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 ...

Insufficient suppression and connectivity of the default mode network (DMN) is a potential mediator of cognitive dysfunctions across various disorders, including attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, ...

Background Effects of return to work (RTW) interventions vary, and more knowledge is needed about the factors that contribute to RTW. This study investigated changes in work participation and mental health, ...

Although the concept of inclusion of the other in the self (IOS) has been successfully assessed with explicit self-report measures implicit procedures have been neglected in past literature. The present article explores ...

Background Anxiety and depressive symptoms are common in childhood, however problems in need of intervention may not be identified. Children at risk for developing more severe problems can be identified ...

Background The MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery (MCCB) was developed for schizophrenia patients, but is also being used to assess neurocognitive function in bipolar disorder. This study aims to describe ...

Background Substance use disorders (SUDs) constitute a major health problem and are associated with an extensive psychiatric comorbidity. Personality disorders (PDs) and SUDs commonly co-occur. Comorbid ...

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 study aimed to investigate the role of work engagement in the relationship between ability-enhancing Human Resource Management (HRM) practices and employee performance. Questionnaires were distributed in 52 organisations ...

Background Self-efficacy may be an important factor in individuals’ recovery from posttraumatic stress reactions after a natural disaster. However, few longitudinal studies have investigated whether ...

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 ...

I denne studien ble sammenhengen mellom fars barndomsbelastninger, foreldrestress og samspillskvalitet ved 6 måneder undersøkt. Det ble ikke funnet noen signifikant sammenheng mellom tidligere belastninger og kvalitet på ...

Background Mental health problems are a growing cause of sickness absence. There are programmes in many countries to facilitate return to work (RTW) after sickness absence. In Norway, there has been some ...

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 ...

Fysisk aktivitet representerer en viktig side ved forebygging av livsstilsrelatert sykdom. Imidlertid er det kun en relativt begrenset andel av befolkningen som får tilstrekkelig med fysisk aktivitet i hverdagen. Spesielt ...

Studien undersøker et representativt utvalg på 151 dommeravhør foretatt i Norge mellom 2002 og 2012. Gjennom logistisk regresjon undersøker studien hvilke prediktorer som skiller hvorvidt barna kommer til å fortelle spontant ...

Background: In studies employing physiological measures such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), it is often hard to distinguish what constitutes risk-resilience factors to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following ...

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 ...

Background Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a severe mental illness, with an unknown etiology. Magnetic resonance imaging studies show reduced brain volumes and cortical thickness in patients compared to healthy ...

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: Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is the recommended approach for anxiety disorders and successful exposure to feared stimuli is considered an essential part of treatment. Even though results from systematic ...

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 ...

Background Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS) is a therapeutic framework that appears promising to reduce suicidal ideation and suicidal cognition. CAMS has not previously been ...

Background Research examining the effects of oxytocin (OT) interventions on psychiatric, social-behavioral, and social-cognitive outcomes regularly collect peripheral levels of OT as markers of central ...

Background Anxiety is associated with preterm deliveries in general (before week 37 of pregnancy), but is that also true for late preterm (weeks 34/0–36/6) and early term deliveries (weeks 37/0–38/6)? We aim to examine ...

A causal link between decreases in white matter (WM) integrity and cortical degeneration is assumed, but there is scarce knowledge on the relationship between these changes across the adult human lifespan. We investigated ...

Background Mood stabilizers like lithium and anticonvulsants are used in bipolar and related psychotic disorders. There is a lack of knowledge of the relationship of these medications and cognition in the ...

Extensive efforts are devoted to understand the functional (FC) and structural connections (SC) of the brain. FC is usually measured by functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), and conceptualized as degree of synchronicity ...

Background Neuroimaging allows for the identification of brain abnormalities and alterations that are associated with anorexia nervosa (AN). We performed a scoping review to map out the extent and nature ...

Background: Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is the recommended approach for anxiety disorders and successful exposure to feared stimuli is considered an essential part of treatment. Even though results from systematic ...

Background Impulsive binge drinking is a serious public health issue, and to reveal predisposing factors to this consumption pattern is, therefore, required. Impulsivity-related traits are important predictors of alcohol ...

Higher order speeded cognitive abilities depend on efficient coordination of activity across the brain, rendering them vulnerable to age reductions in structural and functional brain connectivity. The concept of “disconnected ...

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 ...

Body language reading is a social cognitive process with importance for successful maneuvering of social situations. In this study, we investigated body language reading as assessed with human point-light displays in ...

Background Little is known about the psychological prerequisites for weight loss maintenance after bariatric surgery. A first step in investigating whether existing knowledge of conservative weight loss ...

Bakgrunn: Det er en rik tradisjon for forskning på søvn, og det har vist seg at søvn er en viktig prediktor for helse gjennom livsløpet. Mange ungdommer lever med et misforhold mellom den biologiske døgnrytmen og samfunnets ...

Formålet med denne studien er å undersøke om en generell modell for tverrfaglig samarbeid kan beskrive samarbeidet mellom ansatte i ØKOKRIM. Dette innebærer en praktisk undersøkelse av det tverrfaglige samarbeidet hos ...

Implicit leadership theories have been shown to be potent in the development of global leadership models that accommodate the challenges posed to leadership efforts in a globalized world. Furthermore, the rise of women to ...

A growing body of research documents the effects of climate change on human systems, and highlights the importance of developing mitigation and adaptation strategies. To understand the effects of climate change on human ...

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Purpose Eye and hand motor dysfunction may be present early in the disease course of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), and can affect the results on visual and written cognitive tests. We aimed to test for ...

Undersøkelsen utforsker etnisk identitet og forhold til kultur og språk blant mennesker med foreldre fra ulike land, gjennom problemformuleringen: «Hvordan oppleves det å vokse opp i en familie der en forelder er fra Norden ...

En økning i sykkelandelen er et uttalt politisk mål assosiert med helse- og miljørelaterte fordeler, men kunnskapen om hvilke tiltak som kan føre til en slik endring er begrenset. Denne oppgaven evaluerer effekten av ...

Background The effectiveness of the universal school-based alcohol prevention program “Unge & Rus” [Youth & Alcohol] was tested by an independent research group. The program aims to prevent alcohol use and to change ...

Katja Hannestad Høst Supervisors: Tor endestad and Else-Marie Augusti Abstract Objective: cognitive impairment and difficulties in emotion regulation are proposed as a vulnerability factors in relation to a wide spectre ...

Denne studien ønsket å se på tidligere kriminelles selvfølelse, og hva som kan bidra til å påvirke denne. Utvalget er hentet fra den sosiale entreprenøren Monsterbedriften, hvor alle de ansatte enten er tidligere kriminelle ...

Denne opgave har fokus på at afdække pålidelige mål og metoder ved vurdering af psykisk velvære og trivsel hos børn med kognitive funktionsnedsættelser, som går i en almindelig folkeskole i Danamark. I opgaven indgår en ...

Background: Evidence for the efficacy of web-based treatments for depression has increased substantially the last few years. However, many of these programs obtain poor effect sizes or fail to become a part of routine ...

Tema for denne studien rammes inn i forskningsspørsmålet: Hva kan innvandreres fortellinger lære oss om diskurser for nasjonal identitet, og hvordan konstruerer innvandrere sin identitet i møte med disse? Intervjuer med ...

Tema for denne studien rammes inn i forskningsspørsmålet: Hva kan innvandreres fortellinger lære oss om diskurser for nasjonal identitet, og hvordan konstruerer innvandrere sin identitet i møte med disse? Intervjuer med ...

Task conflict and its potential positive effect on team outcomes has been questioned over the years. The findings have been inconsistent, with different studies indicating that task conflict can be positively related, ...

Formålet med studien var å undersøke forskjeller på ønsket om kulturendring i fire forskjellige typer organisasjonskultur. Ønsket om kulturendring er mye brukt i forbindelse med kulturendringer, men det er allikevel gjort ...

The current report examined if symptoms of anxiety and/or depression in parents could affect how the parents reported their adolescents anxiety symptoms, and if parental symptoms of depression and/or anxiety could affect ...

Neurofeedback (NF) has the potential to enhance cognitive functioning through learned regulation of brainwave activity. However, NF for optimizing performance in healthy people is still in its infancy and currently not ...

Treating and preventing postpartum depression is related to a number of attitudinal and practical barriers. Addressing these barriers are web-interventions using persuasive technology, aiming to identify women at risk, ...

Dette studie skal undersøge hvordan sproget skaber virkeligheder omkring et socialt fænomen. Et relationelt begreb fra Tyrkiet (muhabbet) som beskriver en specifik samtaleform skal undersøges, for at se hvordan fænomenet ...

Our brain s potential to develop and reference long-lasting durable memories is an essential contributor to human evolutionary success. Of the multitude of experiences we encounter each day, only a very small subset go on ...

Forfattere: Christin Nyvold og Sunniva Semb Tittel: Sammenhengen mellom personlighet og atferdsvansker – en studie av ungdom Veileder: Tilmann von Soest Bakgrunn: Tidligere forskning viser at personlighetstrekkene ...

Bakgrunn: Denne studien har hatt som formål å se på hvordan ansatte i psykisk helsetjeneste oppfatter det å bli utsatt for krenkelser på arbeidsplassen. Videre har det blitt undersøkt hvilke faktorer som kan være forebyggende ...

Abstract The Inclusive Working Life (IWL) program is a tripartite cooperation between the Norwegian government, labour organisations and employers associations. IWL aims to prevent and reduce sick leave levels, increase ...

Abstract The Inclusive Working Life (IWL) program is a tripartite cooperation between the Norwegian government, labour organisations and employers associations. IWL aims to prevent and reduce sick leave levels, increase ...

The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate potential associations of child temperament with child weight and breakfast habits. It was hypothesised that children with externalising temperament were more likely ...

The purpose of the study was to explore the relationship between use of AAS and psychopathology in a large sample of AAS users and non-using weightlifters. It was hypothesized that AAS users would display more psychopathology ...

A recent revolutionary theory of color vision suggests that seeing facial skin color improves emotion recognition. Depending on an individuals emotional state, the quantity of blood and its oxygenation under the skin may ...

Sosial støtte på arbeidsplassen er assosiert med en rekke positive effekter, som blant annet økt motivasjon, økt tilfredshet og mindre fravær. Innenfor jobbdesignfeltet blir sosial støtte ansett som en relasjonell ...

Eye-tracking techniques were used to examine how 6, 9 and 12 month old typically developing infants perceive social interaction as a third party observer. The infants were presented with movies where two adult actors ...

Denne studien retter fokus på ektefeller til personer med demenssykdom i tidlig sykdomsfase, deres erfaringer og behov i den livssituasjonen de er i, knyttet til implementeringen av et skrivetiltak, basert på ekspressiv ...

The following study developed and evaluated a new instrument for measuring police climate. The instrument was based on the Competing Values Framework (Quinn & Rohrbaugh, 1983), and measured global climate, external and ...

Depression is one of the most frequently diagnosed mental health disorders among adults, and appropriate treatment are not widely accessed. The Internet holds promise as a cost-effective and convenient delivery platform ...

Hensikten med denne studien er å undersøke Jobbkrav-ressurs-modellens (JD-R-modellen) kartleggingsevne av arbeidsmiljøet i en norsk kunnskapsintensiv organisasjon. I henhold til JD-R-modellen kan alle arbeidsmiljøkarakteristikker ...

Background Recent research has demonstrated that deficits in basic, self-regulatory processes, or executive function (EF), may be related to symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) already during the ...

Background Poor health and health behaviors are associated with divorce. This study investigates the degree to which six health indicators and health behaviors among husbands and wives are prospectively related to divorce, ...

Background Low socioeconomic status (SES), indicated by low income and education, has consistently been found to be a strong predictor of sick leave. Several possible pathways from SES to sick leave have been described in ...

Konseptet organisasjonskultur har lenge vært av stor interesse for forskning og organisasjoner, og har blitt knyttet til et antall utfallsvariabler som er av betydning for organisasjoners ytelse. For å studere kulturen og ...

Dersom norske helseforetak skal nå målet om å bli mer innovative, som den nasjonale innovasjonsstrategien HelseOmsorg21 postulerer, er de avhengig av å endre seg. I forkant av en endring kan det argumenteres for viktigheten ...

Denne oppgaven undersøker hvordan bekymringssamtaler og ruskontrakt virker for å skape endring hos ungdommer, sett fra et community-psykologisk og et økologisk perspektiv. Det ble gjennomført semistrukturerte intervjuer ...

Bakgrunn: Denne mastergradsstudien er skrevet med utgangspunkt i et nylig gjennomført pilotprosjekt i regi av Barne-, ungdoms- og familiedirektoratet (Bufdir). Formålet med pilotprosjektet var å prøve ut familierådsmetoden ...

Forfattere: Christin Nyvold og Sunniva Semb Tittel: Sammenhengen mellom personlighet og atferdsvansker – en studie av ungdom Veileder: Tilmann von Soest Bakgrunn: Tidligere forskning viser at personlighetstrekkene ...

Bakgrunn: Det er godt dokumentert innenfor forskningslitteraturen at det å bli utsatt for mobbing har en negativ effekt på psykisk helse. Norske undersøkelser tyder på at omtrent 4-10 % av norske skoleelever opplever å bli ...

The aim of this article is to explore the relationship between resilience and the psychological problems of young people who reported being victims of violence and who engaged in self-harm. We used data from a national ...

Objective To compare cognitive function in adolescents with chronic fatigue with cognitive function in healthy controls (HC). Study design Cross-sectional study. Setting Paediatric department at Oslo University Hospital, ...

Using data from the longitudinal Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study, the aims of the current study were to examine associations between postnatal maternal heavy alcohol use and toddler behavior problems, taking both ...

Bakgrunn: Studier viser at terapeuter er bekymret for at barn og unge blir veldig opprørte av spørsmål om traumer og traumerelaterte plager. Flere anbefaler systematisk kartlegging av traumer fordi barna ikke nødvendigvis ...

Hvert år er det mange foreldre som kjemper for omsorgsretten for barna sine i retten. I kjølvannet av barnefordelingssaker kan det dukke opp beskyldninger om at den ene forelderen forgriper seg på barnet. I slike saker ...

Hvert år er det mange foreldre som kjemper for omsorgsretten for barna sine i retten. I kjølvannet av barnefordelingssaker kan det dukke opp beskyldninger om at den ene forelderen forgriper seg på barnet. I slike saker ...

Bakgrunn: Primærfokus i denne masteroppgaven er enslige flyktninger som har flyktet fra vanskelige omstendigheter i hjemlandet og som har søkt om familiegjenforening i Norge. Oppgaven har hatt som målsetting å synliggjøre ...

Neurons communicate via chemical signals called neurotransmitters (NTs). The numerous identified NTs can have very different physiochemical properties (solubility, charge, size etc.), so quantification of the various NT ...

Tittel: En eksplorerende studie av en gruppeterapi ved Alternativ til Vold Forfatter: Ellen Bull Killengreen Veileder: Odd Arne Tjersland Denne studien har som formål å undersøke hva som kjennetegner strukturen og metodene ...

Forfatter: Hanne Torvund Minde Tittel: Terrorangrepet på Utøya 22. juli: En studie av sammenhengen mellom ungdoms traumenarrativer og psykisk helse Veiledere: Tine K. Jensen og Gertud Sofie Hafstad Bakgrunn: Den 22. juli ...

Foreldre og barn samspiller i et kontinuerlig og gjensidig interaksjonssystem som endres over tid. En av de tidligste oppgavene til spebarnet er å forme omgivelsene til et forutsigbart sted. Barnet bruker for eksempel gråt ...

Lav sosial kompetanse er hyppig forekommende blant barn med atferdsvansker, og er kjent som en viktig risikofaktor for utvikling og opprettholdelse av atferdsvansker. Foreldrestøttende tiltak har som mål å hjelpe familier ...

Hovedoppgaven har som formål å være hypotesegenererende om hvordan og hvorfor norske lederes håndtering av følelser påvirker vanskelige samtaler med medarbeidere. Antakelsen er at samtaler blir vanskelige og relasjonen ...