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Characteristics of being hospitalized as a child with a new diagnosis of type 1 diabetes: a phenomenological study of children’s past and present experiences
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Background: Our understanding of children and childhood has changed over the last few decades, which may have an impact on children’s conditions in hospitals. Children’s rights have been strengthened by the “Convention ... -
Childhood and Children's Retrospective Media Consumption Experiences. The case of Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)The focus in this article is on childhood and consumer culture with a special view on children’s media experiences retrospective. A historical perspective is applied as history provides an opportunity to reflect on changing ... -
Children's knowledge about the origins of food in early childhood education and care institutions (ECEC) in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-03-17)The purpose of the present study was to examine Norwegian kindergarten children’s knowledge about the origins of commonly consumed food items. Data were collected by conducting semi-structured interviews of 56 children ... -
Children's risk assessment in street crossing using virtual reality
(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 active participation during meals in Early Childhood and Care Institutions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)From the Introduction: How do Early Childhood and Care Institutions (ECCs) arrange their meals? Several studies find that meals are often regulated and managed by adults so that the children have few opportunities for ... -
Children’s Perception and Utilization of ECEC Physical Environments
(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
(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, ... -
Children’s Rough-and-Tumble Play in a Supportive Early Childhood Education and Care Environment
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)While a growing body of evidence highlights the benefits of rough-and-tumble play (R&T) in young children, it remains one of the most challenging kinds of play to support in early childhood education and care environment ... -
Christmas in Norwegian Kindergartens: How Are Muslim Children Included?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-07)Like the rest of Norwegian society, Norwegian kindergartens are becoming increasingly diverse in terms of religion. This is also reflected in the governing documents of kindergartens, which state that they should work with ... -
The co-occurrence between symptoms of internet gaming disorder and psychiatric disorders in childhood and adolescence: prospective relations or common causes?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background: Internet gaming disorder (IGD) is highlighted as a condition for further study in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fifth Edition (DSM‐5). Some studies indicate that IGD appears comorbid ... -
Competence and citizenship in picturebooks: a reading of Lisa Aisato's Fugl (Bird)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Since the beginning of the 21st century, the picturebook market has been flooded with books about children's emotions and psychological reactions to traumatic events. This psychological turn has been connected with the ... -
The Content of Norwegian Primary Physical Education: Teachers’ Perspectives on Possibilities and Barriers
(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 ... -
Contributions to Sustainability through Young Children’s Nature Play: A Systematic Review
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07-02)Nature play with young children has been criticized for lacking the transformative power necessary for meaningfully contributing to sustainability issues. The purpose of this systematic review was to identify outcomes ... -
"Det er veldig forskjellig fra hjemlandet mitt". Migrantforeldres erfaringer med kommunikasjon og samhandling med barnehagepersonalet
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This article presents an interview study with seven parents with migration backgrounds who have children in Early Childhood Education and Care institutions (ECEC). It highlights the parents’ experiences related to their ... -
Developing professional ethical care through co-creation in ECEC in Norway: A qualitative study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)The article analogizes findings from the project Children in Central Norway, Mental Health in ECEC. A preventive factor for children’s mental health in early childhood education and care (ECEC) is the sensitive relationship ... -
Disability and the Imago Trinitatis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)This paper explores how a Trinitarian and relational interpretation of the imago Dei can help to liberate the notion of disability from the bonds of social and theological prejudice. My thesis is that a relational ... -
Distinct clusters of movement entropy in children’s exploration of a virtual reality balance beam
(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. ... -
Does time extend asymmetrically into the past and the future? A multitask crosscultural study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Does temporal thought extend asymmetrically into the past and the future? Do asymmetries depend on cultural differences in temporal focus? Some studies suggest that people in Western (arguably future-focused) cultures ... -
Early Childhood Teacher or Leader? Early Childhood Directors’ Perceptions of Their Identity
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)This article is part of the project on ‘Leadership for Learning: Challenges for Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) Institutions in Norway’, funded by The Research Council of Norway. The publication of the full report ... -
The educational context in expert assessments. A study of special education documents of children in ECEC institutions
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-08)The aim of this study was to critically examine how expert assessment documents describe and assess the early childhood education and care (ECEC) context in reports about a child’s need for special educational support. ...