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(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2017)
Evidence and experience indicate that children with isolated epileptiform activity during sleep (nocturnal epileptiform activity [NEA]) often have language impairments. However, this relationship is not fully understood. ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Different language skills are considered fundamental for successful reading and spelling acquisition. Extensive evidence has highlighted the central role of phonological awareness in early literacy experiences. However, ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Poker is a popular game, especially among male students. It is known to be highly time-consuming and might lead to players dropping out from education. Yet little is known about why it is so time-consuming. In this article, ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
This study aims to develop knowledge of essential counseling competencies in the Educational Psychological Counseling Service (EPCS). Through semi-structured interviews with six counselors, the essential competencies of ...
(Chapter / Bokkapittel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2007)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
This cross-sectional study examined the development of morphological awareness in Greek children 4–7 years old. A distinction was adopted between epilinguistic control, evidenced in judgment tasks and indicative of elementary ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2014)
Hovedtema for denne avhandlingen er spesialundervisningens tiltakskjede i grunnskolen. Det dreier seg om en sammenhengende kjede av tiltak som tar sikte på å oppdage og gi en sakkyndig vurdering av behovet for spesialundervisning, ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2020)
The current thesis consists of three papers that, through examination of different samples and perspectives, aimed to evaluate health-related quality of life (HR-QOL) in children 5-12 years old with different degrees of ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / SubmittedVersion, 2014)
We investigated the spelling of derivational and inflectional suffixes by 10–13-year-old Greek children. Twenty children with dyslexia (DYS), 20 spelling-level-matched (SA) and 20 age-matched (CA) children spelled adjectives, ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2018)
This article-based thesis was aimed at exploring the effect stuttering has on children. The first article is a meta-analysis of communication attitudes with 18 studies included. The main finding was that children who stutter ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2023)
Studies suggest that the features of communication that children experience with adult conversational partners may play a particularly potent role in contributing to their language development (e.g., Golinkoff et al., ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2013)
Friluftsliv er i denne undersøkinga plassert innafor eit spesialpedagogisk felt, med eit læringsorientert fokus. Det generelle formålet med undersøkinga er å auke kunnskapen om og forståinga av friluftsliv som sosialt ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Purpose: This study investigated how correlations between rapid automatized naming (RAN) and reading depend on characteristics of the stimuli. RAN tasks using stimuli with high phonological demands were predicted to be the ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Vokabular synes å være av avgjørende betydning for hvordan barn med Down syndrom utvikler seg og fungerer innenfor en rekke områder, som f.eks. språk- og leseferdigheter, sosial fungering samt kvaliteten på inkluderingen ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Språklige ferdigheter virker inn på mulighetene til sosial samhandling,selvbestemmelse og aktiv deltakelse i lek- og læringssituasjoner. Barn med Down syndrom er i risiko for utvikling av språkvansker og har derfor behov ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Social functioning and reading proficiency are critical for success in school and society. Therefore, identifying children with such problems is important. This study had 2 parts: first, a random sample of 234 elementary ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Background: This study examined how adolescents with mild intellectual disabilities define qualities of friendship and discussed the extent to which these definitions adhere to established definitions of close friendship ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2013)
We report a systematic meta-analytic review of studies comparing reading comprehension and its underlying components (language comprehension, decoding, and phonological awareness) in first- and second-language learners. ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2009)
International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) er et internasjonalt rammeverk for beskrivelser av helseralterte tilstander (herunder også funkjsonshemming). På norsk har ICF fått navnet Internasjonal ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
This study investigated the psychometric properties of the Elementary Social Behaviour Assessment (ESBA), a teacher-report measure of students’ social skills and academic engagement adapted for use in Norwegian schools. ...
(Research report / Forskningsrapport / PublishedVersion, 2013)
Denne rapporten presenterer resultater fra forskningsprosjektet ”Utenlandsadopterte barns tidlige utvikling i sine nye familier” som gjennomføres ved Institutt for spesialpedagogikk, Universitetet i Oslo. Prosjektet startet ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows: Primary objective To assess the immediate and long‐term effects of non‐pharmacological interventions for stuttering on speech outcomes ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Cerebral palsy (CP) comprises a heterogeneous group of conditions recognized by disturbances of movement and posture and is caused by a non-progressive injury to the developing brain. Birth prevalence of CP is about 2–2.5 ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
We report on the support from senior leaders, outside agents and parents, experienced by Norwegian elementary school teachers while working with shy students. A national sample completed a questionnaire based on teacher ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Objectives To explore the impact of parental ethnicity on cochlear implantation in children in Norway with regard to incidence rates of cochlear implants (CIs), comorbidies, age at onset of profound deafness (AOD), age at ...
(Conference object / Konferansebidrag, 2007)
This study analyses the relationship between low self-esteem and problem behaviour, social competence and academic achievement among students in lower secondary schools in Norway. 2164 students in 11 lower secondary schools ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2008)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / SubmittedVersion, 2010)
International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) er et internasjonalt rammeverk for beskrivelser av helserelaterte tilstander (herunder også funksjonshemming). På norsk har ICF fått navnet ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / SubmittedVersion, 2010)
International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) er et internasjonalt rammeverk for beskrivelser av helserelaterte tilstander (herunder også funksjonshemming). På norsk har ICF fått navnet ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Background
Knowledge about preschool predictors of later reading comprehension is valuable for several reasons. On a general level, longitudinal studies can aid in generating understanding and causal hypotheses about ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / SubmittedVersion, 2020)
Background
The development of automatic tools based on acoustic analysis allows to overcome the limitations of perceptual assessment for patients with head and neck cancer. The aim of this study is to provide a systematic ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Background: Previous studies have found significant associations between maternal prenatal and postpartum depression and child behavior problems (CBP). The present study investigates whether associations remain in a ...
(Chapter / Bokkapittel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
I Utdanningsdirektoratets rammeplan for barnehagen (2015) framheves det at barnehagen skal være et inkluderende fellesskap med plass til det enkelte barnet, der alle barn skal oppleve at de selv er betydningsfulle personer ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / SubmittedVersion, 2010)
International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) er et internasjonalt rammeverk for beskrivelser av helserelaterte tilstander (herunder også funksjonshemming). På norsk har ICF fått navnet ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)
Objective: Recently there has been emerging clinical and research interest in the application of deep brain stimulation (DBS) and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) to the treatment of anorexia nervosa ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2018)
The thesis is written within the field of special education. It has examined issues related to assessing students' social functioning and reading proficiency. Early and accurate identification of students´ specific ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Qualitative interviews form an efficient tool when wanting to access the subjective experiences of an individual. For respondents with intellectual disability, facilitation of the interview may be necessary to help them ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Portrayals of characters with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in films and TV series are subject to intense debate over whether such representations are accurate. Inaccurate portrayals are a concern as they may lead to ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2017)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Leseforståelse kan ses som nøkkelen til læring og skolefaglig fungering. Siden narrativ kompetanse har vist seg å være en av komponentene som har betydning for utviklingen av leseforståelse, undersøkes sammenhengen mellom ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
Background: It is important to provide early educational support for children having weak mathematical skills, in order to prevent possible later mathematical learning difficulties. Currently, there is a lack of research-based ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
Early numeracy skills are highly relevant for children’s mathematics learning at school, especially in the initial years when much mathematics learning relies on early numeracy competence. The aim of this study was to ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
The negative impact of increased bolus modification on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in persons with oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD) has been described in previous literature; however, findings may have been influenced ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2017)
This dissertation is concerned with how disruptive behavior appears in school. The study emphasizes the kinds of disruptive behavior that occur during class, and how it manifests itself in the classroom. The study is mainly ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / SubmittedVersion, 2018)
Objectives: Resonance tube phonation with tube end in water is a voice therapy method in which the patient phonates through a glass tube, keeping the free end of the tube submerged in water, creating bubbles. The purpose ...
(Chapter / Bokkapittel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Purpose: We investigated whether participants who reported more often occurring vocal symptoms showed higher salivary cortisol levels and if such possible associations were different for men and women.
Method: The ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)
Statistical learning (SL) studies have shown that participants are able to extract regularities in input they are exposed to without any instruction to do so. This and other findings, such as the fact that participants are ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Objective: The background for dysphonia is multifactorial and health related factors have been listed among the factors affecting voice. In previous studies with adult participants, allergy and asthma have been indicated ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
The purpose of this study was to explore the hypothesis that teaching students knowledge of word forms and meanings supports the development of decoding and linguistic comprehension, which are fundamental components of ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2011)
The purpose of this doctoral study was to explore the applicability and outcome of constraint induced language therapy (CILT) on verbal expressive speech in early aphasia rehabilitation, that is, one to four months post ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / SubmittedVersion, 2016)
Sex differences in typical development can provide context for understanding ASD. Baron-Cohen (Trends Cogn Sci 6(6):248–254, 2002) suggested ASD could be considered an extreme expression of normal male, compared to female, ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
As disability becomes an ever more salient concept in international political and legal discourse, its social meaning must be better understood. Traditionally defined in medical terms and as an individual problem, it has ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2016)
Formålet med undersøkelsen er å utvikle kunnskap om foreldreskapserfaringer blant fedre og mødre som hadde alvorlige atferdsvansker og barnevernserfaringer tidligere i livet. Undersøkelsen bygger på og er et delprosjekt ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2016)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
The article presents a review of 34 studies conducted from 1995 to 2017 focusing on face-to-face promotive interaction (FtFPI) factors that may lead to successful cooperative learning (CL) in small groups, as guided by the ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)
Sentence repetition tasks are widely used in the diagnosis and assessment of children with language difficulties. This paper seeks to clarify the nature of sentence repetition tasks and their relationship to other language ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
This study investigated the psychometric properties of the Early Numeracy Screener. The Early Numeracy Screener is a teacher-administered, paper-and-pencil test measuring counting skills, numerical relational skills, and ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2018)
The overarching objective of this thesis is to examine how we best can predict, facilitate and support the development of reading comprehension. The three studies that make up this thesis are based on longitudinal and ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Elevmedvirkning danner et viktig fundament for selvbestemmelse, men både selvbestemmelse og elevmedvirkning er ofte mangelvare for elever med utviklingshemming. I denne artikkelen reflekteres det over hvorfor elevmedvirkning ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
This study investigated the role of teacher directiveness in educational dialogues as it relates to several types of dyads and child engagement. The effect of directive teacher behavior, such as the use of instructions and ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
The everyday communication of children is commonly observed by their parents. This paper examines the responses of parents (n = 18) who had both a Cochlear Implant (CI) and a Normal Hearing (NH) child. Through an online ...
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 1998)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / SubmittedVersion, 2017)
The aim of this study was to determine the effects of an educational computer game, Lola’s World, on low-performing children’s early numeracy skills. Four preschools with 33 children from families of low socio-economic ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
Purpose This study investigated the stability and growth of preschool language skills and explores latent class analysis as an approach for identifying children at risk of language impairment.
Method The authors present ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2016)
I denne avhandlingen utforskes betydningen av ordkunnskap for utviklingen av leseforståelse. Temaet belyses gjennom tre empiriske studier:
I den første studien, en metaanalyse, ble relasjonen mellom vokabular i førskolealder ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2008)
The objective was to investigate the prevalence and interrelation of migraine and headache in the general population. Forty thousand men and women aged 20–80 years from the Norwegian general population received a mailed ...
Cognitive Precursors to Mathematical Competence: A Meta-Analysis and Two Longitudinal Investigations
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2023)
Building on models of mathematical cognition postulating three pathways to mathematics, the aim of this doctoral work is to test predictors of mathematical competence in the years spanning from late preschool into the first ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2016)
Denne avhandlingen handler om hvordan faglærere og spesiallærere i matematikk på 9. trinn opplever at de samarbeider om elever som har enkeltvedtak om spesialundervisning i matematikkfaget.
Det har de siste 50 år vært ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
In this study of third grade school children, we investigated the association between writing process measures recorded with key stroke logging and the final written product. Moreover, we examined the cognitive predictors ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
The term ‘inspiration porn’ is associated with disability advocacy in general and the late activist and comedian Stella Young in particular. It has come into widespread usage over the last few years. I propose the following ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
This study investigated an adaptation of the Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) measure of the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills into a European context for the Norwegian language, which has a more transparent ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Background: Students with intellectual disabilities may lack sufficiently developed skills to initiate qualitatively good social interactions; thus, they might be in need of assistance. This study examined special education ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Background
The Cochrane review on the effectiveness of speech and language therapy for aphasia following stroke suggests intensity of therapy is a key predictor for outcome. Current aphasia services cannot ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
The aim of the current study is to determine what language activities Norwegian preschool children took part in, and to examine whether these language activities predict children’s language comprehension. We tested children ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Background: Children with language comprehension difficulties are at risk of educational and social problems, which in turn impede employment prospects in adulthood. However, few randomized trials have examined how such ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Objective: To describe telehealth interventions delivered by allied health professionals and nurses in rural and remote areas, and to compare the effects of telehealth interventions with standard face-to-face interventions.
Data ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
We examined cross-linguistic effects in the relationship between serial and discrete versions of digit naming and word reading. In total, 113 Mandarin-speaking Chinese children, 100 Korean children, 112 English-speaking ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Listening comprehension and word decoding are the two major determinants of the development of reading comprehension. The relative importance of different language skills for the development of listening and reading ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Introduction: Studies show that patients' perception of their illness has a direct influence both on their utilization of health services and their adherence to treatment plans. This may be particularly relevant to the ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
There is a long history of research on parents and caregivers of individuals within autism. Parents and other primary caregivers typically play the most important part in the lives of persons with ASD although the need for ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
The autism mental status exam is an eight-item observational assessment that structures the way we observe and document signs and symptoms of ASD. Investigations of test performance indicate strong sensitivity and specificity ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Purpose: Successful communication depends on language content, language form, and language use (pragmatics).Down syndrome (DS) experience communication difficulties, however little is known about their pragmatic profile, ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / SubmittedVersion, 2017)
Formålet med studien er å observere bruk av språkstimulerende kommunikasjon i barnehagen der barn som bruker cochleaimplantat og pedagoger er involvert, samt å se på sammenhengen mellom språkstimulerende kommunikasjon og ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
We examined the manifestation of dyslexia in a cross-linguistic study contrasting English and Greek children with dyslexia compared to chronological age and reading-level control groups on reading accuracy and fluency, ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
The purpose of this research was to gather the voices of students undertaking a Master’s programme on Special and Inclusive Education by exploring their perceptions of what they have learned about inclusive education during ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Word list reading fluency is theoretically expected to depend on single word reading speed. Yet the correlation between the two diminishes with increasing fluency, while fluency remains strongly correlated to serial digit ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Background: There is a need for more knowledge about the utilization of habilitation services outside school among children with mild intellectual disability (ID). Specific aims. The aim of this study was to describe the ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / SubmittedVersion, 2016)
Background: Practitioners and researchers have asserted for decades that social functioning is a strength in children with Down syndrome (DS). Nevertheless, some studies have concluded that children with DS may be at greater ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Specific word reading difficulty, commonly termed ‘developmental dyslexia’, refers to the low end of the word reading skill distribution but is frequently considered to be a neurodevelopmental disorder. This term implies ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
During reading acquisition, word recognition is assumed to undergo a developmental shift from slow serial/sublexical processing of letter strings to fast parallel processing of whole word forms. This shift has been proposed ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / SubmittedVersion, 2018)
The Swallowing Quality of Life questionnaire (SWAL-QOL) is widely used clinically and in research to evaluate quality of life related to swallowing difficulties. It has been described as a valid and reliable tool, but was ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Purpose
The current review was conducted to identify all self-report questionnaires on functional health status (FHS) and/or health-related quality-of-life (HR-QoL) in adult populations with dysphonia (voice problems), ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Fibreoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) and Videofluoroscopic Swallow Studies (VFSS) are instrumental assessments of dysphagia which provide videos of the internal structures of swallowing. They are commonly ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Previous studies of individual differences have revealed strong correlations between children's vocabulary and grammatical abilities, and these data have been used to support theoretical accounts positing direct developmental ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
Background In languages with lexical stress, reading aloud must include stress assignment. Stress information sources across languages include word-final letter sequences. Here, we examine whether such sequences account ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2019)
This article-based thesis aimed to investigate figurative language comprehension in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The first article reports the meta-analysis of 41 studies that examined figurative language ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Findings from this comparative study include students’ perceived experience on the disruptive behaviour during class by utilizing a questionnaire administered in Norwegian and American schools. The sample in the study is ...