Jonas Rennemo Vaag

Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences · Department of Psychology

This dissertation consists of three studies examining insomnia and sleep difficulties (Study I), anxiety and depression symptoms (Study II) and use of mental healthcare services (Study III) among Norwegian musicians, compared to the general population and the Norwegian workforce (including major occupational groups). The sample of musicians was bas...

In order to investigate mental health problems among professional musicians, we estimate the prevalence of symptoms of anxiety and depression (psychological distress) among musicians compared to the general workforce. 1,607 musicians from the Norwegian Musicians Union answered an online questionnaire about demographic characteristics, lifestyle and...

Sleep problems are reported as common among performing artists and musicians. However, epidemiological research comparing musicians to different groups of the general population is lacking. 4,168 members of the Norwegian Musician’s Union were invited to an online survey regarding work and health. Of the 2,121 (51%) respondents, 1,607 were active pe...

Previous research has reported higher prevalence rates of anxiety and depression among musicians, compared to the general workforce. We compared the use of psychotherapy and psychotropic medication with other major occupational groups, and expected to find higher use among musicians. Musicians from the Norwegian Musicians’ Union (n = 1,607) answere...

The aim of the study was to investigate differences in personality traits between professional musicians and the general workforce, as well as differences in personality traits across subgroups of musicians according to types of employment and instrument group. In 2013, 1,600 members of the Norwegian Musicians’ Union answered a questionnaire regard...

Background: The literature review highlights that a motivated leader plays a key role in motivating employees and fostering a health-promoting work environment. Despite its importance, there is limited knowledge about the motivational forces, from a caring science perspective, that drive nurse leaders to develop a health-promoting work environment....

Background Mental health settings are increasingly using co-facilitation of educational group interventions in collaboration with patient partners and service users. However, despite promising results, limited information is available regarding the feasibility and satisfaction levels of these programmes among adults newly diagnosed with attention-d...

Background Healthcare organizations worldwide face persistent challenges relating to turnover and intention to leave the nursing profession among registered nurses. Factors contributing to their retention and well-being at work include high job satisfaction, professional competence, and self-efficacy. Few multicenter studies have investigated these...

Objective Existing research has focused mostly on mentees’ experiences of mentoring rather than mentors’ experiences. Therefore, this study describes registered nurses’ experiences of being a mentor for newly qualified nurses. Design A qualitative interview study based on semistructured individual interviews. Interviews were analysed using qualita...

As many as 4,601 people were injured or killed on the roads in Norway in 2022. This number is too high and highlights the necessity of putting road safety on the agenda. The car industry today is represented by a vast increase in advanced technology for drivers to interact with, and knowing how and when to use this technology is crucial for safe dr...

This article provides a systematic literature review of existing strategic crisis management training research. The review explores practices on which strategic crisis management skills to prioritize and how to train these skills to be prepared when a crisis strikes. Our research question was: How is strategic crisis management trained, and is ther...

A health-promoting work environment plays a crucial role in reducing turnover, stress and burnout. Additionally, it fosters health, job satisfaction and development among co-workers. However, there is a limited conceptual understanding of the health-promoting work environment from a caring sciences perspective. Thus, this study seeks to fill this g...

Background Social anxiety disorder (SAD) most commonly develops in adolescence—a period of life that includes a transition to upper secondary school. The aim of this study is to investigate the extent to which social anxiety in adolescence is associated with the completion of upper secondary school and progression to higher education. Methods This...

Objectives The General Self-Efficacy (GSE) scale is a validated self-rated questionnaire increasingly used in mental health research. However, despite several psychometric advantages of the GSE scale, its validity in those diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has not yet been examined. Moreover, a shorter version of the GS...

Evaluation of mentoring program from the perspectives of mentors

The traffic accident rate in Norway has been declining for many years. Improved training, better infrastructure, and targeted control have reduced the number of accidents. This, as well as technological developments that have made cars safer, has led to fewer people dying in road traffic accidents. Nonetheless, road traffic is still considered a hi...

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In March 2020, the municipality of Oslo's Nursing Home Agency was hit by Norway's first COVID-19 outbreak. Being responsible for a very vulnerable group, they had to deal with a situation never before encountered and of which they had very limited knowledge. In this study, we explored how situational awareness (SA) changed from a creeping to an urg...

Purpose In the introduction of new technologies into organizations, there has been an increasing trend to recruit and make use of the so-called “super users” to help ensure the future use of the technology in question. Little is known about the criteria that should ideally be considered in the selection of these super users, or about the best way t...

Saturation divers work and live under high physiological and social demands for weeks on end. Even though physiological research has contributed insights to the work conditions of saturation divers, research on the qualities of the divers' psychosocial work environment is lacking. This study aimed to explore which job demands and resources are view...

Social anxiety disorder (SAD) typically emerges during childhood or early adolescence and often has long-term effects on several areas of an individual's life, including school and education. The purpose of this study is to examine whether social anxiety is associated with (1) school functioning in terms of behavioral difficulties (hyperactivity an...

Purpose: Previous epidemiological studies have shown higher levels of anxiety and depressive symptoms among professional musicians, compared to the general workforce. Similar findings have been observed for psychotherapy use among musicians. To date, large-scale investigations of prevalence rates among music and arts students are lacking. Methods:...

Social anxiety is highly prevalent in adolescents and is often associated with great individual suffering and functional impairment. Psychiatric comorbidity is common and further adds to this burden. The purposes of this study were: (1) to describe the occurrence of diagnosed and self-reported social anxiety among 8,199 Norwegian adolescents aged 1...

Purpose The present study aimed to investigate the preliminary effects of collaborative learning and simulation on readiness to engage in and attitudes toward future interprofessional learning activities. We translated into Norwegian and validated the original Readiness for Interprofessional Learning Scale (RIPLS) (part 1) to measure the efficacy a...

Musicians suffer from physical and mental health symptoms more frequently than the general population. Although their specific demands and challenges have been researched increasingly in the past, explanations still remain somewhat unclear. We use a large epidemiological data set to compare psychosocial work environment among 1,607 members of the N...

Introducing driving simulators as a supplement in driver training is one contribution to reduce emissions and the number of potential accident situations on the road. In Norway, the use of simulators in driver training has not been common even though there are no rules or regulations hindering it from having a role in most parts of driver training...

Background Leadership programs in higher-educational institutions have been criticized for being 1) biased in that they emphasize simplified cause-and-effect relations in leadership; and that 2) they are too anchored on the individual and is not able to grasp the collective and emerging aspects of leadership (Alvesson & Spicer, 2003; Barker, 2001;...

Background: Previous studies indicate a variety of health challenges among musicians. Despite this, less is known concerning the roles of work-related and personal factors associated with the musicians’ mental health. Objective: We wanted to investigate personal and work-related demands and resources associated with psychological distress in profe...

Background Psychoeducation is included in the Norwegian national guidelines for treatment of adult ADHD. Despite some promising results for the treatment of other conditions and ADHD, little is known about the efficacy of such interventions. This paper presents a protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial featuring a psychoeducational group p...

Background: It has been argued that leadership and management programs are biased in that they emphasize individual anchored and analytical aspects of leadership, rather than collective, emotional and behavioural aspects. We wanted to investigate what leaders (students) participating in an experienced-based master’s program emphasized as important...

To investigate the association between personality traits and use of analgesic medication, anti-depressants and sedatives, mental health services, manual and alternative healthcare services among Norwegian musicians, 1607 musicians from the Norwegian Musicians Union answered an online questionnaire. Based on logistic regression analysis, adjusting...

Musicians report a considerably higher prevalence of insomnia symptoms compared to community samples in the general workforce. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between insomnia and health, work-related, and lifestyle factors among musicians. A total of 645 full-time musicians completed a questionnaire measuring insomnia symp...

Objective: To estimate the use of analgesic medication and manual and alternative healthcare services among Norwegian musicians compared to the general workforce. Methods: 1,607 musicians from the Norwegian Musicians' Union answered an online questionnaire about demographic characteristics, use of healthcare services, and use of medication. They...

Introduction We recently reported that Norwegian musicians have a higher prevalence of insomnia symptoms compared to a representative community sample (Prevalence Difference 6.9, 95% Confidence Interval 3.9–10.0). Further, musicians and artists generally report higher mental and work related stress compared to the regular workforce. Still, few stud...

Background. There is currently not much in-depth understanding of employee perspectives on the adoption of arts-based organisational interventions. This paper focuses on how one intervention consisting of choral singing in a workplace affected the employees’ sense of well-being and their perceptions of their work environment. Methods. Ten employees...

Purpose: Auxiliary nurses experience high demands of emotional stress of their job. We investigated the prevalence of anxiety and depression symptoms in Norwegian auxiliary nurses, currently working or on sick leave, employed in local health services and the association of these symptoms with length of work participation. We also examined potential...

A recent cross-sectional study investigating an organizational choir-singing intervention called "Sound of Well-being" (SOW) indicated health and organizational benefits, and a gender-specific pattern of participation and outcomes. In this study we investigate participation and effects in a short version of SOW. A total of 1100 employees of a Norwe...

Background: Research indicates that there is a higher degree of mental health problems, family/work conflicts and sleep-related problems among workers in creative occupations than in other professions. Research also reveals that musicians have to deal with a relatively high degree of occupational stress. There is, however, a lack of research invest...

Interventions at work are often directed towards solving specific problems in the work environment. They are typically located on one of three levels: primary, secondary and tertiary. However, little research has been done on countervailing interventions, that is, proactive and health promoting interventions that focus on facilitating the positive...

Objective: Interventions promoting a healthy psychosocial work environment are common, yet little is known about participation and effectiveness of such measures. The aim of this study was to describe differences between participants and nonparticipants in the Sound of Wellbeing (SOW) initiative, including a variety of demographic characteristics,...

This litterature review is taking a closer look at four different approaches to the treatment of borderline personality disorder. While pointing at the paradoxical challenge therapist is facing in trying to search for stability in the borderline clients unstable world, this review is seeking to find fundamental common traits between Schema-focused...