• Building knowledge of adolescent mental health in the Nordic countries 

      Eriksson, Charli; Arnarsson, Arsaell; Damsgaard, Mogens Trab; Potrebny, Thomas; Suominen, Sakari; Torsheim, Torbjørn; Due, Pernille (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Adolescence is an important developmental period. Young people face many pressures and challenges, including growing academic expectations, changing social relationships with family and peers, and the physical and emotional ...
    • Different factors associate with body image in adolescence than in emerging adulthood: A gender comparison in a follow-up study 

      Gestsdottir, Sunna; Svansdottir, Erla; Sigurdsson, Hedinn; Arnarsson, Arsaell; Ommundsen, Yngvar; Arngrimsson, Sigurbjorn; Sveinsson, Thorarinn; Johannsson, Erlingur (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Background: Body image dissatisfaction has been linked with a range of adverse psychosocial outcomes in both genders and has become an important public health issue. Across all ages, women have reported being more dissatisfied ...
    • Time-trends in Nordic adolescents’ communication with their parents 

      Arnarsson, Arsaell; Potrebny, Thomas; Torsheim, Torbjørn; Eriksson, Charli (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Adolescence is an important developmental period toward greater independence. However, the family is still very important in the life of young people. The aim of this study was to analyse changes over time in easy communication ...
    • Towards enhancing research on adolescent positive mental health 

      Eriksson, Charli; Arnarsson, Arsaell; Damsgaard, Mogens Trab; Lofstedt, Petra; Potrebny, Thomas; Suominen, Sakari; Thorsteinsson, Einar; Torsheim, Torbjørn; Välimaa, Raili; Due, Pernille (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      The positive mental health and well-being perspective represents innovative public health research of first-rank priority in Europe. Good mental health is both a state and a resource for everyday life. Hence, the concept ...
    • Trends in sleeping difficulty among adolescents in five Nordic countries 2002–2014 

      Thorsteinsson, Einar; Potrebny, Thomas; Arnarsson, Arsaell; Tynjala, Jorma; Välimaa, Raili; Eriksson, Charli (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Sleep has been found to be an important factor in adolescents’ mental and physical health. The aim of the present study was to examine trends in sleep difficulty (i.e., difficulty falling asleep more often than once a week) ...