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Else-Marie Augusti; Mia Catherine Myhre – Child Care in Practice, 2024
Background: Children who experience sexual or physical abuse often delay their disclosure. This study aimed to clarify the barriers and facilitators to abuse disclosure in a sample of children and adolescents participating in a police interview regarding alleged abuse. Method: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 13 children (nine girls)…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Self Disclosure (Individuals), Affordances, Barriers
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Gravråkmo, Sissel; Olsen, Alexander; Lydersen, Stian; Ingul, Jo Magne; Henry, Lucy; Øie, Merete G. – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2023
Background: The purpose of this study was to explore the role of everyday executive functions in relation to intelligence and adaptive behaviour in children and adolescents with mild intellectual disability. Method: A group of children and adolescents, previously diagnosed with mild intellectual disability were assessed according to intelligence,…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Intelligence, Mild Intellectual Disability, Correlation
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Fylkesnes, Ingunn – Child Care in Practice, 2021
The aim of the article is to provide new insights into the lives of severely intellectually disabled children who are living in Norwegian small group homes. The research question is designed to address how these children, who have limited verbal language, initiate communication in order to participate in everyday life in an institutional setting.…
Descriptors: Severe Disabilities, Group Homes, Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Communication
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Oppedal, Brit – International Journal of Developmental Science, 2011
We investigated ethnic group differences in the association between social support, perceived discrimination and mental health in one adolescent and one preadolescent sample of immigrant children in Norway. The study is based on self-report questionnaire data collected in 2000/2001 from 286 students in 10th grade with backgrounds from Turkey,…
Descriptors: Role, Social Support Groups, Social Discrimination, Ethnic Groups
Sherraden, Michael – 1992
This essay examines the youth policies and programs of the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, Sweden, and Norway in an effort to provide examples that may be of assistance in the development of such policies in the United States. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the topic, noting that the focus is on younger adolescents between the ages of 10…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Community Programs, Cross Cultural Studies