Suni Petersen
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 203231 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Suni Petersen |
| PRENOMES | Suni |
| SOBRENOME | Petersen |
| ASSINATURA | PETERSEN S |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Umeå University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6720-2430 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 24 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 24 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 24 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1998 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Trends in educational inequalities in all-course mortality and deaths of despair in Swedish youths 1990–2018
The trends in Swedish youths resemble the trends in the American working-age population, but partly contrasts with corresponding trends in other European countries. Future research should investigate if the underlying causes that have been emphasized in the American context - socio-economic transformations and a greater supply of drugs - have also contributed to the Swedish trends
Changes in the association between educational achievement, attainment and subsequent mental health
Low compulsory school achievements and failure to complete upper secondary school has become more important risk factors for inpatient treatment for internalizing disorders, particularly in native-born youth and girls. More research is needed to establish whether youth with internalizing disorders increasingly fail in school or whether low achievement has become more harmful for mental health
Consequences of school grading systems on adolescent health
Education reforms that entail increased emphasis on high-stakes testing, assessment and grading have spread across education systems in recent decades. Critics have argued that these policies could have consequences for stress, identity, self-esteem and the overall health of pupils. However, these potentially negative consequences have rarely been investigated in a systematic and rigorous way. In this study we use a major education reform in Swed…
The Bidirectional Relationship Between Subjective Well-Being and Academic Achievement in Adolescence
The well-being of young people in relation to their school performance has received increased attention in recent years. However, there is a lack of knowledge about the longitudinal and reciprocal relationship between adolescents’ subjective well-being and their academic achievements. The current study examined the bidirectional relationship between subjective well-being and academic achievement across two timepoints (T1 and T2) during the course…
Determinants of Declining School Belonging 2000-2018
Students' sense of belonging at school has declined across the world in recent decades, and more so in Sweden than in almost any other high-income country. However, we do not know the characteristics or causes of these worldwide trends. Using data on Swedish students aged 15-16 years from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) between 2000 and 2018, we show that the decline in school belonging in Sweden was driven by a dispropo…
Preteen children’s health related quality of life in Sweden
More children reported pain and mood problems in 2009 compared with 2005. To study future trends, health outcomes among children in Sweden should continue to be reported periodically. More efforts should be invested to increase the awareness of health-related disparities as highlighted in this study especially for girls living in small municipalities and children of parents with high education level
The interplay between national and parental unemployment in relation to adolescent life satisfaction in 27 countries
Living in a country with higher national unemployment seems to be related to lower adolescent life satisfaction, whether parents are unemployed or not, although stronger among adolescents where the father or both parents are unemployed. However, variation in unemployment over the years did not show an association with adolescent life satisfaction
Education system stratification and health complaints among school-aged children
Gender inequality and adolescent suicide ideation across Africa, Asia, the South Pacific and Latin America – a cross-sectional study based on the Global School Health Survey (GSHS)
Background: Suicide ideation is a health issue affecting adolescents worldwide. There are significant variations in suicide ideation between countries and genders, which have not been fully explained. Research is especially lacking in countries outside Europe and North America. Gender equality has been shown to matter in other aspects of adolescent mental health, such as life satisfaction, but has not been researched in relation to suicide ideati…
Human Subject Review Standards and Procedures in International Research
There is unprecedented and accelerated expansion in the field of psychology to the developing world spawning a need for evidence-based treatment and culturally sensitive models. Researchers with ties to the developing world are laboring to fill this void. However, scientific infrastructures are not readily available such as human subjects review process. The purpose of this article is to provide recommendations to human subjects review boards (HS…
Low health-related quality of life in school-aged children in Tonga, a lower-middle income country in the South Pacific
BACKGROUND: Ensuring a good life for all parts of the population, including children, is high on the public health agenda in most countries around the world. Information about children's perception of their health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and its socio-demographic distribution is, however, limited and almost exclusively reliant on data from Western higher income countries. OBJECTIVES: To investigate HRQoL in schoolchildren in Tonga, a lowe…
Parental encouragement of healthy behaviors
Findings suggest that parental encouragement of healthy behavior is associated with increased HRQoL scores for adolescents. Whilst more research is needed to validate the significant interaction effect, main effects suggest that parental encouragement of healthy behavior is an important factor in adolescent wellbeing and should be considered when developing prevention and clinical interventions for obesity
Health-related quality of life is not impaired in children with undetected as well as diagnosed celiac disease
Children with undetected celiac disease reported comparable HRQoL as their peers with diagnosed celiac disease, and those without celiac disease, when reporting prior to receiving the diagnosis through screening. Thus, children with celiac disease, both untreated and diagnosed, perceive their HRQoL as unimpaired by their disease
Training Indigenous Women to Conduct Health Promotion in the Developing World
Countries that have women in subservient positions have higher disease and mortality rates for women and children. Listening to Dragonflies Project is testing a sustainable model of health behavior change, training indigenous women in rural Vietnam based on the assumption that sustainability is dependent on women's empowerment. Psychological health behavior interventions are not politically neutral. This article examines the simultaneous oppressi…
The Decisional Processing Model
While mammography rates are increasing, timely repetition of mammography remains underutilized, particularly for low-income African American women. This study examined the decision-making process used by women during a culturally sensitive attitude change intervention designed to increase adherence to mammography guidelines. The sample included 318 low-income, urban African American women. A Solomon Four design was used to test the intervention i…
Television food advertising and the prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity
Objective To estimate the contribution of television (TV) food advertising to the prevalence of obesity among 6–11-year-old children in Australia, Great Britain (England and Scotland only), Italy, The Netherlands, Sweden and the United States. Design Data from contemporary representative studies on the prevalence of childhood obesity and on TV food advertising exposure in the above countries were entered into a mathematical simulation model. Two …
The Ways of Coping Scale
For more than 20 years, the Ways of Coping Scale (WOCS) has been used extensively to measure coping. Yet beyond the original psychometric data, few studies have reexamined its properties utilizing the enormous body of research generated on the WOCS. Reliability has been assumed to be consistent as an attribute of the test. This study used reliability generalization to identify (a) the variability in reliability estimates for the WOCS scores acros…
Finding a Voice in Shakti
Despite their growing numbers, Asian Indians in the U.S., specifically Indian women, seek mental health services at a lower rate than other populations, but not due to a lesser need. This paper seeks to present an emergent intervention model for working with Hindu Indian immigrant and second-generation women by incorporating components of Hinduism and an understanding of the cultural ideals and gender roles in Indian culture. Cultural values and …
Relationship of Depression and Anxiety to Cancer Patients' Medical Decision-Making
The purpose of this study was to examine the relation of depression and anxiety to cancer patients' medical decision-making. Participants were 79 rural and urban cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. The four decisional styles of the Decisional Processing Model were the independent variables. Dependent variables were anxiety and depression, measured by Spielberger's State-Trait Anxiety and the Center for Disease Control Depression Scale, respe…
Relationship of Depression and Anxiety to Cancer Patients' Medical Decision-Making
Homicidality in schizophrenia
This study attempted to replicate the results of R. C. Schwartz, S. Petersen, and J. L. Skaggs (2001) by testing predictors of homicidality in a new sample of participants with schizophrenia. Results of multiple regression analyses showed that manic symptoms and substance abuse were significantly positively correlated with more extreme homicidality. Global Assessment of Functioning scale ratings were significantly negatively correlated with ratin…
Social Construction of Illness
There is no question that a diagnosis of cancer has a significant impact on anyone, however, certain aspects of American culture and particularly the medical culture exacerbate the impact. This article supports the notion that a woman's experience of cancer is, at least in part, socially constructed, political in nature, and therefore, uniquely disempowering to women. Those cultural forces affecting women with cancer include the stigma, the socia…
Predictors of homicidal ideation and intent in schizophrenia
Correlations of age, gender, and psychosocial variables with ratings of current homicidal ideation and intent were investigated among psychiatric facility clients with schizophrenia. Multiple regression analyses revealed, irrespective of age or gender, significantly positive correlations of three psychosocial variables--manic symptoms, psychotic symptoms, and impaired global functioning--with homicidal ideation and intent. Implications for resear…
Receiving the Scepter
Using grounded theory to investigate the impact of parent death on adult children, this qualitative study revealed a process quite distinct from the description of bereavement following other deaths. Three phases were identified that emphasized the familial nature of this grief. As essential part of the recovery process for the griever was the complementary role played by the spouse. It was during this period that choices were made about the lega…
Consequences of school grading systems on adolescent health
Education reforms that entail increased emphasis on high-stakes testing, assessment and grading have spread across education systems in recent decades. Critics have argued that these policies could have consequences for stress, identity, self-esteem and the overall health of pupils. However, these potentially negative consequences have rarely been investigated in a systematic and rigorous way. In this study we use a major education reform in Swed…
Determinants of Declining School Belonging 2000-2018
Students' sense of belonging at school has declined across the world in recent decades, and more so in Sweden than in almost any other high-income country. However, we do not know the characteristics or causes of these worldwide trends. Using data on Swedish students aged 15-16 years from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) between 2000 and 2018, we show that the decline in school belonging in Sweden was driven by a dispropo…
The Bidirectional Relationship Between Subjective Well-Being and Academic Achievement in Adolescence
The well-being of young people in relation to their school performance has received increased attention in recent years. However, there is a lack of knowledge about the longitudinal and reciprocal relationship between adolescents’ subjective well-being and their academic achievements. The current study examined the bidirectional relationship between subjective well-being and academic achievement across two timepoints (T1 and T2) during the course…
Receiving the Scepter
Using grounded theory to investigate the impact of parent death on adult children, this qualitative study revealed a process quite distinct from the description of bereavement following other deaths. Three phases were identified that emphasized the familial nature of this grief. As essential part of the recovery process for the griever was the complementary role played by the spouse. It was during this period that choices were made about the lega…
Education system stratification and health complaints among school-aged children
Finding a Voice in Shakti
Despite their growing numbers, Asian Indians in the U.S., specifically Indian women, seek mental health services at a lower rate than other populations, but not due to a lesser need. This paper seeks to present an emergent intervention model for working with Hindu Indian immigrant and second-generation women by incorporating components of Hinduism and an understanding of the cultural ideals and gender roles in Indian culture. Cultural values and …
Social Construction of Illness
There is no question that a diagnosis of cancer has a significant impact on anyone, however, certain aspects of American culture and particularly the medical culture exacerbate the impact. This article supports the notion that a woman's experience of cancer is, at least in part, socially constructed, political in nature, and therefore, uniquely disempowering to women. Those cultural forces affecting women with cancer include the stigma, the socia…
Receiving the Scepter
Using grounded theory to investigate the impact of parent death on adult children, this qualitative study revealed a process quite distinct from the description of bereavement following other deaths. Three phases were identified that emphasized the familial nature of this grief. As essential part of the recovery process for the griever was the complementary role played by the spouse. It was during this period that choices were made about the lega…
Social Construction of Illness
There is no question that a diagnosis of cancer has a significant impact on anyone, however, certain aspects of American culture and particularly the medical culture exacerbate the impact. This article supports the notion that a woman's experience of cancer is, at least in part, socially constructed, political in nature, and therefore, uniquely disempowering to women. Those cultural forces affecting women with cancer include the stigma, the socia…
Predictors of homicidal ideation and intent in schizophrenia
Correlations of age, gender, and psychosocial variables with ratings of current homicidal ideation and intent were investigated among psychiatric facility clients with schizophrenia. Multiple regression analyses revealed, irrespective of age or gender, significantly positive correlations of three psychosocial variables--manic symptoms, psychotic symptoms, and impaired global functioning--with homicidal ideation and intent. Implications for resear…
Relationship of Depression and Anxiety to Cancer Patients' Medical Decision-Making
The purpose of this study was to examine the relation of depression and anxiety to cancer patients' medical decision-making. Participants were 79 rural and urban cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. The four decisional styles of the Decisional Processing Model were the independent variables. Dependent variables were anxiety and depression, measured by Spielberger's State-Trait Anxiety and the Center for Disease Control Depression Scale, respe…
Relationship of Depression and Anxiety to Cancer Patients' Medical Decision-Making
Homicidality in schizophrenia
This study attempted to replicate the results of R. C. Schwartz, S. Petersen, and J. L. Skaggs (2001) by testing predictors of homicidality in a new sample of participants with schizophrenia. Results of multiple regression analyses showed that manic symptoms and substance abuse were significantly positively correlated with more extreme homicidality. Global Assessment of Functioning scale ratings were significantly negatively correlated with ratin…
Finding a Voice in Shakti
Despite their growing numbers, Asian Indians in the U.S., specifically Indian women, seek mental health services at a lower rate than other populations, but not due to a lesser need. This paper seeks to present an emergent intervention model for working with Hindu Indian immigrant and second-generation women by incorporating components of Hinduism and an understanding of the cultural ideals and gender roles in Indian culture. Cultural values and …
The Ways of Coping Scale
For more than 20 years, the Ways of Coping Scale (WOCS) has been used extensively to measure coping. Yet beyond the original psychometric data, few studies have reexamined its properties utilizing the enormous body of research generated on the WOCS. Reliability has been assumed to be consistent as an attribute of the test. This study used reliability generalization to identify (a) the variability in reliability estimates for the WOCS scores acros…
Television food advertising and the prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity
Objective To estimate the contribution of television (TV) food advertising to the prevalence of obesity among 6–11-year-old children in Australia, Great Britain (England and Scotland only), Italy, The Netherlands, Sweden and the United States. Design Data from contemporary representative studies on the prevalence of childhood obesity and on TV food advertising exposure in the above countries were entered into a mathematical simulation model. Two …
The Decisional Processing Model
While mammography rates are increasing, timely repetition of mammography remains underutilized, particularly for low-income African American women. This study examined the decision-making process used by women during a culturally sensitive attitude change intervention designed to increase adherence to mammography guidelines. The sample included 318 low-income, urban African American women. A Solomon Four design was used to test the intervention i…
Low health-related quality of life in school-aged children in Tonga, a lower-middle income country in the South Pacific
BACKGROUND: Ensuring a good life for all parts of the population, including children, is high on the public health agenda in most countries around the world. Information about children's perception of their health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and its socio-demographic distribution is, however, limited and almost exclusively reliant on data from Western higher income countries. OBJECTIVES: To investigate HRQoL in schoolchildren in Tonga, a lowe…
Parental encouragement of healthy behaviors
Findings suggest that parental encouragement of healthy behavior is associated with increased HRQoL scores for adolescents. Whilst more research is needed to validate the significant interaction effect, main effects suggest that parental encouragement of healthy behavior is an important factor in adolescent wellbeing and should be considered when developing prevention and clinical interventions for obesity
Health-related quality of life is not impaired in children with undetected as well as diagnosed celiac disease
Children with undetected celiac disease reported comparable HRQoL as their peers with diagnosed celiac disease, and those without celiac disease, when reporting prior to receiving the diagnosis through screening. Thus, children with celiac disease, both untreated and diagnosed, perceive their HRQoL as unimpaired by their disease
Training Indigenous Women to Conduct Health Promotion in the Developing World
Countries that have women in subservient positions have higher disease and mortality rates for women and children. Listening to Dragonflies Project is testing a sustainable model of health behavior change, training indigenous women in rural Vietnam based on the assumption that sustainability is dependent on women's empowerment. Psychological health behavior interventions are not politically neutral. This article examines the simultaneous oppressi…
Human Subject Review Standards and Procedures in International Research
There is unprecedented and accelerated expansion in the field of psychology to the developing world spawning a need for evidence-based treatment and culturally sensitive models. Researchers with ties to the developing world are laboring to fill this void. However, scientific infrastructures are not readily available such as human subjects review process. The purpose of this article is to provide recommendations to human subjects review boards (HS…
Gender inequality and adolescent suicide ideation across Africa, Asia, the South Pacific and Latin America – a cross-sectional study based on the Global School Health Survey (GSHS)
Background: Suicide ideation is a health issue affecting adolescents worldwide. There are significant variations in suicide ideation between countries and genders, which have not been fully explained. Research is especially lacking in countries outside Europe and North America. Gender equality has been shown to matter in other aspects of adolescent mental health, such as life satisfaction, but has not been researched in relation to suicide ideati…
Preteen children’s health related quality of life in Sweden
More children reported pain and mood problems in 2009 compared with 2005. To study future trends, health outcomes among children in Sweden should continue to be reported periodically. More efforts should be invested to increase the awareness of health-related disparities as highlighted in this study especially for girls living in small municipalities and children of parents with high education level
The interplay between national and parental unemployment in relation to adolescent life satisfaction in 27 countries
Living in a country with higher national unemployment seems to be related to lower adolescent life satisfaction, whether parents are unemployed or not, although stronger among adolescents where the father or both parents are unemployed. However, variation in unemployment over the years did not show an association with adolescent life satisfaction
Education system stratification and health complaints among school-aged children
Consequences of school grading systems on adolescent health
Education reforms that entail increased emphasis on high-stakes testing, assessment and grading have spread across education systems in recent decades. Critics have argued that these policies could have consequences for stress, identity, self-esteem and the overall health of pupils. However, these potentially negative consequences have rarely been investigated in a systematic and rigorous way. In this study we use a major education reform in Swed…
The Bidirectional Relationship Between Subjective Well-Being and Academic Achievement in Adolescence
The well-being of young people in relation to their school performance has received increased attention in recent years. However, there is a lack of knowledge about the longitudinal and reciprocal relationship between adolescents’ subjective well-being and their academic achievements. The current study examined the bidirectional relationship between subjective well-being and academic achievement across two timepoints (T1 and T2) during the course…
Determinants of Declining School Belonging 2000-2018
Students' sense of belonging at school has declined across the world in recent decades, and more so in Sweden than in almost any other high-income country. However, we do not know the characteristics or causes of these worldwide trends. Using data on Swedish students aged 15-16 years from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) between 2000 and 2018, we show that the decline in school belonging in Sweden was driven by a dispropo…
Changes in the association between educational achievement, attainment and subsequent mental health
Low compulsory school achievements and failure to complete upper secondary school has become more important risk factors for inpatient treatment for internalizing disorders, particularly in native-born youth and girls. More research is needed to establish whether youth with internalizing disorders increasingly fail in school or whether low achievement has become more harmful for mental health
Trends in educational inequalities in all-course mortality and deaths of despair in Swedish youths 1990–2018
The trends in Swedish youths resemble the trends in the American working-age population, but partly contrasts with corresponding trends in other European countries. Future research should investigate if the underlying causes that have been emphasized in the American context - socio-economic transformations and a greater supply of drugs - have also contributed to the Swedish trends
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