Bente Wold

Stilling: professor

Telefon: 55 58 32 23

E-post: Bente.Wold@iuh.uib.no

Besøksadresse: Christiesgt. 13

• Social processes in the development of health and lifestyles.
  
• Positive psychology
  
• Health promotion 
  
• Evaluation of interventions in school and leisure time activities
  
• Physical activity and wellbeing among adolescents

• Head (with Oddrun Samdal) of the SIPA-group, a thematic research group on social processes on subejctive health and lifestyles among adolescents.
  
• Principal investigator for the Norwegian Longitudinal Health Behaviour Study (Prosjektleder for "Voksen i år 2000"). a two-generational, 17 year longitudinal study on subjective health and lifestyles among a cohort in Hordaland county.
• Norwegian Principal Investigator and International Data Bank Manager (with Oddrun Samdal) in the PAPA study. 

 

Publikasjoner i Cristin

2005-2009

Anderssen, N., Wold, B. & Torsheim, T. (2005) Tracking of exercise in adolescence. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 76:2, 119-129.

Anderssen, N, Wold, B. & Torsheim T. (2006) Are parental health habits transmitted to their children? An eight year follow-up of physical activity in adolescents and their parents. Journal of  Adolescence,  29,  513–524.

Birkeland, M.S., Torsheim, T. & Wold, B. (2008) A longitudinal study of the relationship between leisure-time physical activity and depressed mood among adolescents. Psychology of Sport & Exercise. 10, 25-34.

Brug, J., French, S. & Wold, B. (2006) The past, present and future of the International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 3:6.

Danielsen, A.G., Wiium, N., Wilhelmsen, B.U. & Wold, B. (accepted pending minor revision) A multilevel examination of students’ self-reported initiative for schoolwork. Journal of School Psychology.

Danielsen, A.G., Samdal, O., Hetland, J. & Wold, B. (2009) School-related Social Support and Students' Perceived Life Satisfaction. The Journal of Educational Research, 102(4), 303-318.

Kjønniksen, L., Wold, B. and Fjørtoft, I. (2009). Attitude to physical education and participation in organized youth sports during adolescence related to physical activity in young adulthood: a 10-year longitudinal study. European Physical Education Review, 15 (2).

Kjønniksen, L., Anderssen, N. and Wold, B. (2009) Organized youth sport as a predictor of  physical activity in adulthood. Scandinavian Journal of Science & Medicine in Sports, 19; 646-654. DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2008.00850.x

Kjønniksen, L., Torsheim, T. & Wold, B. (2008). Tracking of leisure-time physical activity during adolescence and young adulthood: a 10-year longitudinal study. International Journal of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity, 5:69, 1-11.

Samdal, O, Tynjälä, J, Roberts, C, Sallis, J, Villberg, J, & Wold, B (2007) Trends in Vigorous Physical Activity and TV Watching of Adolescents from 1986 to 2002 in 7 European Countries. European Journal of Public Health, 17(3), 242-248.

Tjomsland, H. E., Iversen, A. & Wold, B. (2009). The Norwegian Network of Health Promoting Schools: A three-year follow-up study of Teacher Motivation, Participation and Perceived Outcomes. Scandinavian Journal of Education Research, 53 (1), 89-102.

Tjomsland, H. E., Larsen, T., Samdal, O. and Wold, B. (in press): Sustaining comprehensive Physical Activity Practice in Elementary School: A Case Study applying mixed Methods. Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice.

Tjomsland, H. E., Viig, N. G., Larsen, T. and Wold, B (accepted pending minor revision): A fifteen year follow-up study of Health Promoting Schools in Norway: School leaders’ perceptions of conditions influencing sustainability. Open Education Journal.

Viig, N.G. & Wold, B. (2005) Facilitating Teachers’ Participation in School-Based Health Promotion—A Qualitative Study. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 49(1), 83-109.  Wiium, N. & Wold, B. (2008) An Ecological System Approach to Adolescent Smoking Behaviour. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, doi 10.1007/s10964-008-9349-9

Wiium, N., Breivik, K.  & Wold, B. (2006) The relationship between smoker role models and intentions to smoke among adolescents.  Journal of Youth and Adolescence, Vol. 35 (4), 551–562.

Wiium, N., Torsheim,T. & Wold, B. (2006) Normative processes and adolescents’ smoking behaviour: a multilevel analysis. Social Science & Medicine, 7, 1810-1818.

Wiium, N. & Wold, B. (2006) Family and school influences on adolescent smoking behaviour, Health Education Journal, 6, 465-479.

Wold, B., Torsheim, T., Samdal, O. & Hetland, J. (2005). Sosial ulikhet og trender i subjektiv helse og livsstil blant norsk ungdom i perioden 1985-2001. Tidsskrift for ungdomsforskning, 5(1), 111-124.

Wold, B. & Samdal, O. (2005) Psykologiens rolle i helsefremmende arbeid. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening, 42, 897-908.

                            2000-2004

Haugland, S., Wold, B., Stevenson, J., Aaroe, L.E. & Woynarowska, B. (2001) Subjective health complaints in adolescence - a cross-national comparison of prevalence and dimensionality. European Journal of Public Health, 11(1):4-10.

Haugland, S. & Wold, B. (2001) Subjective health complaints in adolescence: reliability and validity of survey methods. Journal of Adolescence, 24:611-624.

Haugland, S., Wold, B. & Torsheim, T. (2003) Relieving the pressure ? The role of physical activity in the relationship between school-based stress and adolescent health complaints. Research Quarterly for exercise and sport, (2): 127-135.

Samdal, O., Wold, B., Klepp,K.-I. & Kannas, L. (2000) Students' perception of school and their smoking and alcohol use : A cross-national study. Addiction Research, 8 (2), 141-67. 

Torsheim,T., Wold,B., Samdal,O. (2000) The teacher and classmate support scale: Factor structure, test‑retest reliability and validity in samples of 13 and 15 year‑old adolescents. School Psychology International, 21(2), 195-212.

Torsheim, T. & Wold, B. (2001) School-related stress, school support and somatic complaints: a general population study. Journal of Adolescent Research, 3,293-303.

Torsheim, T. & Wold, B. (2001). School-related stress, support, and subjective health complaints among early adolescents: A multilevel approach. Journal of Adolescence,24, 701-713.

Torsheim, T., Aarø, L.E. & Wold, B. (2001) Sense of Coherence and school-related stress as predictors of subjective  health complaints in early adolescence: Interactive, indirect or direct relationships. Social Science and Medicine, 53, 603-614.

Torsheim, T., Aarø, L.E. & Wold, B. (2003) School-Related Stress, Social Support, and Distress:Prospective Analysis of Reciprocal and Multi-Level Relationships. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 44, 153-159.

Wold, B., Torsheim, T., Currie, C. & Roberts, C. (2004) National and school policies on restrictions of teacher smoking: a multilevel analysis of student exposure to teacher smoking in seven European countries. Health Education Research, 19(3), 217-226.

Wold, B., Currie, C., Roberts, C. & Aarø, L.E. (2004) National policies on school smoking restrictions in 8 European countries. Health Promotion International, 19(4). 482-488. 

Book chapters

Wold, B. (2009) Ungdom og idrett: stimulering av initiativ, mestring og sunn livsstil. I Klepp, K.I. & Aarø, L.E. Ungdom, livsstil og helsefremmende arbeid. Oslo: Gyldendal Akademisk, 182-202.

Wold, B. & Samdal, O. (2009) Levevaner: individuelle valg eller sosiokulturelle produkter? I John G. Mæland, Jon Ivar Elstad, Øyvind Næss, Steinar Westin (red.) SOSIAL EPIDEMIOLOGI. Sykdommers sosiale årsaker, Oslo: Gyldendal Akademisk, 83-95.

Hansen, F. & Wold, B. (2006) Norway. I Arnett, J.J. (red.) International encyclopedia of adolescence. New York: Routledge, 699-712.

Wold, B. (2006) Veiledning trinn for trinn. I Dysthe, O. & Samara, A. (red.) Forskningsveiledning på master- og doktorgradsnivå. Bergen: Abstrakt forlag, 343-351.

Wold B. (2004) Trivsel og helsevaner blant barn og unge. I Haugland S. & Misvær N. (red): Håndbok for skolehelsetjenesten 1.-10. klasse. Oslo: Kommuneforlaget, 59-65.