Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Organisational psychology Psychology Social and occupational psychology Developmental psychology
Subject areas
Epidemiology Children's early development Young people and drugs Youth Youth and child Familylife, parenting, child-care Youth Research Sickness Absence Work and Family Psykisk helse Arbeid og psykisk helse Intervention Work and organisational psychology Working life and health Longitudinal studies Burnout
Research groups
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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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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Early COVID-19 wave in Norway: Social inequality in morbidity, compliance to non-pharmaceutical interventions and labour marked consequences (CorRisk)
Pandemics like COVID-19 are among the most pressing global threats to human life and economic security. The core idea of CorRisk is that infectious disease pandemics created by influenza or corona-viruses have always been more than just a medical problem and that their epidemiology and impact are profoundly shaped by social and economic structures. While the state of the art mainly studies medical risk factors, this project proposes to study the "forgotten" socioeconomic risk factors for unequal morbidity, compliance to the NPIs and labor market consequences.
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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.
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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
Clayborn, Zahra; Nilsen, Wendy; Torvik, Fartein Ask; Gustavson, Kristin; Bekkhus, Mona; Gilman, Stephen; Khandaker, Golman; Fell, Deshayne; Coman, Ian (2022). Positive maternal mental health attenuates the associations between prenatal stress and children’s internalizing and externalizing symptoms. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry .
Clayborne, Zahra M.; Colman, Ian; Kingsbury, Mila; Torvik, Fartein Ask; Gustavson, Kristin; Nilsen, Wendy (2021). Prenatal work stress is associated with prenatal and postnatal depression and anxiety: Findings from the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa). Journal of Affective Disorders . Vol. 298.
Clayborne, Zahra M.; Nilsen, Wendy; Torvik, Fartein Ask; Gustavson, Kristin; Bekkhus, Mona; Gilman, Stephen E.; Khandaker, Golam M.; Fell, Deshayne B.; Colman, Ian
(2021).
Prenatal maternal stress, child internalizing and externalizing symptoms, and the moderating role of parenting: Findings from the Norwegian mother, father, and child cohort study.
Psychological Medicine
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https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2978356
Alves, Daniele Evelin; Nilsen, Wendy; Fure, Silje Christine Reistad; Enehaug, Heidi; Howe, Emilie Isager; Løvstad, Marianne; Fink, Louisa; Andelic, Nada; Spjelkavik, Øystein (2020). What characterizes work and workplaces that retain their employees following acquired brain injury? Systematic review. Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (AOEM) . Vol. 77.
Opdal, Ida Marie; Morseth, Bente; Handegård, Bjørn Helge; Lillevoll, Kjersti; Nilsen, Wendy; Nielsen, Christopher Sivert; Furberg, Anne-Sofie; Rosenbaum, Simon; Rognmo, Kamilla
(2020).
Is change in mental distress among adolescents predicted by sedentary behavior or screen time? Results from the longitudinal population study The Tromsø Study: Fit Futures.
11 p.
BMJ Open
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Vol. 10.
https://hdl.handle.net/10037/18509
Alves, Daniele Evelin; Nilsen, Wendy; Fure, Silje Christine Reistad; Enehaug, Heidi; Howe, Emilie; Løvstad, Marianne; Fink, Louisa; Hadzic-Andelic, Nada; Spjelkavik, Øystein
(2019).
What characterises work and workplaces that retain their employees following acquired brain injury? Systematic review.
Occupational and Environmental Medicine
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Vol. 77.
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/76095
Kaasbøll, Jannike; Lydersen, Stian; Ranøyen, Ingunn; Nilsen, Wendy; Indredavik, Marit Sæbø
(2018).
Parental chronic pain and internalizing symptoms in offspring: the role of adolescents’ social competence – the HUNT study.
Journal of Pain Research
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Vol. 11.
http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2579329
Smedslund, Geir; Nilsen, Wendy; Wollscheid, Sabine; Steiro, Asbjørn; Fang, Lin; Larun, Lillebeth (2018). Effects of Computerized Interventions on Risky Alcohol Use Among Youth: Systematic Review. Research on social work practice . Vol. 29.
Kjeldsen, Anne; Stoolmiller, M; Toumbourou, J W; Nilsen, Wendy (2018). Childhood problem behaviours as precursors of drinking to intoxication trajectories - from age 1.5 to 19. Psychology and Health . Vol. 33.
Østby, Kristian Amundsen; Mykletun, Arnstein; Nilsen, Wendy (2018). Personality and long-term health-related benefits. Occupational Medicine . Vol. 68.
Morken, Ida Sund; Røysamb, Espen; Nilsen, Wendy; Karevold, Evalill Bølstad (2018). Body Dissatisfaction and Depressive Symptoms on the Threshold to Adolescence: Examining Gender Differences in Depressive Symptoms and the Impact of Social Support. Journal of Early Adolescence . Vol. 39.
Nilsen, Wendy; Karevold, Evalill Bølstad; Kaasbøll, Jannike; Kjeldsen, Anne
(2018).
Nuancing the role of social skills- a longitudinal study of early maternal psychological distress and adolescent depressive symptoms.
12 p.
BMC Pediatrics
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Vol. 18.
http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2570820
Østby, Kristian Amundsen; Mykletun, Arnstein; Nilsen, Wendy (2018). Explaining the gender gap in sickness absence. Occupational Medicine . Vol. 68.
Kjeldsen, Anne; Nilsen, Wendy
(2018).
Predictors of Externalising Behaviour Problems in Childhood and Adolescence.
Mathiesen, Kristin Schjelderup; Sanson, Ann; Karevold, Evalill Bølstad (Ed.).
Tracking Opportunities and Problems From Infancy to Adulthood. Chapter 8. p. 93-104.
Hogrefe & Huber Publishers.
http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2507520
Nilsen, Wendy; Mykletun, Arnstein
(2018).
Family-Related Stressors and Sick Leave in Mothers and Fathers.
Mathiesen, Kristin Schjelderup; Sanson, Ann; Karevold, Evalill Bølstad (Ed.).
Tracking Opportunities and Problems From Infancy to Adulthood. Chapter 16. p. 197-208.
Hogrefe & Huber Publishers.
https://us.hogrefe.com/shop/tracking-opportunities...
Løchen, Kristin Garaas; Nilsen, Wendy; Røysamb, Espen
(2018).
Associations Between Paternal and Adolescent Depressive Symptoms.
Mathiesen, Kristin Schjelderup; Sanson, Ann; Karevold, Evalill Bølstad (Ed.).
Tracking Opportunities and Problems From Infancy to Adulthood. Chapter 15. p. 183-196.
Hogrefe & Huber Publishers.
https://us.hogrefe.com/shop/tracking-opportunities...
Nilsen, Wendy; Karevold, Evalill Bølstad; Løchen, Kristin Garaas; Kjeldsen, Anne
(2018).
Predictors of Internalising Behaviour Problems in Adolescents.
Mathiesen, Kristin Schjelderup; Sanson, Ann; Karevold, Evalill Bølstad (Ed.).
Tracking Opportunities and Problems From Infancy to Adulthood. Chapter 6. p. 67-80.
Hogrefe & Huber Publishers.
http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2507521
Karevold, Evalill Bølstad; Nilsen, Wendy
(2018).
Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression in Adolescence.
Mathiesen, Kristin Schjelderup; Sanson, Ann; Karevold, Evalill Bølstad (Ed.).
Tracking Opportunities and Problems From Infancy to Adulthood. Chapter 5. p. 55-66.
Hogrefe & Huber Publishers.
https://us.hogrefe.com/shop/tracking-opportunities...
Sampasa-Kanyinga, Hugues; Nilsen, Wendy; Colman, Ian
(2018).
Child abuse and work stress in adulthood: Evidence from a population-based study.
Preventive Medicine
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Vol. 108.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/...
Rodwell, Laura; Romaniuk, Helena; Nilsen, Wendy; Carlin, John B.; Lee, Katherine J.; Patton, George C.
(2018).
Adolescent mental health and behavioural predictors of being NEET: A prospective study of young adults not in employment, education, or training.
Psychological Medicine
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Vol. 48.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/319529988...
Ystrøm, Hilde Thorsen; Nilsen, Wendy; Hysing, Mari; Sivertsen, Børge; Ystrøm, Eivind
(2017).
Sleep Problems in Preschoolers and Maternal Depressive Symptoms: An Evaluation of Mother- and Child-Driven Effects.
Developmental Psychology
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Vol. 53.
http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2495016
Nilsen, Wendy; Kjeldsen, Anne; Karevold, Evalill Bølstad; Skipstein, Anni; Helland, Maren Sand; Gustavson, Kristin; Enstad, Frøydis; Bårdstu, Silje; Røysamb, Espen; von Soest, Tilmann; Mathiesen, Kristin Schjelderup
(2017).
Cohort profile: The Tracking Opportunities and Problems Study (TOPP) – A study of Norwegian children and their parents followed from infancy to adulthood.
International Journal of Epidemiology
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Vol. 46.
http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2507764
Fjermestad, Krister; Nilsen, Wendy; Johannessen, Tina D.; Karevold, Evalill Bølstad (2017). Mothers' and fathers' internalizing symptoms influence parental ratings of adolescent anxiety symptoms. Journal of Family Psychology . Vol. 31.
Nilsen, Wendy; Skipstein, Anni; Østby, Kristian Amundsen; Mykletun, Arnstein
(2017).
Examination of the double burden hypothesis—a systematic review of work–family conflict and sickness absence.
European Journal of Public Health
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Vol. 27.
http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2446261
Enstad, Frøydis; Pedersen, Willy; Nilsen, Wendy; von Soest, Tilmann
(2017).
Predicting early onset of intoxication versus drinking—A population-based prospective study of Norwegian adolescents.
Addictive Behaviors Reports
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Vol. 6.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/...
Smedslund, Geir; Wollscheid, Sabine; Fang, Lin; Nilsen, Wendy; Steiro, Asbjørn; Larun, Lillebeth
(2017).
Effects of early, computerized brief interventions on risky alcohol and cannabis use among young people.
213 p.
Campbell systematic reviews
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Vol. 13.
https://www.campbellcollaboration.org/media/k2/att...
Helland, Maren Sand; Kjeldsen, Anne; von Soest, Tilmann; Røysamb, Espen; Gustavson, Kristin; Nilsen, Wendy
(2017).
Parental Child-Rearing Conflicts Through Adolescence: Trajectories and Associations With Child Characteristics and Externalizing Patterns.
Journal of Research on Adolescence
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Vol. 27.
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/61228
Nilsen, Wendy; Skipstein, Anni; Demerouti, Evangelia
(2016).
Adverse trajectories of mental health problems predict subsequent burnout and work-family conflict - a longitudinal study of employed women with children followed over 18 years.
10 p.
BMC Psychiatry
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Vol. 16.
http://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10...
Nilsen, Wendy; Dion, Jacinthe; Karevold, Evalill Bølstad; Skipstein, Anni
(2016).
Maternal Psychological Distress and Offspring Psychological Adjustment in Emerging Adulthood: Findings from Over 18 Years.
Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
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Vol. 37.
http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2447164
Melkevik, Ole; Nilsen, Wendy; Evensen, Miriam; Reneflot, Anne; Mykletun, Arnstein (2016). Internalizing Disorders as Risk Factors for Early School Leaving: A Systematic Review. Adolescent Research Review . Vol. 1.
