Gunnar Bjørnebekk

• Nyborg, Geir; Mjelve, Liv Heidi; Arnesen, Anne; Crozier, W. Ray; Bjørnebekk, Gunnar & Coplan, Robert J. (2022). Teachers’ strategies for managing shy students’ anxiety at school. Nordic Psychology. ISSN 1901-2276. doi: 10.1080/19012276.2022.2058072. Full text in Research Archive
• Mjelve, Liv Heidi; Nyborg, Geir; Arnesen, Anne; Bjørnebekk, Gunnar; W. Ray, Crozier & Coplan, Robert (2022). Characteristics of Teacher-Nominated Shy Students in Norwegian Elementary Schools . Journal of Research in Childhood Education. ISSN 0256-8543. doi: 10.1080/02568543.2022.2027582.
• Bjørnebekk, Gunnar & Dagfinn, Mørkrid Thøgersen (2022). Possible Interventions for Preventing the Development of Psychopathic Traits among Children and Adolescents? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH). ISSN 1661-7827. 19(1). doi: 10.3390/ijerph19010409. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Individuals with the combination of psychopathy and severe conduct disorder often get in a lot of trouble from their early childhood, and can cause great suffering and problems for other people and their immediate environment. Their antisocial behaviour has a tendency to develop into a chronic pattern early in life, and the treatment prognosis in adulthood is poor. A large proportion of serious violent crimes in society can be attributed to this group of perpetrators. Until recently, it has been unclear whether traits of this type can be prevented or changed, so that these individuals and their surroundings can benefit from targeted treatments at an early stage. To reduce serious crime in a society, it is very important to develop effective measures for this particular group. A lack of empathy, indifference to others, and a lack of concern about their own performance appear to be key early signs in children and adolescents with persistent behavioural problems and more serious norm violations who continue into a criminal career upon reaching adulthood. These characteristics have been termed callous−unemotional (CU) traits, and they are considered to be a precursor to psychopathic traits in adulthood. In recent years, several studies have evaluated the degree to which treatments that have been proved effective for children and adolescents with severe behavioural problems also show effectiveness for children and adolescents with CU traits. Interventions specifically tailored to children with CU traits have also been developed with the aim of directly changing the ongoing development of this precursor to psychopathy. In this paper, we will address the extent to which current evidence-based treatment methods developed for children and adolescents with behavioural difficulties are equally effective when a child has CU traits. We will also take a closer look at the effects of interventions designed to change this trait. There will be a discussion regarding what seems relevant for a change in the trait itself, as well as a change in their antisocial behaviour.

• Thøgersen, Dagfinn Mørkrid; Bjørnebekk, Gunnar; Scavenius, Christoffer & Elmose, Mette (2021). Callous-Unemotional Traits Do Not Predict Functional Family Therapy Outcomes for Adolescents With Behavior Problems. Frontiers in Psychology. ISSN 1664-1078. 11. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.537706. Full text in Research Archive
• Dagfinn Mørkrid, Thøgersen; Elmose Andersen, Mette & Bjørnebekk, Gunnar (2020). A Multi-Informant Study of the Validity of the Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits in a Sample of Norwegian Adolescents with Behavior Problems. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment. ISSN 0882-2689. 42, p. 592–604. doi: 10.1007/s10862-020-09788-6. Full text in Research Archive

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• Bjørnebekk, Gunnar (2021). Motivasjon – motiver, læringsmiljø og orientering mot mål . Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISBN 9788202710248. 24 p.

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• Nygaard, Egil; Ystrøm, Eivind; Nes, Ragnhild Bang; Røysamb, Espen; Klomsten, Anne Torhild & Bjørnebekk, Gunnar [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2021). Effekt av det tverrfaglige temaet Folkehelse og livsmestring.
• Nygaard, Egil; Nes, Ragnhild Bang; Ystrøm, Eivind; Klomsten, Anne Torhild; Bjørnebekk, Gunnar & Folstad, Siri Hausland [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2021). Evaluering av implementering av det tverrfaglige temaet «Folkehelse og livsmestring» i norske skoler.
• Brandmo, Christian; Bjørnebekk, Gunnar; Mononen, Riikka-Maija; Olsen, Rolf Vegar & Slungård, Kristin (2021). Læring, motivasjon, trivsel og tverrfaglige tema i fagfornyelsen: Teknisk rapport fra utviklingen av spørreskjema til elever og lærere. Universitetet i Oslo.
• Brandmo, Christian; Bjørnebekk, Gunnar; Mononen, Riikka; Olsen, Rolf Vegar & Slungård, Kristin (2021). Læring, motivasjon, trivsel og tverrfaglige tema i fagfornyelsen: Teknisk rapport fra utviklingen av spørreskjema til elever og lærere. Universitetet i Oslo. ISSN 978-82-93847-05-2. Full text in Research Archive

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