Kontor/besøk
Teorifagbygget, Hus 5, kontor 5658

Biografiske data
Cand. polit. (sosialantropologi), Cand. psychol. og Dr. psychol. (alle fra Universitetet i Oslo)

Forskningsinteresser
Positiv psykologi, friluftsliv, kulturpsykologi, forskningsmetoder

Publikasjoner
Vittersø, J.,Öhlman, H. I. & Wang, A. L. (in press). Life satisfaction is not a balanced estimator of the good life: Evidence from reaction time measures and self-reported emotions. Journal of Happiness Studies.

Karlsen, E. Dybdahl, R & Vittersø, J. (2006). The possible benefits of difficulty: How stress can increase and decrease subjective well-being. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology.47, 411 – 417.
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Bjerke, T. Kaltenborn, B. & Vittersø, J. (2006). Cabin Life: Restorative and affective aspects. In N. McIntyre, D. Williams, and K. McHugh (Eds.) Multiple Dwellings and Tourism: Negotiating Place, Home and Identity, 87- 102. Wallingford, UK, CABI.
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Ørbo, M. C., Aslaksen, P. M., & Vittersø, J. (2005). Må man ha brent for å brenne ut? Validering og predikering av utbrenthet blant norske studenter. Nordisk Psykologi. 57(4) 417-434.


Vittersø, J., Biswas-Diener, R., & Diener, E. (2005). The divergent meaning of life satisfaction: Item response modeling of the Satisfaction With Life Scale in Greenland and Norway. Social Indicators Research. 74 (3) 327-348.
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Biswas-Diener, R., Vittersø, J. & Diener, E. (2005). Most People Are Happy Revisited: Outside Mainstream Industrialized Culture. Journal of Happiness Studies. 6 (3) 205-226.
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Vittersø, J.(2005). Lykken er mangfoldig. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening, 42 (10) 790 - 796. Kan lastes ned fra: http://www.psykol.no/default.aspx?did=9077067&title=Lykken+er+mangfoldig

Vittersø, J., Dyrdal, G. M. & Røysamb, E. (2005). Utilities and capabilities: A psychological account of the two concepts and their relation to the idea of a good life. Paper presented at The 2nd Workshop on Capabilities and Happiness, University of Milano – Bicocca, Italy, June 15-18, 2005.
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Kopperud, K. H., & Vittersø, J. (2005). Happiness, Flow and Personal Growth: Results from a Day Reconstruction Study Among Norwegian Job Holders. Paper presented at The 2nd Workshop on Capabilities and Happiness, University of Milano – Bicocca, Italy, June 15-18, 2005.

Straume. L. V. & Vittersø, J. (2005). A Personality Approach to Happiness and Development: Emotional Responses to Success and Failure. Paper presented at The 2nd Workshop on Capabilities and Happiness, University of Milano – Bicocca, Italy, June 15-18, 2005.

Vittersø, J., Chipeniuk, R., Skår, M., & Vistad, O. I. (2004). Recreational conflict is affective: The case of cross-country skiers and snowmobiles. Leisure Sciences, 26 (3) 227- 243.
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Vittersø, J. (2004). Subjective well-being versus self-actualization: Using the Flow-simplex to promote a conceptual clarification of subjective quality of life. Social Indicators Research, 65, (3) 299-331.
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Vittersø, J.(2003). Flow Versus Life Satisfaction: How cartoons can illustrate the difference between the evaluation approach and the intrinsic motivation approach to subjective quality of life. Journal of Happiness Studies4, (2) 141-167.
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Vittersø, J., Akselsen, S., Evjemo, B., Julsrud, T. E., Yttri, B., & Bergvik, S. (2003). Impacts of home-based telework on quality of life for employees and their partners. Quantitative and qualitative results from a European survey. Journal of Happiness Studies. 4, (2) 201-233.
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Vittersø, J. (2002). Wilderness and well-being: Some potential links between arctic wilderness and psychological growth. In A. Watson, L. Alessa, & J. Sproull (Eds.). Wilderness in the Circumpolar North: searching for compatibility in traditional, ecotourism, and ecological values; 2001 May 15-16; Anchorage, AK. Proceedings RMRS-P-26.Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station (115 -119).

Vittersø, J. & Nilsen, F. A. (2002) The conceptual and relational structure of subjective well-being, neuroticism, and extraversion: neuroticism is again found to be the important predictor of happiness. Social Indicators Research, 57, (1) 89-118.
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Vittersø, J., Røysamb, E. & Diener, E. (2002). The concept of life satisfaction across cultures: exploring its diverse meaning and relation to economic wealth. In E. Gullone & R. A. Cummins (Eds.). The Universality of Subjective Well-Being Indicators. A multi-disciplinary and multi-national perspective. Social Indicators Research Book Series, Volume 16, 81 - 103. The Netherlands, Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic.

Røysamb, E., Harris, J. R., Magnus, P.,Vittersø, J., & Tambs, K. (2002). Subjective well-being: sex-specific effects of genetic and environmental factors. Personality and Individual Differences, 32,(2)211 - 223.
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Vittersø, J. (2001). Personality traits and subjective well-being: Emotional stability, not extraversion, is probably the important predictor. Personality and Individual Differences 31, (6) 903-914.
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Vittersø, J., Vorkinn, M., & Vistad, O. (2001). Congruence between recreational mode and actual behavior - a prerequisite for optimal experiences? Journal of Leisure Research 33, (2) 137-159.
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Vittersø, J. (2000). Review of the book Well-Being. The foundations of Hedonic Psychology. Edited by Daniel Kahneman, Ed Diener and Norbert Schwarz. Journal of Happiness Studies, 1. (2) 247-258.
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Vittersø, J. (2000). Review of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's book, Finding Flow. The Psychology of Engagement With Everyday Life, New Yok, Basic Books. Journal of Happiness Studies, 1. (1) 121-123.
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Vittersø, J., Vorkinn, M., Vistad, O. I., & Vaagland, J. (2000). Tourist experiences and attractions. Annals of Tourism Research, 27, (2) 432-450.
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Holsen, I., Kraft, P., & Vittersø, J. (2000). Stability in depressed mood in adolescence: Results from a six-year longitudinal panel study. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 29, (1) 61-79.
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Bjerke, T., Vittersø, J., & Kaltenborn, B. P. (2000). Locus of control and attitudes toward large carnivores. Psychological Reports, 86, (1) 37-46.

Aas, Ø., & Vittersø, J. (2000). Developing the consumptiveness-concept - Some suggestions from a confirmatory factor analysis. Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 5, (4) 1?18.

Vittersø, J., Bjerke, T., & Kaltenborn, B. P. (1999). Attitudes towards large carnivores among sheep farmers experiencing different degrees of depredation. Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 4, (1) 20-35.

Kaltenborn, B. P., Bjerke, T. & Vittersø, J. (1999). Attitudes towards large carnivores among sheep farmers, wildlife managers, and research biologists in Norway. Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 4 (3) 57 - 73.

Williams, D. R., Vogt, C. A., & Vittersø, J. (1999). Structural Equation Modeling of Users Support for Wilderness Recreation Fees. Journal of Leisure Research, 31, (3) 245-268.
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