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Willy Pedersen

Willy Pedersen

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
38
Citations
5937
World Ranking
5964
National Ranking
56

Overview

Willy Pedersen is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway. Their research spans various fields, chiefly within the social sciences, medicine, and psychology. The scientist's work contributes extensively to subfields including sociology and political science, clinical psychology, epidemiology, general health professions, and anthropology.

Their research addresses a range of topics such as cross-cultural and social analysis, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, psychedelics and drug studies, HIV-related drug use and sexual risk, crime patterns and interventions, social and cultural dynamics, and homelessness and social issues.

Among their recent scholarly papers are:

  • "Sexual Victimization in the Digital Age: A Population-Based Study of Physical and Image-Based Sexual Abuse Among Adolescents," 2022, Archives of Sexual Behavior
  • "Narratives of the mystical among users of psychedelics," 2021, Acta Sociologica
  • "Making 'bad trips' good: How users of psychedelics narratively transform challenging trips into valuable experiences," 2020, International Journal of Drug Policy
  • "Livstilfredshet blant ungdom før og under covid-19-pandemien," 2020, Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening
  • "Smittevern blant Oslo-ungdom under covid-19-pandemien," 2020, Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening

The scientist's frequent collaborators include Tilmann von Soest, Eirik Jerven Berger, Liridona Gashi, Sveinung Sandberg, and Terrie E. Moffitt.

Willy Pedersen's publications frequently appear in leading journals such as Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening, International Journal of Drug Policy, Archives of Sexual Behavior, Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning, and Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.

Best Publications

  • Ecstasy and new patterns of drug use: a normal population study.

    Willy Pedersen;Anders Skrondal

  • Street capital: Black cannabis dealers in a white welfare state

    Sveinung Sandberg;Willy Pedersen

  • Parental relations, mental health, and delinquency in adolescents

    Willy Pedersen

  • Alcohol consumption debut: predictors and consequences.

    W Pedersen;A Skrondal

  • Conduct problems and early cannabis initiation: a longitudinal study of gender differences

    Willy Pedersen;Arne Mastekaasa;Lars Wichstrøm

  • Mental health, sensation seeking and drug use patterns: a longitudinal study

    Willy Pedersen

  • Cannabis and crime: findings from a longitudinal study.

    Willy Pedersen;Torbjørn Skardhamar

  • Does cannabis use lead to depression and suicidal behaviours? A population-based longitudinal study.

    W Pedersen

  • Use of anabolic-androgenic steroids in adolescence: winning, looking good or being bad?

    Lars Wichstrøm;Willy Pedersen

  • Children and adolescents who sell sex: a community study.

    Willy Pedersen;Kristinn Hegna

  • Eating behaviour, drug use, psychopathology and parental bonding in adolescents in Norway

    N. J. Lavik;S. E. Clausen;Willy Pedersen

  • Smoking, nicotine dependence and mental health among young adults: a 13‐year population‐based longitudinal study

    Willy Pedersen;Tilmann von Soest

  • Making "bad trips" good: How users of psychedelics narratively transform challenging trips into valuable experiences

    Liridona Gashi;Sveinung Sandberg;Willy Pedersen

  • Alcohol and sexual victimization : a longitudinal study of Norwegian girls

    Willy Pedersen;Anders Skrondal

  • Sexual Satisfaction in Young Adulthood Cohabitation, Committed Dating or Unattached Life?

    Willy Pedersen;Morten Blekesaune

  • Abortion and depression: A population-based longitudinal study of young women:

    Willy Pedersen

  • The medicalisation of revolt: a sociological analysis of medical cannabis users

    Willy Pedersen;Sveinung Sandberg

  • Intercourse debut age: poor resources, problem behavior, or romantic appeal? a population-based longitudinal study.

    Willy Pedersen;Sven Ove Samuelsen;Lars Wichstrøm

  • Patterns of drug use and sensation-seeking among adolescents in Norway.

    W Pedersen;S E Clausen;N J Lavik

  • “I’m Not One of Those Girls” Boundary-Work and the Sexual Double Standard in a Liberal Hookup Context

    Eivind Grip Fjær;Willy Pedersen;Sveinung Sandberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Tilmann von Soest
Tilmann von Soest University of Oslo
Lars Wichstrøm
Lars Wichstrøm Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Heith Copes
Heith Copes University of Alabama at Birmingham
Ingeborg Rossow
Ingeborg Rossow Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Arne Mastekaasa
Arne Mastekaasa University of Oslo
Terrie E. Moffitt
Terrie E. Moffitt Duke University

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