Browsing Psykologisk institutt by Author "Tambs, Kristian"

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  • The beauty, logic and limitations of twin studies 
    Røysamb, Espen; Tambs, Kristian (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
    During the last fifty years more than 2700 twin studies have been published, examining the etiology of a high number of traits. Twin studies enable investigation of both genetic and environmental effects, and thereby also ...
  • Early prenatal exposure to pandemic influenza A (H1N1) infection and child psychomotor development at 6 months – A population-based cohort study 
    Borren, Ingrid; Tambs, Kristian; Gustavson, Kristin; Schjølberg, Synnve; Eriksen, Willy Bjarne; Håberg, Siri Eldevik; Hungnes, Olav; Mjaaland, Siri; Trogstad, Lill (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / SubmittedVersion, 2018)
    Background Studies investigating gestational influenza and child neurodevelopment are still scarce, particularly concerning timing of infection in pregnancy. This is the first study to investigate associations between ...
  • Health, health behaviors, and health dissimilarities predict divorce: results from the HUNT study 
    Torvik, Fartein Ask; Gustavson, Kristin; Røysamb, Espen; Tambs, Kristian (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
    Background Poor health and health behaviors are associated with divorce. This study investigates the degree to which six health indicators and health behaviors among husbands and wives are prospectively related to divorce, ...
  • Mental distress predicts divorce over 16 years: The HUNT study Health behavior, health promotion and society 
    Idstad, Mariann; Torvik, Fartein Ask; Borren, Ingrid; Rognmo, Kamilla; Røysamb, Espen; Tambs, Kristian (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
    Background The association between mental distress and divorce is well established in the literature. Explanations are commonly classified within two different frameworks; social selection (mentally distressed people are ...
  • Mood, anxiety, and alcohol use disorders and later cause-specific sick leave in young adult employees 
    Torvik, Fartein Ask; Reichborn-Kjennerud, Ted; Gjerde, Line C.; Knudsen, Gun Peggy; Ystrøm, Eivind; Tambs, Kristian; Røysamb, Espen; Østby, Kristian Amundsen; Ørstavik, Ragnhild (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
    Background Mental disorders strongly influence work capability in young adults, but it is not clear which disorders that are most strongly associated with sick leave, and which diagnoses that are stated on the sick leave ...
  • Multiple births and maternal mental health from pregnancy to 5 years after birth: a longitudinal population-based cohort study 
    Ystrøm, Eivind; Reichborn-Kjennerud, Ted; Tambs, Kristian; Magnus, Per; Torgersen, Anne Mari; Gustavson, Kristin (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)
    Background: There is a lack of population-based studies on multiple births and maternal mental health. Having a high-risk pregnancy by bearing two or more children is a stressful life event, and the challenges of parenting ...
  • The Norwegian twin registry 
    Nilsen, Thomas Sevenius; Brandt, Ingunn; Czajkowski, Nikolai Olavi; Knudsen, Gun Peggy; Magnus, Per; Reichborn-Kjennerud, Ted; Tambs, Kristian; Harris, Jennifer; Ørstavik, Ragnhild (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
    The Norwegian Twin Registry (NTR) is a large population based twin cohort for research purposes. At present, the registry has 14 692 complete twin pairs with information on zygosity and to varying degree information on ...
  • Partner relationship satisfaction and maternal emotional distress in early pregnancy 
    Røsand, Gun-Mette B; Slinning, Kari; Eberhard-Gran, Malin; Røysamb, Espen; Tambs, Kristian (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2011)
    Background Recognition of maternal emotional distress during pregnancy and the identification of risk factors for this distress are of considerable clinical- and public health importance. The mental health ...
  • Predicting Literacy Skills at 8 Years From Preschool Language Trajectories: A Population-Based Cohort Study 
    Jin, Fufen; Schjølberg, Synnve; Wang, Mari Vaage; Eadie, Patricia; Nes, Ragnhild Bang; Røysamb, Espen; Tambs, Kristian (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
    Purpose This article explored the predictive values of three main language delay (LD) trajectories (i.e., persistent, late onset, and transient) across 3-5 years on poor literacy at 8 years. Additionally, the effect of ...
  • Psychological distress in spouses of somatically Ill: longitudinal findings from The Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT) 
    Borren, Ingrid; Tambs, Kristian; Gustavson, Kristin; Sundet, Jon M (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)
    Background Studies of caregiver burden and somatic illness tend to be based on relatively small, clinical samples. Longitudinal, population based studies on this topic are still scarce and little is known ...
  • The Relationship Satisfaction scale - psychometric properties 
    Røysamb, Espen; Vittersø, Joar; Tambs, Kristian (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)
    The aim of this study was to establish the psychometric properties of the new Relationship Satisfaction (RS) scale. Two population based samples were used: The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa, N=117,178) and ...
  • Selection of questions to short-form versions of original psychometric instruments in MoBa 
    Tambs, Kristian; Røysamb, Espen (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)
    Original psychometric instruments are usually too lengthy and space-consuming to be suitable for general population based health studies. Usually, however, they can be abbreviated without losing more measurement precision ...
  • Socioeconomic status and sick leave granted for mental and somatic disorders: a prospective study of young adult twins 
    Torvik, Fartein Ask; Ystrøm, Eivind; Czajkowski, Nikolai Olavi; Tambs, Kristian; Røysamb, Espen; Ørstavik, Ragnhild; Knudsen, Gun Peggy; Kendler, Kenneth S; Reichborn-Kjennerud, Ted (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
    Background Low socioeconomic status (SES), indicated by low income and education, has consistently been found to be a strong predictor of sick leave. Several possible pathways from SES to sick leave have been described in ...
  • Stability and change in etiological factors for alcohol use disorder and major depression 
    Torvik, Fartein Ask; Rosenström, Tom Henrik; Ystrøm, Eivind; Tambs, Kristian; Røysamb, Espen; Czajkowski, Nikolai Olavi; Gillespie, Nathan; Knudsen, Gun Peggy; Kendler, Kenneth S.; Reichborn-Kjennerud, Ted (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / SubmittedVersion, 2017)
    Alcohol use disorder (AUD) and major depressive disorder (MDD) are often comorbid. It is not understood how genetic risk factors for these disorders relate to each other over time and to what degree they are stable. ...
  • The buffering effect of relationship satisfaction on emotional distress in couples 
    Røsand, Gun-Mette B; Slinning, Kari; Eberhard-Gran, Malin; Røysamb, Espen; Tambs, Kristian (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2012)
    Background Marital distress and depression frequently co-occur, and partnership quality is associated with depressive symptoms and mental disorders in both men and women. One aim of this study was to ...