- dominic.sagoe@uib.no
- Phone number
- +47 55588629
- Visitor address
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Christiesgate 12
5015 Bergen - Room: 506
- Postal address
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P.O. Box 7807NO-5020 BergenNorway
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Research groups
- Addiction Research Group
- Norwegian Competence Center for Gambling and Gaming Research
- Human Enhancement and Body Image Lab (HEBI Lab)
Teaching
PSYK111: Introduction to Psychology and the History of Psychology
PSYK112: Social and Personality Psychology
PROPSY308: Personality Psychology
PSYK114: Development, Cognitive and Biological Psychology
Publications
Academic article
- Damian F. Santomauro; Paul Anthony Miller; Jamileh Shadid et al. (2026). Updated trends in the global prevalence and burden of mental disorders, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023. (external link)
- Dong Keon Yon; Min Seo Kim; Ali H. Mokdad et al. (2026). Global, regional and national burden of ischemic heart disease attributable to suboptimal diet, 1990–2023: a Global Burden of Disease study. (external link)
- Amund Riiser; Liam Paul Satchell; Dominic Sagoe et al. (2026). Dietary Supplement Use and Doping Attitudes: A Cross-Sectional Survey. (external link)
- Hailemariam Weldemariam; Razieh Chegeni; Ståle Pallesen et al. (2026). The social perception of performance enhancement and body modification: A systematic review and meta-analysis on anabolic steroids, tattoos, and cosmetic surgery. (external link)
- Elise Constance Grude Fodstad; Eilin K. Erevik; Dominic Sagoe et al. (2025). Concerned significant others of persons with problem gambling and problem gaming: Prevalence and characteristics in the Norwegian population. (external link)
- Emily Haeuser; Sam Byrne; Jason Nguyen et al. (2025). Global, regional, and national trends in routine childhood vaccination coverage from 1980 to 2023 with forecasts to 2030: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023. (external link)
- Andrea Czakó; Marc N. Potenza; David C. Hodgins et al. (2025). Research priorities in gambling: Findings of a large-scale expert study. (external link)
- Luisa S. Flor; Cory N. Spencer; Jack Cagney et al. (2026). Disease burden attributable to intimate partner violence against females and sexual violence against children in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023. (external link)
- Christopher E. Troeger; Michael Benjamin Arndt; Hasan Aalruz et al. (2026). Quantifying the fatal and non-fatal burden of disease associated with child growth failure, 2000–2023: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023. (external link)
- Austin E Schumacher; Peng Zheng; Ryan M Barber et al. (2025). Global age-sex-specific all-cause mortality and life expectancy estimates for 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1950–2023: a demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023. (external link)
- Mohsen Naghavi; Hmwe Hmwe Kyu; Bhoomadevi A et al. (2025). Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023. (external link)
- Simon I. Hay; Kanyin Liane Ong; Damian F. Santomauro et al. (2025). Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023. (external link)
- Benjamin A Stark; Nicole K DeCleene; Emily C Desai et al. (2025). Global, Regional, and National Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors in 204 Countries and Territories, 1990-2023. (external link)
- Ali H Mokdad; Catherine Bisignano; Johnathan M Hsu et al. (2024). Burden of disease scenarios by state in the USA, 2022–50: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. (external link)
- Venera Abdulla; Natalya Glushkova; Kulman Nyssanbayeva et al. (2023). Kazakhstani elite athletes’ perspectives on the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games postponement and their preparation during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study. (external link)
- Tiffany K. Gill; Manasi Murthy Mittinty; Lyn M March et al. (2023). Global, regional, and national burden of other musculoskeletal disorders, 1990–2020, and projections to 2050: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. (external link)
- Valery L Feigin; Melsew Dagne Abate; Yohannes Habtegiorgis Abate et al. (2024). Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. (external link)
- Dominic Sagoe; Kristin Zhuoling Huang; Helge Molde et al. (2016). Perceived anabolic–androgenic steroid use is associated with perceived neuroticism. (external link)
- Tony Mathias Leino; Helge Molde; Mark D. Griffiths et al. (2017). Gambling behavior in alcohol-serving and non-alcohol-serving-venues: a study of electronic gaming machine players using account records. (external link)
- Dominic Sagoe (2012). Precincts and Prospects in the Use of Focus Groups in Social and Behavioral Science Research. (external link)
- Razieh Chegeni; Ståle Pallesen; Jim McVeigh et al. (2021). Anabolic-androgenic steroid administration increases self-reported aggression in healthy males: A systematic review and meta-analysis of experimental studies.. (external link)
- Ståle Pallesen; Bjørn Bjorvatn; Siri Waage et al. (2021). Prevalence of shift work disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis. (external link)
- Dominic Sagoe; Johnsen Berit; Bo Lindblad et al. (2021). A mixed-method evaluation of a prison anti-doping intervention: The Hercules prison program. (external link)
- Dominic Sagoe; Ståle Pallesen; Ncoza C. Dlova et al. (2018). The global prevalence and correlates of skin bleaching: A meta-analysis and meta-regression analysis. (external link)
- Elise Victoria Tørdal; Ståle Pallesen; Dominic Sagoe et al. (2024). The prevalence of gambling problems in prison populations: A systematic review and meta-analysis. (external link)
- Dominic Sagoe; Ståle Pallesen; Daniel Hanss et al. (2018). Mental health symptoms and gambling behaviour: A longitudinal study from adolescence to emerging adulthood. (external link)
- Alize J Ferrari; Damian Francesco Santomauro; Amirali Aali et al. (2024). Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. (external link)
- Giulio Castelpietra; Ann Kristin Skrindo Knudsen; Emilie E. Agardh et al. (2022). The burden of mental disorders, substance use disorders and self-harm among young people in Europe, 1990–2019: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. (external link)
- Haley Comfort; Theresa A. McHugh; Austin E. Schumacher et al. (2024). Global, regional, and national stillbirths at 20 weeks' gestation or longer in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. (external link)
- Stein Emil Vollset; Hazim S Ababneh; Yohannes Habtegiorgis Abate et al. (2024). Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022–2050: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. (external link)
- Marie Ng; Xiaochen Dai; Rebecca M. Cogen et al. (2024). National-level and state-level prevalence of overweight and obesity among children, adolescents, and adults in the USA, 1990–2021, and forecasts up to 2050. (external link)
- Tony Leino; Torbjørn Torsheim; Ståle Pallesen et al. (2016). An empirical real-world study of losses disguised as wins in electronic gaming machines. (external link)
- Lisa Evju Hauger; Dominic Sagoe; Anja Vaskinn et al. (2019). Anabolic-androgenic steroid dependence is associated with impaired emotion recognition. (external link)
- Dominic Sagoe; Ståle Pallesen; Ncoza C. Dlova et al. (2019). Authors’ reply to Del Giudice: The global prevalence and correlates of skin bleaching.. (external link)
- Dominic Sagoe; Rune Aune Mentzoni; Daniel Hanss et al. (2016). Aggression is associated with increased anabolic–androgenic steroid use contemplation among adolescents. (external link)
- Dominic Sagoe; Charles Adedayo Ogunbode; Philomena Antwi et al. (2022). UK ethnic minority healthcare workers’ perspectives on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the UK ethnic minority community: A qualitative study. (external link)
- Hailemariam Haileslase Weldemariam; Ophelia Dadzie; Charles Adedayo Ogunbode et al. (2024). A qualitative exploration of the coping strategies of UK ethnic minority healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. (external link)
- Dominic Sagoe; Ståle Pallesen; Cecilie Schou Andreassen (2017). Prevalence and correlates of tattooing in Norway: A large-scale cross-sectional study. (external link)
- Razieh Chegeni; Dominic Sagoe; Andre Syvertsen et al. (2024). Some for a Good Time, Some for a Long Time: Women’s Ratings of the Mate Value of Men with Different Addictions–An Experimental Study. (external link)
- Dominic Sagoe; Mark D. Griffiths; Eilin K. Erevik et al. (2021). Internet-based treatment of gambling problems: A systematic review and metaanalysis of randomized controlled trials. (external link)
- Andre Syvertsen; Eilin K. Erevik; Elise Constance Grude Fodstad et al. (2023). An empirical study on attitudes toward gambling when sportswashing is involved. (external link)
- Kulman Nyssanbayeva; Venera Abdulla; Yuliya Semenova et al. (2023). Characteristics of the Online Market for Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids in Central Asia: A Netnographic Analysis. (external link)
- Andrea Petróczi; Maarten Cruyff; Olivier de Hon et al. (2022). Hidden figures: Revisiting doping prevalence estimates previously reported for two major international sport events in the context of further empirical evidence and the extant literature. (external link)
- IMID Collaborators GBD 2019; Dongze Wu; Yingzhao Jin et al. (2023). Global, regional, and national incidence of six major immune-mediated inflammatory diseases: findings from the global burden of disease study 2019. (external link)
- Ncoza C. Dlova; Dominic Sagoe (2017). Acneiform lesions in a female performance and image-enhancing drug user: The first African case report. (external link)
- Dominic Sagoe; Ståle Pallesen; Mark D. Griffiths et al. (2018). Does individual gambling behavior vary across gambling venues with differing numbers of terminals? An empirical real-world study using player account data. (external link)
- GBD 2021 Adult BMI Collaborators; Jessica A Kerr; Karly I Cini et al. (2025). Global, regional, and national prevalence of adult overweight and obesity, 1990–2021, with forecasts to 2050: a forecasting study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. (external link)
- Ncoza Dlova; Dominic Sagoe (2018). Acneiform lesions in a female performance and image-enhancing drug user: The first African case report. (external link)
- Jessica A. Kerr; George C. Patton; Karly I. Cini et al. (2025). Global, regional, and national prevalence of child and adolescent overweight and obesity, 1990–2021, with forecasts to 2050: a forecasting study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. (external link)
- Yves Miel H. Zuniga; Alimuddin Zumla; Liesl J. Zuhlke et al. (2025). Characterising acute and chronic care needs: insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. (external link)
- Dominic Sagoe; Geir Holden; Eirin Nygaard Karlsholm Rise et al. (2016). Doping prevention through anti-doping education and practical strength training: The Hercules program. (external link)
- Razieh Chegeni; Dominic Sagoe; Rune Aune Mentzoni et al. (2019). Aggression and Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid Use Intent in Adolescents: A Longitudinal Study. (external link)
- Michael Brauer; Gregory A. Roth; Aleksandr Y. Aravkin et al. (2024). Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. (external link)
- Dominic Sagoe; Tine Almenning Eide; Heidi Øhrn et al. (2017). Negative wins do not reinforce ‘short-term’ slot machine gambling intensity, game evaluation, and gambling beliefs. (external link)
- Helge Molde; Rune Aune Mentzoni; Daniel Hanss et al. (2017). People around you – Do they matter? An experimental gambling study.. (external link)
- Dominic Sagoe; Ståle Pallesen; Daniel Hanss et al. (2017). The relationships between mental health symptoms and gambling behavior in the transition from adolescence to emerging adulthood.. (external link)
- Dominic Sagoe; Rune Aune Mentzoni; Tony Mathias Leino et al. (2017). The effects of alcohol expectancy and intake on slot machine gambling behavior. (external link)
- Dominic Sagoe (2022). Commentary on Horn et al. (2022): The outcome expectancy in the ‘alcohol-gambling cocktail’. (external link)
- Yingzhao Jin; Cui Guo; Mohammadreza Abbasian et al. (2024). Global pattern, trend, and cross-country inequality of early musculoskeletal disorders from 1990 to 2019, with projection from 2020 to 2050. (external link)
- Razieh Chegeni; Ståle Pallesen; Dominic Sagoe (2021). Aggression and criminality in androgen abusers. (external link)
- Razieh Chegeni; Guy Louis Alice Notelaers; Ståle Pallesen et al. (2021). Aggression and psychological distress in male and female anabolic-androgenic steroid users: A multigroup latent class analysis. (external link)
- Gunnar Breivik; Dominic Sagoe; Sigmund Loland (2022). Personality and willingness towards performance enhancement and body modification: A cross-sectional survey of a nationally representative sample of Norwegians. (external link)
- Benjamin Matthew Clarsen; Magne Nylenna; Søren Toksvig Klitkou et al. (2022). Changes in life expectancy and disease burden in Norway, 1990–2019: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. (external link)
- Gunnleyg Joensen; Elise Samset Lorentsen; Karen Marie Sagstad et al. (2020). Heterosexual women rate perceived anabolic steroid-using men as less attractive for long-term romantic relationships. (external link)
- Lode Van der Velde; Ahmed Nabil Shabaan; Anastasia Månsson et al. (2024). Alcohol-attributed disease burden and formal alcohol policies in the Nordic countries (1990-2019): an analysis using the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. (external link)
- Nicole Davis Weaver; Gregory J Bertolacci; Emily Rosenblad et al. (2025). Global, regional, and national burden of suicide, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. (external link)
- Dana Bryazka; Marissa B Reitsma; Yohannes Habtegiorgis Abate et al. (2024). Forecasting the effects of smoking prevalence scenarios on years of life lost and life expectancy from 2022 to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. (external link)
- Dominic Sagoe; Ingrid Gesine Severinsen; Svein Erik Hellum Saasen et al. (2017). Perceived source of anabolic-androgenic steroids and the construal of users' personality. (external link)
- Dominic Sagoe (2021). Editorial: Precincts and prospects of androgen abuse research. (external link)
- Juanita A. Haagsma; Periklis Charalampous; Filippo Ariani et al. (2022). The burden of injury in Central, Eastern, and Western European sub-region: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease 2019 Study. (external link)
- Dominic Sagoe; Torbjørn Torsheim; Helge Molde et al. (2015). Anabolic-androgenic steroid use in the Nordic countries: A meta-analysis and meta-regression analysis. (external link)
- Dominic Sagoe; Cecilie Schou Andreassen; Helge Molde et al. (2015). Prevalence and correlates of anabolic-androgenic steroid use in a nationally representative sample of 17-year-old Norwegian adolescents. (external link)
- Dominic Sagoe; Torbjørn Torsheim; Helge Molde et al. (2015). Attitudes towards use of anabolic-androgenic steroids among Ghanaian high school students. (external link)
- Helge Molde; Bjørn Holmøy; Alexander Garvik Merkesdal et al. (2019). Are Video Games a Gateway to Gambling? A Longitudinal Study Based on a Representative Norwegian Sample. (external link)
- Natalia V. Bhattacharjee; Austin E Schumacher; Amirali Aali et al. (2024). Global fertility in 204 countries and territories, 1950-2021, with forecasts to 2100: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. (external link)
- Mohsen Naghavi; Kanyin Liane Ong; Amirali Aali et al. (2024). Global burden of 288 causes of death and life expectancy decomposition in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. (external link)
- Ali H Mokdad; Catherine Bisignano; Johnathan M Hsu et al. (2024). The burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors by state in the USA, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. (external link)
- Jaimie D. Steinmetz; Katrin Maria Seeher; Nicoline Schiess et al. (2024). Global, regional, and national burden of disorders affecting the nervous system, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. (external link)
- Youn Ho Shin; Jimin Hwang; Rosie Kwon et al. (2023). Global, regional, and national burden of allergic disorders and their risk factors in 204 countries and territories, from 1990 to 2019: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. (external link)
Journal corrigendum
- Jiyeon Oh; Soeun Kim; Yesol Yim et al. (2026). Author Correction: Global, regional, and national burden of chronic respiratory diseases and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, 1990–2023: a Global Burden of Disease study (Nature Medicine, (2026), 32, 1, (197-223), 10.1038/s41591-025-04077-9). (external link)
- Andrea Petróczi; Maarten Cruyff; Olivier de Hon et al. (2023). Corrigendum: Hidden figures: Revisiting doping prevalence estimates previously reported for two major international sport events in the context of further empirical evidence and the extant literature(Front. Sports Act. Living , (2022), 4, (1017329), 10.3389/fspor.2022.1017329). (external link)
Non-fiction book chapter
Letter to the editor
- Daniel L. King; Cecilie Schou Andreassen; Rune Aune Mentzoni et al. (2018). Comment on the global gaming industry's statement on ICD-11 gaming disorder: a corporate strategy to disregard harm and deflect social responsibility?. (external link)
- Dominic Sagoe; Ståle Pallesen (2015). Anabolic androgenic steroid use in the Nordic countries : a reply to Bilgrei and Sandøy. (external link)
Lecture
- Dominic Sagoe; Helge Molde; Cecilie Schou Andreassen et al. (2014). The global epidemiology of anabolic-androgenic steroid use. (external link)
- Dominic Sagoe (2012). Ghanaian youth's drug use. (external link)
- Dominic Sagoe (2016). Doping and aggression. (external link)
- Dominic Sagoe (2015). Anabolic steroids: Initiation, prevalence, and mental health effects. (external link)
- Dominic Sagoe (2015). Polypharmacy among anabolic steroid abusers.. (external link)
- Dominic Sagoe (2015). Anabolic steroid abuse in the Nordic countries: A systematic review.. (external link)
- Dominic Sagoe (2017). Ghana’s history through symbolism. (external link)
- Dominic Sagoe (2017). The social perception of anabolic steroid users.. (external link)
- Dominic Sagoe (2014). Illicit anabolic steroid use initiation: A qualitative metasynthesis. (external link)
- Dominic Sagoe (2014). Illicit anabolic steroid use prevalence: Global to Nordic. (external link)
- Dominic Sagoe (2014). Illicit anabolic steroid use: Global and Nordic prevalence. (external link)
Conference lecture
Academic literature review
- Rune Strømme; Karine Holthe Børstad; Andrea Eftang Rø et al. (2021). The relationship between gambling problems and the five-factor model of personality: A systematic review and meta-analysis. (external link)
- Razieh Chegeni; Dominic Sagoe; Ståle Pallesen (2021). Aggression and criminality among androgen abusers. (external link)
- Razieh Chegeni; Ståle Pallesen; Hailemariam Weldemariam et al. (2023). Systematic reviews and meta-analyses on androgen administration in humans: an umbrella review. (external link)
- Dominic Sagoe; Jim McVeigh; Astrid Bjørnebekk et al. (2015). Polypharmacy among anabolic-androgenic steroid users: A descriptive metasynthesis. (external link)
- Dominic Sagoe; Ståle Pallesen (2018). Androgen abuse epidemiology. (external link)
- Jenny Eriksrød Skauen; Ståle Pallesen; Astrid Kristine Bjørnebekk et al. (2023). Prevalence and correlates of androgen dependence: a meta-analysis, meta-regression analysis and qualitative synthesis. (external link)
- Dominic Sagoe; Helge Molde; Cecilie Schou Andreassen et al. (2014). The global epidemiology of anabolic-androgenic steroid use: a meta-analysis and meta-regression analysis. (external link)
- Dominic Sagoe; Maarten Cruyff; Owen Spendiff et al. (2021). Functionality of the Crosswise Model for assessing sensitive or transgressive behavior: A systematic review and meta-analysis. (external link)
- Emilie, E. Agardh; Peter Allebeck; Ann Kristin Skrindo Knudsen et al. (2023). Disease Burden Attributed to Drug use in the Nordic Countries: a Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2019. (external link)
- Dominic Sagoe; Cecilie Schou Andreassen; Ståle Pallesen (2014). The aetiology and trajectory of anabolic-androgenic steroid use initiation: A systematic review and synthesis of qualitative research. (external link)