The Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale (BFAS), initially a pool of 18 items, three reflecting each the six core elements addiction (salience, mood modification, tolerance, withdrawal, conflict, and relapse), was constructed administered to 423 students together with several other standardized self-report scales (Addictive Tendencies Scale, Online Sociability Attitude NEO–FFI, BIS/BAS scales, Sleep questions). That item within highest corrected item-total correlation retained in final scale....

The aim of the study is to test assumption that laissez-faire leadership behavior not a type zero-leadership, but destructive shows systematic relationships with workplace stressors, bullying at work, and psychological distress. A survey 2,273 Norwegian employees was conducted analyzed. Laissez-faire positively correlated role conflict, ambiguity, conflicts coworkers. Path modeling showed these stressors mediated effects on work distress were through especially exposure bullying. results...

The aim was to develop and test a brief revised version of the family affluence scale. A total 7120 students from Denmark, Greenland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Romania, Scotland Slovakia reported on list 16 potential indicators affluence. Responses were subject item screening dimensionality. Bifactor analysis revealed strong general factor in all countries, but with additional specific factors countries. mainly reflected overlapping content. Item conducted eliminate items low discrimination...

Although excessive and compulsive shopping has been increasingly placed within the behavioral addiction paradigm in recent years, items existing screens arguably do not assess core criteria components of addiction. To date, assessment for disorders have primarily rooted impulse-control or obsessive-compulsive disorder paradigms. Furthermore, use terms 'shopping,' 'buying,' 'spending' interchangeably, necessarily reflect contemporary habits. Consequently, a new screening tool assessing was...

A total of 11,018 employees participated in a survey investigating whether demographic, personality, and work-related variables could explain variance attitudes towards actual use social network sites for personal purposes during working hours. Age was negatively related to both dependent variables. Male gender, single status, education were positively associated with Managers had negative use, but top-level managers reported more than other respondents. Access at the workplace variables,...

The purpose of this study was to show how participation in leisure-time physical activity changes between ages 13 23, and what extent engaging specific types sports tracks into young adulthood.The sample comprised 630 subjects who responded questionnaires at age 13, with seven follow-ups over a 10-year period the Norwegian Longitudinal Health Behaviour Study. associations adolescent global were examined by analyses variance, regression analysis growth curve analysis.The findings suggest that...

The school is an important setting for physical activity.The purpose of the present study was to examine association between environmental characteristics and participation in daily activity during breaks.Data from 130 schools 16 471 students (Grades 4-10) Norway were obtained 2004 through self-administered questionnaires principals students.Multilevel logistic regression models revealed that boys at secondary level with a larger number outdoor facilities had 2.69 times [95% confidence...

In Australia and the USA, national guidelines exist for limiting children's screen-exposure to two hours per day. This study aims determine whether exceeding suggested screen-based sedentary behavior is associated with reduced levels of physical activity across different geographical regions. Data material were taken from 2005/2006 survey "Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study; A WHO cross-National Survey". collected through questionnaires 11-,13- and,15- year olds. The final...

Aimed to develop a unitary scoring system for the 'Health Behaviour in school-aged Children' (HBSC) symptom checklist that would facilitate cross-national comparisons and interpretation. Rasch measurement analysis investigation of differential item functioning (DIF) were conducted.Data obtained from 'WHO collaborative study HBSC 2001/2002'. A total 162,305 students aged 11, 13 15 years 35 European North American Countries surveyed. Unidimensionality items local independence tested using...

The present paper scrutinises the work environment hypothesis of bullying by examining relationships between psychosocial factors at and within departments on a group level analysis, as compared to many studies executed an individual analysis. Relationships quantitative demands, job control, role leadership behaviour social climate, observed were studied in convenience sample consisting 276 with total 4,064 respondents. Between-group bivariate correlations showed relatively strong (r > .52)...

A positive association between time spent on sedentary screen-based activities and physical complaints has been reported, but the cumulative different types of not examined thoroughly. The cross-sectional activity (backache headache) among students was in a sample 31022 adolescents from Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland Greenland, as part Health behaviour school-aged children 2005/06 (HBSC) study. Daily hours levels were assessed using self-reports. Logistic regression analysis...

Distinguishing high engagement with games from gaming addiction has been a challenge for researchers. We present evidence that an established self-report instrument can be used to distinguish addicted gamers highly engaged gamers. The study data the World Health Organization's survey, Behaviour in School-Aged Children. A nationally representative sample of Norwegian eighth graders completed Game Addiction Scale Adolescents. Respondents who endorsed all four core criteria (relapse,...

Objectives: Video game addiction has been associated with an array of mental health variables. There is a paucity longitudinal studies investigating such associations, and differentiating addicted gaming from problem engaged (i.e., frequent but non-problem) gaming. The current explorative study investigate the natural course behavior in three sub-studies. aim 1 was to antecedents consequences video measured as unidimensional construct (pathological gaming). Aim 2 same associations terms...

Purpose Examine time trends in health complaints among adolescents Norway between 1994 and 2014 population subgroups, e.g., age gender, as well their interactions. Methods Norwegian data on 11-16-year-olds were drawn from the Health Behaviour School-aged Children survey (HBSC) analyzed for (n = 4,952), 1998 5,026), 2002 5,023), 2006 4,711), 2010 4,342) 3,422). Design adjusted linear regression that accounts clustering effects was used to examine mean scores of two subscales HBSC-symptom...