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Unaccompanied refugee minors and resettlement: Turning points towards integration
European Journal of Social Psycholgy - Journal ArticleResettling into a new country may pose many challenges for unaccompanied refugee minors (URMs). In this study we seek to get a better understanding of these challenges through analysing interviews with 48 URMs five years after their arrival in Norway, usi...
School performance after experiencing trauma: a longitudinal study of school functioning in survivors of the Utøya shootings in 2011
European Journal of Psychotraumatology - Journal ArticleThe psychological impact on survivors of terrorism has been well documented. However, studies on adolescent survivors and the academic performance of high school students following a terrorist attack are lacking.|This study investigated academic performan...
Relationships of Childhood Adverse Experiences With Mental Health and Quality of Life at Treatment Start for Adult Refugees Traumatized by Pre-Flight Experiences of War and Human Rights Violations
Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease - Journal ArticleAdverse and potentially traumatic experiences (PTEs) in childhood were examined among 54 adult refugee patients with pre-flight PTEs of war and human rights violations (HRVs) and related to mental health and quality of life at treatment start. Extent of c...
Returning to school after a terror attack: A longitudinal study of school functioning and health in terror-exposed youth
European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - Journal ArticleTerrorist attacks and mass shootings often involve youth. Knowledge is needed on how this may impact their health and functioning. This study investigates perceived academic performance and school wellbeing in 237 terror-exposed survivors of the Utøya you...
Long-term mental health in unaccompanied refugee minors: Pre- and post-flight predictors
European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - Journal ArticleUnaccompanied refugee minors are a particularly vulnerable group. The aim of this study is to increase our knowledge about possible pathways to well-being and integration for unaccompanied refugee minors as they strive to establish new lives in a host cou...
"It's very hard, but I'll manage." Educational aspirations and educational resilience among recently resettled young refugees in Norwegian upper secondary schools
International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being - Journal ArticlePurpose: This article explores the question: what shapes young refugees’ often high educational aspirations? A sense of mastery and future hope are among the numerous factors that can positively predict school achievements. High aspirations may thus contr...
Following the Utøya attack - who received early assistance?
Tidsskrift for Den Norske Laegeforening - Journal ArticleFollowing the terror attack on Utøya on 22 July 2011, the Norwegian Directorate of Health recommended a proactive model of follow-up in the municipalities. According to this model, crisis teams were to rapidly contact the survivors, and all survivors were...
Flyktninger med traumerelaterte plager - en kunnskapsoversikt
Book SectionBoken redegjør for betydningen av kultur og kontekst i psykologens arbeid, og stiller og besvarer spørsmål som: Hvilken betydning har kontekstuelle forhold for psykisk helse? Hvilke utfordringer møter vi i det krysskulturelle psykologarbeidet? Hvordan påv...
Early Pain and Other Somatic Symptoms Predict Posttraumatic Stress Reactions in Survivors of Terrorist Attacks: The Longitudinal Utøya Cohort Study
Journal of Traumatic Stress - Journal ArticleSurvivors of traumatic events commonly suffer from long-term pain and related somatic symptomatology. To test the predominant hypothesis that survivors' pain comprises sequela of persistent posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), we assessed the sequential ...
Chronic pain in multi-traumatized outpatients with a refugee background resettled in Norway: a cross-sectional study
BMC Psychology - Journal ArticleTraumatized refugees often report significant levels of chronic pain in addition to posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, and more information is needed to understand pain in refugees exposed to traumatic events. This study aimed to assess the frequency...