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Flukt & følelser : sammenhengen mellom eskapisme, regulatorisk fokus og affekt i fritidsaktiviteter Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
Formålet med denne studien var å undersøke sammenhengen mellom motivasjon, selvreguleringsstil og affekt i fritidsaktiviteter. Vanligvis forbindes begrepet fritidsaktiviteter med positive emosjoner som glede og entusiasme. ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
The e4 allele of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene is a known risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease and may also affect cognitive performance in normal aging. The data presented in the current study represent the first two ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
Undersøkelsen tar for seg hvordan primært nonverbale kroppsorienterte og gruppedynamiske oppvarmingsøvelser - i form av bevegelse, leik, dans og kroppskontakt - kan påvirke intersubjektiv deltakelse i etterfølgende ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
This thesis explores the perspective of the male sex tourist by studying posts on a ‘sex travel guide’ web page. The study is placed within qualitative social psychology, and makes use of Foucauldian discourse analysis in ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
Denne undersøkelsen er en kvalitativ evaluering av Ungdom mot Vold som soningstiltak for ungdom idømt samfunnsstraff. Ungdom mot Vold ønsker å støtte de domfelte i å mestre et liv uten kriminalitet gjennom å fokusere på ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
Bakgrunn
En rekke studier viser at homofile menn opplever mer kroppsmisnøye enn heterofile menn. Dette funnet har blitt forklart både ved faktorer som er forbundet med en homofil identitet og prosesser i homomiljøet. Denne ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
Denne studien har undersøkt forholdet mellom kognitive evner, begrepet stimulus screening og ulike utfallsvariabler hos individer som jobber i åpne kontorlandskap. Stimulus screening er en variabel som kan påvirke individers ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
Føremålet med denne oppgåva var å kartleggja ulike aspekt ved norske toppleiargruppe ut frå samansetjing, oppleving av leiarmøte, i kva grad toppleiargruppene nyttar teamutvikling og kva opplevd effekt det har. I tillegg ...
Kognitiv aldring : en undersøkelse av kontekstprosessering ved hjelp av AX-CPT paradigme Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
Forskningen rundt kognitiv aldring har den siste tiden vært fokusert rund om hvorvidt det finnes et enkelt underliggende element som er årsaken til den generelle nedgangen i kognitive evner hos den eldre gruppen i samfunnet. ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
Passions have the potential to fill people’s lives with meaning. However, there is a duality to the concept, where harmonious passion reflects a more volitional engagement, whilst obsessive passion reflects a more controlled, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
Stimulus screening er et mål som ser på individuelle forskjeller i evnen til å utelukke irrelevant stimuli (Mehrabian, 1977a). De personene som er gode på å ignorere irrelevant stimuli kalles screenere, de personene som ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
Denne oppgaven forsøker svare på hvordan man psykologisk kan forstå et fenomen som spirituell overgivelse utenfor en reduksjonistisk ramme. Fenomenet kan defineres som å slutte og forsøke kontrollere ved å utvise viljestyrke, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
Teamwork as a part of the human factor is considered to be an important factor for safe performance in the shipping industry. The first aim of this study was to investigate how the domain specific CRM model and the domain ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
The social identity theory postulates that membership in homogeneous groups could result in a strong identity derived from these groups. Under certain conditions this could result in ingroup bias where group members favour ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
In this article the Organizational Climate Measure (OCM) by Patterson et al. (2005) is tested in the Norwegian service sector in an attempt to investigate the generalizability of the model. The questionnaire was completed ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
Undersøkelsen utforsker identitet, selvfølelse og livskvalitet hos ni ungdommer som har en synsnedsettelse. Hovedmotivet er å gi Huseby kompetansesenter et bidrag slik at de i best mulig grad kan ivareta brukernes behov ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
Health is much talked about topic in today’s society, likewise with sports. Sports and exercise have been introduced has an entranceway to healthier living styles. But increasing reports about how athletes and exercisers ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
Denne oppgaven tar for seg en undersøkelse av lidenskap for jobben, behovstilfredsstillelse og jobbtilfredshet blant 278 ansatte i to norske bedrifter. Lidenskap, slik begrepet brukes her, refererer til individets interesse ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
The aim of this research was to explore gender related environmental factors that relate to bilingual childrearing. De Houwer s theoretical framework was used in order to investigate the relationships between three components: ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
Gjennom analyse av endringer i den offentlige diskursen i perioden 1987 -2008, kartlegges ideologiske endringer i forholdet mellom individualisme og fellesskap i USA. Konkret gjøres dette ved å studere endringen i frekvensen ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
BACKGROUND: Previous functional imaging studies investigating the neural correlates of financial decision-making have suggested that subjects may adopt different response strategies depending on the degree of reward/punishment ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
An important and recurrent attribute in resilient individuals is the value they place in relationships to others, and the quality of these relationships, and it was of interest to investigate how the concept of resilience ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
‘Mental time travel’ (MTT) refers to the general neurocognitive capability to re-experience past events (past MTT) and imagine future ones (future MTT). In recent years, several studies have indicated that past and future ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
ABSTRACT
This study sought to explore the healing methods of Muslim religious healing with respect to mental illness from the perspectives of the healer and the patient. The objectives that guided the study were; (1) To ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
In the past three decades researchers have developed several tasks to measure theory of mind in young children. The current study administered one nonverbal theory of mind task and five verbal theory of mind tasks to a ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
The present study examined commitment to change in an organization. Change-commitment is important for the success of a change. Change-commitment is divided into affective commitment, continuance commitment and normative ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
The purpose of this study was to analyze Perceived Organizational Support (POS) using SWOT-interviews (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats). A sample of 40 employees from a public institution were interviewed. ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
This study explored the experiences of Iranian refugees across their life span in Norway. More specifically, the aim was to identify what resources and demands were encountered in each period of the asylum seeking, the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
Barseldepresjon (PPD) er globalt sett et vanlig fenomen. Tidligere studier har identifisert en prevalens på 13 % internasjonalt og ca 9 % i Norge. Av risikofaktorene som tidligere er funnet er flere upåvirkbare, som ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
The main purpose of this study was to explore to what degree the Job Characteristics Model and the Demand-Control-Support Model corresponds to reflections about psychosocial work environment collected using SWOT-structured, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
In the last five years, online games have grown in popularity. Thus a growing trend of so called massively multiplayer online role- playing games (MMORPG’s) has developed. With over 11 million players worldwide, World of ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
Denne studien ser på lidenskap for jobben blant 996 ansatte ved to norske bedrifter, henholdsvis innen forskning og forsikring. Lidenskap defineres i denne sammenheng som en sterk tilbøyelighet eller forkjærlighet for en ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
Frivillighet er en form for hjelpeatferd eller prososial atferd. Det er et fenomen som er både individbasert og kollektivt på samme tid, ettersom frivilliges handlinger forekommer i en kollektiv kontekst. Undersøkelsen ...
Analyse av McGregors (1960) kjennetegn på effektive team: En SWOT-basert tilnærming Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
Hensikten med denne studien var å analysere McGregors (1960) kjennetegn på effektive team, ved bruk av M-SWOT. En avdeling i en norsk statlig organisasjon med klart definerte team ble undersøkt, gjennom en intervju-undersøkelse ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
Formålet med denne oppgaven var å undersøke sammenhengen mellom ulike typer heterogenitet og effektivitet i ledergrupper, og om relasjonskonflikt medierer denne sammenhengen.. I tillegg ønsket jeg å se nærmere på om åpenhet ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
This study seeks to explore the motivations and experiences of voluntary care workers for people living with HIV/AIDS in semi-rural Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. Social capital offers a framework for investigation, and the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
Ungdom er en høyrisikogruppe i trafikken og ulike typer holdningskampanjer er tiltak som ofte blir benyttet for å forsøke å redusere den dystre ulykkesstatistikken. Innen psykologien er det gjort mange forsøk på å forklare ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
Masteroppgaven handler om hvordan likekjønnede foreldre organiserer omsorgen for sine barn. For å utforske temaet, ble det gjennomført kvalitative intervjuer (livsformsintervjuer) med mødrene i seks likekjønnede familier ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
Aim. The present study is based on the dual-pathway model (Stice, 2001), specifically testing the negative affect pathway of this model. This study examined whether depression and low self-esteem separately mediate the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
Empirical research on psychological contracts between employees and employers have suggested that the two parties often have diverging expectations to the employment relationship, resulting in negative consequences for ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
Formålet med denne undersøkelsen var å teste generaliserbarheten av eksisterende forskning på forholdet mellom organisasjonsklima og innovasjon i norsk servicenæring. Undersøkelsen ble gjennomført i fire avdelinger i en ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
The main purpose of this thesis is to study the relationship between regret and changing your mind in decisions where there is a time period between the choice and when the outcome is revealed. Do people experience regret ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale (ESAS) er et symptomkartleggingsskjema som benyttes i lindrende kreftbehandling. I den senere tid har forskning vist at pasienter har problemer med å forstå terminologien i skjemaet og at ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
Formålet med denne oppgaven var å undersøke sammenhengen mellom kvinneandel og fire ulike gruppeprosesser; åpen kommunikasjon, støtte, refleksivitet og relasjonskonflikt i norske ledergrupper. I tillegg ønsket jeg å se på ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
Denne studien er en del av prosjektet "Ungdom, Kultur og Mestring", ved Folkehelseinstituttets Divisjon for psykisk helse. Det ble undersøkt om det var sammenhenger mellom opplevde oppdragelsesstiler, moralsk løsrivelse, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
Through the use of focus group interviewing and grounded theory, this study seeks to examine how people with ethnic minority background living in Norway experience their job opportunities in the Norwegian workforce. A total ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
A longitudinal analysis (1920-2006) of “adoption” as an issue represented in the public discourse in Korea, is presented in this master thesis. Newspaper articles referring to adoption were identified in searchable electronic ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
Formålet med denne studien er å studere hvordan intervjuer basert på det strategiske planleggingsverktøyet SWOT kan bidra ved kartlegging av innovasjonsklima i organisasjoner, og hvorvidt human resource management (HRM) ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
Lexical studies of personality attributes have been highly generative and attracted the interest of psychology researchers worldwide. The purpose of that kind of studies is the identification of the most salient aspects ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
Resent conceptualisation of happiness and optimal functioning maintain that it entail the realisation of social human qualities – the virtues. This thesis describes and discusses some of the positions that positive psychology ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
Denne oppgaven tar for seg forholdet mellom matematiske og konversasjonelle normer i folks bedømmelse av tallutsagn, blant annet det velkjente Asian disease problemet (Tversky & Kahneman, 1981). Nyere innfallsvinkler og ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
Background: Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) are a group of toxins that are hydrophobic and lipophilic. Acute and chronical exposure through mother’s milk and food consumption can produce hyperactivity and disturbances in ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
Tidligere forskning har vist at det er en sammenheng mellom elevers etniske identitet og skoleprestasjoner. Det er ikke blitt forsket på denne sammenhengen i norske klasseroms kontekster. Denne undersøkelsen går lengre enn ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
The primary aim of the present study was to assess the validity of scores from the Interpersonal Perception Task-15 (IPT-15). This was done by examining the relation between perceptual accuracy in nonverbal communication, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
Hovedformålet med denne undersøkelsen var å undersøke effekten av en nettbasert miniintervensjon, designet for å øke initierings-mestringstro og opprettholdelses-mestringstro. Undersøkelsen hadde kosthold som tema. Man ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
Denne kvalitative undersøkelsen handler om hvordan barn under tre år med moderat til alvorlig astma blir tatt vare på av foreldre og andre som inngår i omsorgskjeden på daglig basis, det vil si barnehagen. Astma er den ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
Forholdet mellom personlige egenskaper og lederskap er av grunnleggende interesse for industri, arbeids og organisasjonspsykologer. Denne oppgaven tok form gjennom en oppfølgingsundersøkelse for et rekrutteringsbyrå. Man ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
Formålet med denne studien var å se om det var sammenheng mellom vennskap og atferdsvansker i barnehagealder. Målet var å finne en risikogruppe som utviklet resiliens over tid og hvilke faktorer som bidro til det. Undersøkelsen ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
Denne kvalitative undersøkelsen handler om kvinneidentitet. Jeg snakket med 7 mødre med
innvandrerbakgrunn om deres liv i Norge. Det første målet var å se på hvilke valg kvinnene
gjorde for seg og sin familie, samt konteksten ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
Abstrakt
Tidligere forskning har vist at relasjonstraumatisering i oppveksten ofte har alvorlige konsekvenser for senere psykologisk fungering. Få studier er imidlertid gjort på sammenhengen mellom grad av traumatisering ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
Denne undersøkelsen har sett på hvordan barnefamilier mestrer og tilpasser seg en hverdag i langvarig fattigdom. Mer spesifikt var målet å identifisere hvilke faktorer som gjør barna ekstra sårbare og øker risiko for deres ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
Objective: While traumatic parental loss presents an undeniable risk factor for maladaptive outcomes, some groups of children appear to manifest successful adaptation and do not follow a negative developmental pathway. ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
The aim of the study is to evaluate the relationship between organizational change and organizational behavior, and identify dynamics underlying organizational change. Semi-structured interviews based on the SWOT-format ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
A questionnaire consists three scenarios was studied. All three scenarios were mainly studying people's reactions to buying and selling transactions that turn out to be less favorable than intended. Scenario 1 explored how ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
This study explored the process of second language learning and psychosocial adaptation in a group of 11 adult refugees living in Norway. The research investigated aspects influencing the learning process and how Norwegian ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
Increasing support for the relationship between road traffic violations and accident liability led to research focusing on the determinants of risky driving. In psychology, more recently, a new approach, which is integrating ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
Formålet med den foreliggende undersøkelsen var å utforske hvilke vanskeligheter bosatte afghanske enslige mindreårige flyktninger hadde i sin tilpasning til Norge, hvordan vanskelighetene påvirket dem i det daglige, og ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
Enslige mindreårige asylsøkere (EM) som kommer til Norge mangler både familie og nettverk, som må gjenoppbygges samtidig med en rekke andre utfordringer. Jenter i denne populasjonen er i tillegg spesielt utsatt for erfaringer ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
Trafikksikkerhetskampanjer har i lang tid benyttet frykt som virkemiddel for å forsøke å endre folks holdninger og atferd i en mer trafikksikker retning. Forskning på bruken av fryktvekkende kampanjefilmer i trafikksikke ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
The present study addresses methodological, theoretical, and applied issues in safety climate research. Thirty SWOT-based semi-structured interviews were carried out in a large shipping company and its organizational ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
The aim of the present study was to investigate the prediction of exercise behaviour in a sample of healthy students (N = 148) in the context of the Health Action Process Approach (HAPA). The HAPA distinguishes between a ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
Motivated by the challenge of combining psychological theories and methods with high-tech gaming and simulating technology, a project was carried out to develop a simulator that could train people in the skill of negotiation. ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
By middle childhood, children with Language Disorders (LDs) are frequently identified with comorbid psychiatric disorders. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the disorders most frequently reported ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
489 university students in three countries completed questionnaires in a study investigating affect and person specificity in the use of mood regulation strategies. The major aims of the study were to (1) describe the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
Fear may contribute to prolonged conflicts, for example, between nations or political parties, by strengthening intergroup prejudice. The purpose of the present study was to explore ways to reduce fear in a context of ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
It is argued that maladaptive, over-activated self-schema and source-monitoring failure within depression and anxiety may make an individual more prone to the false memory effect. Derived from Beck's cognitive theory it ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
ABSTRACT
The present thesis examines personal and group relations. Two groups served as the study context: one group of doctors and one group of nurses.
SPGR – Systematizing the Person Group Relation – was used as a ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
This study investigates a phenomenon that has yet to come under heavy scrutiny of psychological research: Identity narratives in weblogs. More specifically, this paper looks at self-presentations - and at how the experience ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
Motivated by the challenge of combining psychological theories and methods with high-tech gaming and simulating technology, a project was carried out to develop a simulator that could train people in the skill of negotiation. ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
In this study, an initial systems-based analysis was performed within the Norwegian railway. This approach to system safety attempts to provide information regarding the latent, system-related factors leading up to an ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
Many marketing strategies seem based on the notion that consumers respond more strongly to products that are being offered for free than a rational calculation would predict. Such a preference would be consistent with some ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
The aim of the present study was to test the hypothesis that at the end of their second surge in testosterone production, male infants will on a group level have a slightly less pronounced tendency than female infants to ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
There is an intuitive understanding within the research field of organizational creativity and innovation that the two phenomena are closely related. The literature is even to a large extent characterized by an interchangeable ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
Abstract
Motivated by the challenge of combining psychological theories and methods with high-tech gaming and simulating technology, a project was carried out to develop a simulator that could train people in the skill of ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
A new internet based work-related test with ipsative properties called Shapes Admin is investigated and categorized as partially ipsative. Ipsative formats have a history of controversies.
Some of these are presented as ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
This paper concerns the motivation of women in management for boardroom work, and the purpose was to explore factors that led women to refuse or accept actual requests to serve on a board of directors. Eleven women ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
This study explored how unaccompanied refugee minors cope with difficulties in the process of adaptation. More specifically, the first aim was to identify whether they face difficulties in their everyday lives in Norway, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
Abstract
This paper presents a formative analysis of the train driving task. The train driving task is embedded in the railway domain which can be described as a complex sociotechnical system. These systems pose new demands ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
Several researchers have investigated the effect of extrinsic motivators (e.g. rewards) on creative performance. The learned industriousness theory (e.g. Eisenbeger & Selbst, 1994) state that individuals learn to distinguish ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
The aim of the present study is to theoretically and empirically investigate a theory labeled the Adversity Quotient (AQ). Its claim of being able to predict all facets of human capacity and performance is being tested by ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
Abstract
Objective: To establish the prevalence of various types of bed sharing in Norway and investigate the relation between bed sharing and breastfeeding.
Methods: 193 Norwegian mothers completed two questionnaires, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
Motivated by the challenge of combining psychological theories and methods with high-tech gaming and simulating technology, a project was carried out to develop a simulator that could train people in the skill of negotiation. ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
Gjennom analyse av endringer i språkbruk i det offentlige norske
ordskiftet om utviklingshjelp i perioden 1984-2006, kartlegges ideologi og ideologiske endringer i utviklingshjelp. Fordi bare Aftenposten er elektronisk ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
In the present study, source-monitoring processes that are required to distinguish a memory trace of a true event from an internally generated false memory were investigated, using the Deese-Roediger-McDermott paradigm ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
Children with communication-disorders are “at risk” of additional problems in social, emotional and behavioural development. Speech and language are intimately involved with other areas of development. Thus it might be ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
This study seeks to provide an insider’s perspective on the experience of Binge Eating Disorder as it is brought to light from interviews with eight women. Binge Eating Disorder is a recently described and proposed new ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
The present study is an exploratory study based on quantitative data from 62 unaccompanied minor refugees. The purpose of this study was to examine risks and resources in their social networks after resettlement, in addition ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
Abstract
A growing amount of research has investigated false memory creation in various populations and in relation to a number of variables, such as personality traits and mental health variables.
These studies have ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
Mothers are an important part of children’s language environments, and are assumed to play a role in their children’s language development. This exploratory study investigates the maternal responses in groups of children ...