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Edvin Bru is affiliated with the University of Stavanger in Norway. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily within Social Sciences and Psychology, with additional work in Medicine. The main subfields of study include Education, Social Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Clinical Psychology.

The scientist's research topics cover a variety of areas related to education and development. Key themes include:

  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
  • Parental Involvement in Education
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
  • Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation
  • Youth Development and Social Support

Edvin Bru has contributed to several scholarly papers between 2021 and 2023, primarily published in social psychology and educational research venues. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Investigating the Links of Social-Emotional Competencies: Emotional Well-being and Academic Engagement among Adolescents" (2022), published in Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research
  • "Teachers' support for growth mindset and its links with students' growth mindset, academic engagement, and achievements in lower secondary school" (2023), published in Social Psychology of Education
  • "Academic stress: links with emotional problems and motivational climate among upper secondary school students" (2022), published in Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research
  • "Associations of social and emotional competencies, academic efficacy beliefs, and emotional distress among students in lower secondary school" (2021), published in Social Psychology of Education
  • "Intentions to quit upper secondary education among first generation immigrants and native Norwegians: the role of loneliness and peer victimization" (2021), published in Social Psychology of Education

The venues where Edvin Bru frequently publishes reflect an emphasis on educational and social psychology research. These include:

  • Social Psychology of Education
  • Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research
  • Educational Psychology
  • Learning and Instruction
  • European Journal of Cancer Care

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their work, with frequent coauthors being:

  • Lene Vestad
  • Maren Stabel Tvedt
  • Eli Vibeke Eriksen
  • Tuomo Virtanen
  • Kjersti Balle Tharaldsen

Best Publications

  • School Factors Associated with School Refusal- and Truancy-Related Reasons for School Non-Attendance.

    Trude Havik;Edvin Bru;Sigrun K. Ertesvåg

  • School-Related Stress and Psychosomatic Symptoms among Norwegian Adolescents

    Terje A. Murberg;Edvin Bru

  • Depressed mood and subjective health symptoms as predictors of mortality in patients with congestive heart failure: a two-years follow-up study.

    Terje A. Murberg;Edvin Bru;Sven Svebak;Ragnar Tveterås

  • Students' Perceptions of Class Management and Reports of Their Own Misbehavior.

    Edvin Bru;Paul Stephens;Torbjørn Torsheim

  • The Coping Styles of Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes Are Associated With Degree of Metabolic Control

    Marit Graue;Tore Wentzel-Larsen;Edvin Bru;Berit Rokne Hanestad

  • Social relationships and mortality in patients with congestive heart failure.

    Terje A Murberg;Edvin Bru

  • Predicting exercise adherence in cancer patients and survivors: a systematic review and meta‐analysis of motivational and behavioural factors

    RN Anne M Lunde Husebø MSc;Sindre M Dyrstad;Jon A Søreide PhD;Jon A Søreide PhD;Edvin Bru

  • Assessing Reasons for School Non-attendance

    Trude Havik;Edvin Bru;Sigrun K. Ertesvåg

  • The relationship between clinical indicators, coping styles, perceived support and diabetes-related distress among adults with type 2 diabetes.

    Bjørg Karlsen;Bjørg Oftedal;Edvin Bru

  • Parental perspectives of the role of school factors in school refusal

    Trude Havik;Edvin Bru;Sigrun K. Ertesvåg

  • Effects of a group-based counselling programme on diabetes-related stress, coping, psychological well-being and metabolic control in adults with type 1 or type 2 diabetes.

    Bjorg Karlsen;Thormod Idsoe;Ingrid Dirdal;Berit Rokne Hanestad

  • Students' perceptions of teacher support across the transition from primary to secondary school.

    Edvin Bru;Tor Stornes;Elaine Munthe;Elin Thuen

  • Functional Status and Depression among Men and Women with Congestive Heart Failure

    Terje A. Murberg;Edvin Bru;Torbjørn Aarsland;Sven Svebak

  • Patient information and coping styles in multiple sclerosis.

    Kirsten Lode;J P Larsen;Edvin Bru;G Klevan

  • Perceived support from healthcare practitioners among adults with type 2 diabetes

    Bjørg Oftedal;Bjørg Karlsen;Edvin Bru

  • The role of neuroticism and perceived school-related stress in somatic symptoms among students in Norwegian junior high schools.

    Terje A. Murberg;Edvin Bru

  • Perceptions of support, diabetes-related coping and psychological well-being in adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes

    B Karlsen;T Idsoe;BR Hanestad;T Murberg

  • The role of coping styles as predictors of depressive symptoms among adolescents: a prospective study.

    Terje A. Murberg;Edvin Bru

  • Effects of Scheduled Exercise on Cancer-Related Fatigue in Women with Early Breast Cancer

    Anne Marie Lunde Husebø;Sindre Mikal Dyrstad;Ingvil Mjaaland;Jon Arne Søreide

  • Coping styles among adults with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes

    Bjørg Karlsen;Edvin Bru

Frequent Co-Authors

Pim Cuijpers
Pim Cuijpers Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Paul Stallard
Paul Stallard University of Bath
Torbjørn Torsheim
Torbjørn Torsheim University of Bergen

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