The purpose of this study was to assess any differences in psychosocial problems among adolescents living with both parents, or with their mother or their father. Any benefits of living with a same-sex parent compared to a parent of the opposite sex, was also analysed. A total of 1,686 adolescents aged 14-15 years participated from 29 schools in Hordaland county, including schools in downtown Bergen and more rural areas. The findings revealed significantly more psychosocial problems among the adolescents living with one parent compared to both parents. Significant differences were also observed between adolescents living in mother custody compared to father custody, indicating more problems among the latter group. Furthermore, girls living with their father had significantly higher levels of psychological symptoms, compared to boys in father custody. Similarly, boys living with their father were involved in more stealing behavior than girls in father custody. However, residence arrangement accounted for only a limited proportion of the variance in the adolescents' psychosocial problems, indicating large within-group variance and overlap between the different custody groups.

The article presents a psychometric description of 11 statements related to use of physical violence. The items were tested in a normal sample (, age: 15–16) from urban and rural areas in Western Norway. The internal reliability was , and the factor analysis resulted in two factors. Boys had higher mean scores than girls. Self‐reported violence was predicted by acceptance of physical violence.

Normaliseringsprosessen betinger et fornyet fokus på det hørselshemmede barnet sin totale livssituasjon. I et helhetlig oppvekstperspektiv må en også vurdere i hvilken grad nedsatt hørsel kan øke risikoen for en negativ utvikling og hvor-