Inhibition is one of the core concepts in cognitive neuroscience, referring to a higher-order control mechanism that can arrest or cancel the output of other functional systems. Inhibition of motor responses is assumed to ...

Persistent medically unexplained symptoms have debilitating consequences for adolescents, dramatically altering their social world and future aspirations. Few studies have focused on social and moral aspects of illness ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Background Research has consistently shown that early onset of drinking (EOD) is associated with alcohol-related problems in adulthood. However, recent reviews have identified several limitations in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 Women with bipolar disorder (BD) have a high risk of illness relapse postpartum. The risk coincides with the period when mother-infant interactions are evolving. We compared mother-infant ...

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 ...

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, ...

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

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 ...

This study investigated the relationship between narcissism and OCB mediated by impression management motives (IM motives) and moderated by perceived performance appraisal. The study performed two analyses, one with ...

Depression is a debilitating disorder with a high prevalence compared to most other mental disorders. It has become increasingly apparent that depression is clinically heterogenous, most notably in terms of the breadth and ...

I dagens Norge er monogami ansett som den mest naturlige og selvsagte formen for samlivsorganisering. Norge kan derfor kalles en mononormativ kultur. Personer som praktiserer poly lever åpent med flere romantiske og/eller ...

The purpose of the current thesis was to elucidate the impact of the different social withdrawal subtypes (unsociability, avoidance, shyness, isolation) on several psychological outcomes - life satisfaction, loneliness and ...

Bakgrunn: Huntingtons sykdom (HS) er en arvelig, nevrodegenerativ lidelse preget av somatiske og psykologiske symptomer. Sykdommen kan påvirke den rammedes omsorgsevne, familiemedlemmene rundt og spesielt barna som vokser ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Childhood and adolescence captures a remarkable period of change, and is the central period for major reorganization and optimization of the cerebral cortex. This maturation is mirrored by major cognitive improvements ...

Background The prevalence of obesity, metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes mellitus is increased among patients with severe mental disorders, and particularly use of second generation antipsychotic drugs is associated ...

Bakgrunn: Depresjon er en svært forekommende psykisk lidelse som kan ha ødeleggende konsekvenser for den som rammes. Det eksisterer likevel få kvalitative undersøkelser av hvordan depresjonen oppleves og forstås fra et ...

Background: In many European countries, the rate of childlessness has increased and this increase is disproportionately large among men. It is thus important to study the antecedents of childlessness. Intelligence as a ...

Background Health researchers often use survey studies to examine associations between risk factors at one time point and health outcomes later in life. Previous studies have shown that missing not at ...

Denne studien har utforsket hvordan psykologer og terapeuter vurderer betydningen av parterapi for flerkulturelle par i Norge, hva som er tilbudet til disse parene og hva terapeutene vurderer som særlig vesentlige elementer ...

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 ...

Denne studien hadde som et av sine overordnede mål å undersøke forskjeller og likheter i seksuell tilfredshet og –selvfølelse (i.e., affektiv-kognitiv seksuell helse) blant lesbiske og bifile kvinner (LB-kvinner) i Norge. ...

Schizophrenia (SCZ) and bipolar disorder (BD) are severe mental disorders associated with cognitive impairment, which is considered a major determinant of functional outcome. Despite this, the etiology of the cognitive ...

Høsten 2018 hadde jeg min hovedpraksis på profesjonsstudiet i psykologi i Stallen på Gaustad sykehus. Sammen med veiledere og de ansatte i Stallen, kom vi frem til at jeg skulle gjøre en kvantitativ pilotundersøkelse på ...

Author: Sigrunn Grønningen Aa Title: Driving with cerebral palsy – medical and neuropsychological determinants of fitness to drive – a follow-up study Head supervisor: Per-Ola Rike Co-supervisor: Anne-Kristine Schanke ...

Evidence-based practices that are implemented in mental health services are often challenging to sustain. In this focus-group study, 26 mental health practitioners with high fidelity scores were interviewed regarding their ...

Formålet med denne studien var å oppnå innsikt i hva polititjenestepersoner hos utlendingspolitiet vektla når de skulle identifisere potensielle utlendinger på gaten, og hvilken rolle verdier og holdninger spilte i ...

Children who demonstrate social withdrawal in childhood (including shyness and unsociability) may experience increased difficulties at school and may be at risk of developing later psychological problems. Given that teachers ...

There is extensive research on how prosocial behaviour develops in young children, however, research on the link between children’s prosocial behaviour and exposure to nature is scarce and consists mainly of cross-sectional ...

Background Over the past decades research has shown that employment has a positive impact on quality of life, global functioning and recovery in individuals with schizophrenia. However, access to vocational ...

Formålet med denne hovedoppgaven er å utforske hvordan unge voksne pasienter og deres behandlere opplever overgangen fra barne- og ungdomspsykiatrisk poliklinikk (BUP) til Distriktspsykiatrisk poliklinikk (DPS), for dermed ...

Formålet med denne hovedoppgaven er å utforske hvordan unge voksne pasienter og deres behandlere opplever overgangen fra barne- og ungdomspsykiatrisk poliklinikk (BUP) til Distriktspsykiatrisk poliklinikk (DPS), for dermed ...

Forfatter: Peder Frogner Tittel: For hvem og hvordan fungerer CBT-I: En litteraturstudie av moderatorer og mediatorer i CBT-I Veileder: Silje Endresen Reme Innledning: Cognitive Behavioral Theraphy for Insomnia (Heretter ...

Schizophrenia is a debilitating mental illness with severe consequences for patients and society. However, a large degree of heterogeneity is apparent. Research on First-Episode Schizophrenia (FES) shows better outcome ...

Objective: The role of common and symptom‐specific genetic and environmental influences in maintaining eating disorder symptoms across development remains unclear. This study investigates the continuity and change of ...

Hvilke utfordringer under utredning og behandling er det transpersoner opplever etter å ha oppsøkt helsehjelp på grunn av sin kjønnsidentitet? Undersøkelsen har som formål å utforske transpersoners opplevelser av utfordringer ...

This paper provides a theoretical and empirical analysis of a recently conceptualized childhood disorder; disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD). The reinforcement sensitivity theory of personality (RST) is presented ...

Formål: En stadig økende andel eldre i befolkningen øker behovet for mer kunnskap om psykisk helse i denne aldersgruppen. Denne studien kartlegger depresjons- og angstsymptomer hos et utvalg norske eldre, inkludert kjønns- ...

Formål: En stadig økende andel eldre i befolkningen øker behovet for mer kunnskap om psykisk helse i denne aldersgruppen. Denne studien kartlegger depresjons- og angstsymptomer hos et utvalg norske eldre, inkludert kjønns- ...

Bakgrunn: Formålet med studien har vært å belyse selvrapportert eksekutiv funksjon i dagliglivet, helserelatert livskvalitet og fatigue blant barn og ungdom som har overlevd hjernesvulst eller traumatisk hjerneskade. Metode: ...

Bakgrunn: Formålet med studien har vært å belyse selvrapportert eksekutiv funksjon i dagliglivet, helserelatert livskvalitet og fatigue blant barn og ungdom som har overlevd hjernesvulst eller traumatisk hjerneskade. Metode: ...

Bakgrunn: Atferdsvansker forekommer hyppigere i høyrisikoutvalg, slik som hos barn av mødre i legemiddelassistert rehabilitering (LAR), og representerer en potensiell risiko for senere skjevutvikling. Det er derfor interesse ...

Bakgrunn: Blant faktorer som kan forbedre effekten av kognitiv atferdsterapi (KAT) for barn og unge med angst, er behandlingsmotivasjon en av faktorene som kan være av betydning. På tross av en gjeldende forståelse i ...

Bakgrunn og formål: Vold i parforhold har en rekke alvorlige konsekvenser som underbygger viktigheten av å forstå hvilke mekanismer som ligger til grunn for atferden. Flere forskningsoppsummeringer finner i lys av dette ...

Å ta vare på andre versus å ta vare på seg selv kan anses som «det store menneskelige drama». For psykoterapeuter som bruker seg selv i det endringsfremmende arbeidet blir denne balansegangen av stor betydning. Å møte en ...

Å ta vare på andre versus å ta vare på seg selv kan anses som «det store menneskelige drama». For psykoterapeuter som bruker seg selv i det endringsfremmende arbeidet blir denne balansegangen av stor betydning. Å møte en ...

I Norge er en rutineultralydundersøkelse ved uke 17-19 inkludert i det anbefalte svangerskapsprogrammet. Selv om ultralydundersøkelsen er høyt verdsatt av vordende foreldre, har teknologisk utvikling ført til at stadig ...

Author: Kristin Samuelsen. Title: Emerging Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors for Prenatal and Postnatal Depression. Supervisors: Main supervisor Eivind Ystrøm, and co-supervisors Line C. Gjerde and Espen M. Eilertsen. ...