Annett Victoria Stornæs

The versatile construct of perfectionism has been heavily debated, e.g., its nature or measurement constituents, how it influences performances or, most importantly, our health. Conventional linear analyses seem inadequate to address such challenges. Hence, we used a latent variable and a person-centered approach to identify different patterns of p...

Theory and research indicate that perfectionism can be intergenerationally transmitted by, among other things, social learning (e.g., parental imitation) and controlling forms of parental socialization. The current study extends this literature by combining and testing these ideas in a mediation model whereby child reported self-oriented and social...

Introduction Psychological distress is increasing among adolescents and clusters with other mental health problems such as eating problems. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of psychological distress among young elite athletes and age-matched controls and whether prevalence figures may be attributed to perfectionism and eating...

The present study investigates the effects of psychological hardiness and successful completion of a rigorous 250-km ski march over 9 days in Arctic winter conditions. This ski march is the final portion of a selection program for border rangers in the Norwegian Armed Forces. Study participants were N = 178 soldiers with a mean age of 19.9 years (r...

Note: The thesis can also be found here, copy the link; https://nih.brage.unit.no/nih-xmlui/handle/11250/3096752

Talent-school settings may generate stress via demanding expectations. To investigate students representing Norway’s growing phenomenon of early adolescent talent schools, we interviewed twenty-seven 14- to15-year-old boys and girls about their experiences with self- and socially imposed expectations. Students were recruited from two sports schools...

Objectives: To contribute further knowledge about symptoms of anxiety, depression, body concerns, and self-worth among young talent development (TD) and mainstream students by exploring the indicators within-person combinations prospectively, aiming to identify distinct profiles. Methods: We included 946 students, n = 168 (45% girls) from three...

Objectives: The aim of the current study is to explore how therapists running a guided physical exercise and dietary therapy programme (PED-t) experience their contribution to the treatment of patients with bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder. Methods: Ten therapists running the PED-t were semi structurally interviewed and the transcribed int...

Poster presented at the Vilnius meeting of the European Council on Eating Disorders (ECED 2017)

Introduction: The traditional image and requirements of an ideal soldier and officer is associated with values such as physical fitness, hardiness, aggressiveness and courage. All, which are values, considered masculine and which traditionally are not associated with women and femininity. Further, it is an extreme focus on bodily appearance today...

One measure proposed in White Paper No. 36 was to undertake research amongst enrolled cohorts from the current Joint Selection Process for General Conscription and onwards. Based on this work, carried out at Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI), this anthology aims to give some answers to why NorAF are unable to increase its female conten...

One measure proposed in White Paper No. 36 was to undertake research amongst enrolled cohorts from the current Joint Selection Process for General Conscription and onwards. Based on this work, carried out at Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI), this anthology aims to give some answers to why NorAF are unable to increase its female conten...

Sammendrag Bakgrunn for arbeidet Forsvarets høgskole-Norges idrettshøgskole/Forsvarets institutt (FHS-NIH/F) er blitt bedt om å anbefale en revidert generell fysiske testordning for Forsvaret, herunder å utarbeide et helhetlig og differensiert seleksjon, - og testsystem, som sikrer økt kompetansemangfold i Forsvaret (FSJ VP 2013 og 2014). Oppdraget...

(Norwegian Report and Abstract) I denne rapporten fremstilles resultatene fra en spørreundersøkelse som omhandler militært ansattes oppfatninger, meninger og holdninger om fysisk trening, fysiske tester og fysiske arbeidskrav i Forsvaret. Et representativt utvalg på totalt 2134 ansatte ble invitert til å delta i undersøkelsen og svarprosenten var 4...

Stortingsmelding nr. 36 (2006-2007) framsatte et mål om 20 prosent militære kvinner innen 2020. Men kvinneandelen har vært mer eller mindre uforandret siden da, og ligger nå stabilt rundt åtte-ni prosent - under gjennomsnittet for Nato. Hvorfor har Forsvaret i likestillingsnasjonen Norge her kommet til kort? Basert på prosjektet "Forskning på årsku...

The FFI project ”Forskning på årskull” was established in 2008, as a part of the Ministry of Defence’s effort to increase recruitment of women into the Armed Forces and to improve diversity in the organization. The project aims to identify what motivates young men and women to serve in the Norwegian Armed Forces in addition to examine how culture a...

The aim of this paper is to present some results from the study titled The Officer Candidate School Study 2010 (survey) for the IUS 2011 Conference in Chicago. The Officer Candidate School study 2010 is a research project that consists of one survey and one field study. This paper outlines findings from the survey and the report “The Officer Candid...