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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2022)
Perpetrators of violence, such as those who kill, rape, or use violence in meticulous fashion, are complex and heterogenous in terms of their psychopathology and their inclination towards violence. This dissertation ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2022)
Many young people worldwide are exposed to potentially traumatizing events (PTEs; e.g., Finkelhor et al., 2015; Landolt et al., 2013; Lewis et al., 2019; McLaughlin et al., 2013). Although many youths show impressive ...
(Master thesis, Group thesis / Hovedoppgave, Gruppeoppgave, 2022)
Bakgrunn Barn og unge vokser i dag opp med at den fysiske- og den digitale verden er integrerte i hverandre. På mange måter bidrar dette med muligheter for de unge til å utvikle seg, og den digitale konteksten tjener på ...
"For det er ikke akkurat sånn typisk de vedtakene vi fatter" Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2022)
Bakgrunn: Psykologspesialister fikk i 2001 mandat til å fatte vedtak om bruk av tvangsmidler etter §4-8 i psykisk helsevernloven (1999). Med innføringen av mandatet var det ønsket at psykologspesialistene med sin faglige ...
“I just want to be myself”: Exploring the Experiences of Transgender Individuals in Search for Acceptance Restricted Access
(Master thesis, Group thesis / Masteroppgave, Gruppeoppgave, 2022)
Transgender people are more at risk for mental health issues than their cisgender peers. Previous literature has suggested that this disparity is related to societal stigma. Further, existing theories of gender affirmation ...
“I just want to be myself”: Exploring the Experiences of Transgender Individuals in Search for Acceptance Restricted Access
(Master thesis, Group thesis / Masteroppgave, Gruppeoppgave, 2022)
Transgender people are more at risk for mental health issues than their cisgender peers. Previous literature has suggested that this disparity is related to societal stigma. Further, existing theories of gender affirmation ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Background
Patients with chronic depression (CD) typically have an early symptom onset, more psychiatric comorbidities, more treatment attempts, and more frequent and longer inpatient hospitalizations than ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2022)
Affective lability entails rapid, excessive and unpredictable changes between different affective states. The overall aim of the thesis was to provide new insight into the characteristics and correlates of affective lability ...
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2022)
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2022)
The main theme in this thesis is the personal recovery of people with psychosis and their satisfaction with mental health services. More specifically, the following areas of investigation were examined: the perceived ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Background
Increased total tau (t-tau) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is a key characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and is considered to result from neurodegeneration. T-tau levels, however, can be ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Method
To uncover therapeutic micro-processes from the perspectives of eating disorder (ED) treatment non-responders with childhood trauma (CT) late effects, we explored in-session experiences of poor ...
How does the therapist help the client express emotional distress? Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2022)
A case study of the client-therapist interaction preceding expressions of emotional distress.
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Background
Patients with complex dissociative disorders (CDD) report high levels of childhood- abuse experiences, clinical comorbidity, functional impairment, and treatment utilization. Although a few ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2022)
This dissertation presents six articles investigating experiential characteristics and perspectives on the health ramifications of psychedelics use, predominantly on a basis of interviews and data from the Cannabis and ...
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2022)
I et mangfoldig samfunn med et helsepolitisk mål om likeverdige helsetjenester, var bakgrunnen for studien å undersøke majoritetspsykologer sine refleksjoner rundt biaser, blindsoner og makt, og hvilken betydning disse har ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
Background: Research shows that, compared to their peers, adolescents with hyperkinetic disorder (ADHD) experience more negative life events (NLE), less positive parenting, and greater externalizing and internalizing ...
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2022)
Denne oppgaven undersøker William Wordsworths dikt «The Boy of Winander» gjennom psykoanalytisk teori om modning og sorg. Diktet inngår i Wordsworths poetiske selvbiografi The Prelude (1805/1979, V. l.364-397) og forteller ...
Personality coaching —unlocking subjectivity with «universal» methods. Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2022)
Background and objectives: Executive coaching is a rapidly growing field, and researchers are currently investigating the change mechanisms of coaching. Psychotherapy research has focused on commonalities between specific ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
On March 12, 2020, Norwegian universities closed campus areas and reorganised teaching to digital environments due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In a sample of 8,907 university students, we investigated how aspects of students’ ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / SubmittedVersion, 2022)
Social role theory posits that binary gender gaps in agency and communion should be larger in less egalitarian countries, reflecting these countries’ more pronounced sex-based power divisions. Conversely, evolutionary and ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2022)
The main aim of this thesis was to examine the relationship between parental emotion-related socialization behaviors (ERSBs), children’s emotion understanding and externalizing behavior problems in two Norwegian samples ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2022)
This thesis provides new knowledge about psychological dispositions that are potentially important for understanding sick leave behaviour. Using survey and registry data, the analyses concentrate on sickness absence and ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Background
There is a paucity of evidence about effective implementation strategies to increase treatment response and prevent drop-out among children receiving evidence-based treatment. This study examines ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Background
Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) typically experience poorer attentional control. According to the attention network theory, attentional control relies on three interacting ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2022)
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2022)
Western psychology has, over the course of three decades, come to play a significant role in the implementation of global development agendas, especially centered on societies in the so-called ‘Global South’. The individual ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
Koronapandemien utgjorde en betydelig belastning på norsk kulturliv. Omfattende nasjonale smittevernstiltak gjorde at kunst- og kulturtjenester som krever fysisk bruk av arealer der folk samles i grupper (konsertlokaler, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
Research proposes that organizational change is complex, however, there is a general consensus that readiness for change increases the likelihood of change success. There is less consensus and research on antecedents of ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Background
The previous decades have shown increased symptoms of depression and anxiety among adolescents. To promote mental health and reduce mental illness, the government of Norway has, as in other ...
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2022)
Background/purpose: Self-esteem is a widely studied topic and has been tied to a variety of important life outcomes, including mental and physical health. The topic is particularly interesting in adolescence due to the ...
Leaders’ attachment styles and leader-member exchange (LMX): A mixed methods approach to investigate persistent low-quality LMX Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2022)
Background: Research on leader-follower relationships has shown that high levels of leader- follower exchange (LMX) are associated with lower turnover, increased job satisfaction, and increased organizational commitment. ...
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2022)
Denne oppgaven handler om historier – eller narrativer – og hvilken betydning de har i våre liv. Oppgaven handler også om ungdommer, mer spesifikt ungdommer som har gjennomført TFCObehandlingen (Treatment Foster Care ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2022)
Psychotherapy and antidepressant medication (ADM) are different treatments that presumably work through different mechanisms of change, but they seem to work equally well to treat chronic depression. The nature of depression ...
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2022)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Background
Suicide attempt is the most predictive risk factor of suicide. Trauma – especially sexual abuse – is a risk factor for suicide attempt and suicide. A common reaction to sexual abuse is dissociation. ...
Appearance vs. Health - Examining the Mediating Role of Reasons for Physical Activity in the Association Between Body Ideal Internalization and Embodiment Restricted Access
(Master thesis, Group thesis / Masteroppgave, Gruppeoppgave, 2022)
I likhet med positivt kroppsbilde er det relativt nye konstruktet positiv embodiment en viktig komponent for ungdoms helse. For å utvikle intervensjoner med empirisk forankring som har som hensikt å promotere positiv ...
Heavy Episodic Drinking and Self-Harm in Adolescents. A Longitudinal Investigation of Gender Differences. Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
Background: This thesis investigated longitudinal gender differences between heavy episodic drinking and self-harm thoughts in study one, and self-harm behavior in study two. There do exist some research on the longitudinal ...
(Master thesis, Group thesis / Hovedoppgave, Gruppeoppgave, 2022)
Forfattere: Birk Berggrav Refsum og Paula Aarseth Tunstad. Veiledere: Cato Grønnerød og Henrik Børsting Jacobsen Bakgrunn: De siste tiårene har det vært en økende interesse for klassiske psykedeliske stoffer. Kliniske ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2022)
Children develop through processes including both personal characteristics and environmental stimuli over time. Foundations for later development depend on the experiences of early childhood, where the most prominent ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2022)
In recent years, there has been an increase in investigations for violence, neglect and abuse in the Norwegian Child Welfare Services (CWS). Infants and young children are at a particular risk of maltreatment and there is ...
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2022)
Background: The present thesis aimed to better understand the association between satisfaction with parent and peer relationships and mental health among adolescents in Norway. Firstly, it focuses on how satisfaction with ...
Family challenges expressed by siblings of children with chronic disorders in parent-child dialogues Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2022)
(Master thesis, Group thesis / Hovedoppgave, Gruppeoppgave, 2022)
Bakgrunn Barn og unge vokser i dag opp med at den fysiske- og den digitale verden er integrerte i hverandre. På mange måter bidrar dette med muligheter for de unge til å utvikle seg, og den digitale konteksten tjener ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Background
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) represents a financial burden to the healthcare system, patients, their families and society. Rehabilitation interventions with the potential for reducing costs ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2022)
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) was classified as a diagnosis in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third edition (DSM-III) in 1980. Since then, the causes of BPD have been extensively theorized ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Background
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) implies having problems with identity and relations with other people. However, not much is known about whether these indications of BPD are present in ...
Ghosts in the Nursery - En god teori eller en nyttig klinisk metafor Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2022)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / SubmittedVersion, 2022)
Although several studies show that personality traits are associated with absenteeism, few large-scale studies have examined these relationships prospectively, integrating survey data and register data on sickness absence. ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2022)
A broad range of symptoms may be expected in patients experiencing a traumatic brain injury (TBI), and for some these difficulties persist for decades after their injury. Further, many individuals with TBI and their families ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Aim: This study describes the use of contraception and protection for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in six different birth cohorts of the general population in Norway. Methods: The results are based on a 2020 ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
The experience often described as feeling moved, understood chiefly as a social-relational emotion with social bonding functions, has gained significant research interest in recent years. Although listening to music often ...
(Master thesis, Group thesis / Hovedoppgave, Gruppeoppgave, 2022)
Bakgrunn: Donald Winnicott beskrev lek som essensielt for barnets utvikling, og lek er i dag en anerkjent metode i terapi med barn og unge. Lek kan potensielt også være viktig for voksne, og Winnicott selv foreslo humor ...
Privileged background protects against drug charges: A long-term population-based longitudinal study
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Background
We investigated the importance of indicators of parental socio-economic status (SES) for getting an official drug charge, while we controlled for self-reported drug law infractions (use of illegal drugs and/or ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
The Enhancing NeuroImaging Genetics through Meta-Analysis copy number variant (ENIGMA-CNV) and 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome Working Groups (22q-ENIGMA WGs) were created to gain insight into the involvement of genetic factors ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Background
Executive functioning is essential to daily life and severely impaired in schizophrenia and psychosis risk syndromes. Goal Management Training (GMT) is a theoretically founded, empirically ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Objective
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has shown that estimated brain age is deviant from chronological age in various common brain disorders. Brain age estimation could be useful for investigating patterns of brain ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Objective
Cancer-related cognitive impairment (CRCI) is a major obstacle for cervical cancer survivors, preventing the return to their social life. This study assessed the prevalence of CRCI in cervical cancer survivors ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Various factors have been attributed to the inconsistent reproducibility of human oxytocin research in the cognitive and behavioral sciences. These factors include small sample sizes, a lack of pre-registered studies, and ...
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2022)
Med denne oppgaven ønsker jeg å vise hvordan mennesker i samme samfunn gjør seg fundamentalt ulike erfaringer basert på hvor de befinner seg i klassestrukturen, og at dette legger grunnlag for individers tanker, følelser ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Background
To investigate the frequency of compulsive exercise among early adolescents, and determine the associated impact of sex, physical activity level, exercise habits, motivational regulation, dieting ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Abstract Adolescents increasingly use social media platforms, and these practices open up new forms of sexual victimization, in particular image-based sexual abuse (IBSA). Few studies have examined prevalence rates and ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Epigenome-wide association studies (EWAS) assessing the link between DNA methylation (DNAm) and phenotypes related to structural brain measures, cognitive function, and neurodegenerative diseases are becoming increasingly ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
The purpose of the paper was to examine Norwegians’ incorporation of seven varied sexual acts. Data were obtained from a questionnaire survey of a probability-based web sample of 2,181 men and 1,967 women aged 18–89 years. ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Abstract
Background
Several studies have examined maternal health behavior during pregnancy and child outcomes. Negative control variables have been used to address unobserved confounding in such studies. ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Objective To investigate the effect of inter-operator variability in arterial input function (AIF) definition on kinetic parameter estimates (KPEs) from dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) MRI in patients with high-grade ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Abstract
Higher socio-economic status (SES) has been proposed to have facilitating and protective effects on brain and cognition. We ask whether relationships between SES, brain volumes and cognitive ability ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Background
There are currently no approved medications for impaired social cognition and function, core symptoms of autism spectrum disorder. We describe marked improvement of these symptoms with long-term ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Depressive symptoms are prevalent in adolescence, and girls have higher levels of depressive symptoms and depressive disorder than boys. Rumination and especially brooding, seem to be a central maintaining factor of ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Background
Maternal infections during pregnancy are common events that have been suggested to be risk factors for Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in offspring. Only a few studies have been conducted to ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Unaccompanied refugee youth (URY), who as children fled their countries to seek asylum in a foreign country without the company of an adult legal caretaker are described as being in a vulnerable situation. Many of them ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Background
Norway has prioritized health services according to the principle of “severity of conditions”, where waiting time reflects patients’ medical urgency. We aim to investigate if the “severity-of-condition” ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
(Master thesis, Group thesis / Hovedoppgave, Gruppeoppgave, 2022)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
The COVID-19 pandemic, and the resulting closure of daycare centers worldwide, led to unprecedented changes in children’s learning environments. This period of increased time at home with caregivers, with limited access ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Abstract Childhood Disintegrative Disorder (CDD) is a rare and little researched developmental disorder characterised by regression in language and social skills after a period of seemingly normal development until at least ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Abstract Older children with online schooling requirements, unsurprisingly, were reported to have increased screen time during the first COVID-19 lockdown in many countries. Here, we ask whether younger children with no ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2022)
Cognitive control refers to the ability to regulate thought and action in a goal-directed manner and is essential for optimal daily life functioning. Cognitive control can be partitioned into specific functions facilitating ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Objectives
In cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for social anxiety disorder (SAD), avoidance behavior (AB) and cognitions (COG) are two important targets of intervention, but so far no studies have directly examined ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
Tidligere forskning har etablert empirisk evidens for at individuell endringsvillighet er kritisk at er til stede i organisasjonen for at et endringsinitiativ skal lykkes. Videre har forskning vist at organisasjonsklima ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Background Individuals suffering from schizophrenia have a reduced life expectancy with cardiovascular disease (CVD) as a major contributor. Low educational attainment is associated with schizophrenia, as well as with ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Social chatbots have become more advanced, paving the way for human–chatbot relationships (HCRs). Although this phenomenon has already received some research attention, the results have been contradictory, and there is ...
(Master thesis, Group thesis / Hovedoppgave, Gruppeoppgave, 2022)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
Early word comprehension has been extensively studied in the psychological and linguistic domains to gain insights in the processes involved in language development. One of the most used tools to measure word comprehension ...
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2022)
Bakgrunn: «Incel» (involuntary celibacy/celibate) brukes om en gruppe menn som har lite eller ingen seksuell erfaring, og som opplever dette som definerende for identiteten deres. Incels befinner seg i lukkede forum på ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Gradients in parental socioeconomic status (SES) are closely linked to important life outcomes in children and adolescents, such as cognitive abilities, school achievement, and mental health. Parental SES may also influence ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Objective: The Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT) is a widely used measure of episodic verbal memory. To our knowledge, culturally adapted and demographically adjusted norms for the RAVLT are currently not available ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Abstract Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are severe mental illnesses (SMI) linked to both genetic and environmental factors. Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV1) is a common neurotropic pathogen which after the primary infection ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a heterogeneous condition with long-term consequences for individuals and families. Goal-oriented rehabilitation is often applied, but there is scarce knowledge regarding types of goals and ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Background and Objectives
Connectivity-based approaches incorporating the distribution and magnitude of the extended brain network aberrations caused by lesions may offer higher sensitivity for axonal damage in patients ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Abstract Girls and boys might differ in autistic symptoms and associated cognitive difficulties such as executive function (EF). We investigated sex differences in the relationship between parent rated EF and autistic ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
The need for recovery after work (NFR) is an important warning of work-related fatigue. NFR is linked to prolonged work-related efforts and depletion of resources, creating a need for temporary respite from work demands. ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic and its associated restrictions may have affected children and adolescent’s mental health adversely. We cast light on this question using primary and specialist consultations data for the ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Research on verbal probabilities and standard scales issued by national and international authorities suggest that only events with probabilities above 60% should be labelled “likely”. We find, however, that when people ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Background
Theoretical models of the development of childhood externalizing disorders emphasize the role of parents. Empirical studies have not been able to identify specific aspects of parental behaviors explaining a ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Abstract Obesity and associated morbidities, metabolic associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) included, constitute some of the largest public health threats worldwide. Body composition and related risk factors are known ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Objectives:
Comprehensive review of existing types and effectiveness of community-based interventions delivered to adults (mean age 18-65 years) with long-lasting (≥6 months) difficulties following acquired brain injury ...