About
Gøril Kvamme Løset is a researcher at the Department of Ageing Research and Housing Studies, Norwegian Social Research (NOVA). She has a PhD in psychology from the University of Oslo. Health, health behaviour and well-being over the course of life are among her main research interests. She is currently involved in three projects at NOVA - Inequalities in Ageing Well and the Significance of Transitions in Later Life (TRILL), ACCESS Life Course Database - Upgrade and Expansion, and The Norwegian Life Course, Ageing and Generation Study (NorLAG).
Fields of study
Subject areas
Aging Old people Aging and alcohol consumption Health behaviour Sickness Absence
Research groups
Research projects
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ACCESS Life Course Database: Upgrade and Expansion
Through the ACCESS Upgrade infrastructure, researchers and students will gain access to updated and upgraded longitudinal life course data for more than 11,000 men and women born between 1922 and 1966.
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Explaining Social Patterns in Sickness Absence: the Influence of Values, Attitudes and Norms (SAVAN)
The project aims to study the influence of values, attitudes and norms on sickness absence.
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Inequalities in Ageing Well and the Significance of Transitions in Later Life (TRILL)
TRILL addresses the impact of later life transitions on opportunities for ageing well.
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The Norwegian Life Course, Ageing and Generation Study (NorLAG)
A multidisciplinary and longitudinal study that includes data on well-being, health, work, care, and family relations in the second half of life (age 40+).
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Strand, Bjørn Heine; Håberg, Asta; Eyjólfsdóttir, Harpa Sif; Kok, Almar; Skirbekk, Vegard Fykse; Huxhold, Oliver;
Løset, Gøril Kvamme
; Lennartsson, Carin; Schirmer, Henrik;
Herlofson, Katharina
;
Veenstra, Marijke
(2024).
Spousal bereavement and its effects on later life physical and cognitive capability: the Tromsø study.
GeroScience.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11357-024-01150-y
Henning, Georg;
Løset, Gøril Kvamme
; Huxhold, Oliver
(2024).
Personality and 10-Year Personality Development Among Norwegians in Midlife—Do Retirement and Job Type Play a Role?.
14 p.
Psychology and Aging.
https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000814
Løset, Gøril Kvamme
;
Hellevik, Tale
;
von Soest, Tilmann
(2022).
Basic human values and sick leave: A study combining two-wave survey data with longitudinal register data.
12 p.
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology.
Vol. 63.
https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12855
Løset, Gøril Kvamme
;
von Soest, Tilmann
(2022).
Big five personality traits and physician-certified sickness absence.
14 p.
European Journal of Personality.
Vol. 37.
https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070211065236
Veenstra, Marijke
;
Herlofson, Katharina
;
Aartsen, Marja
; Hansen, Thomas;
Hellevik, Tale
; Henriksen, Gry;
Løset, Gøril Kvamme
;
Vangen, Hanna
(2021).
Cohort Profile: The Norwegian Life Course, Ageing and Generation Study (NorLAG).
11 p.
International Journal of Epidemiology.
Vol. 50.
https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyaa280
Veenstra, Marijke
;
Løset, Gøril Kvamme
; Daatland, Svein Olav
(2021).
Socioeconomic Inequalities in Mortality After Age 67: The Contribution of Psychological Factors.
Frontiers in Psychology.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.717959
Mastekaasa, Arne
; Dale-Olsen, Harald;
Hellevik, Tale
;
Løset, Gøril Kvamme
; Østbakken, Kjersti Misje
(2019).
Gender difference in sickness absence: Do managers evaluate men and women differently with regard to the appropriateness of sickness absence?.
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1403494819890783
Løset, Gøril Kvamme
; Dale-Olsen, Harald;
Hellevik, Tale
;
Mastekaasa, Arne
;
von Soest, Tilmann
; Østbakken, Kjersti Misje
(2018).
Gender equality in sickness absence tolerance: Attitudes and norms of sickness absence are not different for men and women.
18 p.
PLOS ONE.
Vol. 13.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200788
Kunst, Jonas R.;
Løset, Gøril Kvamme
; Hosøy, Daniel; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Moen, Bente Elisabeth; Magerøy, Nils; Pallesen, Ståle
(2014).
The relationship between shift work schedules and spillover in a sample of nurses.
International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics (JOSE).
Vol. 20.
https://doi.org/10.1080/10803548.2014.11077030
