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Holdninger til likestilling og vold mot kvinner
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Partnervold er et globalt problem med store helsemessige, sosiale og økonomiske kostnader. Kvinner er særlig utsatt. Gjennom analyser av en spørreundersøkelse (N=1029) om holdninger til likestilling og holdninger til vold ... -
“No one saw us, and no one did anything” – young women with a history in out-of-home care narrate management of (in)visibility and intersecting identities
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Dominating narratives about young women in out-of-home care typically depict them as ‘troublemakers’, ‘victims’ or ‘damaged’. Such narratives undermine the importance of understanding how these young women manage difficult ... -
A System Perspective on Implementation and Usage of the Da Vinci Technology at a Large Norwegian Regional Hospital
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The aim of this research paper is to identify advantages and barriers to implementation and usage of robotic-assisted surgery (RAS), specifically the Da Vinci robot, at a larger regional hospital in Norway and from a ... -
Ethnic discrimination in Scandinavia: evidence from a field experiment in women’s amateur soccer
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)In this paper, we examine ethnic discrimination using sport as a laboratory. Applying a field experiment in the three Scandinavian countries—Sweden, Norway, and Denmark—we test whether foreign female minority groups ... -
Children’s early reading through the sense of smell: a typology of olfactory engagement
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)We investigated adult–child shared book reading of olfactory books that stimulate the sense of smell through scratch-and-sniff surfaces. We observed ten adult–child dyads reading olfactory books at home and documented the ... -
Parent–child shared reading of scratch-and-sniff books: the communicative affordance of olfaction
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This study extends the research on shared book reading (SBR) by specifically examining the role of smell in parent–child SBR sessions observed at home. Drawing on qualitative methods, we analysed the verbal engagement of ... -
Age-Related Differences in Moral Judgment: The Role of Probability Judgments
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Research suggests that moral evaluations change during adulthood. Older adults (75+) tend to judge accidentally harmful acts more severely than younger adults do, and this age-related difference is in part due to the greater ... -
Challenging the colorblind curriculum: addressing race, ethnicity, and diversity in Social Work education in Portugal
(Master thesis, 2023-07)Social Work education must prepare students for culturally relevant practice, which includes teaching about race and ethnic diversity. To address racism and discrimination effectively in social work practice, social workers ... -
Biopolitics of Parental Access: Cross-Readings of Transnational Adoption and Transnational Surrogacy in Denmark and Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This article introduces the notion of the “biopolitics of parental access” as an analytical lens to examine how different forms of reproductive governance support and enable parental access. Through a cross-reading of ... -
Pakistani children's lived experiences of relationships in the context of child protection services in Norway: An interpretative phenomenological analysis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-10)This paper examines how children from immigrant background experience and negotiate power relations with family and social workers in the context of child protection services (CPS) in Norway. Using the interpretative ... -
Wasted GDP in the USA
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-09)Whether or to what extent Gross Domestic Product (GDP) can measure human development is disputed. This article develops a notion of “wasted GDP”, with a case study on the performance of the USA based on analysis of Human ... -
Best humans still outperform artificial intelligence in a creative divergent thinking task
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-09)Creativity has traditionally been considered an ability exclusive to human beings. However, the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) has resulted in generative AI chatbots that can produce high-quality artworks, ... -
Development and validation of the AI attitude scale (AIAS-4): a brief measure of general attitude toward artificial intelligence
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-07)The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) has generated an increasing demand for tools that can assess public attitudes toward AI. This study proposes the development and the validation of the AI Attitude Scale ... -
Quality of life in adults with Down syndrome: A mixed methods systematic review
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-05)Background As the life expectancy of adults (aged ≥ 18 years) with Down syndrome increases for a plethora of reasons including recognition of rights, access, and technological and medical advances, there is a need to ... -
Navigering mellom ambivalent anerkjennelse, betydningsfulle relasjoner og hverdagsforpliktelser : En studie av unge, enslige flyktningers psykososiale helse og deltakelse fra et erfaringsnært og kritisk perspektiv
(PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2023)Psykiske helseproblemer, sårbarhet og risikofaktorer er sentrale stikkord i forskning knyttet til barn og unge med fluktbakgrunn. Det vi vet mindre om, er disse ungdommenes egne perspektiver på hva som har betydning for ... -
Beyond Bullying, Aggression, Discrimination, and Social Safety: Development of an Integrated Negative Work Behavior Questionnaire (INWBQ)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-08)Negative work behavior (NWB) threatens employee well-being. There are numerous constructs that reflect NWBs, such as bullying, aggression, and discrimination, and they are often examined in isolation from each other, ... -
Adolescents’ Sources of Sexual Health Information in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Scoping Review
(Master thesis, 2023)Aim and Objectives: To determine the scope of research on Sub-Saharan adolescents’ preferences for accessing sexual health knowledge and information. Background: Despite recent increases in positive sexual health outcomes ... -
In what ways, if any, does student exchange promote interaction with the culture of the host country? – Experiences of students going abroad to Norway on the Erasmus+ exchange programme
(Master thesis, 2023)In the following master thesis, I examine whether a student exchange with the Erasmus+ programme promotes the interaction with the culture of the host country. I analyse and describe the experiences of six Erasmus students ... -
Transmission of child removal stories Among Norwegian Somalis: An interactionist analysis of ethnic minority parents’ fears of child welfare services
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-05)Ethnic minority parents who are fearful of child welfare services (CWS) is an acknowledged social problem, but the existing academic understanding is limited. Interpretations in previous research have tended to highlight ... -
Using framework analysis of the next-of-kin service at Pårørendesenteret in a multicultural context with multi-agency cooperation in Stavanger
(Master thesis, 2023)Background: With the increasing number of immigrants and refugees in Norway, there is a heavy burden on the healthcare system in the diverse environment. The role of the next-of-kin in cross-cultural families should be ...
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