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Different but similar: Social comparison of travel motives among tourists
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-09-08)Although previous research suggests that people prefer to think of themselves as being authentic (or individualistic) travellers rather than stereotyped tourists, there have been few studies investigating the external ... -
Psychopathy, anxiety, and resiliency – Psychological hardiness as a mediator of the psychopathy–anxiety relationship in a prison setting
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-09-14)The literature on the association between psychopathy and anxiety is somewhat mixed, but it has been proposed that one possible advantage of psychopathy might be resiliency against anxiety. Another construct related to ... -
Attentional bias in snus users: An experimental study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-10-08)The use of nicotine in the form of ‘‘snus’’ is substantial and increasing in some geographic areas, in particular among young people. It has previously been suggested that addictions may operate through a mechanism of ... -
Updating working memory in aircraft noise and speech causes different fMRI activations
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-10-28)The present study used fMRI/BOLD neuroimaging to investigate how visual-verbal working memory is updated when exposed to three different background-noise conditions: speech noise, aircraft noise and silence. The number-updating ... -
Not all synesthetes are alike: Spatial versus visual dimensions of sequence-space synaesthesia
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Protocol for the effect evaluation of Individual Placement and Support (IPS): a randomized controlled multicenter trial of IPS versus treatment as usual for patients with moderate to severe mental illness in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-11-18)Background: Roughly one third of disability pensions in Norway are issued for mental and behavioral disorders, and vocational rehabilitation offered to this group has traditionally been dominated by train-and-place approaches ... -
Reduced anxiety in forensic inpatients after a long-term intervention with Atlantic salmon
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-11-26)The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of Atlantic salmon consumption on underlying biological mechanisms associated with anxiety such as heart rate variability (HRV) and heart rate (HR) as well as a ... -
Exploring work-related causal attributions of common mental disorders
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-12-03)Purpose Common mental disorders (CMDs) are major causes of sickness absence and disability. Prevention requires knowledge of how individuals perceive causal mechanisms, and in this study we sought to examine work-related ... -
Ledelse og sikkerhetsklima. Har konsensus mellom kapteiner og mannskap i vurderinger av utøvd lederstil betydning for opplevelse av sikkerhet i norsk sjøfart?
(Master thesis, 2014-12-15)The aim of this study was to investigate whether self-other agreement between crew and captains on two types of leadership dimensions; transformational and authentic leadership, would relate to safety climate on ships ... -
The perceiver’s social role and a risk’s causal structure as determinants of environmental risk evaluation
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)We present a dual-process risk perception model that integrates cognitive and emotional as well as consequentialist and deontological components by distinguishing between two modes of evaluative processing: (a) a ... -
Effect of pre-pregnancy alcohol consumption on postpartum relationship satisfaction and divorce among Norwegian mothers
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)This study assessed the effect of prepregnancy level of alcohol use among mothers on relationship breakups with young children at 36 months after birth and the extent to which relationship satisfaction (RS) throughout the ... -
Stressors, social support and military performance in a modern war scenario
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)The present study examined differences in stressors, coping strategies, and military performance in two groups deployed in the same war scenario, but with operative and psychologically different challenges. -
Dataspillavhengighet : en oversikt over utbredelse, måling, korrelater, og behandling
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)I forskningsmiljøene har det vært diskutert hvorvidt dataspillavhengighet (overdreven og tvangspreget dataspilling) er et nyttig begrep, hvordan det skal defineres og hva slags forklaringsmodeller som er mest passende. Per ... -
The relative importance of social and personal norms in explaining intentions to choose eco-friendly travel options
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)Changes in current travel patterns are important in order to move towards a more sustainable future of tourism. This paper reports findings from a study (N = 762) investigating the relative importance of social and personal ... -
Psychosocial functioning after losing a close friend in an extreme terror incident
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)Do candidate risk factors for complicated grief, and associations with other problems after traumatic deaths (e.g., homicide, suicide, disaster, or accident), also apply to bereaved friends? In this article we present ... -
Attentional focus and anticipated emotions in the face of future environmental risks: Should I take the train or drive my car?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)This study presents an experiment investigating the effects of attentional focus and valence of experience on anticipated emotions and on intentions to drive by car or to use public transportation. Car driving is associated ... -
Applicant Personality and Procedural Justice Perceptions of Group Selection Interviews
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)Purpose: We investigated how job applicants’ personalities influence perceptions of the structural and social procedural justice of group selection interviews (i.e., a group of several applicants being evaluated ... -
How contrast situations affect the assignment of causality in symmetric physical settings
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-01-08)In determining the prime cause of a physical event, people often weight one of two entities in a symmetric physical relation as more important for bringing about the causal effect than the other. In a broad survey (Bender ... -
Relationship Satisfaction Reduces the Risk of Maternal Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy: The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-01-21)Objectives: The aims of this study were to explore the degree to which relationship satisfaction predicts the risk of infectious diseases during pregnancy and to examine whether relationship satisfaction moderates the ... -
Sleep and use of electronic devices in adolescence: Results from a large population-based study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-02-02)Objectives: Adolescents spend increasingly more time on electronic devices, and sleep deficiency rising in adolescents constitutes a major public health concern. The aim of the present study was to investigate daytime ...