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 ...

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 ...

A case study of the client-therapist interaction preceding expressions of emotional distress.

Background Patients with complex dissociative disorders (CDD) report high levels of childhood- abuse experiences, clinical comorbidity, functional impairment, and treatment utilization. Although a few ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically restricted adolescents’ lives. We used nationwide Norwegian survey data from 2014–2021 (N = 227,258; ages 13–18) to examine psychosocial outcomes in adolescents before and during the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Background Bipolar disorder (BD) is associated with cortical and subcortical structural brain abnormalities. It is unclear whether such alterations progressively change over time, and how this is related to the number ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

To optimize cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) outcomes for anxiety disorders in youth, more knowledge is needed about how specific CBT components work. Exposure to feared situations is an effective CBT component. However, ...

Bakgrunn og formål: Utbrenthet er et tema som stadig går igjen innen idrett og utøvende kunst og har blitt assosiert med en rekke negative atferdsmessige og psykologiske utfall. Flere studier har gjennom de siste tiårene ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Background Pediatric acquired brain injury (pABI) is associated with long-term cognitive, behavioral, social, and emotional problems, which may affect the quality of life, school, and family functioning. ...

Barn som viser vedvarende irritabelt humør og hyppige raseriutbrudd er en av de hyppigste henvisningsgrunnene til psykiske helsetjenester, og har store konsekvenser for barnet selv, familien og omgivelsene. Denne studien ...

Background Emotion-Focused Skills Training (EFST) is a newly developed manualized skill training program for parents to strengthen emotional bonds between parents and children and improve mental health ...

Bakgrunn og mål: Foreldres tilknytningsstil anses som et viktig aspekt i foreldre-barn dyaden fordi relasjonen til foreldre er viktige beskyttelses- og risikofaktorer for barns utvikling. Egen tilknytningsstil kan videre ...

I denne oppgaven diskuterer vi eksisterende teorier om kjønnsidentitet og hvorvidt disse kan gjøre rede for både normativ og ikke-normativ utvikling av kjønnsidentitet. Vi har skrevet en strategisk teoretisk oppgave hvor ...

The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which Norwegians are satisfied with their singlehood, and to determine the association between being single and sexual activity. Data were obtained from a questionnaire ...

Purpose Physically less attractive job applicants are discriminated against in hiring decisions. In a US context, the authors tested whether appearance-altering photo-filters can exploit this bias, focusing on the ...

Some static patterns evoke the perception of an illusory expanding central region or “hole.” We asked observers to rate the magnitudes of illusory motion or expansion of black holes, and these predicted the degree of ...

Abstract Injustice typically involves some people benefitting at the expense of others. An opportunist might then be selectively motivated to amend only the injustice that is harmful to them, while someone more principled ...

Background Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is associated with impaired school performance, but the impact of ADHD may vary across sex, family background, and school subjects. By using prospective ...

Abstract Assortative mating on heritable traits can have implications for the genetic resemblance between siblings and in-laws in succeeding generations. We studied polygenic scores and phenotypic data from pairs of partners ...

Objective Among the variety of domains that may be impacted after pediatric acquired brain injury (pABI) are functional school outcomes. The purpose of this study was to identify demographic, medical, and psychological ...

Forfattere: Frøya Nyttingnes og Mai Benedikte Mentzoni Veiledere: Margrethe Seeger Halvorsen og Kari Evelin Arellano Lorentzen Forskningsspørsmål: 1) Hvordan opplever mennesker med traumeerfaringer og rusproblematikk kropp, ...

Abstract There is a concern that the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic will generate large unmet needs for mental health care. Using data from an epidemiological psychiatric diagnostic interview survey ...

Bakgrunn: Ikke alle som har et behov for psykisk helsehjelp får et adekvat tilbud. Barrierer som økonomi og mangel på terapeuter bidrar til å begrense tilbudet av psykisk helsehjelp. En behandlingsform som video-veiledet ...

Despite many benefits related to masturbation, we know surprisingly little about how solo sex is associated with sexual satisfaction. Using questionnaire data from a probability-based sample of 4,160 Norwegians aged 18–89 ...

Background and aims Research into the association between use of social media (SoMe) and alcohol use among adolescents is still in its infancy. The aim of the current longitudinal study was to examine if time spent on ...

At the 2019 and 2021 International Conference on Environmental Psychology, discussions were held on the future of conferences in light of the enormous greenhouse gas emissions and inequities associated with conference ...

Sammendrag Tittel: «Verden står stille» En kvalitativ studie om ungdoms opplevelser av sosial nedstengning under koronapandemien. Veiledere: Sverre Urnes Johnson (hovedveileder) og Ingunn Marie Eriksen (biveileder). Under ...

In the present paper, we explore the impact of singing for girls in rural Bangladesh. Previous findings in this field-based interview study (with 18 girls) have demonstrated that singing can act as a driving force in young ...

Abstract Objective: Sociodemographic and injury-related predictors for return to work (RTW) after mild-to-moderate traumatic brain injury (TBI) have been extensively explored. However, there is a knowledge gap regarding ...

Det har blitt presentert flere teoretiske perspektiver som belyser alliansens rolle i psykoterapi. Flere sentrale teoretikere innen psykoterapeutisk forskning har lagt vekt på hvilke betingelser som er sentrale i utviklingen ...

Bakgrunn og mål: Foreldres tilknytningsstil anses som et viktig aspekt i foreldre-barn dyaden fordi relasjonen til foreldre er viktige beskyttelses- og risikofaktorer for barns utvikling. Egen tilknytningsstil kan videre ...

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 ...

Forfattere: Frøya Nyttingnes og Mai Benedikte Mentzoni Veiledere: Margrethe Seeger Halvorsen og Kari Evelin Arellano Lorentzen Forskningsspørsmål: 1) Hvordan opplever mennesker med traumeerfaringer og rusproblematikk kropp, ...

Background: Cognitive behavioural therapy for psychosis (CBTp) is an established evidence-based treatment method. Treatment guidelines include recommendations for using the approach in treatment of psychotic disorders. The ...

Bakgrunn og formål: Personer med utviklingshemming har over lang tid møtt både diskriminering, stigmatisering og fordommer, som samlet kan sies å utgjøre negative holdninger mot denne gruppen. Selv om forskning har vist ...

Due to their relevance for the entire society, environmental hazards have largely been investigated in terms of their psychological effects. However, a complete image database comprising different categories of catastrophes ...

This three-wave study examined the relationship between life events and sense of coherence (SOC) throughout adolescence by using genetically informative random intercept cross-lagged panel models. We also examined the ...

Background Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune, neurodegenerative disorder with a strong genetic component that acts in a complex interaction with environmental factors for disease development. CD4+ ...

Bakgrunn: Klinisk arbeid med pasienter som erfarer selvmordsproblematikk kan være særlig krevende for terapeuter. Forskning viser at terapeuter ofte overveldes av sterke følelser, noe som synes å ha innvirkning på det ...

Background: Many children with chronic disorders have healthy siblings. These siblings are at risk of developing behavioral and emotional problems, but few sibling interventions have been established to help prevent such ...

Objectives To investigate public perspectives on brain health. Design Cross-sectional multilanguage online survey. Setting Lifebrain posted the survey on its website and social media and shared it with stakeholders. The ...

Bakgrunn og problemstilling: Globalisering har bidratt til økende kulturelt mangfold i Norge de siste 30 årene, men minoriteter oppsøker psykiske helsehjelp i mindre grad enn majoritetsbefolkningen. Likevel har kulturkunnskap ...

Abstract: Interpersonal trust – the general expectation that other people can be trusted – has gained considerable research attention in recent decades because of its beneficial outcomes for both society and individuals. ...

Objective To investigate the genetic architecture of internalizing symptoms in childhood and adolescence. Method In 22 cohorts, multiple univariate genome-wide association studies (GWASs) were performed using repeated ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

Forskningsspørsmål: Hvordan opplever unge jenter seksuell vold i en intim relasjon med en jevnaldrende? Hvordan forstår unge jenter seg selv i lys av å ha opplevd seksuell vold i en intim relasjon i ungdomstiden? Hvordan ...

Introduction Antidepressant use is common in the perinatal period, but there are concerns that it can negatively impact on breastfeeding outcomes. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of perinatal antidepressant ...

Objective: Fatigue is a common symptom in somatic and mental illness. Musculoskeletal pain and psychological distress have in turn frequently been shown to be associated with fatigue across clinical conditions and in the ...

Background Intellectual functioning (IQ) is lower in schizophrenia patients compared to healthy controls, with bipolar patients intermediate between the two. Declines in IQ mark the onset of schizophrenia, while stability ...