Norman Anderssen
Biographic Data
| ID | 897934 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Norman Anderssen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Norman |
| FAMILY NAME | Anderssen |
| SIGNATURE | ANDERSSEN N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bergen |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3526-9459 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 183 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Gender-affirming health care needs, barriers to care, and health and wellbeing in a broad nationwide sample of transgender people in Norway
Transgender people in Norway reported high levels of mental distress and suicidality. Despite being young and with low income, a large proportion had obtained gender-affirming medical treatments entirely through private funding. Transgender people in need of gender-affirming health care could benefit from increased access to care through the state-funded public health care system in Norway
Change and Stability in Public Beliefs About Same-Sex Family Rights in Norway in 2008, 2013, and 2017
Introduction In Norway, legal measures securing equal marriage and parenting rights for same- and different-sex couples took effect on January 1, 2009. The aim of this study was to assess Norwegian public beliefs about lesbian and gay family rights in the period of 2008–2017. Methods Three nationwide surveys representing the adult Norwegian population were conducted with a time series design (data collected in 2008, 2013, and 2017, n = 1246, 1250…
Life satisfaction and mental health among transgender students in Norway
The findings call for increased awareness about welfare and health for transgender students in Norway. Higher education institutions need to consider measures at various levels to establish a learning environment that is more inclusive for gender minorities
Not talking about illness at meeting places in Norwegian community mental health care: A discourse analysis of silence concerning illness-talk
Research on the topic of not talking about psychosocial hardships describes the presence of 'house rules' against illness-talk in common areas in 'meeting places' ('day centres') in community mental health care. The aim of this article was to explore the complexity of not talking about psychosocial hardships ('silence') in meeting places in Norwegian community mental health care. The research team consisted of first-hand and academic knowers of c…
Overcoming Clinician and Parent Ambivalence: General Practitioners' Support of Children of Parents With Physical or Mental Illness and/or Substance Abuse
Children who are next of kin to parents with physical or mental illness and/or substance abuse need access to mental health support and several cost-effective interventions are available. Because most parents in the target group often consult general practitioners (GPs), GPs may have a crucial role in identifying burdened children and ensuring their follow-up. However, this important topic has received little attention in clinical discussions and…
A participatory discourse analysis of service users' accounts of staffed meeting places in Norwegian community mental health care
Since the 1960s, deinstitutionalisation has been salient in mental health reforms across the West. In Norway, this culminated in the National Action Plan for Mental Health (1999-2008), where meeting places in community mental health care were deemed a prioritised strategy to counter social isolation among people in psychosocial hardships. However, during the same period in England, meeting places were beginning to be contested for contributing to…
Self-esteem Among Young Bisexual Women in Norway: A 13-year Longitudinal Study
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships between self-esteem, perception of social acceptance and feeling of loneliness in a sample of young bisexual, lesbian and heterosexual women, including assessing self-esteem longitudinally across 13 years. The analyses were based on self-completed questionnaires from the longitudinal study “Young in Norway” (13 years follow-up, 1992-2005). N=1,598 female participants at baseline and follo…
Discourses of service user involvement in meeting places in Norwegian community mental health care: A discourse analysis of staff accounts
In previous research, meeting places have been favourably addressed by service users, but they have also been contested as exclusionary. In this participatory explorative study, we sought to perform a contextual analysis of meeting places in Norway based on a discourse analysis of three focus group discussions with 15 staff members. We asked the following question: how do meeting-place employees discuss their concrete and abstract encounters with…
Contemporary discourses on children and parenting in Norway: Norwegian Child Welfare Services meets immigrant families
Images of Children in Views on Same-Sex Adoption Rights
Child images are negotiated in and through ongoing societal and cultural processes. In this project, the Norwegian same-sex adoption rights debate was chosen as a case in which to study prevalent images of children. The empirical data comprised 437 responses to an open-ended question in a national survey. Four concurrent discourses were identified: (1) children need to grow up in ordinary families; (2) children need dedicated parenting; (3) child…
Vulnerable discipline: Experiences of male competitive bodybuilders
The aim was to understand experiences of male competitive bodybuilders from a non-pathologizing perspective. Six male Norwegian competitive bodybuilders were interviewed. The interviews were analysed using a meaning condensation procedure resulting in five themes: being proud of capacity for discipline, seeing a perfectionist attitude as a necessary evil, experiencing recognition within the bodybuilding community, being stigmatized outside the bo…
Endorsement of male role norms and gay-related name-calling
Cautious Belonging: Relationships in Long-Term Foster-Care
Journal Article Cautious Belonging: Relationships in Long-Term Foster-Care Get access Øivin Christiansen, Øivin Christiansen * Øivin Christiansen conducts research and teaching in the areas of child welfare, children in substitute care and family support services. He is at the Child Welfare Unit, Uni Health, Bergen, Norway. Researcher/MSW Karen Havnen is currently at the Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Uni Health. Her main interest…
A Nationwide Study of Norwegian Beliefs About Same-sex Marriage and Lesbian and Gay Parenthood
In Norway, a gender-neutral Marriage Law that secured equal marriage and parenting rights for lesbian, gay and heterosexual couples took effect in January 2009. The aim of the current study was to explore Norwegian beliefs about equal marriage and parenting rights for lesbian, gay and heterosexual couples and the welfare of children with lesbian and gay parents. A sample of 1,246 Norwegians participated in the study by filling out a questionnaire…
Arranging stability for children in long-term out-of-home care
From concerned to convinced: Reaching decisions about out‐of‐home care in Norwegian Child Welfare Services
Placing children in out‐of‐home care constitutes one of the strongest public interventions in families. This paper explores how Norwegian Child Welfare Service (CWS) workers present their reasons as well as their work processes in the course of deciding to place children in out‐of‐home care. The analysis is based on interviews with 83 social workers and concerns 109 children recently removed from their homes. Three central elements were identifie…
Heteronormative Consensus in the Norwegian Same-Sex Adoption Debate
This article investigates the Norwegian newspaper debate (1998-2002) on the right of homosexual couples to adopt children. It identifies two patterns of meaning within which both anti-adoption and pro-adoption sides of the debate were located: 1) the nuclear family as reference point; and 2) a focus on innate qualities. Parallell to a continuous liberalization of sexualities in Norway we seem to witness a consensus on heteronormativity in Norway …
Time Period and Lesbian Identity Events: A Comparison of Norwegian Lesbians Across 1986 and 2005
The purpose of the present work was to investigate the assumption that the lives of lesbians are easier today. When exploring the hypothesis that identity events (e.g., coming out to parents) among lesbian women have changed over time and happen earlier in life today, we expected to find several time period effects. Two national samples obtained through mailed questionnaires were compared, 1986 (n = 123) and 2005 (n = 236), age range 20-49. Time …
Outcomes for children with lesbian or gay parents. A review of studies from 1978 to 2000
Twenty–three empirical studies published between 1978 and 2000 on nonclinical children raised by lesbian mothers or gay fathers were reviewed (one Belgian/Dutch, one Danish, three British, and 18 North American). Twenty reported on offspring of lesbian mothers, and three on offspring of gay fathers. The studies encompassed a total of 615 offspring (age range 1.5–44 years) of lesbian mothers or gay fathers and 387 controls, who were assessed by ps…
Does contact with lesbians and gays lead to friendlier attitudes? a two year longitudinal study
Attitudes toward and contact with lesbian women and gay men were assessed through questionnaires in a 2‐year follow‐up study in a cohort of 511 Norwegian participants, 19 years of age at first data collection. A substantial proportion reported negative attitudes at baseline (between 39 and 63%) and two years later (between 32 and 59%), females being more positive than males. A majority reported having no contact with lesbian women or gay men eith…
Physical Activity and Behavioral Medicine
Social Influences and Leisure-time Physical Activity Levels in Young People: A Twelve-year Follow-up Study
This study describes the associations between social factors and leisure-time physical activity levels in young people. Important concepts from Bandura's social learning theory and Bourdieu's theory of social position and lifestyles were used as theoretical frameworks. Baseline data were collected from a sample of 827 students (11-14 years old) and their parents in 1979. In 1991, the same students, now aged 23 to 26 years, participated in a follo…
Physical Activity and Behavioral Medicine
A Nationwide Study of Norwegian Beliefs About Same-sex Marriage and Lesbian and Gay Parenthood
In Norway, a gender-neutral Marriage Law that secured equal marriage and parenting rights for lesbian, gay and heterosexual couples took effect in January 2009. The aim of the current study was to explore Norwegian beliefs about equal marriage and parenting rights for lesbian, gay and heterosexual couples and the welfare of children with lesbian and gay parents. A sample of 1,246 Norwegians participated in the study by filling out a questionnaire…
From concerned to convinced: Reaching decisions about out‐of‐home care in Norwegian Child Welfare Services
Placing children in out‐of‐home care constitutes one of the strongest public interventions in families. This paper explores how Norwegian Child Welfare Service (CWS) workers present their reasons as well as their work processes in the course of deciding to place children in out‐of‐home care. The analysis is based on interviews with 83 social workers and concerns 109 children recently removed from their homes. Three central elements were identifie…
Does contact with lesbians and gays lead to friendlier attitudes? a two year longitudinal study
Attitudes toward and contact with lesbian women and gay men were assessed through questionnaires in a 2‐year follow‐up study in a cohort of 511 Norwegian participants, 19 years of age at first data collection. A substantial proportion reported negative attitudes at baseline (between 39 and 63%) and two years later (between 32 and 59%), females being more positive than males. A majority reported having no contact with lesbian women or gay men eith…
Heteronormative Consensus in the Norwegian Same-Sex Adoption Debate
This article investigates the Norwegian newspaper debate (1998-2002) on the right of homosexual couples to adopt children. It identifies two patterns of meaning within which both anti-adoption and pro-adoption sides of the debate were located: 1) the nuclear family as reference point; and 2) a focus on innate qualities. Parallell to a continuous liberalization of sexualities in Norway we seem to witness a consensus on heteronormativity in Norway …
Arranging stability for children in long-term out-of-home care
Contemporary discourses on children and parenting in Norway: Norwegian Child Welfare Services meets immigrant families
Endorsement of male role norms and gay-related name-calling
Cautious Belonging: Relationships in Long-Term Foster-Care
Journal Article Cautious Belonging: Relationships in Long-Term Foster-Care Get access Øivin Christiansen, Øivin Christiansen * Øivin Christiansen conducts research and teaching in the areas of child welfare, children in substitute care and family support services. He is at the Child Welfare Unit, Uni Health, Bergen, Norway. Researcher/MSW Karen Havnen is currently at the Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Uni Health. Her main interest…
Vulnerable discipline: Experiences of male competitive bodybuilders
The aim was to understand experiences of male competitive bodybuilders from a non-pathologizing perspective. Six male Norwegian competitive bodybuilders were interviewed. The interviews were analysed using a meaning condensation procedure resulting in five themes: being proud of capacity for discipline, seeing a perfectionist attitude as a necessary evil, experiencing recognition within the bodybuilding community, being stigmatized outside the bo…
Time Period and Lesbian Identity Events: A Comparison of Norwegian Lesbians Across 1986 and 2005
The purpose of the present work was to investigate the assumption that the lives of lesbians are easier today. When exploring the hypothesis that identity events (e.g., coming out to parents) among lesbian women have changed over time and happen earlier in life today, we expected to find several time period effects. Two national samples obtained through mailed questionnaires were compared, 1986 (n = 123) and 2005 (n = 236), age range 20-49. Time …
A participatory discourse analysis of service users' accounts of staffed meeting places in Norwegian community mental health care
Since the 1960s, deinstitutionalisation has been salient in mental health reforms across the West. In Norway, this culminated in the National Action Plan for Mental Health (1999-2008), where meeting places in community mental health care were deemed a prioritised strategy to counter social isolation among people in psychosocial hardships. However, during the same period in England, meeting places were beginning to be contested for contributing to…
Not talking about illness at meeting places in Norwegian community mental health care: A discourse analysis of silence concerning illness-talk
Research on the topic of not talking about psychosocial hardships describes the presence of 'house rules' against illness-talk in common areas in 'meeting places' ('day centres') in community mental health care. The aim of this article was to explore the complexity of not talking about psychosocial hardships ('silence') in meeting places in Norwegian community mental health care. The research team consisted of first-hand and academic knowers of c…
Discourses of service user involvement in meeting places in Norwegian community mental health care: A discourse analysis of staff accounts
In previous research, meeting places have been favourably addressed by service users, but they have also been contested as exclusionary. In this participatory explorative study, we sought to perform a contextual analysis of meeting places in Norway based on a discourse analysis of three focus group discussions with 15 staff members. We asked the following question: how do meeting-place employees discuss their concrete and abstract encounters with…
Social Influences and Leisure-time Physical Activity Levels in Young People: A Twelve-year Follow-up Study
This study describes the associations between social factors and leisure-time physical activity levels in young people. Important concepts from Bandura's social learning theory and Bourdieu's theory of social position and lifestyles were used as theoretical frameworks. Baseline data were collected from a sample of 827 students (11-14 years old) and their parents in 1979. In 1991, the same students, now aged 23 to 26 years, participated in a follo…
Physical Activity and Behavioral Medicine
Outcomes for children with lesbian or gay parents. A review of studies from 1978 to 2000
Twenty–three empirical studies published between 1978 and 2000 on nonclinical children raised by lesbian mothers or gay fathers were reviewed (one Belgian/Dutch, one Danish, three British, and 18 North American). Twenty reported on offspring of lesbian mothers, and three on offspring of gay fathers. The studies encompassed a total of 615 offspring (age range 1.5–44 years) of lesbian mothers or gay fathers and 387 controls, who were assessed by ps…
Does contact with lesbians and gays lead to friendlier attitudes? a two year longitudinal study
Attitudes toward and contact with lesbian women and gay men were assessed through questionnaires in a 2‐year follow‐up study in a cohort of 511 Norwegian participants, 19 years of age at first data collection. A substantial proportion reported negative attitudes at baseline (between 39 and 63%) and two years later (between 32 and 59%), females being more positive than males. A majority reported having no contact with lesbian women or gay men eith…
Time Period and Lesbian Identity Events: A Comparison of Norwegian Lesbians Across 1986 and 2005
The purpose of the present work was to investigate the assumption that the lives of lesbians are easier today. When exploring the hypothesis that identity events (e.g., coming out to parents) among lesbian women have changed over time and happen earlier in life today, we expected to find several time period effects. Two national samples obtained through mailed questionnaires were compared, 1986 (n = 123) and 2005 (n = 236), age range 20-49. Time …
From concerned to convinced: Reaching decisions about out‐of‐home care in Norwegian Child Welfare Services
Placing children in out‐of‐home care constitutes one of the strongest public interventions in families. This paper explores how Norwegian Child Welfare Service (CWS) workers present their reasons as well as their work processes in the course of deciding to place children in out‐of‐home care. The analysis is based on interviews with 83 social workers and concerns 109 children recently removed from their homes. Three central elements were identifie…
Heteronormative Consensus in the Norwegian Same-Sex Adoption Debate
This article investigates the Norwegian newspaper debate (1998-2002) on the right of homosexual couples to adopt children. It identifies two patterns of meaning within which both anti-adoption and pro-adoption sides of the debate were located: 1) the nuclear family as reference point; and 2) a focus on innate qualities. Parallell to a continuous liberalization of sexualities in Norway we seem to witness a consensus on heteronormativity in Norway …
Arranging stability for children in long-term out-of-home care
A Nationwide Study of Norwegian Beliefs About Same-sex Marriage and Lesbian and Gay Parenthood
In Norway, a gender-neutral Marriage Law that secured equal marriage and parenting rights for lesbian, gay and heterosexual couples took effect in January 2009. The aim of the current study was to explore Norwegian beliefs about equal marriage and parenting rights for lesbian, gay and heterosexual couples and the welfare of children with lesbian and gay parents. A sample of 1,246 Norwegians participated in the study by filling out a questionnaire…
Endorsement of male role norms and gay-related name-calling
Cautious Belonging: Relationships in Long-Term Foster-Care
Journal Article Cautious Belonging: Relationships in Long-Term Foster-Care Get access Øivin Christiansen, Øivin Christiansen * Øivin Christiansen conducts research and teaching in the areas of child welfare, children in substitute care and family support services. He is at the Child Welfare Unit, Uni Health, Bergen, Norway. Researcher/MSW Karen Havnen is currently at the Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Uni Health. Her main interest…
Vulnerable discipline: Experiences of male competitive bodybuilders
The aim was to understand experiences of male competitive bodybuilders from a non-pathologizing perspective. Six male Norwegian competitive bodybuilders were interviewed. The interviews were analysed using a meaning condensation procedure resulting in five themes: being proud of capacity for discipline, seeing a perfectionist attitude as a necessary evil, experiencing recognition within the bodybuilding community, being stigmatized outside the bo…
Images of Children in Views on Same-Sex Adoption Rights
Child images are negotiated in and through ongoing societal and cultural processes. In this project, the Norwegian same-sex adoption rights debate was chosen as a case in which to study prevalent images of children. The empirical data comprised 437 responses to an open-ended question in a national survey. Four concurrent discourses were identified: (1) children need to grow up in ordinary families; (2) children need dedicated parenting; (3) child…
Discourses of service user involvement in meeting places in Norwegian community mental health care: A discourse analysis of staff accounts
In previous research, meeting places have been favourably addressed by service users, but they have also been contested as exclusionary. In this participatory explorative study, we sought to perform a contextual analysis of meeting places in Norway based on a discourse analysis of three focus group discussions with 15 staff members. We asked the following question: how do meeting-place employees discuss their concrete and abstract encounters with…
Contemporary discourses on children and parenting in Norway: Norwegian Child Welfare Services meets immigrant families
Self-esteem Among Young Bisexual Women in Norway: A 13-year Longitudinal Study
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships between self-esteem, perception of social acceptance and feeling of loneliness in a sample of young bisexual, lesbian and heterosexual women, including assessing self-esteem longitudinally across 13 years. The analyses were based on self-completed questionnaires from the longitudinal study “Young in Norway” (13 years follow-up, 1992-2005). N=1,598 female participants at baseline and follo…
A participatory discourse analysis of service users' accounts of staffed meeting places in Norwegian community mental health care
Since the 1960s, deinstitutionalisation has been salient in mental health reforms across the West. In Norway, this culminated in the National Action Plan for Mental Health (1999-2008), where meeting places in community mental health care were deemed a prioritised strategy to counter social isolation among people in psychosocial hardships. However, during the same period in England, meeting places were beginning to be contested for contributing to…
Overcoming Clinician and Parent Ambivalence: General Practitioners' Support of Children of Parents With Physical or Mental Illness and/or Substance Abuse
Children who are next of kin to parents with physical or mental illness and/or substance abuse need access to mental health support and several cost-effective interventions are available. Because most parents in the target group often consult general practitioners (GPs), GPs may have a crucial role in identifying burdened children and ensuring their follow-up. However, this important topic has received little attention in clinical discussions and…
Life satisfaction and mental health among transgender students in Norway
The findings call for increased awareness about welfare and health for transgender students in Norway. Higher education institutions need to consider measures at various levels to establish a learning environment that is more inclusive for gender minorities
Not talking about illness at meeting places in Norwegian community mental health care: A discourse analysis of silence concerning illness-talk
Research on the topic of not talking about psychosocial hardships describes the presence of 'house rules' against illness-talk in common areas in 'meeting places' ('day centres') in community mental health care. The aim of this article was to explore the complexity of not talking about psychosocial hardships ('silence') in meeting places in Norwegian community mental health care. The research team consisted of first-hand and academic knowers of c…
Change and Stability in Public Beliefs About Same-Sex Family Rights in Norway in 2008, 2013, and 2017
Introduction In Norway, legal measures securing equal marriage and parenting rights for same- and different-sex couples took effect on January 1, 2009. The aim of this study was to assess Norwegian public beliefs about lesbian and gay family rights in the period of 2008–2017. Methods Three nationwide surveys representing the adult Norwegian population were conducted with a time series design (data collected in 2008, 2013, and 2017, n = 1246, 1250…
Gender-affirming health care needs, barriers to care, and health and wellbeing in a broad nationwide sample of transgender people in Norway
Transgender people in Norway reported high levels of mental distress and suicidality. Despite being young and with low income, a large proportion had obtained gender-affirming medical treatments entirely through private funding. Transgender people in need of gender-affirming health care could benefit from increased access to care through the state-funded public health care system in Norway
Psychology (19 works) · Sociology (16 works) · Medicine (12 works) · Norwegian (12 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (10 works) · Political science (10 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Developmental psychology (8 works) · Gender Studies (7 works)