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Strengthening multi-sector community driven team-based approaches to develop and implement sustainable supports Open
Background: In rural communities in Canada, community-driven initiatives commonly emerge to fill the gaps in health outcomes, lack of resources, and fragmentation of available supports. These community-based solutions, often rely on a limi…
How the Collaborative Arrangement with CPCLW Facilitated the Efforts of VCS Teams to Support the Wellbeing of Persons Living with Dementia and their Caregivers in their Local Alberta Communities Open
The work of the 2020–2023 Connecting People & Community for Living Well Health Canada grant initiative focused on determining what contributes to the wellbeing of those living with dementia and their caregivers, across rural Alberta commun…
View article: Socioeconomic differences in adolescent health behaviors and their effect on inequalities in adult depressed mood: findings from a 27-year longitudinal study
Socioeconomic differences in adolescent health behaviors and their effect on inequalities in adult depressed mood: findings from a 27-year longitudinal study Open
Background Health behaviors have been posited to partly explain the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and health (i.e., the behavioral explanation of health inequalities), yet few studies have examined whether health behaviors…
View article: Four Decades of Advancing Research on Adolescent Health and Informing Health Policies: The Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children Study
Four Decades of Advancing Research on Adolescent Health and Informing Health Policies: The Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children Study Open
The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study is a large cross-national research study, conducted in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO). The study has surveyed young people aged 11, 13 and 15 years every 4 yea…
View article: Autonomy support, basic needs satisfaction, and involvement in physical education among Norwegian secondary school students
Autonomy support, basic needs satisfaction, and involvement in physical education among Norwegian secondary school students Open
Purpose This study investigated the relationship between teacher autonomy support, students’ basic psychological needs satisfaction, and involvement in physical education (PE) with gender specific analyses. Additionally, the study examined…
The relationship between young football players’ psychological health resources and the psychological quality of their football experiences: A cross-sectional study Open
Studies taking a person-centred statistical approach when examining young peoples` psychological experiences in sport is scarce. The main aim of the present study was to examine the relationships between young football players’ psychologic…
View article: Social inequality in the association between life transitions into adulthood and depressed mood: a 27-year longitudinal study
Social inequality in the association between life transitions into adulthood and depressed mood: a 27-year longitudinal study Open
Background Few studies have considered the life-course development of depressive symptoms in relation to life transitions in early-adulthood and whether these might affect depressive trajectories differently depending on specific indicator…
Civic engagement and mental health trajectories in Norwegian youth Open
Introduction Applying variable-centered analytical approaches, several studies have found an association between civic engagement and youth mental health. In the present study, we used a person-centered approach to explore whether civic en…
Adolescent determinants of life-course leisure-time vigorous physical activity trajectories: a 27-Year longitudinal study Open
Background Adolescence is regarded as formative years for building the foundations for life-long health and well-being, and adolescent determinants of physical activity (PA) development is particularly interesting. Novel approaches for the…
View article: Tracking of depressed mood from adolescence into adulthood and the role of peer and parental support: A partial test of the Adolescent Pathway Model
Tracking of depressed mood from adolescence into adulthood and the role of peer and parental support: A partial test of the Adolescent Pathway Model Open
•Adolescent depressed mood predicts adult depressed mood.•Peer acceptance during adolescence is not associated with adult depressed mood.•Household income moderates the effect of parental closeness on adult depressed mood.
Leisure-time physical activity trajectories from adolescence to adulthood in relation to several activity domains: a 27-year longitudinal study Open
Background Insufficient physical activity (PA) levels among adolescents and adults make promoting PA a public health priority. Although most people exhibit low or decreasing levels of PA, other groups increase or maintain high levels of ac…
View article: Measurement invariance of the empowering and disempowering motivational climate questionnaire-coach in youth sport
Measurement invariance of the empowering and disempowering motivational climate questionnaire-coach in youth sport Open
The purpose of this study was to test the measurement invariance (across five languages, two time points, and two experimental conditions) of the empowering and disempowering motivational climate questionnaire-coach (EDMCQ-C; Appleton et a…
Associations between early life transitions and depressed mood over time: A 27-year study Open
Background Few studies have looked at how life transitions influence depressed mood from adolescence to adulthood and if parental socioeconomic status (SES) moderates these effects. Study questions Methods We used latent growth modelling t…
Enhancing Teachers’ Emotional Awareness Through Continuing Professional Development: Mission Possible? Open
In the context of the contemporary emphasis on the school's role in supporting student wellbeing, this qualitative study explored the teachers' experience of a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme, which focused on enhancing…
Nordic adolescents responding to demanding survey scales in boring contexts: Examining straightlining Open
Introduction Straightlining, or identical responses across all items within a multi‐item scale, is often taken as an indication that responses to all items in a questionnaire are of poor quality. The purpose of this study was to examine st…
Health promotion integrated into school policy and practice : experiences from the implementation of the Norwegian network of health promoting schools Open
Revista de Psicologia da Criança e do Adolescente. - ISSN 1647-4120. - N. 2 (2010). - p. 43-72.
Trends in the utilization of youth primary healthcare services and psychological distress Open
Background Psychological distress among young people is increasing in Northern Europe. According to established healthcare utilization theory, this will create a greater need for youth primary healthcare and subsequently lead to more help-…
Trends in the utilization of youth primary healthcare services and psychological distress Open
BackgroundPsychological distress among young people is increasing in Northern Europe. According to established healthcare utilization theory, this will create a greater need for youth primary healthcare and subsequently lead to more help-s…
Trends in the utilization of youth primary healthcare services and psychological distress Open
Background Psychological distress among young people is increasing in Northern Europe. According to established healthcare utilization theory, this will create a greater need for youth primary healthcare and subsequently lead to more help-…
Divorce and adolescent academic achievement: Heterogeneity in the associations by parental education Open
Among adolescents whose parents have low educational qualifications, parental divorce is not associated with their academic achievement. Educated divorced mothers appear less likely to transfer their educational advantages onto their child…
Trends in the utilization of youth primary healthcare services for psychological distress Open
Background Psychological distress among young people is increasing in Northern Europe. According to established healthcare utilization theory, this will create a greater need for youth primary healthcare and subsequently lead to more help-…
Leisure‐time physical activity and participation in organized sports: Changes from 1985 to 2014 in Finland and Norway Open
Participation in organized sports is a popular and important part of the lives of children and adolescents and is associated with improved psychological and social health, as well as an increased likelihood of meeting physical activity (PA…
Health complaints among adolescents in Norway: A twenty-year perspective on trends Open
Findings from this study, together with earlier findings, suggest that there has been an increasing trend in health complaints among adolescents in Norway from 1994 to 2014, especially among older adolescent girls. Future research should e…
Changes in diet through adolescence and early adulthood: Longitudinal trajectories and association with key life transitions Open
Background. Early adulthood is a period associated with poor diet and rapid weight gain. This is also an age of transition, including environmental, social and lifestyle changes which may be associated with changes in diet. We assess longi…
Changes in diet through adolescence and early adulthood: Longitudinal trajectories and association with key life transitions Open
Background. Early adulthood is a period associated with poor diet and rapid weight gain. This is also an age of transition, including environmental, social and lifestyle changes which may be associated with changes in diet. We assess longi…
Health-promotion research over three decades: The social-ecological model and challenges in implementation of interventions Open
Aims: This debate paper traces the development of innovative methods for undertaking health promotion research with a socialecological orientation, with a few examples drawn from 30 years of research on adolescent health promotion research…