Journal publications

• Stenseng, Frode; Falch-Madsen, Jonas; Hygen, Beate Wold. (2021) Are There Two Types of Escapism? Exploring a Dualistic Model of Escapism in Digital Gaming and Online Streaming. Psychology of Popular Media. vol. 10 (3).
• Hygen, Beate Wold; Skalicka, Vera; Stenseng, Frode; Belsky, Jay; Steinsbekk, Silje; Wichstrøm, Lars. (2020) The co-occurrence between symptoms of internet gaming disorder and psychiatric disorders in childhood and adolescence: prospective relations or common causes?. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. vol. 61 (8).
• Steinsbekk, Silje; Wichstrøm, Lars; Stenseng, Frode; Nesi, Jacqueline; Hygen, Beate Wold; Skalicka, Vera. (2020) The impact of social media use on appearance self-esteem from childhood to adolescence – A 3-wave community study. Computers in Human Behavior. vol. 114.
• Hygen, Beate Wold; Belsky, Jay; Stenseng, Frode; Skalicka, Vera; Kvande, Marianne N.; Zahl, Tonje; Wichstrøm, Lars. (2019) Time Spent Gaming and Social Competence in Children: Reciprocal Effects Across Childhood. Child Development.
• Skalicka, Vera; Hygen, Beate Wold; Stenseng, Frode; Berg Kårstad, Silja; Wichstrøm, Lars. (2019) Screen time and the development of emotion understanding from age 4 to age 8: A community study. British Journal of Developmental Psychology. vol. 37 (3).
• Stenseng, Frode; Hygen, Beate Wold; Wichstrøm, Lars. (2019) Time Spent Gaming and Psychiatric Symptoms in Childhood: Cross-Sectional Associations and Longitudinal Effects. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
• Wichstrøm, Lars; Stenseng, Frode; Belsky, Jay; von Soest, Tilmann; Hygen, Beate Wold. (2018) Symptoms of Internet Gaming Disorder in Youth: Predictors and Comorbidity. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. vol. 47.
• Hygen, Beate Wold; Belsky, Jay; Li, Zhi; Stenseng, Frode; Guzey, Ismail Cuneyt; Wichstrøm, Lars. (2017) Change in parenting, change in student-teacher relationships, and oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR): Testing a Gene-×-Environment (G×E) Hypothesis in Two Samples. Developmental Psychology. vol. 53 (7).
• Stenseng, Frode; Li, Zhi; Belsky, Jay; Hygen, Beate Wold; Skalicka, Vera; Guzey, Ismail Cuneyt; Wichstrøm, Lars. (2017) Peer problems and hyperactivity-impulsivity among Norwegian and American Children – The role of 5-HTTLPR. Child Development.
• Li, Zhi; Hygen, Beate Wold; Widaman, Keith F; Berg-Nielsen, Turid Suzanne; Wichstrøm, Lars; Belsky, Jay. (2016) Disorganization, COMT, and children's social behavior: The norwegian hypothesis of legacy of disorganized attachment. Frontiers in Psychology. vol. 7.
• Hygen, Beate Wold; Belsky, Jay; Stenseng, Frode; Lydersen, Stian; Guzey, Ismail Cuneyt; Wichstrøm, Lars. (2015) Child exposure to serious life events, COMT, and aggression: Testing differential susceptibility theory. Developmental Psychology. vol. 51 (8).
• Viddal, Kristine Rensvik; Berg-Nielsen, Turid Suzanne; Wan, Ming Wai; Green, Jonathan; Hygen, Beate Wold; Wichstrøm, Lars. (2015) Secure attachment promotes the development of effortful control in boys. Attachment & Human Development. vol. 17 (3).
• Hygen, Beate Wold; Guzey, Ismail Cuneyt; Belsky, Jay; Berg-Nielsen, Turid Suzanne; Wichstrøm, Lars. (2014) Catechol-O-methyltransferase Val158Met genotype moderates the effect of disorganized attachment on social development in young children. Development and Psychopathology. vol. 26 (4pt1).

Report/dissertation

• Hygen, Beate Wold; Ulset, Gro. (2021) Det er mye trygghet i den telefonen : Bruk av elektronisk kommunikasjon i barneverninstitusjon. 2021. ISBN 978-82-7570-661-2.
• Wendelborg, Christian; Røe, Melina; Buland, Trond Hallgeir; Hygen, Beate Wold. (2019) Elevundersøkelsen 2018 : Analyse av Elevundersøkelsen og Foreldreundersøkelsen. 2019. ISBN 978-82-7570-597-4.