Preben Bertelsen
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View article: The Life Attachment Scale (LAS‐R)
The Life Attachment Scale (LAS‐R) Open
Introduction The proposed concept of secure/insecure lifeattachment reflects the experience of the world and life as a good (or insecure/threatening) place to be. The present article describes the theoretical foundation, development, and v…
View article: A good enough grip on life in youth
A good enough grip on life in youth Open
An increasingly large number of Western youth suffer from impaired general well-being and mental health. This is not least compounded by inappropriate use of psychological concepts and methods. They are trying to get a grip on life by, fir…
View article: The moral compass and life skills in navigating radicalization processes: Examining the interplay among life skills, moral disengagement, and extremism
The moral compass and life skills in navigating radicalization processes: Examining the interplay among life skills, moral disengagement, and extremism Open
The present study investigated the interplay among deficient life skills, moral disengagement, and extremist attitude across two national contexts. Using a sample of young students in high school or college ( N = 686), the present study fo…
View article: Countering radicalization: An empirical examination from a life psychological perspective.
Countering radicalization: An empirical examination from a life psychological perspective. Open
Life psychology has emerged as an integrative framework theory that has been applied in interventions preventing and countering radicalization processes. Central to this theory is the experience of living in a safe and secure sociocultural…
View article: Life Skills Development of Teenagers through Spare-Time Jobs
Life Skills Development of Teenagers through Spare-Time Jobs Open
We set up an on-the-job learning model to explain how spare-time on-the-job training affects life skills formation of adolescents. We obtain causal estimates by exploiting variation between employed twins and estimation of a value-added mo…
View article: Who Goes, Why, and With What Effects: The Problem of Foreign Fighters from Europe
Who Goes, Why, and With What Effects: The Problem of Foreign Fighters from Europe Open
This article explores the phenomenon of Islamist foreign fighters, more specifically the movement of European Muslims to participate in the insurgencies in Syria and Iraq connected to the Islamic State/Daesh as well as the anti-Assad force…
View article: Who Goes, Why, and With What Effects: The Problem of Foreign Fighters from Europe
Who Goes, Why, and With What Effects: The Problem of Foreign Fighters from Europe Open
This article explores the phenomenon of Islamist foreign fighters, more specifically the movement of European Muslims to participate in the insurgencies in Syria and Iraq connected to the Islamic State/Daesh as well as the anti-Assad force…