Peer Gynt, the main character in Ibsen’s dramatic poem from 1867, has fascinated scholars since its publication. For more than 100 years, Henrik Ibsen’s Peer Gynt has been interpreted in the light of Søren Kierkegaard. A ...

Several studies have shown that when people are asked to estimate the probabilities for a set of exclusive and exhaustive events they often produce probabilities that add up to more than 1 or 100% (Robinson & Hastie, 1985; ...

This thesis investigates the implications of adverse childhood experiences, potentially traumatic experiences of war and human rights violations (HRVs), and personality factors for the mental health and wellbeing of adult ...

This study examines the specific kinds of interpersonal problems, including their associations with symptoms and self-image, characteristic of a general psychiatric outpatient population. The interpersonal perspective may ...

Background and aim: Violence is not uncommon and may have a range of negative consequences for victims. While mental health has received much research attention, other consequences are increasingly recognized, including ...

Subsyndromal symptoms, or mild to moderate symptoms of depression, contribute more than any other health condition to absence from work. Mental illness is the leading cause of sickness absence and work incapacity in most ...

Traumatizing events such as domestic violence, severe accidents, and sexual abuse place youths at risk of developing mental health problems, and many will be in need of therapy. To date, a variety of treatment models have ...

This thesis presents the first study of the characteristics traits of caretaker perpetrated child homicide (filicide) in current day Norway, covering the years 1990–2009. Evolutionary psychological (EP) perspectives on ...

The ability to exert executive control over aspects of cognition, emotion and behaviour in children and adolescents with TS deviates from typically developing children (TDC), and represents a potential threat to their ...

In recent decades, the landscapes of work and organizations in developed economies have undergone dramatic changes, including the growth in service- and knowledge-oriented industries. Based on the rapid growth and increasing ...

Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a mental disorder characterized by a relentless pursuit of thinness, severe food restriction, body image disturbances, and an extremely low body weight. The etiology of the disorder is not known. ...