• Social processes in the development of health and lifestyles
• Positive psychology
• Health promotion
• Evaluation of interventions in school and leisure time activities
• Physical activity and wellbeing among adolescents
• Quantitative and mixed-method studies
• Cross-sectional, longitudinal, quasi-experimental, international studies

Leader of the PhD research school "Graduate School for Human Interaction and Growth" (GHIG), course coordinator for PROPSY310 (Culture, health and development), supervision of clinical psychology students, master students and PhD students.

Academic article

• Magnus Jørgensen; Bente Wold; Andreas Stenling (2026). Early versus late entry into parenthood and mental health outcomes in Norway: A Bayesian longitudinal analysis of life satisfaction and depressive tendencies by gender and SES. (external link)
• Bente Wold; Lisbet Øygard; A. Eder et al. (1994). Social reproduction of physical activity - implications for health promotion in young people. (external link)
• Frode Thuen; Bente Wold; K. I. Klepp (1991). Selvrapportert ulykkesfrekvens blant barn og ungdom. (external link)
• Siren Haugland; Bente Wold; Jim Stevenson et al. (2001). Subjective health complaints in adolescence. A cross-national comparison of prevalence and dimensionality. (external link)
• Oddrun Samdal; Jorma Tynjälä; Chris Roberts et al. (2007). Trends in vigorous physical activity and TV watching of adolescents from 1986 to 2002 in seven European Countries. (external link)
• K. I. Klepp; Bente Wold; L. E. Aarø (1991). Røyking og bruk av alkohol blant norske skolebarn: Trender i 1980-åra. (external link)
• Siren Haugland; Kjell Haug; Bente Wold (1995). Hva bestemmer røykevaner i svangerskapet ? En kvalitativ undersøkelse blant gravide røykere. (external link)
• Frode Thuen; K. I. Klepp; Bente Wold (1991). Barn og ungdommers bruk av sikkerhetsutstyr. (external link)
• J. Rise; Bente Wold; L. E. Aarø (1991). Determinants of dental health behaviors in Nordic schoolchildren. (external link)
• D. Nutbeam; L. E. Aarø; Bente Wold (1991). The lifestyle concept and health education with young people. Results from a WHO international survey. (external link)
• J. Rise; Ola Haugejorden; Bente Wold et al. (1991). Distribution of dental health behaviors in nordic shoolchildren. (external link)
• Tore Tjora; Jørn Hetland; Leif Edvard Aarø et al. (2012). Late-onset smokers: how many, and associations with health behaviours and socioeconomic status. (external link)
• Karstein Olav Hopland; L.E. Aarø; Bente Wold (1993). Sosialt nettverk, einsemd og kvardagsplager. Ei epidemiologisk undersøking blant 9. klassinger. (external link)
• Bente Wold; Torbjørn Torsheim; Oddrun Samdal et al. (2005). Nye tall om ungdom: Sosial ulikhet og trender i subjektiv helse og livsstil blant norske ungdom i perioden 1985-2001. (external link)
• Sisko Kuusela; Eino Honkala; L Kannas et al. (1997). Oral hygiene habits of 11-year old schoolchildren in 22 European countries and Canada. (external link)
• Solrun Samnøy; Miranda Thurston; Bente Wold et al. (2020). Schooling as a contribution or threat to wellbeing? A study of Norwegian teachers' perceptions of their role in fostering wellbeing.. (external link)
• Hege Eikeland Tjomsland; Nina Grieg Viig; Torill Marie Bogsnes Larsen et al. (2009). A fifteen year follow-up study of Health Promoting Schools in Norway: School leaders’ perceptions of conditions influencing sustainability. (external link)
• Oddrun Samdal; Don Nutbeam; Bente Wold et al. (1998). Achieving health and educational goals through schools - a study of the importance of the school climate and the students' satisfaction with school. (external link)
• Nora Wiium; Torbjørn Torsheim; Bente Wold (2006). Normative processes and adolescents' smoking behaviour in Norway: A multilevel analysis. (external link)
• Nora Wiium; Kyrre Breivik; Bente Wold (2006). The relationship between smoker role models and intentions to smoke among adolescents. (external link)
• Nora Wiium; Bente Wold (2006). Family and school influences on adolescent smoking behaviour. (external link)
• Bente Wold; Torbjørn Torsheim; Chris Roberts et al. (2004). National and school policies on restrictions of teacher smoking: a multilevel analysis of student exposure to teacher smoking in seven European countries. (external link)
• Frode Thuen; K. I. Klepp; Bente Wold (1992). Risk- and safety seeking behaviors: A study of health related behaviors among Norwegian school-age children. (external link)
• Siren Haugland; Kjell Haug; Bente Wold (1996). The pregnant smoker's experience of anta-natal care - results from a qualitative study. (external link)
• Nina Grieg Viig; Hege Eikeland Tjomsland; Bente Wold (2010). Program and school characteristics related to teacher participation in school health promotion. (external link)
• Bente Wold; Knut-Inge Klepp (1996). Helsefremmende arbeid i skolen. En utfordring for norske psykologer?. (external link)
• Yngvar Ommundsen; Andreas Ivarsson; Bente Wold et al. (2024). The relationship between young football players’ psychological health resources and the psychological quality of their football experiences: A cross-sectional study. (external link)
• Magnus Jørgensen; Otto Robert Frans Smith; Bente Wold et al. (2023). Tracking of depressed mood from adolescence into adulthood and the role of peer and parental support: A partial test of the Adolescent Pathway Model. (external link)
• Bente Wold; H. Littlecott; J Tynjala et al. (2016). Changes from 1986 to 2006 in reasons for liking leisure-time physical activity among adolescents. (external link)
• Bente Wold; Candace Currie; Chris Roberts et al. (2004). National policies on school smoking restrictions in 8 European countries. (external link)
• Hege Eikeland Tjomsland; Torill Marie Bogsnes Larsen; Oddrun Samdal et al. (2010). Sustaining comprehensive Physical Activity Practice in Elementary School: A Case Study applying mixed Methods. (external link)
• Esther Hjälmhult; Bente Wold; Oddrun Samdal (2002). Skolehelsetjenesten og helsefremmende arbeid: Samarbeid mellom helsesøstre og lærere ved de norske skolene i "Europeisk nettverk av Helsefremmende skoler". (external link)
• Oddrun Samdal; Nina Grieg Viig; Bente Wold (2010). Health Promotion Integrated Into School Policy And Practice: Experiences from the implementation of the Norwegian Network of Health Promoting Schools. (external link)
• K. I. Klepp; Bente Wold; L. E. Aarø (1991). Røyking og bruk av alkohol blant norske skolebarn: Trender i 1980 åra. (external link)
• Torbjørn Torsheim; Bente Wold (2001). School-related stress, school support, and somatic complaints: A general population study. (external link)
• Torbjørn Torsheim; Bente Wold (2001). School-related stress, support, and subjective health complaints among early adolescents: a multilevel approach. (external link)
• Leif Edvard Aarø; Siren Haugland; Jørn Hetland et al. (2001). Psykiske og somatiske plager blant ungdom. (external link)
• Benedicte von Mehren; Anita Glenne Kallhovd; Torbjørn Torsheim et al. (2001). Subjektive helseplager blant 15-arige skole-elever: Modererer fysisk aktivitet effekten av skolerelaterte belastninger?. (external link)
• Torbjørn Torsheim; Leif Edvard Aarø; Bente Wold (2001). Sense of coherence and school-related stress as predictors of subjective health complaints in early adolescence: Interactive, indirect or direct relationships?. (external link)
• Solrun Samnøy; Eirik S. Jenssen; Miranda Thurston et al. (2022). Enhancing Teachers’ Emotional Awareness Through Continuing Professional Development: Mission Possible?. (external link)
• Marianne Skogbrott Birkeland; Ole Melkevik; Ingrid Holsen et al. (2012). Trajectories of global self-esteem development during adolescence. (external link)
• Lise Kjønniksen; Norman Anderssen; Bente Wold (2009). Organized youth sport as a predictor of physical activity in adulthood. (external link)
• Lise Kjønniksen; Torbjørn Torsheim; Bente Wold (2008). Tracking of leisure-time physical activity during adolescence and young adulthood: a 10-year longitudinal study. (external link)
• Torbjørn Torsheim; Leif Edvard Aarø; Bente Wold (2003). School-related stress, social support, and distress: Prospective analysis of reciprocal and multilevel relationships. (external link)
• Amie C. Hayley; Jens Christoffer Skogen; Børge Sivertsen et al. (2015). Symptoms of depression and difficulty initiating sleep from early adolescence to early adulthood: a longitudinal study. (external link)
• Oddrun Samdal; Bente Wold; Miro Bronis (1999). The relationship between students' perceptions of the school environment, their satisfaction with school and perceived academic achievement : an international study. (external link)
• Nora Wiium; Bente Wold (2011). Actions taken by schools when tobacco policies are violated: Associations with adolescent smoking prevalence. (external link)
• Norman Anderssen; Bente Wold; Torbjørn Torsheim (2006). Are parental health habits transmitted to their children? An eight year follow-up of physical activity in adolescents and their parents. (external link)
• Nora Wiium; Bente Wold (2009). An ecological system approach to adolescent smoking behaviour. (external link)
• Bente Wold; Maurice B Mittelmark (2018). Health-promotion research over three decades: The social-ecological model and challenges in implementation of interventions. (external link)
• Anne Grete Danielsen; Oddrun Samdal; Jørn Hetland et al. (2009). School-related social support and students' perceived life satisfaction. (external link)
• Marianne Skogbrott Birkeland; Torbjørn Torsheim; Bente Wold (2009). A longitudinal study of the relationship between leisure-time physical activity and depressed mood among adolescents. (external link)
• Frode Thuen; Kyrre Breivik; Bente Wold et al. (2015). Growing up with one or both parents: the effects on physical health and health-related behavior through adolescence and into early adulthood. (external link)
• Siren Haugland; Bente Wold (2001). Subjective health complaints in adolescence - reliability and validity of the HBSC symptom check list. (external link)
• Paul R Appleton; Carme Viladrich; Eleanor Quested et al. (2023). Measurement invariance of the empowering and disempowering motivational climate questionnaire-coach in youth sport. (external link)
• Thomas Potrebny; Nora Wiium; Anne Haugstvedt et al. (2019). Health complaints among adolescents in Norway: A twenty-year perspective on trends. (external link)
• Magnus Jørgensen; Bente Wold; Otto Robert Frans Smith et al. (2025). Socioeconomic differences in adolescent health behaviors and their effect on inequalities in adult depressed mood: findings from a 27-year longitudinal study. (external link)
• Hege Eikeland Tjomsland; Bente Wold; Anette Christine Iversen (2009). The Norwegian Network of Health Promoting Schools: A three-year follow-up study of teacher motivation, participation and perceived outcomes. (external link)
• Ole Kristian Aanerød; Trude Senneseth; Bente Wold et al. (1999). 15-åringers opplevelse av overbelastning i skolen, mestring (sense of coherence) og subjektive helseplager. (external link)
• L.E. Aarø; J.C. Laberg; Bente Wold (1995). Health behaviours among adolescents : towards a hypothesis of two dimensions. (external link)
• Frode Thuen; K. I. Klepp; Bente Wold (1991). Barn og ungdommers bruk av sikkerhetsutstyr. (external link)
• Frode Thuen; Bente Wold; K. I. Klepp (1991). Selvrapportert ulykkesfrekvens blant barn og ungdom. (external link)
• Eleanor Winpenny; Esther M F van Sluijs; Martin White et al. (2018). Changes in diet through adolescence and early adulthood: longitudinal trajectories and association with key life transitions.. (external link)
• Bente Wold; Lasse Kannas (1993). Sports motivation among young adolescents in Finland, Norway and Sweden. (external link)
• Frida Kathrine Sofie Mathisen; Sami Kokko; Jorma Tynjälä et al. (2019). Leisure‐time physical activity and participation in organized sports: Changes from 1985 to 2014 in Finland and Norway. (external link)
• Hege Eikeland Tjomsland; Torill Marie Bogsnes Larsen; Ingrid Holsen et al. (2016). Enjoyment in youth soccer: its portrayals among 12- to 14-year-olds. (external link)
• Bård Erlend Solstad; Andreas Stenling; Yngvar Ommundsen et al. (2020). Initial psychometric testing of the coach-adapted version of the empowering and disempowering motivational climate questionnaire: A Bayesian approach. (external link)
• Oddrun Samdal; Colette Kelly; Wendy Craig et al. (2025). Four Decades of Advancing Research on Adolescent Health and Informing Health Policies: The Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children Study. (external link)
• Sondre Aasen Nilsen; Kyrre Breivik; Bente Wold et al. (2017). Divorce and family structure in Norway: associations with adolescent mental health. (external link)
• Sondre Aasen Nilsen; Kyrre Breivik; Bente Wold et al. (2020). Divorce and adolescent academic achievement: Heterogeneity in the associations by parental education. (external link)
• Sirpa Leppä; Leo Meriranta; Maare Arffman et al. (2025). Biomarker-adapted treatment in high-risk large B-cell lymphoma. (external link)
• Amie C Hayley; Jens Christoffer Skogen; Simon Nygaard Øverland et al. (2015). Trajectories and stability of self-reported short sleep duration from adolescence to adulthood. (external link)
• Esther Hjälmhult; Bente Wold; Oddrun Samdal (2002). Skolehelsetjenesten og helsefremmende arbeid: Samarbeid mellom helsesøstre og lærere ved de norske skolene i "Europeisk nettverk av Helsefremmende skoler". (external link)
• Siren Haugland; K. Haug; Bente Wold (1996). The pregnant smoker`s experience of ante-natal care - results from a qualitative study. (external link)
• Anne Grete Danielsen; Kyrre Breivik; Bente Wold (2011). Do perceived academic competence and school satisfaction mediate the relationships between perceived support provided by teachers and classmates, and academic initiative?. (external link)
• Siren Haugland; Bente Wold; Torbjørn Torsheim (2003). Relieving the pressure? The Role of Physical Activity in the Relationship Between School-Related Stress and Adolescent Health Complaints. (external link)
• Hege Tjomsland; Torill M.B. Larsen; Bente Wold et al. (2008). Sustaining comprehensive Physical Activity Practice in Elementary School: A Case Study applying mixed Methods. (external link)
• Hege Tjomsland; Torill M.B. Larsen; Bente Wold et al. (2008). Sustaining comprehensive Physical Activity Practice in Elementary School: A Case Study applying mixed Methods. (external link)
• Torill Marie Bogsnes Larsen; Aurelie van Hoye; Hege Eikeland Tjomsland et al. (2015). Creating a supportive environment among youth football players: A qualitative study of French and Norwegian youth grassroots football coaches. (external link)
• Norman Anderssen; Bente Wold; Torbjørn Torsheim (2005). Tracking of physical activity in adolescence. (external link)
• Knut-Inge Klepp; M. Halvorsen; G.E.A. Bjørneboe et al. (1996). Evaluering av mat i skolen - Endring over tid i måltidsmønsteret blant norsk skoleungdom. (external link)
• Margaret Ljosnes Søvik; Torill Marie Bogsnes Larsen; Hege Eikeland Tjomsland et al. (2017). Barriers in Implementing Coach Education in Grassroots Youth Football in Norway. (external link)
• Ingrid Leversen; Anne Grete Danielsen; Bente Wold et al. (2012). What they want and what they get: self-reported motives, perceived competence and relatedness in adolescent leisure activities. (external link)
• Bente Wold; Joan L. Duda; Isabel Balaguer et al. (2013). Comparing self-reported leisure-time physical activity, subjective health, and life satisfaction among youth soccer players and adolescents in a reference sample. (external link)
• Bente Wold; Oddrun Samdal (2005). Psykologiens rolle i helsefremmende arbeid. (external link)
• Ellen Margrethe Osen; Torbjørn Torsheim; Bente Wold (2000). Skolerelatert støtte som moderator av kjønnsforskjeller i subjektive helseplager hos norsk skoleungdom. (external link)
• Nina Grieg Viig; Bente Wold (2005). Facilitating Teachers’ Participation in School-Based Health Promotion—A Qualitative Study. (external link)
• Torbjørn Torsheim; Bente Wold; Oddrun Samdal (2000). The teacher and classmate support scale: Factor structure, test-retest reliability and validity in samples of 13 - and 15-year old adolescents. (external link)
• Anne Grete Danielsen; Nora Wiium; Britt Unni Wilhelmsen et al. (2010). Perceived support provided by teachers and classmates and students' self-reported academic initiative. (external link)
• Amund Langøy; Otto Robert Frans Smith; Bente Wold et al. (2019). Associations between family structure and young people's physical activity and screen time behaviors. (external link)
• Oddrun Samdal; Hege Høivik Bye; Torbjørn Torsheim et al. (2012). Trender i sosial ulikhet i helseatferd. (external link)
• K.G. Grunert; R Shepherd; W.B. Traill et al. (2012). Food choice, energy balance and its determinants: Views of human behaviour in economics and psychology. (external link)
• Elin Margrethe Aasen; Marit Kvangarsnes; Bente Wold et al. (2012). The next of kin of older people undergoing haemodialysis: a discursive perspective on perceptions of participation. (external link)
• Tore Tjora; Jørn Hetland; Leif Edvard Aarø et al. (2014). The association between smoking and depression from adolescence to adulthood. (external link)
• Nora Wiium; Sara Madeleine Kristensen; Elisabeth Årdal et al. (2023). Civic engagement and mental health trajectories in Norwegian youth. (external link)
• Joan L. Duda; Eleanor Quested; Ellen Haug et al. (2013). Promoting Adolescent health through an intervention aimed at improving the quality of their participation in Physical Activity (PAPA): Background to the project and main trial protocol. (external link)
• Frida Kathrine Sofie Mathisen; Sara Madeleine Kristensen; Coral Falco et al. (2023). Adolescent determinants of life-course leisure-time vigorous physical activity trajectories: a 27-Year longitudinal study. (external link)
• Sidsel Stormoen Pedersen; Helga Bjørnøy Urke; Hege Eikeland Tjomsland et al. (2016). High school physical education: What contributes to the experience of flow?. (external link)
• Jens Christoffer Skogen; Ann Kristin Knudsen; Mari Hysing et al. (2016). Trajectories of alcohol use and association with symptoms of depression from early to late adolescence: The Norwegian Longitudinal Health Behaviour Study. (external link)
• Siv Gjesdal; Bente Wold; Yngvar Ommundsen (2018). Promoting additional activity in youth soccer: a half-longitudinal study on the influence of autonomy-supportive coaching and basic psychological need satisfaction. (external link)
• Bjørn Holstein; Mogens Trab Damsgaard; Pernille Due et al. (2010). Socioeconomic patterning of physical inactivity among adolescents: Comparative study across six Nordic countries.. (external link)
• Amund Langøy; Åge Røssing Diseth; Bente Wold et al. (2024). Autonomy support, basic needs satisfaction, and involvement in physical education among Norwegian secondary school students. (external link)
• Magnus Jørgensen; Otto Robert Frans Smith; Bente Wold et al. (2024). Social inequality in the association between life transitions into adulthood and depressed mood: a 27-year longitudinal study. (external link)
• Helga Synnevåg Løvoll; Joar Vittersø; Bente Wold (2016). Experiencing the outdoors: peak episodes are interesting but the memories are pleasant. (external link)
• Thomas Potrebny; Nora Wiium; Anne Haugstvedt et al. (2021). Trends in the utilization of youth primary healthcare services and psychological distress. (external link)
• Marianne Skogbrott Birkeland; Kyrre Breivik; Bente Wold (2014). Peer acceptance protects global self-esteem from negative effects of low closeness to parents during adolescence and early adulthood. (external link)
• Frida Kathrine Sofie Mathisen; Torbjørn Torsheim; Coral Falco et al. (2023). Leisure-time physical activity trajectories from adolescence to adulthood in relation to several activity domains: a 27-year longitudinal study. (external link)
• Nora Wiium; Kyrre Breivik; Bente Wold (2015). Growth trajectories of health behaviors from adolescence through young adulthood. (external link)
• Anne Nordrehaug Åstrøm; Bente Wold (2012). Socio-behavioural predictors of young adults' self-reported oral health: 15 years of follow-up in the The Norwegian Longitudinal Health Behaviour study. (external link)
• Aurelie van Hoye; Torill Marie Bogsnes Larsen; Margaret Søvik et al. (2015). Evaluation of the Coaches Educators training implementation of the PAPA project: A comparison between Norway and France. (external link)
• Bente Wold; Knut-Inge Klepp (1996). Helsefremmende arbeid i skolen - en utfordring for norske psykologer?. (external link)
• Leif Edvard Aarø; Anne-Siri Fismen; Bente Wold et al. (2022). Nordic adolescents responding to demanding survey scales in boring contexts: Examining straightlining. (external link)
• Øystein Løvik Hoprekstad; Jørn Hetland; Bente Wold et al. (2020). Exposure to Bullying Behaviors at Work and Depressive Tendencies: The Moderating Role of Victimization From Bullying During Adolescence. (external link)
• Kjersti Strønstad; Leif Edvard Aarø; Jørn Hetland et al. (2002). Depressivitet og røyking - en prospektiv panelstudie blant ungdom i Hordaland. (external link)
• Hege Tjomsland; Torill M.B. Larsen; Nina Grieg Viig et al. (2009). A Fourteen Year Follow-Up Study of Health Promoting Schools in Norway: Principals` Perceptions of Conditions Influencing Sustainability. (external link)
• Marianne Skogbrott Birkeland; Torbjørn Torsheim; Ingrid Leversen et al. (2014). Pathways to adulthood and their precursors and outcomes. (external link)
• Ole Melkevik; Ellen Haug; Mette Rasmussen et al. (2015). Are associations between electronic media use and BMI different across levels of physical activity?. (external link)
• Ingunn Fjørtoft; Lise Kjønniksen; Bente Wold (2009). Attitude to physical education and participation in organized youth sports during adolescence related to physical activity in young adulthood: A 10-year longitudinal study. (external link)
• Ole Melkevik; Torbjørn Torsheim; Ronald J Iannotti et al. (2010). Is spending time in screen-based sedentary behaviors associated with less physical activity: a cross national investigation. (external link)
• Nina Grieg Viig; Elisabeth Fosse; Oddrun Samdal et al. (2011). Leading and Supporting the Implementation of the Norwegian Network of Health Promoting Schools. (external link)

Letter to the editor

• Kjersti Lia; Rasmus Rask Kragh Jørgensen; Per Wikman et al. (2025). Response to Comment on: “A simplified frailty score predicts outcome in curatively treated older patients with classical Hodgkin lymphoma”. (external link)

Conference lecture

• Torbjørn Torsheim; Bente Wold (1999). The relationship between sense of coherence and subjective health complaints among early adolescents. (external link)
• Torbjørn Torsheim; Bente Wold (1999). School-related social support and subjective health complaints: moderation by gender?. (external link)
• Oddrun Samdal; Bente Wold; Leif Edvard Aarø et al. (1999). The psychosocial school environment as a resource for students' subjective well-being. (external link)
• Bente Wold; Torbjørn Torsheim; Chris Roberts et al. (1999). Observational learning and subjective norms: the effect of being exposed to smokers in school. (external link)
• Oddrun Samdal; Bente Wold; Knut-Inge Klepp et al. (1998). The relationship between students' perception of school and their reported health behaviours. (external link)
• Bente Wold (2001). Helseopplysning i forebyggende helsearbeid. (external link)
• Bente Wold (2001). Helseopplysning i forebyggende helsearbeid. (external link)
• Bente Wold; Torbjørn Torsheim; Candace Currie et al. (2000). Adolescent exposure to smoking in school: the significance of national and local differences in school smoking restrictions. (external link)
• Esther Hjälmhult; Bente Wold; Oddrun Samdal (2000). Health promoting schools and school health services: outsiders or insiders in collaboration ?. (external link)
• Esther Hjälmhult; Bente Wold; Oddrun Samdal (2000). Challenges in cooperation between Health promoting school and School health services. (external link)
• Marianne Skogbrott Birkeland; Torbjørn Torsheim; Ingrid Leversen et al. (2011). Patterns of transitions to adulthood. (external link)
• Bente Wold; Currie Candace; Torbjørn Torsheim et al. (1998). Measuring lifestyles and health among adolescents: a cross-cultural perspective. (external link)
• Bente Wold (1998). Helsefremmende arbeid i skolen. Erfaringer fra norske og internasjonale prosjekter. (external link)
• Bente Wold (1998). Hvorfor lytter ikke alle på de gode og velmente råd om helsefremmende arbeid ?. (external link)
• Oddrun Samdal; Bente Wold (2004). Examples of inter country reports of Physical activity in the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study. (external link)
• Bente Wold (1993). Sykling, helse og miljø. (external link)
• Oddrun Samdal; Bente Wold; Torbjørn Torsheim (2004). The impact of student autonomy on students' satisfaction with school. (external link)
• Oddrun Samdal; Bente Wold (1996). The relationship between pupils` perception of school and their reported psychosomatic health and quality of life. (external link)
• Bente Wold (2002). Findings from the CAS study. (external link)
• Bente Wold (1996). The conzeptualization of health. (external link)
• Knut-Inge Klepp; Gunn-Elin Aa. Bjørneboe; Margrete Halvorsen et al. (1996). Promoting Healthy School Meals for Norwegian Children. (external link)
• Bente Wold; Oddrun Samdal (1996). The relation between pupils` perception of school and their reported psychosomatic health and quality of life. Making difference: Health psychology and chronic disease. (external link)
• Bente Wold (2002). Evaluating policies on school smoking restrictions: a multilevel analyses of social and psychological predispositions to start smoking. (external link)
• Torbjørn Torsheim; Bente Wold; Oddrun Samdal (2001). Transforming pupils' priorities into planned intervention in schools: the interactive effects of pupil-teacher communication and collective efficacy. (external link)
• Bente Wold (1997). Social and environmental factors associated with physical activity in youth. (external link)
• Bente Wold (1997). Test-retest reliability of survey indicators measuring adolescent health and health behaviour. (external link)
• Bente Wold (1997). Are cultural and geographical differences to vast to enable comparison of indicators used in adolescent health studies?. (external link)
• Bente Wold (1997). Evaluering av Europeiske Nettverk av helsefremmende skoler (HEFRES) i Norge. (external link)
• Bente Wold (2005). Psykologiens rolle i helsefremmende arbeid. (external link)
• Nina Grieg Viig; Bente Wold (2005). Does a positive psychosocial work environment encourage teachers to participate in school-based health promotion ?. (external link)
• Bente Wold; Oddrun Samdal (2005). Positiv psykologi i skolen. (external link)
• Bente Wold; Marianne Skogbrott Birkeland; Torbjørn Torsheim (2005). Depression and physical activity: a 10 year longitudinal study from 13 to 23 years of age. (external link)
• Bente Wold (2005). Multilevel modeling in studies of adolescent health behaviour. (external link)
• Bente Wold; Oddrun Samdal (2005). Improving students' school environment: findings from the Norwegian part of the European Network of Health Promoting schools. (external link)
• Bente Wold; Ingrid Holsen; Torbjørn Torsheim (2005). Parent / Adolescent Relationship and Depressive Symptoms: a 10-year follow up study. (external link)
• Bente Wold (2003). Teorier om helseatferd. (external link)
• Bente Wold (2003). Trends in European mental health care. Health promotion perspectives. (external link)
• K-I Klepp; GEA Bjørneboe; M Halvorsen et al. (1996). Promoting healthy school meals for Norwegian children. (external link)
• Torbjørn Torsheim; Bente Wold (1998). Academic stress and somatic complaints among early adolescents: Sense of coherence as a potential moderator. (external link)
• Torbjørn Torsheim; Bente Wold (1998). Psychosocial conditions at school and academic stress in early adolescence: findings from a crossnational study. (external link)
• Bente Wold (2003). Finansiering av forskning. (external link)
• Bente Wold (2003). Lærere som rollemodeller. Trivsel i skolen. (external link)
• Siren Haugland; Bente Wold (2001). Adolescent health complaints - symptom attribution and understanding of survey measures. (external link)
• Ellen Merethe Melingen Haug; Robert Smith; Bente Wold (2023). Depressed mood from early adolescence to mid-adulthood: A life course perspective focused on social inequality, gender, and the role of adolescent pathways.. (external link)
• Bente Wold (1996). Are cultural and geographical differences too vast to enable comparison of indicators used in adolescent health studies ?. (external link)
• Bente Wold (2002). Helseatferd blant ungdommer: Hva er utfordringene framover ?. (external link)
• Bente Wold (2002). Helseopplysning. (external link)
• Bente Wold (2002). Helseopplysning. (external link)
• Bente Wold (2002). Funding of postdoctoral research. (external link)
• Solrun Samnøy; Hege Eikeland Tjomsland; Eirik S. Jenssen et al. (2018). Teachers' And School Leaders' Perceptions About Their Role In Fostering Well-Being And Positive Development Among Students.. (external link)
• Bente Wold (2007). Motivation and initiative in youth sports. (external link)
• Bente Wold (2007). Participation and initiative in vigorous physical activity and sports related to life satisfaction among adolescents. (external link)

Conference poster

• Bente Wold; Torbjørn Torsheim; Candace Currie et al. (2000). National tobacco policies and adolescent smoking: the significance of cultural differences in school smoking restrictions. (external link)
• Marianne Skogbrott Birkeland; Kyrre Breivik; Bente Wold (2012). Associations between social relationships and development of global self-esteem. (external link)
• Bente Wold; Mette Garmannslund (2003). Physical activity, generalized self efficacy and satisfaction with life among 15 year-olds. Findings from the 2001/02 Norwegian HBSC survey. (external link)
• Bente Wold; Mette Garmannslund (2003). Physical activity, generalized self efficacy and satisfaction with life among 15 year-olds. (external link)
• Oddrun Samdal; Jorma Tynjälä; Chris Roberts et al. (2005). Trends in physical activity and TV-viewing in 7 European countries in the period 1985-2002. (external link)
• Bente Wold; Torbjørn Torsheim; Candace Currie et al. (2002). The effect of national tobacco control policies on school smoking restrictions and student smoking. (external link)
• Marianne Skogbrott Birkeland; Ole Melkevik; Ingrid Holsen et al. (2010). Trajectories of global self-esteem development during adolescence. (external link)

Research report

• Torbjørn Torsheim; Bente Wold; Oddrun Samdal et al. (1997). Test-retest reliability of survey indicators measuring adolescent health and health behaviour. (external link)
• Ellen Merethe Melingen Haug; Catharina Wold Robson; Trond Helland et al. (2020). Barn og unges helse og trivsel: Forekomst og sosial ulikhet i Norge og Norden. (external link)
• Oddrun Samdal; Hege Høivik Bye; Torbjørn Torsheim et al. (2012). Sosial ulikhet i helse og læring blant barn og unge. Resultater fra den landsrepresentative spørreskjemaundersøkelsen "Helsevaner blant skoleelever. En WHO-undersøkelse i flere land". (external link)
• Oddrun Samdal; Maria Coral Falco Perez; Anne-Siri Fismen et al. (2024). Trender i barn og unges helsevaner og trivsel. Helsevaner blant skoleelever - en flernasjonal undersøkelse (HEVAS). Norske data fra 1983-2022.. (external link)
• Bente Wold (2000). Promoting a Future Without Tobacco. (external link)
• Oddrun Samdal; Toril Taklo; Bente Wold (1994). Helse, livsstil og skoletrivsel blant elevene ved de 10 skolene som deltar i prosjektet "Helsefremmende skoler" (HEFRES) : HEFRES-rapport basert på spørreskjema-undersøkelse blant alle elever i 4.-9. klasse i juni 1994. (external link)
• Bente Wold; Bjørn Holstein; Dawn Griesbach et al. (2000). Control of Adolescent Smoking (CAS). National policies on restriction of smoking at school in eight European countries. (external link)
• Bente Wold; Candace Currie; Monica Lund (2000). Control of Adolescent Smoking (The CAS study) 1997/1998. Technical report on surveys of 15 year-olds in nine European countries. (external link)
• Esther Hjälmhult; Bente Wold; Oddrun Samdal (1996). Skolehelsetjenesten og helsefremmende skoler - utfordringer til samarbeid. (external link)
• Oddrun Samdal; Bente Wold (1993). School as a setting - optional package 1993-94. (external link)
• Oddrun Samdal; Frida Kathrine Sofie Mathisen; Torbjørn Torsheim et al. (2016). Helse og trivsel blant barn og unge. Resultater fra den landsrepresentative spørreundersøkelsen «Helsevaner blant skoleelever. En WHO-undersøkelse i flere land». (external link)
• Oddrun Samdal; Ingrid Leversen; Torbjørn Torsheim et al. (2009). Trender i helse og livsstil blant barn og unge 1985-2005. Norske resultater fra studien "Helsevaner blant skoleelever. En WHO-undersøkelse i flere land.". (external link)
• Bente Wold (1993). Dimensions and determinants of children`s health behaviour: Experiences from Health Behaviour in School-aged children. A WHO Cross - National Study. (HBSC). (external link)
• Chris Smith; Laurence Moore; Bente Wold et al. (1993). Health behaviours in schoolchildren: findings and implications from WHO`s cross national study. (external link)
• Torbjørn Torsheim; Oddrun Samdal; Bente Wold et al. (2004). Helse og trivsel blant barn og unge: Norske resultater fra studien "Helsevaner blant skoleelever. En WHO-studie i flere land". (external link)
• Bente Wold; Jørn Hetland; Leif Edvard Aarø et al. (2000). Utviklingstrekk i helse og livsstil blant barn og unge fra Norge, Sverige, Ungarn og Wales. (external link)
• Torbjørn Torsheim; Bente Wold; Candace Currie (1998). Adolescent coping and health: Sense of coherence. (external link)
• Bente Wold; C. Dressen; C. Chan Chee et al. (1998). Are cultural and geographical differences too vast to enable comparison of indicators used in adolescent health studies ?. (external link)
• Oddrun Samdal; Bente Wold; Torbjørn Torsheim et al. (1998). The relationship between the students' perception of school and their reported health and quality of life. (external link)
• Bente Wold; Candace Currie (1998). Cross-national perspectives. (external link)
• Bente Wold; Candace Currie (1998). Perception of health: core development/revision. (external link)
• Bente Wold; Candace Currie (1998). Rationale for the study of health behaviours and subjective health of young people. (external link)
• Leif Edvard Aarø; Bente Wold; Oddrun Samdal et al. (1999). Psychological and somatic complaints among adolescents. Searching for psychosocial risk factors. (external link)
• Oddrun Samdal; Hege Høivik Bye; Torbjørn Torsheim et al. (2012). Sosial ulikhet i helse og læring blant barn og unge: Resultater fra den landsrepresentative spørreskjemaundersøkelsen ”Helsevaner blant skoleleelver. En WHO-undersøkelse i flere land”. (external link)
• Bente Wold; L.E. Aarø (1994). Health behavior in school-aged children. A WHO cross-national survey. Research protocol for the 1993-94 study. (external link)
• Bente Wold; Candace Currie (2001). Control of Adolescent Smoking: Transnational variation in prevalence of adolescent smoking: the role of national tobacco control policies and the school and family environment. (external link)

Book anthology

• Bente Wold; Oddrun Samdal (2012). An Ecological Perspective on Health Promotion Systems, Settings and Social Processes. (external link)

Popular science article

• Lise Kjønniksen; Bente Wold (2007). Fører organisert idrett i barne- og ungdomsårene til mer aktive voksne ?. (external link)
• Oddrun Samdal; Bente Wold (2001). Trivsel i skolen : Erfaringer fra Europeisk nettverk av helsefremmende skoler i Norge. (external link)
• Bente Wold (1996). Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children, A WHO Cross-National Survey. (external link)
• Oddrun Samdal; Bente Wold; Nina Grieg Viig (2001). Helse- og trivselsefremmende arbeid i skolen : Hvorfor og hvordan. (external link)
• Solrun Samnøy; Bente Wold (2018). Livsmeistring og psykisk helse i skulen: Læraren som rollemodell.. (external link)
• Bente Wold; Oddrun Samdal (1999). Europeisk nettverk av helsefremmende skoler - erfaringer fra Norge. (external link)
• Bente Wold (2001). Adolescent smoking. (external link)
• Lise Kjønniksen; Ingunn Fjørtoft; Bente Wold (2011). Hvordan bidrar kroppsøving i skolen til fysisk aktivitet i voksen alder - en oppfølgingsstudie over 10 år. (external link)
• Oddrun Samdal; Bente Wold (1997). The importance of school experiences for students' health and well-being. (external link)
• Bente Wold; Hege Eikeland Tjomsland (1997). An international perspective - views on motivation, interests and resources. (external link)

Academic book chapter

• Bente Wold; Oddrun Samdal (1999). Experiences and recommendations from the Norwegian part of "The European Network of Health Promoting Schools". (external link)
• Bente Wold (1999). The European Network of Health Promoting Schools (ENHPS) in Norway: purpose, implementation and evaluation. (external link)
• Bente Wold; Oddrun Samdal (1999). Erfaringer og anbefalinger fra den norske delen av prosjektet Europeisk nettverk av helsefremmende skoler (HEFRES). (external link)
• Bente Wold (1999). HEFRES: Nettverk av helsefremmende skoler i Norge: mål, tiltak og evaluering. (external link)
• Esther Hjälmhult; Bente Wold; Oddrun Samdal (1999). Cooperation between the school and the School Health Services. (external link)
• Esther Hjälmhult; Bente Wold; Oddrun Samdal (1999). Samarbeid mellom skolen og skolehelsetjenesten. (external link)
• Bente Wold (2004). Trivsel og helsevaner blant barn og unge. (external link)
• Bente Wold (1991). Sosialisering, livsstil og fysisk aktivitet blant barn og ungdom. (external link)
• Bente Wold; Norman Anderssen; LE Aarø (1995). Concordance between self-report and family surrogate report of smoking behaviour in young adolescents and their parents. (external link)
• Bente Wold; Oddrun Samdal (2009). Levevaner: individuelle valg eller sosiokulturelle produkter?. (external link)
• Maurice B Mittelmark; Bente Wold; Oddrun Samdal (2012). The ecology of health promotion. (external link)
• Hege Eikeland Tjomsland; Oddrun Samdal; Nina Grieg Viig et al. (2013). From initiation to institutionalisation: the principals’ leadership and management in Norwegian health promoting schools. (external link)
• Oddrun Samdal; Bente Wold (2012). Introduction to health promotion. (external link)
• Bente Wold (2012). Social influence processes on adolescent health behaviours. (external link)
• Bente Wold (2009). Ungdom og idrett: stimulering av initiativ, mestring og sunn livsstil. (external link)
• Fredrik Hansen; Bente Wold (2006). Norway. (external link)
• Bente Wold (2006). Veiledning trinn for trinn. (external link)
• Bente Wold; Leo B. Hendry (1998). Social and environmental factors associated with physical activity in young people. (external link)
• Arne Holte; Margaret M. Barry; Mona Bekkhus et al. (2014). Psychology of Child Well-Being. (external link)
• Yngvar Ommundsen; Bård Erlend Solstad; Rune Høigaard et al. (2018). Mestrer jeg trenerrollen? : Validitet og reliabilitet i en skala til måling av mestringstro i et utvalg norske breddefotballtrenere. (external link)
• Bente Wold (1997). Ungdom og idrett: stimulering av initiativ, mestring og sunn livsstil. (external link)
• Bente Wold (1994). Sosialisering og livsstil blant barn og unge. (external link)
• Bente Wold (1997). Tiltak for å fremme ungdoms deltakelse i fysisk aktivitet og idrett. (external link)
• KI Klepp; BU Wilhelmsen; Bente Wold (1995). Hvordan planlegge og gjennomføre det helsefremmende arbeidet? HEMIL-modellen. (external link)
• Hege Eikeland Tjomsland; Bente Wold; Rune Johan Krumsvik et al. (2014). Evaluation Research in Health Promoting Schools and Related Challenges. (external link)

Professional article

• Lise Kjønniksen; Bente Wold (2007). Fører organisert idrett i barne- og ungdomsårene til mer aktive voksne? Resultater fra en 10-årig oppfølgingsundersøkelse. (external link)
• Oddrun Samdal; Nina Grieg Viig; Bente Wold (2010). Health promotion integrated into school policy and practice: experiences of implementation in the Norwegian network of health promoting schools. (external link)

Media feature article

• Nina Grieg Viig; Oddrun Samdal; Bente Wold (2011). Schools for Health in Europe (SHE) - et europeisk nettverk av helsefremmende skoler. (external link)

Doctoral thesis (PhD)

• Sondre Aasen Nilsen; Tormod Bøe; Kyrre Breivik et al. (2020). After the Divorce: Academic Achievement, Mental Health, and Health Complaints in Adolescence : Heterogeneous associations by parental education, family structure, and siblings.. (external link)
• Bente Wold (1989). Lifestyles and physical activity : a theoretical and empirical analysis of socialization among children and adolescents. (external link)

Non-fiction monograph

• Norman Anderssen; Bente Wold (1995). Psykologisk tenkning i helsefremmende arbeid. Symposium ved den XVIII Nordiske Psykologikongress 7.-10. september 1994. Oslo, Norge. (external link)
• Bente Wold; Harald Aasen; LE Aarø et al. (1995). Helse og livsstil blant barn og unge i Norge. Resultater fra en landsomfattende spørreskjema-undersøkelse tilknyttet prosjektet "helsevaner blant skoleelever". En WHO-undersøkelse i flere land (HEVAS)". (external link)
• Bente Wold; Oddrun Samdal (1999). Helsefremmende arbeid med barn og ungdom: Utvikling av et godt skolemiljø. HEMIL-rapport. (external link)
• Bente Wold; Oddrun Samdal (1999). Health promotion among young people: the development of healthy school environments. Dissemination of experiences from the Norwegian schools in the European Network of Health Promoting Schools (ENHPS). HEMIL Report Series. (external link)
• Bente Wold; Oddrun Samdal (1999). Health promotion among young people: the development of healthy school environments. Dissemination of experiences from the Norwegian schools in the European Network of Health Promoting Schools (ENHPS). HEMIL Report Series. (external link)
• Bente Wold; Oddrun Samdal (1999). Health promotion among young people: the development of healthy school environments. Dissemination of experiences from the Norwegian schools in the Euroupean Network of Health Promoting Schools (ENHPS). HEMIL Report Series. (external link)
• Bente Wold; Oddrun Samdal (1999). Health promotion among young people: the development of healthy school environments. HEMIL report series. (external link)
• Bente Wold; Oddrun Samdal (1999). Helsefremmende arbeid med barn og ungdom: Utvikling av et godt skolemiljø. Erfaringer fra de norske skolene i "Europeisk nettverk av helsefremmende skoler" (HEFRES).HEMIL-rapport. (external link)
• Bente Wold; Oddrun Samdal (1999). Health promotion among young people : teh development opf healthy school environments. Dissemination of experiences from the Norwegian schools in the European Network of Health Promoting Schools (ENHPS). HEMIL report series. (external link)
• Bente Wold; Oddrun Samdal (1999). Helsefremmende arbeid med barn og ungdom : utvikling av et godt skolemiljø. Erfaringer fra de norske skolene i "Europeisk nettverk av Helsefremmende skoler" (HEFRES). HEMIL-rapport. (external link)
• Bente Wold; Oddrun Samdal (1999). Health promotion among young people: the development of healthy school environments. Dissemination of experiences from the Norwegian schools in the European Network of Health Promoting Schools (ENHPS). HEMIL Report Series. (external link)
• Bente Wold; T. Taklo; Oddrun Samdal (1996). Livsstil, helse og arbeidsmiljø blant norske lærere. Rapport fra en undersøkelse blant lærerne i de norske skolene som deltar i europeisk nettverk av helsefremmende skoler (HEFRES) desember 1994 og 1995. (external link)
• A. King; Bente Wold; C.T. Smith et al. (1996). The health of youth. A cross-national survey. (external link)
• Bente Wold; Oddrun Samdal (1999). Helsefremmende arbeid med barn og ungdom: Utvikling av et godt skolemiljø. HEMIL-rapport. (external link)
• Bente Wold; Oddrun Samdal (1999). Helsefremmende arbeid med barn og ungdom: Utvikling av et godt skolemiljø. HEMIL-rapport. (external link)

Lecture

• Torbjørn Torsheim; Bente Wold (1998). The Sense of Coherence Scale (SOC-13): What does it measure?. (external link)
• Bente Wold (2007). Trender i ungdoms helse og livsstil. (external link)
• Bente Wold (2007). Trivsel blant ungdom: helsefremmende arbeid i skolen. (external link)
• Bente Wold (2008). Helsetilstanden blant barn og unge i Norge sett ut fra WHO-data. (external link)

Non-fiction book chapter

• Leif Edvard Aarø; Oddrun Samdal; Bente Wold (2017). Psykisk helse blant ungdom. (external link)

Editorial/Leader article

• Johannes Brug; Simone French; Bente Wold (2006). The past, present and future of the International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in NVA.

• Medlem av SIPA-gruppen. Gruppen forsker på ungdommers sosiale prosesser, subjektiv helse og livsstil.
• Prosjektleder i Norwegian Longitudinal Health Behaviour Study (Prosjektleder for "Voksen i år 2000") som er en longitudinell studie over 27 år på subjektiv helse og livsstil for 2 generasjoner av mennesker bosatt i Hordaland fylke. 1990-
• Leder for arbeidspakke i det NFR-finansierte Longtrends-prosjektet 2020-2024.