Browsing DMMH Brage by Author "Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen"
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4-6 year-old Children's Experience of Subjective Well-being and Social Relations in ECEC institutions.
Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Seland, Monica (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)There is a need for research about children’s perspectives on their everyday lives in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) institutions, using methods that involves the children themselves and takes their voices ... -
Age, sex, sensation-seeking, and road-crossing: How does risk context impact children’s street-crossing?
Scwebel, David C.; Sando, Ole Johan; Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Kleppe, Rasmus (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024) -
Assessment of psychometric properties and measurement invariance of the sensation seeking scale for children in a Norwegian sample
Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Sando, Ole Johan; Kleppe, Rasmus; Lorås, Håvard Wuttudal; Storli, Lise (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Introduction: The aim of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of a Norwegian translation of the Sensation Seeking Scale for Children (SSSC), designed for children between 7 and 12 years of age. Methods: A ... -
Associations between Children’s Risky Play and ECEC Outdoor Play Spaces and Materials
Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Sando, Ole Johan; Kleppe, Rasmus (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Children spend a large amount of time each day in early childhood education and care (ECEC) institutions, and the ECEC play environments are important for children’s play opportunities. This includes children’s opportunities ... -
Children's risk assessment in street crossing using virtual reality
Sando, Ole Johan; Kleppe, Rasmus; Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Introduction: Crossing streets represents a risky task for children where they have to assess both the probability and harm severity of being hit by a vehicle. To cross streets safely, children must perceive and interpret ... -
Children’s dynamic risk management – a comprehensive approach to children’s risk willingness, risk assessment, and risk handling
Kleppe, Rasmus; Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Sando, Ole Johan; Brussoni, Mariana (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Theoretical conceptualizations to facilitate understanding of how children manage risk-taking and risky play in their everyday lives are limited. We propose that there are emotional, cognitive and physical processes at ... -
Children’s Perception and Utilization of ECEC Physical Environments
Sando, Ole Johan; Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Early childhood education and care (ECEC) institutions play an important role in many young children’s lives. Child-oriented research about the role of the physical ECEC environment in children’s play is scarce. The present ... -
Children’s Risky Play from an Evolutionary Perspective: The Anti-Phobic Effects of Thrilling Experiences
Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Kennair, Leif Edward Ottesen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011)This theoretical article views children’s risky play from an evolutionary perspective, addressing specific evolutionary functions and especially the anti-phobic effects of risky play. According to the non-associative theory, ... -
The Content of Norwegian Primary Physical Education: Teachers’ Perspectives on Possibilities and Barriers
Buaas, Ingrid Østgaard; Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Physical education (PE) in Norway and other countries has been criticized for its emphasis on sports, leading to a misalignment between curriculum intentions and classroom practices. Under-standing the perspectives of PE ... -
Distinct clusters of movement entropy in children’s exploration of a virtual reality balance beam
Lorås, Håvard Wuttudal; Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Sando, Ole Johan; Storli, Lise (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-10)Although assessing motor competence is vital to advancing current understandings of motor development and its significance in various fields, no consensus exists on how the construct should be operationalised and measured. ... -
Environmental pediatric physiotherapy and risky play: making the case for a perfect match
Sturm, Andrea; Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Scheiber, Barabara (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)Environmental physiotherapy is epistemologically anchored in the critical recognition that physiotherapeutic practice is fundamentally embedded within a planetary ecological framework, demanding a holistic, systemically ... -
Gender matters: male and female ECEC practitioners’ perceptions and practices regarding children's rough-and-tumble play (R&T)
Storli, Rune; Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)The aim of this study was to explore Norwegian early childhood education and care (ECEC) practitioners’ perceptions and practices regarding children’s indoor and outdoor rough-and-tumble play (R&T) from a gender perspective. ... -
A GoPro Look on How Children Aged 17–25 Months Assess and Manage Risk during Free Exploration in a Varied Natural Environment
Tangen, Steffen; Olsen, Alexander; Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-05-21)Research indicates that risky play has positive effects on children’s development, learning and health, and ability to assess and manage risk, but there is a lack of knowledge on how toddlers engage in risky play. This ... -
Harassment in ECEC institutions: 4- to 6-year-old children’s experiences
Seland, Monica; Moe, Børge; Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)There are limited studies involving preschool children and phenomena such as harassment, bullying, exclusion and rejection. This study explores the relations between 4- to 6-year-old children’s experiences of being frequently ... -
Identifying and characterizing risky play in the age one-to-three years
Kleppe, Rasmus; Melhuish, Edward; Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)While research has investigated risk-taking in play for children from the age of four years upwards, less is known of risky play with children under four years. A small-scale observational study with children from five ... -
Identifying and characterizing risky play in the age one-to-three years
Kleppe, Rasmus; Melhuish, Edward; Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)While research has investigated risk-taking in play for children from the age of four years upwards, less is known of risky play with children under four years. A small-scale observational study with children from five ... -
Individual differences in children's movement variability in a virtual reality playground task
Storli, Lise; Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Lorås, Håvard Wuttudal (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Children's movements are highly complex, and thus require measurements that capture various gross motor strategies. This study examined whether aspects of individual differences in children's gross motor movement patterns ... -
Injuries in Norwegian early childhood and care (ECEC) institutions
Sando, Ole Johan; Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Pareliussen, Ingar; Egset, Camilla Kalvatn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Children’s play and exploration involves risk and a possibility for being injured. Early childhood and care institutions (ECECs) should provide children with physical challenges in a safe environment. Over the past years, ... -
Innendørs risikofylt lek – et bidrag til spenning og variasjon i barnehagens lekemiljøer
Kleppe, Rasmus; Sando, Ole Johan; Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Risikofylt lek er en form for lek som kan bidra til både barns trivsel og utvikling, men som det er lite forsket på. I denne studien har vi undersøkt ulike aspekter ved risikofylt lek i barnehagers innemiljø. Studien baserer ... -
Innledningsartikkel til spesialnummer om Barn og rom
Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)