News archive for Faculty of Psychology

Andrea Bender combines psychology and anthropology to observe how our language and culture shape the way we perceive the world.

A WHO-project on health in the adolescent population is now giving researchers access to data collected in 41 countries worldwide. The data gives insight on matters concerning health, well-being, social environment and health related behaviour of 11, 13 and 15 year old boys and girls.

Former investigations have shown that PMTO-interventions have positive effects on the parenting of immigrant mothers and the behaviour of their children. A new article by researchers in the UiB research-group Child Welfare, Equality and Inclusion suggests that PMTO may not be effective in relieving mental distress among immigrant mothers.

The Norwegian child welfare services’ ways of addressing multicultural challenges is a recurring topic in national and international debates. Fear of the child welfare services among ethnic minority parents are under researched in Norway, and has been addressed in a new article by researchers from the research group Child welfare, Equality and Inclusion, UiB.

Scholars teaching from different continents, will give their presentations in addition to short comments related to the main topic of the day.

Det er gjennomført en spørreskjemaundersøkelse av opplæringen i kriminalomsorgen i alle de nordiske land. Undersøkelsen er støttet av Det Nordiske Ministerråd. Rapporten represnterer et pionerarbeid, og rapporten er også oversatt og utgitt på engelsk.

New report on educational background, needs and motives among ethnic minorities in Nordic prisons