About
Seglem has for several years worked as a researcher on youth and young adults, and in recent years in the fields of work and health. Central themes have been mental health, sickness absence, disability, the importance of genetics and environment, life course, social inequality and gender differences. She has particular expertise in quantitative analyses, including twin and sibling designs.
Seglem has a PhD in psychology from the University of Oslo. The dissertation was about psychological adaptation, stress and coping among unaccompanied minor refugees after settlement in Norway.
Research groups
Research projects
Ongoing research projects
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A Boost for Youth Clubs – A Research Project for Better Youth Services
How can youth clubs be strengthened to provide better services for young people? From 2025, we will follow the five-year initiative "A Boost for Youth Clubs" to develop knowledge about quality, framework conditions, and the club’s role in the local community.
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Crossbow: Crossing and Managing Boundaries between Work and Non-Work – Co-creating Healthy Teleworking
In this project we aim to map, explore and understand the opportunities and challenges of telework, and to contribute to enhanced organizational preparedness for healthy, sustainable and productive teleworking.
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Flex-IT: A mixed-method study of cross-domain information technology use in everyday life
The emergence of new technology has increasingly blurred the boundaries between work and family domains, and the consequences for the health and productivity of the labor force remains unknown. These contradictory perspectives make it important to understand to what extent, when and for who cross-domain IT use is healthy and/or unhealthy.
Completed research projects
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COMPRESSED − A longitudinal study of compressed work schedules within the health, care and welfare services
With increasing need for more workforce in the healthcare-sector, the offers of the future is reliant on how we precure sufficient staff and maintain the health of the workers.
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NEET: Preventing sick leave and marginalization in young adults
Despite the increasing costs of early school leaving and failures to integrate into the adult workforce, it is still unknown what the determinants to unhealthy school-to-work transitions are.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Seglem, Karoline Brobakke
; Ørstavik, Ragnhild; Torvik, Fartein Ask; Røysamb, Espen; Vollrath, Margarete E.
(2020).
Education differences in sickness absence and the role of health behaviors: a prospective twin study.
BMC Public Health.
Vol. 20.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09741-y
Seglem, Karoline Brobakke
; Torvik, Fartein Ask; Røysamb, Espen; Gjerde, Line C.; Magnus, Per; Reichborn-Kjennerud, Ted; Svedberg, Pia; Ørstavik, Ragnhild
(2019).
A Life Course Study of Genetic and Environmental Influences on Work Incapacity.
Twin Research and Human Genetics.
https://doi.org/10.1017/thg.2019.116
Seglem, Karoline Brobakke
; Ørstavik, Ragnhild; Torvik, Fartein Ask; Gjerde, Line C.; Røysamb, Espen; Reichborn-Kjennerud, Ted; Knudsen, Gun Peggy; Tambs, Kristian
(2017).
Pre-pregnancy mental distress and musculoskeletal pain and sickness absence during pregnancy-a twin cohort study.
European Journal of Public Health.
Vol. 27.
https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckw267
Ask, Helga; Waaktaar, Trine;
Seglem, Karoline Brobakke
; Torgersen, Svenn
(2016).
Common Etiological Sources of Anxiety, Depression, and Somatic Complaints in Adolescents: A Multiple Rater twin Study.
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology.
Vol. 44.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-015-9977-y
Seglem, Karoline Brobakke
; Waaktaar, Trine; Ask, Helga; Torgersen, Svenn
(2016).
Sex differences in genetic and environmental contributions to alcohol consumption from early adolescence to young adulthood.
Addiction.
Vol. 111.
https://doi.org/10.1111/add.13321
Seglem, Karoline Brobakke
; Torgersen, Svenn; Ask, Helga; Waaktaar, Trine
(2015).
Weak etiologic links between control and the externalizing behaviors delinquency and substance abuse in adolescence.
Personality and Individual Differences.
Vol. 75.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2014.11.036
Seglem, Karoline Brobakke
; Waaktaar, Trine; Ask, Helga; Torgersen, Svenn
(2015).
Genetic and Environmental Influences on Adolescents’ Smoking Involvement: A Multi-informant Twin Study.
Behavior Genetics.
Vol. 45.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10519-015-9706-x
Seglem, Karoline Brobakke
; Oppedal, Brit; Røysamb, Espen
(2014).
Daily hassles and coping dispositions as predictors of psychological adjustment: A comparative study of young unaccompanied refugees and youth in the resettlement country.
International Journal of Behavioral Development.
Vol. 38.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025414520807
Ask, Helga; Torgersen, Svenn;
Seglem, Karoline Brobakke
; Waaktaar, Trine
(2014).
Genetic and environmental causes of variation in adolescent anxiety symptoms: A multiple-rater twin study.
Journal of Anxiety Disorders.
Vol. 28.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2014.04.003
Seglem, Karoline Brobakke
; Oppedal, Brit; Raeder, Sabine
(2011).
Predictors of depressive symptoms among resettled unaccompanied refugee minors.
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology.
Vol. 52.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9450.2011.00883.x
