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Bo Vatnar, Solveig Karin; Bjorkly, Stal – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2010
This article reports a study of the possible impact of immigration on interactional aspects of intimate partner violence (IPV) among help-seeking women. Are there differences concerning (a) IPV categories, (b) IPV severity, frequency, duration, regularity, and predictability, (c) guilt and shame, (d) partners' ethnicity, and (e) children being…
Descriptors: Marital Status, Females, Foreign Countries, Immigration
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Lundeby, Hege; Tossebro, Jan – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2008
Background: The idea that raising a child with disabilities has a negative impact on the parents' relationship is still widely accepted despite contradictory research findings. This article addresses the impact of raising a child with disabilities on family structure in the present Norwegian context. Method: Family demographics were collected at…
Descriptors: Siblings, Multiple Disabilities, Family Structure, Parents
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Hansen, Thomas; Slagsvold, Britt; Moum, Torbjorn – Social Indicators Research, 2009
The study explores and distinguishes links between parental status (childless persons, parents with residential children, and empty nest parents) and a range of psychological well-being outcomes in midlife and old age. Data are from the first wave of the Norwegian Life Course, Ageing and Generation (NorLAG) study (n = 5,189). We separate outcomes…
Descriptors: Marital Status, Life Satisfaction, Older Adults, Foreign Countries