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“Help goes around in a circle”: young unaccompanied refugees’ engagement in interpersonal relationships and its significance for resilience
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-11)Abstract Purpose The purpose of this paper is to address how young unaccompanied refugees in Norway actively engage in interpersonal relationships. It explores the significance of these relationships in doing well following ... -
Human development, inequality and social risks in Latin-America and the Nordic countries
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-05)This article provides an overview and analysis of human development, inequality and people´s perception of social and economic risks in Latin America and the Nordic countries. While Nordic countries rank very highly on the ... -
Improving collaboration between professionals supporting mentally ill offenders
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-02)Purpose Interprofessional collaboration is necessary when supporting mentally ill offenders but little is understood of these interactions. This paper explores prison officers’ perceptions of current and desirable levels ... -
Is it love? A study of young people’s personal impressions and experiences of relationships in residential care in a Norwegian treatment collective.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The main objective of this study was to gain insight into young people’s experiences with positive emotional relationships with staff in residential care. Because positive relationships have been shown to be of great ... -
Is it meaningful to distinguish between Facebook addiction and social networking sites addiction? Psychometric analysis of Facebook addiction and social networking sites addiction scales
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-01)Studies conducted on Social Networking Sites (SNSs) addiction have to a large extent focused on Facebook as a prototypical example of SNS. Nonetheless, the evolution of SNSs has spawn conceptual and methodological controversies ... -
Ivaretakelse av barns rettigheter i sosialt arbeid med familier
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)FNs barnekonvensjon og norsk lovgivning skal sikre barn rett til beskyttelse, informasjon og medvirkning. Til tross for økt forskning på implementering av barns rettigheter, er det lite forskning på hvordan barns rettigheter ... -
Kant i lys av den «lingvistiske vending». Hva om Kant fortolkes alternativt? En kommentar til «Fornuftens selvinnhenting og selvbegrunnelse» av Audun Øfsti.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)I siste nummer av NFT, rett før årsskifte, har Professor Audun Øfsti en nekrolog over Karl-Otto Apel. Her tar han opp noen sentrale tema i Apels arbeider. Særlig legger han vekt på Apels bidrag til den lingvistisk-pragmatiske ... -
Liv, død – evig liv. Liv, død og evig liv drøftet med bakgrunn i Kant og nykantianismen
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Artikkelen diskuterer oppfatninger av livet, døden og muligheter for evig liv. Tradisjonelle før-moderne religiøse og mer moderne verdslige og religiøst relaterte oppfatninger blir drøftet. Muligheter for at døden og liv ... -
Lived experience of vulnerability from a Gypsy Roma Traveller perspective
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-03)Aims and objectives To describe the lived experience of vulnerability of individuals within a Gypsy Roma Travelling community. Background People experience vulnerability whenever their health or usual functioning is ... -
Locating oneself in the past to influence the present: Impacts of Neolithic landscapes on mental health well-being
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-12)There are well-established links between mental health and the environment. Mental illness is a global issue, and international policies increasingly focus on promoting mental health well-being through community-based ... -
Lost in translation i møte med det offentlige
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009-12)By examining material from a sociological study of face-to-face interaction taking place in social welfare offices in Norway, questions linked to different contextual aspects within these contexts are targeted in this ... -
Making sense of interactions between mental health and criminal justice services : the utility of cultural historical activity systems theory
(Journal article, 2017-01)Purpose Effective collaboration between mental health (MHS) and criminal justice services (CJS) impacts on mental illness and reduces reoffending rates. This paper proposes the Change Laboratory Model (CLM) of workplace ... -
Modernitet, sannhet og sannsynlighet: samfunnets temporalisering av kunnskap
(Journal article, 2012-09)Det moderne samfunnet bygger i stor grad på sannsynlighet - beskrivelser av sannsynlig realitet, men hva beskrives en slik kunnskap på, hva er dens referanser og hva betyr det for samfunnet? Slike beskrivelser viser til ... -
Multikulturalisme og skuldtyranni
(Journal article, 2012-11)«The whole world hates us, and we deserve it: that is what most Europeans think, at least in Western Europe», hevdar den franske nyfilosofen Pascal Bruckner ([2006] 2010: 6). Skuldkjensla vert ein indre tyrann i ... -
The nature of social pedagogy: an excursion in Norwegian territory
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009)In this paper, I examine the nature of social pedagogy, a discipline with deep roots in Continental Europe but not in the UK. Things are changing, however. The politicians in Westminster are listening to the people at the ... -
Perceptions of peers as socialization agents and adjustment in upper secondary school
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)The purpose of present study was to explore the perceptions of peers as socialization agents in school adjustment among upper secondary school students. The associations were studied in a sample of 564 Norwegian students. ... -
Preventing and confronting school bullying : a comparative study of two national programmes in Norway.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-06)Efforts to prevent and curb school bullying have resulted in a proliferation of anti-school-bullying programmes, many based on intuitive appeal rather than systematic evidence. This article presents a comparative analysis ... -
Private and public families: Social workers’ views on children’s and parents’ position in Chile, England, Lithuania and Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Social workers around the world work with families and family complexities in their everyday practice. In this cross-national study, we explore social workers’ family intervention practices related to family definitions ... -
Problems Facing Disabled People in Malawi: A Critical Reflection on My Encounter with a Disabled Woman in a Rural Area in Malawi
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)This critical reflection is based on my encounter with a disabled woman in a district in Malawi, and how I have reflected and analyzed the encounter using social work theories. The essay reflects on the story of the disabled ... -
Reports of the benefits of drug use from individuals with substance use disorders
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-10)Background: The perceived benefits of drug use are not currently integrated into the treatment of substance use disorder. This omission appears paradoxical and is unsubstantiated by empirical research. As the perceived ...