Blar i Department of Social Studies (SV-IS) på tittel
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Experiences of child protection officers working with children in foster care from immigrant background in Stavanger, Norway
(Master thesis, 2023)Abstract A lot has been said about Barnevernet, the child protection agency in Norway and the foster care of children with immigrant backgrounds. However, we seem to know very little about the experiences of child protection ... -
Experiences of counselors participating in an innovative project to develop a training program for specialized foster parents of youth (13–18 years)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background: Children placed in foster care represent a vulnerable and distressed group that requires a high level of care. However, good training programs designed to address specific problems presented in specialized ... -
Experiences of East African Students in Norway: Development of a Process Model
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Norway has large unrealized potential for recruiting students from Africa. In order to increase student mobilisation and integration, it is important to know the potential challenges students from underrepresented continents ... -
Experiences of family therapists working with parents after the forced removal of children: What can the contextual model tell us?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-12)Parents whose children have been statutorily removed by child protection services are a vulnerable, hard-to-reach, and under-focused group. Their needs are numerous and complex. The Family Counselling Services in Norway ... -
Experiences of Fathers in Norway Attending an Online Course on Therapeutic Writing After the Death of a Child
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-12)After the unexpected death of a child, bereaved parents require prompt access to helpful support systems. Online therapeutic writing courses can make such support accessible. Because few studies have included bereaved ... -
Experiences of living abroad: A study of Ugandan, Kenyan and Tanzanian international students in Stavanger- Norway
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IS/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-06-15)With the increasing inflow of student migrants worldwide, there is a need for continuous documentation of students’ experiences as they live in the new environments. Therefore, this study explored the experiences of seven ... -
Experiences of Pakistani immigrant parents of school going children in Norway
(Master thesis, 2023)The population of immigrants is rapidly increasing in Norway specifically of the Asian countries in which Pakistan is the top country with the greatest number of immigrants living in Norway. After the beginning of 21st ... -
Exploring Attitudes Toward “Sugar Relationships” Across 87 Countries: A Global Perspective on Exchanges of Resources for Sex and Companionship
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The current study investigates attitudes toward one form of sex for resources: the so-called sugar relationships, which often involve exchanges of resources for sex and/or companionship. The present study examined associations ... -
Exploring attitudinal shifts: analyzing discrimination against people with foreign-sounding names in Polish amateur football in the context of the war in Ukraine
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)There is ample evidence that foreigners suffer from discrimination when trying to integrate. Extreme situations, however, can alter the population’s attitude towards foreigners. One example of such an extreme situation is ... -
Exploring collaboration within and between criminal justice and welfare systems: The perspective of front-line Liaison and Diversion workers
(PhD thesis UiS;552, Doctoral thesis, 2020-10)Background and aims. Offender rehabilitation is a key strategy wielded by criminal justice system to engender reintegration of offenders into society (Armstrong, 2012; Ministry of Justice UK, 2013). As the vast majority ... -
Exploring Social Work practice inside of Foster Care programs: The case of Bethany Christian Services
(Master thesis, 2021)The aim of this study was to explore how social work practice within the Ethiopian context was practiced. The study fundamentally explored what the roles of social work practitioners in this area and the decision-making ... -
Exploring the contexts, mechanisms and outcomes of a torture, abuse and dental anxiety service in Norway: a realist evaluation
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background Torture, abuse and dental anxiety (TADA) are often precursors to developing a pathological relationship with dental care due to elevated anxiety. Consequently, patients who suffer from one or more of these tend ... -
EXPLORING THE EXPERIENCES OF SOCIAL WORKERS WORKING WITH THE HOMELESS POPULATION IN NORWAY
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Exploring Waste Management in the Circular Economy Concept Trough a Literature Review and a Case Study
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IS/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-07-11)This thesis explores the relationship between Waste Management (WM) and Circular Economy (CE) through a literature review and case analysis. The main focus is on the role of WM in developing the CE concepts. Both concepts ... -
Exploring Youths’ Willingness to Engage with Civil Society and Public Sector Institutions: The Untapped Potential of Religious Communities in Preventing Violent Extremism
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07)Research on preventing violent extremism is still in its infancy concerning the question of who the target audiences might be willing to talk to if they need help. To explore this question, we utilized the “Young in Oslo” ... -
Facilitating understanding of ex-prison service users needs : the utility of Q method as a means of representing service user voices in service development
(Chapter, 2021)Novel approaches are needed if the voices of prisoners as service users are to be heard in service development and organisational learning. In this chapter we introduce Q methodology and suggest how this research method ... -
Factors facilitating recovery in first-episode psychosis : A multi-method approach
(PhD thesis UiS;;367, Doctoral thesis, 2017-12)Background: Predictors of recovery are crucial to the successful tailoring of treatment in first episode psychosis. There is a lack of service-user investigations with regard to factors driving recovery and experiences ... -
Fag vs. Bias – barnevernsrettet beslutningsarbeid
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FamilieART i et systemisk-konstruktivistisk perspektiv; hvilke mekanismer kan sies å ha betydning for familiers fremming av prososial atferd?
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IS/2011;, Master thesis, 2011)Til tross for at store deler av barns sosialisering foregår i skolen og andre typer institusjoner, er familiens posisjon fortsatt meget sentral med tanke på å forme barnet og bistå barnet i akkumuleringen av blant annet ... -
Far ... etter omsorgsovertakelse: En kvalitativ studie om fedre som er fratatt omsorgen for sine barn
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IS/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06-01)Foreldre som har mistet omsorgen for sine barn skal etter lov om barnevernstjenester få tilbud om oppfølging fra barnevernet etter en omsorgsovertakelse. Tidligere forskning viser at oppfølgingen er mangelfull, og at mange ...