• Do Time in Child Care and Peer Group Exposure Predict Poor Socioemotional Adjustment in Norway? 

      Solheim, Elisabet; Wichstrøm, Lars; Belsky, Jay; Berg-Nielsen, Turid Suzanne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      Extensive exposure to nonparental child care during the first 4.5 years of life has been demonstrated in some American studies to negatively affect children's socioemotional functioning. Data from 935 preschool children ...
    • Effects of Childcare on Child Development: Time in Care, Group Size, and the Teacher-Child Relationship 

      Solheim, Elisabet (Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2013:139, Doctoral thesis, 2013)
      Tittel: Effekter av barnehage på barns utvikling: tid i barnehage, gruppe størrelse og førskolelærer-barn relasjonen Det finnes få norske studier som har undersøkt hvilke konsekvenser omfattende bruk av barnehage for barn ...
    • Elevated cortisol levels in Norwegian toddlers in childcare 

      Drugli, May Britt; Solheim, Elisabet; Lydersen, Stian; Moe, Vibeke; Smith, Lars; Berg-Nielsen, Turid Suzanne (Journal article, 2017)
      Meta-analytic evidence suggests that children have higher cortisol levels in childcare than at home. In the present study change of morning to mid-afternoon levels of cortisol was explored at home and in childcare in a ...
    • Prevalence of psychiatric disorders in preschoolers 

      Wichstrøm, Lars; Berg-Nielsen, Turid Suzanne; Angold, Adrian; Egger, Helen L.; Solheim, Elisabet; Sveen, Trude Hamre (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      Background:  Many disorders in childhood and adolescence were already present in the preschool years. However, there is little empirical research on the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in young children. A true community ...