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Personality Traits, Ideology, and Attitudes Toward LGBT People: A Scoping Review
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2025)This scoping review investigates the existing literature regarding personality traits, ideology, gender roles, and attitudes toward LGBT people. The review was conducted through PubMed and Web of Science databases. After ... -
Personlighet og problematferd. Er spenningssøking og impulsivitet risikofaktorer for problematferd blant unge i Norge?
(Master thesis, 2016-01-05)The aim of this study was to investigate the role of sensation seeking and impulsivity in involvement with licit substances and gambling-related problems among young adults in Norway. Data were collected from a survey ... -
Physical Activity and School Achievement and School Absence in Norwegian Adolescents
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)There is emerging evidence of an association between physical activity and school functioning, but the nature of the association in late adolescence is uncertain. This study investigates the association between self-reported ... -
Physical Education and Its Importance to Physical Activity, Vegetable Consumption and Thriving in High School Students in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Earlier research indicates that physical education (PE) in school is associated with positive outcomes (e.g., healthy lifestyle, psychological well-being, and academic performance). Research assessing associations with ... -
Physical fitness and psychological hardiness as predictors of parasympathetic control in response to stress: a Norwegian police simulator training study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)The individual biopsychological response to a specific stressor is the result of a complex interplay between many different factors including physiology, behavior, and personality. The goal of the present study was to ... -
Physical inactivity, non-participation in sports and socioeconomic status: a large population-based study among Norwegian adolescents
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background Physical activity in adolescence is found to promote both immediate and long-term health, as well as school- and work performance. Previous studies suggest that parental socioeconomic status (SES) may influence ... -
A pilot study of impulse radio ultra wideband radar technology as a new tool for sleep assessment
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)Study Objectives To validate Impulse radio ultra wideband pulse-doppler radar technology against polysomnography (PSG) for sleep assessment. Methods In all, 12 participants were recruited and their overnight sleep was ... -
Police Dyads Within an Operational Simulation: an Empirical Test of the Research Propositions Made in the “Big Five” Teamwork Approach
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Based on the impact of the theoretical big five of teamwork model proposed by Salas et al. (2005), the present study aimed at investigating the model within an operational police simulation. One hundred and sixty-seven ... -
Political Orientation Moderates the Relationship Between Climate Change Beliefs and Worry About Climate Change
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Public perceptions are well established as a key factor in support for climate change mitigation policies, and they tend to vary both within and between countries. Based on data from the European Social Survey Round 8 (N ... -
The politicisation of climate change attitudes in Europe
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Do voters for different parties have distinct climate attitudes because of their positions on other issues? With European Social Survey (ESS) data, we find that in Western (but not Central and Eastern) Europe there is a ... -
Polypharmacy among anabolic-androgenic steroid users: A descriptive metasynthesis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-03-15)Background As far as we are aware, no previous systematic review and synthesis of the qualitative/descriptive literature on polypharmacy in anabolic-androgenic steroid(s) (AAS) users has been published. Method We systematically ... -
Population attributable fractions for Type 2 diabetes: an examination of multiple risk factors including symptoms of depression and anxiety
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-11-22)Background: Population attributable fractions (PAFs) are frequently used to quantify the proportion of Type 2 diabetes cases due to single risk factors, an approach which may result in an overestimation of their individual ... -
Positive and negative word of mouth (WOM) are not necessarily opposites: A reappraisal using the dual factor theory
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Prior research has not systematically investigated the enablers and inhibitors in conjunction to measure consumer behavior toward mobile wallets (m-wallets), focusing either on the adoption or the resistance perspective ... -
Positive identity predicts psychological wellbeing in Chilean youth: A double-mediation model
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Positive youth development (PYD) allows the youth to be comprehended from their potential, strengths and assets, in contrast to the traditional deficit view that focuses on their weaknesses. The PYD model promotes constructive ... -
Positive organizational behavior and safety in the offshore oil industry: Exploring the determinants of positive safety climate
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-01)Much research has now documented the substantial influence of safety climate on a range of important outcomes in safety critical organizations, but there has been scant attention to the question of what factors might be ... -
Positive Youth Development and Depression: An Examination of Gender Differences in Croatia and Spain
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Depression is a major public health issue and the literature has consistently showed that the rates of depression increase dramatically during youth transition to adulthood, and gender differences merge in this period. ... -
Positive youth identity: The role of adult social support
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-07-19)Positive identity is essential to adolescents’ well-being and a successful transition to adulthood. Understanding factors that contribute to identity formation is important to promote healthy development. The present study ... -
A positive-psychology-based multiple regression model predicting wellbeing in Chilean youth
(Journal article, 2022)El Desarrollo Positivo Juvenil (PYD) aborda a los jóvenes desde su potencial, fortalezas y activos, en contraste con la visión deficitaria que se enfoca en sus debilidades. El modelo PYD promueve comportamientos constructivos ... -
Post-traumatic stress disorder as a consequence of bullying at work and at school. A literature review and meta-analysis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Bullying has been established as a prevalent traumatic stressor both in school and at workplaces. It has been claimed that the mental and physical health problems found among bullied persons resembles the symptomatology ... -
Potential traumatic events and symptoms of post‑traumatic stress in unaccompanied refugee minors—a comparison with youth in foster care
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Building knowledge on how child welfare services (CWS) should tailor services for unaccompanied refugee minors (URMs) is important. URMs and youth in foster care are high-risk groups taken care of by the CWS in Norway. ...