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Aalto, S., Punamaki, R., Vänskä, M., Kankaanpää, R., Turunena, T., Lahtinen, O., Derluyn, I., Spaas, C., De Haene, L., Jervelund, S. S., Skovdal, M., Andersen, A. J., Opaas, M., Osman, F., Sarkadi, A., Durbeej, N., Soye, E., Peltonen, K., (2025). Patterns of mental health problems and resilience among immigrant and refugee adolescents: a latent profile analysisTaylor & Francis. doi:10.1080/20008066.2025.2479924

Johansen, R. E. B., Forsberg, L., Norman, M., Jonsson, A. K., Linell, H., Berger, C., (2025). Preventive measures against female genital mutilation/cutting in high- and upper middle-income countries – a mapping review PLOS ONE.

Szelei, N., Langer Primdahl, N., Skovdal, M., Aalto, S., Osman, F., Hilden, P. K., Kankaanpää, R., Andersen, A. J., Sarkadi, A., Watters, C., Derluyn, I., (2024). “If we don’t adapt, we lose some parents”. Collaborations with migrant families in the context of student wellbeingRoutledge. doi:10.1080/02643944.2024.2382272

Tomren, J. F., Opaas, M., (2024). Adult refugees’ perspectives on the impact of trauma and post-migration hardships on learningTaylor & Francis. doi:10.1080/20008066.2024.2403249

Opaas, M., Wentzel-Larsen, T., Nissen, A., Hilden, P. K., Punamäki, R., Spaas, C., Jervelund, S. S., Kankaanpää, R., Skovdal, M., Peltonen, K., De Haene, L., de Smet, S., Verelst, A., Derluyn, I., Andersen, A. J., (2024). Migrant students’ self-reported executive function skills in relation to mental health, postmigration stress, and positive appraisals of self and the social contextTaylor & Francis. doi:10.1080/20008066.2024.2430923

Spaas, C., Osman, F., Skovdal, M., Hilden, P. K., Derluyn, I., Durbeej, N., Sarkadi, A., Primdahl, N. L., Andersen, A. J., Verelst, A., Colpin, H., De Haene, L., (2024). Negotiating Futures: How Schools Shape Belonging for Young Newcomers in Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and SwedenJournal of Child and Family Studies. doi:10.1007%2Fs10826-024-02923-x

Kankaanpää, R., Vänskä, M., Opaas, M., Spaas, C., Derluyn, I., Jervelund, S. S., Skovdal, M., Durbeej, N., Osman, F., De Haene, L., de Smet, S., Andersen, A. J., Hilden, P. K., Verelst, A., Peltonen, K., (2024). Psychometric properties of the Children’s Revised Impact of Event Scale (CRIES-8) among refugee adolescents from Afghanistan, Syria, and SomaliaTaylor & Francis. doi:10.1080/20008066.2024.2349445

Haune, M. C., Nissen, A., Christiansen, Ø., Myrvold, T., Ruud, T., Heiervang, E. R., (2023). Comprehensive Health Assessment for Children in Out-of-Home Care: An Exploratory Study of Service Needs and Mental Health in a Norwegian PopulationSpringer. doi:10.1007/s10578-023-01619-5

Hartmann, E. J., & Opaas, M. (2023). Convergence in a multi-method study between Rorschach and self-report data of traumatized refugees assessed before and after psychotherapy. Journal of Clinical Psychology. doi:10.1002/jclp.23484

Ziyada, M. M., Johansen, R. E. B., Berthelsen, M., Lien, I. L., & Bendiksen, B. (2023). Factors associated with general practitioners’ routines and comfortability with assessing female genital cutting: a cross-sectional survey. BMC Health Services Research. doi:10.1186/s12913-023-09085-4

Straiton, M. L., Hynek, K. A., Nissen, A., (2023). Insomnia and post-migration stress among resettled Syrian refugees: a cross-sectional surveyEmerald Group Publishing Limited. doi:10.1108/IJMHSC-06-2022-0062

Solberg, Ø., Nissen, A., Saboonchi, F., (2023). Post-migration stressors, mental health and well-being in resettled refugees from Syria: Do individuals’ coping strategies matter?BioMed Central (BMC). doi:10.1186/s13031-023-00556-3

Soye, E., Hilden, P. K., Andersen, A. J., Watters, C., (2023). Recognising the newcomer: education policy and teaching practices in Norway and EnglandFrontiers Media S.A.. doi:10.3389/feduc.2023.1231633

Spaas, C., Said-Metwaly, S., Skovdal, M., Primdahl, N. L., Jervelund, S. S., Hilden, P. K., Andersen, A. J., Opaas, M., Soye, E., Watters, C., Verelst, A., Derluyn, I., Colpin, H., De Haene, L., (2023). School-based Psychosocial Interventions’ Effectiveness in Strengthening Refugee and Migrant Adolescents’ Mental Health, Resilience, and Social Relations: A Four-country Cluster Randomized StudyIntervención psicosocial. doi:10.5093/pi2023a12

Skylstad, V., Engebretsen, I. M. S., Nalugya, S., Opesen, C., Ndeezi, G., Okello, E., . . . Skar, A. M. S.. . . Skar, A. et al. (2022). ‘There is nowhere to take the child’: a qualitative study of community members’ views on managing early childhood substance use in Mbale, Uganda. BMC Public Health, 22. doi:10.1186/s12889-022-13548-4

Jordal, M., Påfs, J., Wahlberg, A., & Johansen, R. E. B. (2022). “Damaged genitals”—Cut women’s perceptions of the effect of female genital cutting on sexual function. A qualitative study from Sweden. Frontiers in Sociology. doi:10.3389/fsoc.2022.94394

Jordal, M., Påfs, J., Wahlberg, A., & Johansen, R. E. B. (2022). “Damaged genitals”—Cut women’s perceptions of the effect of female genital cutting on sexual function. A qualitative study from Sweden. Frontiers in Sociology, 7. doi:10.3389/fsoc.2022.943949

Nissen, A., Hynek, K. A., Scales, D., Hilden, P. K., & Straiton, M. L. (2022). Chronic pain, mental health and functional impairment in adult refugees from Syria resettled in Norway: a cross-sectional study. BMC Psychiatry, 22(1), 1-16. doi:10.1186/s12888-022-04200-x

Johansen, R. E. B. (2022). Discourses of change: the shift from infibulation to sunna circumcision among Somali and Sudanese migrants in Norway. PLOS ONE, 17(6). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0268322

Kankaanpää, R., Aalto, S., Vänskä, M., Lepistö, R., Punamäki, R. L., Soye, E., Watters, C., Andersen, A. J., Hilden, P. K., Derluyn, I., Verelst, A., & Peltonen, K. (2022). Effectiveness of psychosocial school interventions in Finnish schools for refugee and immigrant children, “Refugees Well School” in Finland (RWS-FI): a protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial. Trials, 23(1). doi:10.1186/s13063-021-05715-6

Szelei, N., Devlieger, I., Verelst, A., Spaas, C., Jervelund, S. S., Primdahl, N. L., Skovdal, M., Opaas, M., Durbeej, N., Osman, F., Soye, E., Colpin, H., De Haene, L., Aalto, S., Kankaanpää, R., Peltonen, K., Andersen, A. J., Hilden, P. K., Watters, C., & Derluyn, I. (2022). Migrant Students’ Sense of Belonging and the Covid-19 Pandemic: Implications for Educational Inclusion. Social Inclusion, 10(2), 172-184. doi:10.17645/si.v10i2.5106

Sengoelge, M., Nissen, A., & Solberg, Ø. (2022). Post-Migration Stressors and Health-Related Quality of Life in Refugees from Syria Resettled in Sweden. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH), 19(5). doi:10.3390/ijerph19052509

Opaas, M., Wentzel-Larsen, T., & Varvin, S. (2022). Predictors of the 10 year course of mental health and quality of life for trauma-affected refugees after psychological treatment. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 13(1). doi:10.1080/20008198.2022.2068910

Lien, I. L. (2022). Religion, Health, and Life Satisfaction Among Somali and Gambian Women in Norway. Journal of religion and health. doi:10.1007/s10943-022-01561-1

Verelst, A., Spaas, C., Pfeiffer, E., Devlieger, I., Kankaapää, R., Peltonen, K., Vänskä, M., Soye, E., Watters, C., Osman, F., Durbeej, N., Sarkadi, A., Andersen, A. J., Primdahl, N. L., & Derluyn, I. (2022). Social Determinants of the Mental Health of Young Migrants. European Journal of Health Psychology, 29(1). doi:10.1027/2512-8442/a000097