Browsing Doktorgradsavhandlinger / PhD Dissertations by Title
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Safe sport for all?: Exploring safety and safeguarding in Zambian sport
(Doctoral thesis, 2019)Safeguarding policies and regulations provide a way for sport associations to address abuse and promote “safe sport”. In recent years, formalized safeguarding in sport has gained ground within sport governance in many ... -
School-based obesity prevention in Norway: Correlates of weight statues and intervention effects on physical activity and body composition: The Health in Adolescents Study (HEIA)
(Doctoral thesis, 2013)Prevention of childhood obesity is an international public health priority given the significant impact of obesity on short- and long-term functioning, health and wellbeing. Although recommended in several recent reviews, ... -
Sedentary behaviour in young people: assessment methods and predictors
(Doctoral thesis, 2016)ENGLISH ABSTRACT Introduction: Both children and adolescent spend a lot of their awake time sedentary, and studies have shown that sedentary behaviour may be detrimental to health. Several studies have examined correlates ... -
Sensitivity towards strangeness (STS): development of a concept-based measuring instrument in the context of intercultural movement education
(Doctoral thesis, 2011)Strangeness is a central theoretical concept within a larger research project of “Intercultural Movement Education” (Erdmann 1999). The aim of this thesis was the development of a concept- based device in order to measure ... -
Sexual Harassment and Abuse among Adolescent Elite athletes, Recreational athletes, and Reference students: A prospective cohort study among high school students in Norway
(Doctoral thesis, 2023)Background: All athletes have the right to participate in “safe sport”. Although sports participation is associated with many health benefits, the sport context also suffers from negative experiences like sexual harassment ... -
"Shaking or stirring?": a case-study of physical education teacher education in Norway
(Doctoral thesis, 2011)The aim of this study was to research physical education teacher educators’ (PETEs) (and to a lesser extent physical education [PE] students’) perspectives on the nature and purposes of physical education teacher education ... -
Skogens "blå bånd": Fremveksten av Oslomarka som friluftsområde
(Doctoral thesis, 2021)Avhandlingen omhandler Oslomarkas fremvekst og tilblivelse som friluftsområde for befolkningen i Oslo og tilgrensende distrikter. I avhandlingen argumenterer jeg for at det først er i mellomkrigstida at Marka endelig vokser ... -
Soldiers´ reach for optimized performance
(Doctoral thesis, 2011)This dissertation is concerned with the challenge of better understanding how soldiers develop skillfulness needed to deal with the various challenges they face in their life-worlds, as soldiers. The study bears on ... -
Spenningssøkingens sosialitet: En sosiologisk undersøkelse av verdisystem
(Doctoral thesis, 2012)The present study illuminates participation in risk sports with an emphasis on voluntary risk taking. Throughout the western world, risk sports are getting increasingly popular. The rising interest in such activities and ... -
Spillets gang!: En institusjonell etnografisk undersøkelse om kjønn, makt og styring i idre sorganisasjonen i Norge
(Doctoral thesis, 2023)Idrettsorganisasjonen i Norge er en medlemsorganisasjon uten økonomiske formål, basert på demokratiske samhandlingsformer1. Ifølge Lov for Norges Idrettsforbund og olympiske og paralympiske komité (NIF) skal organisasjonens ... -
'Sport for all' in new settings: A study of the Norwegian Confederation of Sports' Sport for All project in Tanzania in the 1980s and Zimbabwe in the 1990[s]
(Doctoral thesis, 2013)This study is an examination of the Norwegian Confederation of Sports’ (NIF) Sport for Development and Peace (SDP) engagement in Tanzania and Zimbabwe from its inception in the early 1980s until 2000. The main research ... -
Sport, race and gender: the experiences of black Norwegian athletes
(Doctoral thesis, 2016)In this study, I explored how racism and marginalization in Norwegian sport are experienced by black Norwegian athletes. To accomplish this, I used the following research questions: 1. How are individual and institutional ... -
Stress, emotions, and coping in elite football players: a study of negative emotions, defensive self-presentation strategies, and their relationships to skill and performance level
(Doctoral thesis, 2016)This thesis investigated potential relationships between stress emotions, the use of defensive self-presentation strategies as coping strategies, accuracy of self-perceptions, and skill and performance level in elite soccer ... -
Targeting change in physical activity and screen time behaviours within the HEalth In Adolescents (HEIA) intervention study: A mediating framework approach
(Doctoral thesis, 2013)During the 1990’s and early 2000’s there has been an increase in prevalence of overweight (including obesity) in European children and adolescents. This is a public health challenge as overweight and obesity are associated ... -
Teaching and understanding "need supportive" coaching: Developing and implementing a coach development program
(Doctoral thesis, 2019)The aim of the thesis was to contribute to an understanding as to how to increase coach knowledge to enhance athletes' experiences from sports. The primary aim of the study was to understand how to create a coach development ... -
The benefits of periodic health evaluation in professional football: A focus on musculoskeletal screening
(Doctoral thesis, 2018)Injury and illness are common in professional football, causing substantial morbidity, and may have potentially negative long-term health consequences on the player. A periodic health evaluation (PHE) or screening examination ... -
The effect of BodyPump and resistance training with and without a personal trainer on overweight and obese women
(Doctoral thesis, 2018)Background: Individuals categorized as overweight (BMI ≥25.0 kg/m2) or obese (BMI ≥30.0 kg/m2) are currently recommended to perform resistance training 2-3 times a week (60-80% of the 1RM). Although resistance training can ... -
The process of burnout among high-performance sport coaches
(Doctoral thesis, 2015)Introduction: High-performance coaches have a highly demanding job and they work inconvenient work hours (e.g., Olusoga et al., 2009; Thelwell et al., 2008b). They are also described as highly motivated for their sport and ... -
The role of Achilles tendon properties in the mechanical function of the human triceps surae
(Doctoral thesis, 2019)The mechanical output of the muscle-tendon unit (MTU) is in part governed by the viscoelastic nature of tendinous tissues. The tendon contributes to beneficial contractile conditions during various types of movement. Yet, ... -
The role of physical exercise as a stress-coping resource for persons with functionally incomplete spinal cord injury
(Doctoral thesis, 2011)A spinal cord injury (SCI) changes a person’s life in many ways. Physical exercise has traditionally been used in SCI-rehabilitation to maximise the possibilities for a better life by increasing physical capacity, physical ...