Åsmund Hermansen
Biographic Data
| ID | 882808 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Åsmund Hermansen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Åsmund |
| FAMILY NAME | Hermansen |
| SIGNATURE | HERMANSEN Å |
| AFFILIATIONS | OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0826-0689 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Parental work and welfare trajectories and adolescent mental health disorders: Family stressors and gender differences
This article investigates the degree to which adolescent mental health disorders (MHDs) are associated with mothers’ and fathers’ work and welfare trajectories during childhood. Recognizing that children in families with weak labor market ties often face multiple disadvantages, the study also examines how the association between specific family stressors – such as lone parenthood, parental dissolution, and co-parent MHDs – and adolescents’ mental…
Social Origin and Gendered Labor Market Integration among Second-Generation Immigrants in Norway
Second-generation immigrants are expected to achieve labor-market outcomes comparable to those of children of native-born parents, yet research consistently shows persistent disadvantages, including overqualification, weaker attachment to work, and employment gaps. While these patterns are well documented, less is known about the extent to which family background shapes long-term labor-market trajectories across early adulthood. Here, using popul…
Work Hazards and Social Class among ‘successful’ ALMP-Participants in Norway
Background and research question. Studies of the outcomes of participation in Active Labour Market Programmes (ALMP) focus primarily on employment status or earnings. Few studies address the social class and work environment that “successful” ALMP-participants transit to. Little is also known about whether participation in different types of ALMPs leads to different social classes and work environments. This is unfortunate since many ALMP partici…
Associations between adolescent psychiatric disorders and adulthood payment problems: A Norwegian register study of complete birth cohorts of 1995–1997
BACKGROUND: Psychiatric disorder diagnoses are linked to long-term socioeconomic 'shadows' into adulthood, but little is known about how these diagnoses are associated with adulthood payment problems in Norway and whether these associations are moderated by parental and area characteristics. METHODS: We combine Norwegian registry data with payment problem records from the public debt enforcement agency for the 1995-1997 birth cohorts (n=173 750).…
Financial strain in Norway: The lifetime risk of and expected time spent in payment problems
We calculate the lifetime risks and expectancies of payment problems in Norway, the country with the highest household debt burden among the Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development (OECD) countries. We derived geographic, demographic, socio‐economic and health variables from national registers and data on monthly payment problems from the national debt collection agency for the 2015–2019 period. We analysed these data in a discrete…
Doing it step by step: A flipped classroom approach to teaching statistical analysis in social work
Social workers should be trained in both qualitative and quantitative research methods, irrespective of whether they aspire to conduct research on their own or use research to inform their practice. The apparently problematic position of quantitative research methods in social work suggests, however, a need to explore new forms of teaching statistical analysis. In this article, we propose a flipped classroom approach to teaching statistical analy…
Sickness absence among mothers caring for a child with disability: Examining the impact of mechanical and psychosocial occupational exposures
The findings emphasize the need of providing support to mothers caring for children with disability that help them manage occupational health risks
Surveillance of Infections and Antibiotic Use in 21 Nursing Home Wards during the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Assessment
Residents in nursing homes are fragile and at high risk of serious illness or death from healthcare-associated infections. The COVID-19 pandemic posed a significant risk of suffering and mortality for residents of nursing homes. Surveillance of infections is essential for infection prevention and is missing in many countries. The aim of this study is to explore infection rates and antibiotic use in nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data…
Trajectories among recipients of social assistance in Norway: A local approach
Background and Purpose Little scholarly attention has been paid to variations in local welfare provisions and how they frame beneficiaries’ welfare‐work trajectories. This is unfortunate since increasingly a varied menu of services is provided locally and welfare‐work trajectories unfold in a local context. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to this debate by examining the welfare‐work trajectories among young social assistance recipients…
Preliminary validity testing of the eHealth Literacy Questionnaire (eHLQ): A Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) in Norwegian hospitalized patients
The results from the CFA analysis indicate that for almost all 7 eHLQ scales, an acceptable model fit was achieved. The 260 hospitalized patients included in this study represented a variety of diagnoses, recruited from a geographically limited area. Further studies on psychometric properties of the Norwegian version of eHLQ in larger samples, diverse settings and by using more comprehensive approaches are warranted
Constructing and validating an occupational job strain index based on five Norwegian nationwide surveys of living conditions on work environment
Our occupation-based JSI serves as a reliable and valid indicator of psychosocial job exposure that can be used in analyses of Norwegian register data where individual information on such conditions is missing
Adolescence Mental Health Disorders and Precarious School-to- Work Trajectories: The Role of Family Background and Gender
This article investigates the role of family socio-economic status (SES) as a buffer for adolescents with mental health disorders (MHDs) against entering precarious school-to-work trajectories. We follow a cohort born in Norway in 1992 from the age of 16–25 using data from administrative registers. We find that externalizing disorders, to a higher degree than internalizing disorders (registered in the 16–18 age range), are associated with subsequ…
Joint exposure to parental cancer and income loss during childhood and the child’s socioeconomic position in early adulthood: A Danish and Norwegian register-based cohort study
BACKGROUND: Parental cancer as well as economic hardship in the family during childhood can affect the child negatively. Our aim was to examine the association between the joint exposure to parental cancer and income loss in childhood and the child's socioeconomic position in early adulthood. METHODS: We conducted a register-based prospective cohort study of children born in Denmark between 1978 and 1986 and in Norway between 1979 and 1987. The c…
Impact of child disability on parental employment and labour income: A quasi-experimental study of parents of children with disabilities in Norway
Policymakers and child welfare stakeholders should evaluate policy options and provide the necessary welfare support particularly to mothers caring for children with a more severe disability
Constructing and validating an Occupational Mechanical Job Exposure Index based on five Norwegian nationwide Surveys of Living Conditions on work environment
Our tests of reliability and validity of the Occupational Mechanical Job Exposure Index indicate that the index overall has acceptable statistical properties and will be useful in analyses of Norwegian register data where individual information on these types of exposures is missing
The Effects of Retention Measures on Retirement Timing—Do Financial Crises Matter
The combined effect of rising life expectancy and declining fertility has made "aging" a dominant topic on the policy agenda across Europe. With the aim of retaining older workers and facilitating longer working lives, offering retention measures, such as the possibility of phased retirement, additional leave, and/or bonuses to older workers, has become a widespread strategy among Norwegian companies to combat voluntary early retirement. However,…
Income security in Nordic welfare states for men and women who died when aged 55–69 years old
Income security when health impairment or other social risks occur is a major objective of welfare states. This comparative study uses register data from four Nordic welfare states for examining equivalized disposable income during the last 12 years alive among men and women who died when aged 55–69 years old. The analysed outcome indicates the aggregate result of a varied set of income maintenance mechanisms. Median income increased in the Finni…
Are people with mental disorders excluded from work and from active labour market programs
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)
Retaining older workers: The effect of phased retirement on delaying early retirement
Introduction: Phased retirement involves reducing working time in the final years before retirement. The aim of phased retirement is to extend working careers and retain older workers who would otherwise opt for full early retirement. This article investigates the effect of offering phased retirement on early-retirement behaviour in Norway.Method: The data used in the analysis covers the period between 2000 and 2010 and comprises all employees be…
Retaining older workers: The effect of phasedretirement on delaying early retirement
Introduction: Phased retirement involves reducing working time in the final years before retirement. The aim of phased retirement is to extend working careers and retain older workers who would otherwise opt for full early retirement. This article investigates the effect of offering phased retirement on early-retirement behaviour in Norway. Method: The data used in the analysis covers the period between 2000 and 2010 and comprises all employees b…
Retaining older workers: The effect of phasedretirement on delaying early retirement
Introduction: Phased retirement involves reducing working time in the final years before retirement. The aim of phased retirement is to extend working careers and retain older workers who would otherwise opt for full early retirement. This article investigates the effect of offering phased retirement on early-retirement behaviour in Norway. Method: The data used in the analysis covers the period between 2000 and 2010 and comprises all employees b…
Adolescence Mental Health Disorders and Precarious School-to- Work Trajectories: The Role of Family Background and Gender
This article investigates the role of family socio-economic status (SES) as a buffer for adolescents with mental health disorders (MHDs) against entering precarious school-to-work trajectories. We follow a cohort born in Norway in 1992 from the age of 16–25 using data from administrative registers. We find that externalizing disorders, to a higher degree than internalizing disorders (registered in the 16–18 age range), are associated with subsequ…
Income security in Nordic welfare states for men and women who died when aged 55–69 years old
Income security when health impairment or other social risks occur is a major objective of welfare states. This comparative study uses register data from four Nordic welfare states for examining equivalized disposable income during the last 12 years alive among men and women who died when aged 55–69 years old. The analysed outcome indicates the aggregate result of a varied set of income maintenance mechanisms. Median income increased in the Finni…
Retaining older workers: The effect of phased retirement on delaying early retirement
Introduction: Phased retirement involves reducing working time in the final years before retirement. The aim of phased retirement is to extend working careers and retain older workers who would otherwise opt for full early retirement. This article investigates the effect of offering phased retirement on early-retirement behaviour in Norway.Method: The data used in the analysis covers the period between 2000 and 2010 and comprises all employees be…
Retaining older workers: The effect of phasedretirement on delaying early retirement
Introduction: Phased retirement involves reducing working time in the final years before retirement. The aim of phased retirement is to extend working careers and retain older workers who would otherwise opt for full early retirement. This article investigates the effect of offering phased retirement on early-retirement behaviour in Norway. Method: The data used in the analysis covers the period between 2000 and 2010 and comprises all employees b…
Are people with mental disorders excluded from work and from active labour market programs
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)
The Effects of Retention Measures on Retirement Timing—Do Financial Crises Matter
The combined effect of rising life expectancy and declining fertility has made "aging" a dominant topic on the policy agenda across Europe. With the aim of retaining older workers and facilitating longer working lives, offering retention measures, such as the possibility of phased retirement, additional leave, and/or bonuses to older workers, has become a widespread strategy among Norwegian companies to combat voluntary early retirement. However,…
Income security in Nordic welfare states for men and women who died when aged 55–69 years old
Income security when health impairment or other social risks occur is a major objective of welfare states. This comparative study uses register data from four Nordic welfare states for examining equivalized disposable income during the last 12 years alive among men and women who died when aged 55–69 years old. The analysed outcome indicates the aggregate result of a varied set of income maintenance mechanisms. Median income increased in the Finni…
Impact of child disability on parental employment and labour income: A quasi-experimental study of parents of children with disabilities in Norway
Policymakers and child welfare stakeholders should evaluate policy options and provide the necessary welfare support particularly to mothers caring for children with a more severe disability
Constructing and validating an Occupational Mechanical Job Exposure Index based on five Norwegian nationwide Surveys of Living Conditions on work environment
Our tests of reliability and validity of the Occupational Mechanical Job Exposure Index indicate that the index overall has acceptable statistical properties and will be useful in analyses of Norwegian register data where individual information on these types of exposures is missing
Preliminary validity testing of the eHealth Literacy Questionnaire (eHLQ): A Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) in Norwegian hospitalized patients
The results from the CFA analysis indicate that for almost all 7 eHLQ scales, an acceptable model fit was achieved. The 260 hospitalized patients included in this study represented a variety of diagnoses, recruited from a geographically limited area. Further studies on psychometric properties of the Norwegian version of eHLQ in larger samples, diverse settings and by using more comprehensive approaches are warranted
Constructing and validating an occupational job strain index based on five Norwegian nationwide surveys of living conditions on work environment
Our occupation-based JSI serves as a reliable and valid indicator of psychosocial job exposure that can be used in analyses of Norwegian register data where individual information on such conditions is missing
Adolescence Mental Health Disorders and Precarious School-to- Work Trajectories: The Role of Family Background and Gender
This article investigates the role of family socio-economic status (SES) as a buffer for adolescents with mental health disorders (MHDs) against entering precarious school-to-work trajectories. We follow a cohort born in Norway in 1992 from the age of 16–25 using data from administrative registers. We find that externalizing disorders, to a higher degree than internalizing disorders (registered in the 16–18 age range), are associated with subsequ…
Joint exposure to parental cancer and income loss during childhood and the child’s socioeconomic position in early adulthood: A Danish and Norwegian register-based cohort study
BACKGROUND: Parental cancer as well as economic hardship in the family during childhood can affect the child negatively. Our aim was to examine the association between the joint exposure to parental cancer and income loss in childhood and the child's socioeconomic position in early adulthood. METHODS: We conducted a register-based prospective cohort study of children born in Denmark between 1978 and 1986 and in Norway between 1979 and 1987. The c…
Doing it step by step: A flipped classroom approach to teaching statistical analysis in social work
Social workers should be trained in both qualitative and quantitative research methods, irrespective of whether they aspire to conduct research on their own or use research to inform their practice. The apparently problematic position of quantitative research methods in social work suggests, however, a need to explore new forms of teaching statistical analysis. In this article, we propose a flipped classroom approach to teaching statistical analy…
Sickness absence among mothers caring for a child with disability: Examining the impact of mechanical and psychosocial occupational exposures
The findings emphasize the need of providing support to mothers caring for children with disability that help them manage occupational health risks
Surveillance of Infections and Antibiotic Use in 21 Nursing Home Wards during the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Assessment
Residents in nursing homes are fragile and at high risk of serious illness or death from healthcare-associated infections. The COVID-19 pandemic posed a significant risk of suffering and mortality for residents of nursing homes. Surveillance of infections is essential for infection prevention and is missing in many countries. The aim of this study is to explore infection rates and antibiotic use in nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data…
Trajectories among recipients of social assistance in Norway: A local approach
Background and Purpose Little scholarly attention has been paid to variations in local welfare provisions and how they frame beneficiaries’ welfare‐work trajectories. This is unfortunate since increasingly a varied menu of services is provided locally and welfare‐work trajectories unfold in a local context. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to this debate by examining the welfare‐work trajectories among young social assistance recipients…
Work Hazards and Social Class among ‘successful’ ALMP-Participants in Norway
Background and research question. Studies of the outcomes of participation in Active Labour Market Programmes (ALMP) focus primarily on employment status or earnings. Few studies address the social class and work environment that “successful” ALMP-participants transit to. Little is also known about whether participation in different types of ALMPs leads to different social classes and work environments. This is unfortunate since many ALMP partici…
Associations between adolescent psychiatric disorders and adulthood payment problems: A Norwegian register study of complete birth cohorts of 1995–1997
BACKGROUND: Psychiatric disorder diagnoses are linked to long-term socioeconomic 'shadows' into adulthood, but little is known about how these diagnoses are associated with adulthood payment problems in Norway and whether these associations are moderated by parental and area characteristics. METHODS: We combine Norwegian registry data with payment problem records from the public debt enforcement agency for the 1995-1997 birth cohorts (n=173 750).…
Financial strain in Norway: The lifetime risk of and expected time spent in payment problems
We calculate the lifetime risks and expectancies of payment problems in Norway, the country with the highest household debt burden among the Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development (OECD) countries. We derived geographic, demographic, socio‐economic and health variables from national registers and data on monthly payment problems from the national debt collection agency for the 2015–2019 period. We analysed these data in a discrete…
Parental work and welfare trajectories and adolescent mental health disorders: Family stressors and gender differences
This article investigates the degree to which adolescent mental health disorders (MHDs) are associated with mothers’ and fathers’ work and welfare trajectories during childhood. Recognizing that children in families with weak labor market ties often face multiple disadvantages, the study also examines how the association between specific family stressors – such as lone parenthood, parental dissolution, and co-parent MHDs – and adolescents’ mental…
Social Origin and Gendered Labor Market Integration among Second-Generation Immigrants in Norway
Second-generation immigrants are expected to achieve labor-market outcomes comparable to those of children of native-born parents, yet research consistently shows persistent disadvantages, including overqualification, weaker attachment to work, and employment gaps. While these patterns are well documented, less is known about the extent to which family background shapes long-term labor-market trajectories across early adulthood. Here, using popul…
Medicine (12 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (11 works) · Norwegian (10 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Economics (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Demographic economics (5 works) · Cohort (4 works) · Political science (4 works)