikhet, byutvikling, ressursfordeling og politiske beslutninger former også hvilke
muligheter barn og unge får til å delta, høre til og bli anerkjent.
Studien konkluderer med at forebyggende arbeid i Gamle Oslo må forstås som mer enn
enkeltstående aktiviteter. Forebygging handler om å skape fellesskapsarenaer som er sterke,
trygge, inkluderende og anerkjennende nok til at barn og unge kan oppleve tilhørighet før
utenforskapet tilbyr dem en annen plass. Studien peker derfor på betydningen av langsiktige
og lokalt forankrede tiltak, bedre bruk av førstelinjekunnskap, styrking av skole og aktiviteter,
og en tydeligere vurdering av barns oppvekstmiljø i møte med bydelens strukturelle
utfordringer.
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