Denne oppgaven tar for seg hvordan barnets kjønn og foreldreroller virker på foreldres sosialisering av barnets internaliserende og eksternaliserende emosjoner. Emosjonsregulering og emosjonell kompetanse utvikles fra ...

Objective: The literature on chronic pain suggests that pain catastrophizing and self-efficacy are important psychological factors involved in chronic pain. The current study aimed to explore the role of pain catastrophizing ...

The deviation between chronological age and age predicted using brain MRI is a putative marker of overall brain health. Age prediction based on structural MRI data shows high accuracy in common brain disorders. However, ...

Mind wandering reflects the shift in attentional focus from task-related cognition driven by external stimuli toward self-generated and internally-oriented thought processes. Although such task-unrelated thoughts (TUTs) ...

We address the problem of estimating how different parts of the brain develop and change throughout the lifespan, and how these trajectories are affected by genetic and environmental factors. Estimation of these lifespan ...

Objective: There is a need to understand more of the dyadic processes in therapy and how the therapist’s ways of being are experienced and reflected upon by both patient and therapist. The aim of this dyadic case study was ...

Objective To explore how clients in clinical settings experience the process of opening up and sharing their inner experiences in the initial phase of therapy. Methods Two psychotherapy sessions of clients ( N = 11) were ...

Many daily life events, from lotteries to coincidental encounters, occur partly or entirely randomly or “by chance.” Six experiments,in two different languages, explored how perceptions of randomness are related to the ...

Objective: To better understand the complexity of dyadic processes, such as the mechanisms of the working alliance, researchers recommend taking advantage of innovations in data analytic procedures when studying the ...

Abstract Previous studies have provided evidence for an alteration of genetic coexpression in schizophrenia (SCZ). However, such analyses have thus far lacked biological specificity for individual genes, which ...

Denne hovedoppgaven undersøker sammenhengen mellom følelsen av sinne overfor samfunnsutviklingen og politisk aksjonisme. Oppgaven besvarer følgende problemstilling: I hvilken grad er politisk aksjonisme i Norge drevet av ...

Forfattere: Kristoffer Stavnes Asp og Ole Tobias Bjellaanes Reistad. Tittel: Autisme og utviklingshemming: sammenhengen mellom psykiske tilleggslidelser og utfordrende atferd. Veiledere: Sissel Berge Helverschou (hoved-) ...

Jan Smedslund’s most cited publication is a landmark study of illusory correlations published in 1963. In two experiments, nurse students received decks of patient cards featuring the presence or absence of a specific ...

Bakgrunn og formål: Det er stort behov for at barn som strever fanges opp og får den hjelpen og støtten de trenger. Faktorer hos forelderen selv er vist å være betydningsfulle, både for barnets utvikling og i barnets ...

Bakgrunn: I Norge er det polikliniske helsetjenestetilbudet i psykisk helsevern aldersinndelt, som vil si at vi har ett for barn og unge (0–18 år), kalt Barne- og ungdomspsykiatrisk poliklinikk (BUP), og ett for voksne, ...

Forskning tyder på at stress påvirker psykisk helse negativt, og at foreldretilværelsen er en tid forbundet med forhøyet stress. Trening i oppmerksomt nærvær er i flere studier forbundet med redusert grad av opplevd stress ...

Forskning tyder på at stress påvirker psykisk helse negativt, og at foreldretilværelsen er en tid forbundet med forhøyet stress. Trening i oppmerksomt nærvær er i flere studier forbundet med redusert grad av opplevd stress ...

Background: Attention deficits are at the core of both schizophrenia and bipolar disorders. However, few studies have compared both patient groups with each other and healthy controls simultaneously. The current study aims ...

Background: Mental health difficulties are a growing global problem among young people, and major depressive disorder (MDD) is one of the most prevalent mental disorders within adolescents. However, psychotherapy research ...

Sammendrag Forfatter: Ragnar Lerfaldet Tittel: “Alt er bedre enn å stå i det derre… trøkket»” - En kvalitativ studie av hvordan personer med dissosiative lidelser selv opplever at deres symptomer kan ha en funksjon. ...

Bakgrunn: I Norge er det polikliniske helsetjenestetilbudet i psykisk helsevern aldersinndelt, som vil si at vi har ett for barn og unge (0–18 år), kalt Barne- og ungdomspsykiatrisk poliklinikk (BUP), og ett for voksne, ...

Background: Over the last decade, an increasing body of research has indicated that celiac disease and non-celiac gluten sensitivity (NCGS) is related to various aspects of psychological as well as gastrointestinal ...

Abstract BayesMallows is an R package for analyzing preference data in the form of rankings with the Mallows rank model, and its finite mixture extension, in a Bayesian framework. The model is grounded on the idea that the ...

Analyzing data from multiple neuroimaging studies has great potential in terms of increasing statistical power, enabling detection of effects of smaller magnitude than would be possible when analyzing each study separately ...

Brainstem regions support vital bodily functions, yet their genetic architectures and involvement in common brain disorders remain understudied. Here, using imaging-genetics data from a discovery sample of 27,034 individuals, ...

Importance Anhedonia, a reduced capacity for pleasure, is described for many psychiatric and neurologic conditions. However, a decade after the Research Domain Criteria launch, whether anhedonia severity differs between ...

Background Universities around the world are facing an epidemic of mental distress among their students. The problem is truly a public health issue, affecting many and with serious consequences. The global burden of ...

In our everyday behavior, we frequently cancel one movement while continuing others. Two competing models have been suggested for the cancellation of such specific actions: (1) the abrupt engagement of a unitary global ...

Background Persons with rare disorders may experience poorer health services due to limited knowledge about rare disorders among health professionals. Knowledge about how persons with rare disorders perceive health ...

Abstract Cortical thinning occurs throughout the entire life and extends to late-life neurodegeneration, yet the neurobiological substrates are poorly understood. Here, we used a virtual-histology technique and gene ...

Bakgrunn og formål: Det er stort behov for at barn som strever fanges opp og får den hjelpen og støtten de trenger. Faktorer hos forelderen selv er vist å være betydningsfulle, både for barnets utvikling og i barnets ...

Forfattere: Marit Solhaug Næss og Vivian Tvedt Tittel: Fremtidsforventninger og psykisk helse blant ungdom som kom til Norge som enslige mindreårige asylsøkere. Veiledere: Tine K. Jensen og Pål Ulleberg. Bakgrunn: Enslige ...

Forfattere: Marit Solhaug Næss og Vivian Tvedt Tittel: Fremtidsforventninger og psykisk helse blant ungdom som kom til Norge som enslige mindreårige asylsøkere. Veiledere: Tine K. Jensen og Pål Ulleberg. Bakgrunn: Enslige ...

Bakgrunn: Studiens formål var innledningsvis å undersøke om det er forskjell i genitalt kroppsbilde delt på kjønn og seksuell orientering. Videre undersøkte vi om det er forskjeller i genitalt kroppsbilde mellom grupper ...

Background: Youth depression is on the rise. Psychodynamic psychotherapy is an effective way to treat youth depression, and adolescence offers a unique chance for corrective experiences. Therapy dropout is, at the same ...

Background and objective: Methadone and buprenorphine are the two pharmacotherapy options available for opioid addiction in Norway, but both are addictive. Extended release naltrexone (XR-NTX) renders a non-addictive ...

This thesis investigates the inter-rater reliability of the Structured Interview for DSM-IV Personality (SIDP-IV), a semi-structured diagnostic interview for assessing DSM-IV personality disorders, in an outpatient population ...

Sleep deprivation (SD) has severe negative effects on health and is a widespread problem in society. However, how it affects cognition, and in particular, cognitive control and the brain, is less well understood. This study ...

Background: Some studies have suggested that siblings of children with chronic disorders display higher empathy and more prosocial behavior than typically developing (TD) children. However, the evidence with regards to ...

Schizophrenia has traditionally been regarded as a severe mental illness with limited prospects of full recovery. Research on first-episode schizophrenia (FES) has provided some new insights, although there is still much ...

The thesis examines developmental changes in fundamental neural and cognitive processes underlying attention and cognitive control across adolescence. Using electroencephalography (EEG), the results generally indicate that ...

In a fragmented and accelerated world of globalization and emerging nationalism, social and cultural psychologists can play an important role to investigate the national and superordinate identities. This study addresses ...

Regarded as the product of prolonged and sustained efforts, creativity is still often associated with the rare moments when a solution to a problem suddenly bursts into consciousness: the hallmark of sudden insight. The ...

When do people say that they are moved, and does this experience constitute a unique emotion? We review theory and empirical research on being moved across psychology and philosophy. We examine feeling labels, elicitors, ...

The intergroup relations between different status groups are not merely antagonistic relations. Thus, the main point of this research is to explore other possible intergroup relationship by adopting the relational mode ...

Following the “refugee crisis,” Germany has faced a rise in both right-wing and Islamist extremism. It has been argued that sports contexts may be suitable to reduce intergroup tensions including its more extreme forms, ...

Background/Objective: In recent years, several slightly younger cohorts have been established in order to study the preclinical and prodromal phases of dementia. The Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer’s Disease ...

Background Health professionals in Norway are required by law to help safeguard information and follow-up with children of parents with mental or physical illness, or who have substance abuse problems, to ...

Cognitive deficits are a core feature of schizophrenia and appear with increased severity in early-onset schizophrenia (EOS). EOS is defined as onset of symptoms before 18 years of age. Affected youths often experience ...

Background Following treatment, many depressed patients have significant residual symptoms. However, large randomised controlled trials (RCT) in this population are lacking. When Attention bias modification ...

Background Lithium is recommended as a first line treatment for bipolar disorders. However, only 30% of patients show an optimal outcome and variability in lithium response and tolerability is poorly ...

Background We characterised the phenotypic consequence of genetic variation at the PCSK9 locus and compared findings with recent trials of pharmacological inhibitors of PCSK9. ...

When communal sharing relationships (CSRs) suddenly intensify, people experience an emotion that English speakers may label, depending on context, “moved,” “touched,” “heart-warming,” “nostalgia,” “patriotism,” or “rapture” ...

Electroencephalographic (EEG) and magnetoencephalographic (MEG) signals can often be exposed to strong power line interference at 50 or 60 Hz. A widely used method to remove line noise is the notch filter, but it comes ...

Background. Anhedonia, defined as a reduced capacity to experience pleasure, has been associated with many clinical conditions, including major depressive disorder (MDD), schizophrenia (SCZ), substance use disorder (SUD) ...

Investigating the impact of school-age children’s ToM (declarative knowledge) on the way they interact (procedural skills) with another child and their performance in cooperative problem-solving tasks is a valid way to ...

Depression is the worldwide leading burden of disease and one of the most prevalent psychological disorders. Causes and mechanisms of depression are insufficiently understood. The ability to regulate emotion is important, ...

Conflict monitoring and adaption processes appear associated with frontal-midline theta (fm-theta). The support for this association is found in correlational electroencephalography (EEG) studies and a few transcranial ...

During the transitional age of adolescence, some – often girls – begin self-harming. A better understanding of their subjective experience of self-harm may reveal their sense of self and inform treatment adjustments. A ...

Studien har undersøkt norske virksomheters praktiske bruk og erfaring med evidensbaserte seleksjonsmetoder i lederseleksjon. Formålet med studien var å sammenligne evidensbaserte standarder og virksomhetenes reelle HR-praksis ...

This study aimed to investigate for the first time the relationship between attachment, information seeking and epistemic trust in adults. The study takes a relational approach by investigating information seeking in the ...

Research indicates that lower-caste Dalits and Adivasis make up the overwhelming majority of Indians living in exploitative work conditions termed modern or contemporary slavery. This thesis set out to evaluate if an ...

Systematic analyses of initiatives and responses from mediators working with parents in intense conflicts about child custody and care brought forward variations in effective strategies. The findings are presented along ...

The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between organizational climate, individual readiness for change, and work fatigue. The thesis investigates global climate as conceptualized by Kuenzi (2008), based on ...

Innenfor utviklingspsykologien har det lenge blitt undersøkt hvilke faktorer som bidrar til at noen barn utvikler seg normalt, mens andre barn utvikler psykiske vansker. En betydelig andel av denne forskningen er drevet ...

27 toppledergrupper fra den norske statsforvaltningen ble undersøkt for å kunne svare på om teamutvikling virker i ledergrupper. Toppledergruppene ble målt to ganger på 26 ulike variabler som omhandler effektivitet i ...

In recent years there has been increased attention to child neurodevelopment in studies on medication safety in pregnancy. Neurodevelopment is a multifactorial outcome that can be assessed by various assessors, using ...

This study investigated how doctors communicate the uncertainties of survival prognoses to patients recently diagnosed with life‐threatening cancer, and suggests ways to improve this communication. Two hundred thirty‐eight ...

Taushet i psykodynamisk terapi har vært drøftet og forstått på ulike måter. Dette er en kvalitativ studie av en studentterapi, som har undersøkt problemstillingen: På hvilken måte kan oppmerksomhet på episoder med taushet ...

This dissertation is based on a prospective longitudinal study of fathers’ adverse childhood experiences, partner attachment style, anxious and depressive feelings during pregnancy, and experience of parenting stress in ...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine people’s understanding and evaluation of uncertainty intervals produced by experts as part of a quality assurance procedure of large public projects. Design/methodology ...

Etter signeringen av fredsavtalen mellom FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia) og den colombianske staten i 2016, har Colombia vært vitne til en ”babyboom” blant tidligere FARC-stridende kvinner. Denne studien ...

Objective: We investigated whether levels of current physical activity (PA) contribute to the established relationship between cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and cognition in schizophrenia and whether brain-derived ...

Increasing walking and cycling is important both for population health and, if done through active transportation, for the local and global climate. In addition to infrastructural and regulatory measures, voluntary behavior ...