Bakgrunn: Traumefokusert kognitiv atferdsterapi (TF-CBT) har vist seg som en effektiv behandlingsmodell for barn og unge med posttraumatisk stresslidelse (PTSD). Få studier har sett på hvilke dysfunksjonelle tanker som er ...

Objective: The focus of the current study was to examine cognitive functioning by objective and subjective measures in adolescents with chronic fatigue (CF) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). The results were compared ...

Background Adolescent depression is a common mental health problem and there is an urgent need for effective and accessible treatments. Internet-based interventions solve many obstacles for seeking and receiving treatment, ...

The content and experience of partnered sex may likely change as couples age, which can lead to sexual distress but also greater intimacy and sexual quality (Lodge & Umberson, 2012). The overall purpose of this thesis is ...

Refugees and asylum seekers have been resettled in European countries in vast numbers since the beginning of the ‘refugee crisis’ of 2015, the largest group originating from Syria. The needs of this group are complex, ...

Background Over the last decades, due to high rates of immigration, many high-income countries have witnessed demographic shifts towards more cultural diversity in the population. Socio-economic deprivation ...

Avhandlingen omhandler TIB for barn i alderen 5-11 år og baserer seg på analyser av blant annet 108 terapisesjoner med barna. I fire kvalitative delstudier blir betydningen av felles fokus, sentrale tema i terapiprosessene ...

Background: Conflict with parents is frequent in adolescent depression, and has been shown to predict poor treatment outcomes. Attachment Based Family Therapy (ABFT) is a manualised treatment for adolescent depression ...

Background Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is often associated with life-long medical, cognitive, emotional, and behavioral changes. Although long-lasting disabilities are expected, research on effective ...

Contemporary models of health development highlight the importance of understanding health as a developmental process that continues throughout life and can be modified during developmental windows or by crucial events. ...

The present thesis gathers findings from three empirical studies in which we examined the cognitive basis of individual differences in phasic and tonic pupil cognitive responses. Some previous studies have reported a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Background Rett syndrome (RTT) is a neurodevelopmental disorder. In more than 95% of females with classic RTT a pathogenic mutation in MECP2 has been identified. This leaves a small fraction of classic cases ...

Background Mental disorders often have onset early in life, contribute substantially to the global disease burden, and may interfere with young people’s ability to complete age-relevant tasks in important ...

Background To strengthen the risk message on snus warning labels, the European Union in 2016 removed “can” from the warning “This tobacco product (can) damages your health and is addictive.” We tested how ...

Objective Our aim is to examine the associations of the Big Five personality factors with eating behaviors in children using a cross-sectional study in 1543 randomly Norwegian 7–12 year olds. ...

Background Young adults that are not in education, training or employment represent a problem across European countries. While some are cases of temporary transitions or short-term inactivity, others represent ...

This study suggests some potential pathways leading towards maintained gains or further growth versus deterioration after naturalistic psychotherapy with experienced clinicians. This is explored in a way that transcends ...

Background: Mothers with substance use disorders (SUD) often show impairments in parental reflective functioning (PRF), which may have adverse effects on their capacity for sensitive caregiving. Parenting personality, as ...

Background Hereditary spastic paraparesis (HSP) is a group of rare genetic disorders affecting the central nervous system. Pure HSP is limited to lower limb spasticity and urinary voiding dysfunction. ...

Background With the shift of research focus towards the pre-dementia stage of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), there is an urgent need for reliable, non-invasive biomarkers to predict amyloid pathology. The aim ...

Purpose Among computer workers, visual complaints, and neck pain are highly prevalent. This study explores how occupational simulated stressors during computer work, like glare and psychosocial stress, affect physiological ...

Formålet med studien var å undersøke risiko- og beskyttelsesfaktorer som kan påvirke utviklingen og gangen i depresjonsutvikling hos ungdommer og unge voksne, med særlig fokus på tilknytningskvalitet i relasjon til ...

I Norge bor det om lag 200 000 mennesker med flyktningbakgrunn som kommer fra land i krig, eller land med undertrykkende regimer, hvor deres menneskerettigheter ikke har blitt ivaretatt. Mange har blitt utsatt for tortur, ...

I Norge bor det om lag 200 000 mennesker med flyktningbakgrunn som kommer fra land i krig, eller land med undertrykkende regimer, hvor deres menneskerettigheter ikke har blitt ivaretatt. Mange har blitt utsatt for tortur, ...

Anxiety and depression are among the most common mental disorders affecting youth. The two disorders often co-occur and can cause significant distress and impairment. Having elevated symptom levels but not fulfilling the ...

Background Changes in Norwegian law and health policy require all health professionals to help safeguard the provision of information and follow-up for the children of parents with mental or physical ...

Background and objectives: While the dominant perspective on adolescent sexting in scientific and media discourse is that of it being inherently tied to a cornucopia of adverse psychological, social, and legal consequences, ...

Sammendrag. Forfattere: Silje Berg Oppedal og Julie Sture Sørensen Tittel: Terapeuters alliansebyggende atferd og frafall i kognitiv atferdsterapi for barn og unge med angstlidelser Veileder: Krister Westlye Fjermestad ...

Bakgrunn: Angstlidelser hos barn og ungdom er utbredt, og kognitiv atferdsterapi (KAT) er den anbefalte behandlingsmetoden for denne typen lidelser. Likevel er det 40% som ikke opplever bedring etter KAT-behandling. Dette ...

Selvskading og suicidal atferd har enorme konsekvenser både for individet, familien og samfunnet som helhet. Mer enn 800 000 mennesker dør av selvmord hvert eneste år. For hvert selvmord finnes det mange flere mennesker ...

Bakgrunn: Anoreksi er en alvorlig psykisk lidelse som oftest inntrer i ungdomsårene. Mange barn og unge som får anoreksi har søsken som dermed vokser opp som pårørende til personer med alvorlig sykdom. Studier viser at ...

Bakgrunn: Angstlidelser hos barn og ungdom er utbredt, og kognitiv atferdsterapi (KAT) er den anbefalte behandlingsmetoden for denne typen lidelser. Likevel er det 40% som ikke opplever bedring etter KAT-behandling. Dette ...

Inadequate iodine status affects the synthesis of the thyroid hormones and may impair brain development in fetal life. The aim of this study was to explore the association between maternal iodine status in pregnancy measured ...

Background Social skills might play an important role for the relationship between maternal psychological distress and subsequent development of depressive symptoms. The majority perspective is that social ...

Adopted in December 2002, the United Nations Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment establishes a system of regular visits undertaken by independent ...

Siblings of children with chronic disorders are highly underrepresented in research. Living with a child with a chronic disorder affects the whole family, including siblings. Research has revealed negative impact and several ...

Til tross for at det finnes psykologiske teorier som kan være nyttige verktøy i arbeidet med de dynamiske komponentene i religiøs tro, har et fokus på menneskets religiøsitet ofte vært fraværende i psykologiutdanningen og ...

Bakgrunn: Denne studien ønsker å være et bidrag til økt kunnskap hva angår behandling for spiseforstyrrelser (SF) med og uten barndomstraume. Per dags dato er kognitiv atferdsterapi (CBT) den behandlingen som regnes som ...

Bakgrunn: Denne studien ønsker å være et bidrag til økt kunnskap hva angår behandling for spiseforstyrrelser (SF) med og uten barndomstraume. Per dags dato er kognitiv atferdsterapi (CBT) den behandlingen som regnes som ...

Metode: Oppgaven er en kvantitativ studie av 179 foreldre til barn med en funksjonsnedsettelse eller en kronisk sykdomstilstand. Formålet var å kartlegge psykologisk symptombelasting blant disse foreldrene ved å analysere ...

Metode: Oppgaven er en kvantitativ studie av 179 foreldre til barn med en funksjonsnedsettelse eller en kronisk sykdomstilstand. Formålet var å kartlegge psykologisk symptombelasting blant disse foreldrene ved å analysere ...

Background Individual Placement and Support (IPS) is an evidence-based work rehabilitation model with well-documented effects for people with mental illness. The model has, however, never been tested out ...

Hvordan kan en behandling av traumatiserte klienter med flyktningbakgrunn se ut der klienten sitter igjen med en positiv opplevelse av terapien etter avslutning? Dette spørsmålet ble utgangspunktet for vår kvalitative ...

Hvordan kan en behandling av traumatiserte klienter med flyktningbakgrunn se ut der klienten sitter igjen med en positiv opplevelse av terapien etter avslutning? Dette spørsmålet ble utgangspunktet for vår kvalitative ...

Bakgrunn: Internasjonalt behandles stadig flere mennesker for psykiske lidelser ved hjelp av e- terapi. Samtidig tilbyr norske psykologer behandling over internett i relativt liten grad – dette til tross for at teknologiene ...

Bakgrunn: Mange barn som utsettes for potensielt traumatiserende hendelser, utvikler store vansker som følge av dette og har behov for behandling. Selv om det er utviklet psykoterapier som er anbefalt for disse barna, tar ...

Background: Anxiety disorders are prevalent among youth, and may have significant negative long-term impact on individuals’ functioning, as well as leading to other difficulties later in life. Therefore, studies are needed ...

Innledning: Det er uenighet om hvordan foreldre kan etablere søvnvaner og behandle søvnproblemer hos spedbarn. Nyere søvnforskning har bidratt til kunnskap om spedbarns normale søvnutvikling og er viktig for å forstå ...

Aims: The objective of this thesis is to investigate whether cognition is related to everyday driving behaviour and accident involvement in a sample of stroke and TBI survivors found fit to drive. More specifically three ...

Aims: The objective of this thesis is to investigate whether cognition is related to everyday driving behaviour and accident involvement in a sample of stroke and TBI survivors found fit to drive. More specifically three ...

Background Epidemiological studies have shown that long-term exposure to paracetamol during pregnancy is associated with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The mechanism by which paracetamol ...

Formålet med studien er å få en bedre forståelse av transformasjonsledelse, transaksjonsledelse og passiv unngående ledelse som predikatorer for å skape ekstra innsats hos ansatte og tilfredshet blant ansatte i en norsk ...

Chronic gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa) administration is used where suppression of hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis activity is beneficial, such as steroid-dependent cancers, early onset gender dysphoria, ...

Background: It has been suggested that alcohol problems negatively affect therapeutic interventions for depression. This study examines the patterns of change in depressive symptoms following an intervention for depression, ...

Sammendrag Rusavhengighet og rusmisbruk er generelt et samfunnsproblem, en andel gravide kvinner lever i en høy risikolivsstil som rusavhengig. Det foreligger fremdeles lite dokumentasjon om hvordan det går med barn født ...

Bakgrunn: Depresjon og alkoholproblemer er to av de tre mest vanlige psykiske lidelsene i Norge. Pasienter med depresjon og kjente alkoholproblemer behandles vanligvis innenfor tverrfaglig spesialisert rusmiddelbehandling ...

Abstract Authors: Tore Bergby Handeland and Vidar Roald Kristiansen Title: “Certain and Uncertain Reflective Functioning in Mothers with Substance Use Disorder” Main supervisor: Merete Glenne Øie. Co-supervisor: Bjørn Lau. ...

Formålet med studien var å undersøke ungdoms holdninger til og forestillinger om deling og mottak av intimt bildemateriale. Vi ønsket å utvide den kvalitative kunnskapen om ungdoms tanker rundt fenomenet, hva de tror er ...

Chronic gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa) is used therapeutically to block activity within the reproductive axis through down-regulation of GnRH receptors within the pituitary gland. GnRH receptors are also ...

Background and objectives: Instances of polyrhythm (cf. Vuust et al., 2006) and microtiming (cf. Danielsen, Jensenius, & Haugen, 2015) appear commonly in groove-based music, where they may challenge the listener’s ...

Authors: Tore Bergby Handeland and Vidar Roald Kristiansen Title: “Certain and Uncertain Reflective Functioning in Mothers with Substance Use Disorder” Main supervisor: Merete Glenne Øie. Co-supervisor: Bjørn Lau. Background: ...

Objective: Accurate outcome prediction models for patients with mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) are key for prognostic assessment and clinical decision-making. Using multivariate machine learning, we tested the unique ...

People have, for many well-documented reasons, a tendency to overemphasize their intuitions and to follow them, even when they should not. This “intuition bias” leads to several kinds of specific intuitive biases in judgments ...

Background: This study focuses on poly-victimization, with the aim of providing a realistic estimation of the prevalence of lifetime victimization in a Norwegian adolescent population (ages 18–19 years). Methods: Based ...

Epidemiologiske studier viser at separate former for psykiske vansker hos barn kan forekomme samtidig, og at dette skjer langt oftere enn ved tilfeldigheter. Dette kan ha store konsekvenser for barnets videre utvikling da ...

Objective: To explore the nature of professional wisdom, through learning from the experiences of a group of highly experienced senior therapists. Method: Twelve senior psychotherapists took part in qualitative in-depth ...

How do clients consider their own contribution and that of their therapist in the last phase of therapy when they are moving toward the end? Thirty-seven clients who had received therapy from highly experienced clinicians ...

Mål: Denne studien hadde som mål å belyse eventuelle forskjeller i symptomer på depresjon, angst og muskel- og skjelettsmerter mellom personer som var i arbeid, gradert sykmeldte og fullt sykmeldte. Videre ville vi undersøke ...

Background: Employment is an important part of recovery for individuals with schizophrenia. The employment rate for this group is as low as 10% in Norway, and major system related barriers to employment are evident. Aims: ...

Studies have shown that many clinicians are skeptical about research and hesitant about participating in research. In the present study, we explored this issue by studying experienced therapists’ reflections on their ...

Bakgrunn: Det er vist at stadig flere diagnostiseres med forstyrrelsene i austismespekteret, og mange barn vokser dermed opp som pårørende til en bror eller søster med autismespekterforstyrrelse. Det finnes begrenset ...

Identifying patients at risk of poor outcome after mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) is essential to aid prognostics and treatment. Diffuse axonal injury (DAI) may be the primary pathologic feature of MTBI but is normally ...

Objectives To examine if elevated symptoms of insomnia affects neuropsychological functioning in patients with concurrent symptoms of pain, fatigue, and mood disorders. Methods and results A total of seventy-six subjects ...