Browsing Department of Psychosocial Science by Issue Date
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Amodal Volume Completion and the Thin Building Illusion
(Sage, 2018)We report results from an experiment showing that a tall pillar with a triangular base evokes radically different three-dimensional (3D) percepts depending on the vantage point from which it is observed. The base of the ...Journal article -
Innenfor eller utenfor? En studie av varslingens ettervirkninger blant personer med varslererfaring i og utenfor arbeidslivet
(Fagbokforlaget, 2018)Varsling er når en ansatt sier ifra om kritikkverdige handlinger på arbeidsplassen til noen som er i stand til å gjøre noe med det. Studier gjennomført i rene varslerutvalg finner at andelen av ansatte som opplever negative ...Journal article -
How we can THINC-it Better: A new Digital Screening Tool in Depression Assessment
(The University of Bergen, 2018)In the past decades, cognition as one of the key factors in depression has been highlighted. It has been found that cognitive impairment (CI) might both precede the onset of depression and persist during remission. This ...Master thesis -
Norwegian Media, Framing Effects and Attitudes Towards Immigrants
(The University of Bergen, 2017-12-20)This paper, investigates a possible relationship between negative representations of immigrants by the Norwegian media and attitudes towards immigrants. It also investigates the potential of negatively framed headlines, ...Master thesis -
Music and heart rate. Physiological effects from listening to music in different tempos
(The University of Bergen, 2017-12-01)Music has the power to elicit physiological responses in humans. One assumes that fast music tempo elicit faster heart rate and respiration rate and slower music tempos elicit slower respiration and heart rate. This ...Master thesis -
Temporal trends in adolescents’ self-reported psychosomatic health complaints from 1980-2016: A systematic review and meta-analysis
(PLOS, 2017-11-28)Objective There is increasing concern that mental health may be deteriorating in recent generations of adolescents. It is unclear whether this is the case for self-reported psychosomatic health complaints (PSHC). Method: ...Journal article -
Road traffic noise and children's inattention
(BioMed Central, 2017-11-21)Background: An increasing number of children are exposed to road traffic noise levels that may lead to adverse effects on health and daily functioning. Childhood is a period of intense growth and brain maturation, and ...Journal article -
High-performing trauma teams: frequency of behavioral markers of a shared mental model displayed by team leaders and quality of medical performance
(BioMed Central, 2017-11-10)Background: High quality team leadership is important for the outcome of medical emergencies. However, the behavioral marker of leadership are not well defined. The present study investigated frequency of behavioral markers ...Journal article -
Does ability to defend moderate the association between exposure to bullying and symptoms of anxiety?
(Frontiers, 2017-11-07)In the context of workplace bullying, the ability to defend refers to whether or not a target feels able to deal with those negative behaviors that typically constitute bullying. The aim of this study was to determine ...Journal article -
Disclosure and exposure of alcohol on social media and later alcohol use: A large-scale longitudinal study
(Frontiers, 2017-11-01)This article aims to investigate whether alcohol-related disclosure and exposure on social media can predict later alcohol use, and to identify covariates in these relationships. Data were collected by online surveys (two ...Journal article -
Safety on board offshore vessels: A study of shipboard factors and situation awareness
(The University of Bergen, 2017-10-19)The overall aim of this thesis is to shed new light on how shipboard factors may influence the ability to achieve and maintain situation awareness (SA) in day-to-day operations on offshore vessels. The term, ‘shipboard ...Doctoral thesis -
Moral antecedents of authentic leadership: Do moral justice reasoning, self-importance of moral identity and psychological hardiness stimulate authentic leadership?
(Cogent, 2017-09-21)The aim of the present study is to explore intra-psychological moral processes as potential antecedents of authentic leadership (AL) behavior, and as such add to the scarce knowledge about underlying moral processes involved ...Journal article -
Brief intervention, physical exercise and cognitive behavioural group therapy for patients with chronic low back pain (The CINS trial)
(Wiley, 2017-09)Background and Objective: Cognitive‐behavioural treatments (CBT) and physical group exercise (PE) have both shown promising effects in reducing disability and increasing work participation among chronic low back pain (CLBP) ...Journal article -
Quality of life in anxious adolescents
(BioMed Central, 2017-07-20)Purpose: To examine associations between health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and anxiety symptoms across anxiety domains (obsessions/compulsions, social anxiety, panic disorder, agoraphobia, separation anxiety, physical ...Journal article -
Agents and patients in physical settings: Linguistic cues affect the assignment of causality in German and Tongan
(Frontiers, 2017-07-07)Linguistic cues may be considered a potent tool for focusing attention on causes or effects. In this paper, we explore how different cues affect causal assignments in German and Tongan. From a larger screening study, two ...Journal article -
Cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with selective attention and inhibitory control in healthy male high-school students
(Frontiers, 2017-06-28)Background: Previous studies have shown associations of physical fitness and cognition in children and in younger and older adults. However, knowledge about associations in high-school adolescents and young adults is sparse. ...Journal article -
An experimental study on the attribution of personality traits to bullies and targets in a workplace setting
(Frontiers, 2017-06-22)Previous studies on the personality of bullies and targets have exclusively been based on self-report. Against this backdrop we conducted a between group experimental vignette study with three conditions, describing a ...Journal article -
The effects of alcohol expectancy and intake on slot machine gambling behavior
(Akademiai kiado, 2017-06-22)Background and aims: Although alcohol intake and gambling often co-occur in related venues, there is conflicting evidence regarding the effects of alcohol expectancy and intake on gambling behavior. We therefore conducted ...Journal article -
Alcohol and illicit drug use are important factors for school-related problems among adolescents
(Frontiers, 2017-06-20)The aim of this study was to investigate the association between alcohol and drug use, and school-related problems measured by low grade point average (GPA) and high school attendance. We also examined potential confounding ...Journal article -
Daglig sammenheng mellom transformerende ledelse og jobbprestasjon: Self-efficacy sin modererende rolle
(The University of Bergen, 2017-06-14)This quantitative diary study examines the daily influence of transformational leadership on positive change in followers daily job performance. In addition the study examines a possible moderating effect of employee ...Master thesis
