Browsing Faculty of Psychology by Title
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Cognitive and olfactory changes in aging
(Doctoral thesis, 2009-04-02)Age is associated with decrease in several cognitive functions whereof some changes may indicate a beginning pathologic process resulting in a state of dementia. The papers included in the thesis addressed questions related ... -
Cognitive Control in Auditory Processing
(Doctoral thesis, 2008-05-27)The dichotic listening experimental paradigm creates an ambiguous situation for the participant by presenting two auditory stimuli simultaneously, one in each ear. Which of the stimuli the participant reports has previously ... -
Cognitive function and mental health among children born with low birth weight in Nepal
(Master thesis, 2024-05-29)Målet med denne studien er å sammenligne kognitiv funksjon og psykiske vansker mellom en gruppe barn født med lav fødselsvekt og en gruppe barn født med normal fødselsvekt. Et kohort design som inkluderer 574 Nepalske barn ... -
Common Complaints – Common Cure? Psychiatric comorbidity and predictors of treatment outcome in low back pain and irritable bowel syndrome
(Doctoral thesis, 2010-09-01)The basic hypothesis of the thesis is that the variance in individuals’ tolerance and acceptance of subjective health complaints is explained by CATS, the Cognitive Activation Theory of Stress. Sustained activation and ... -
Common Mental Disorders in rural Tanzania: How do patients explain their distress?
(Master thesis, 2010-04-15)The aim of the study was to investigate the explanatory models of Common Mental Disorders (CMD) in a primary health care setting in rural Tanzania. 28 patients who attended a primary health care out-patient clinic in rural ... -
A comparative analysis of the initiatives "Improving Access to Psychological Therapies" (IAPT) in England and "Psychologists in Primary Health Care" in Norway
(Master thesis, 2012-04-13)Background: The challenge in public mental health is threefold: 1) the majority of people suffering from mental illness receive no treatment; 2) there are not enough mental health professionals to offer individual treatment ... -
Concerning negative variance components in repeated measures designs
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Conditionability and Reinforcement Sensitivity in Gambling Behaviour
(Doctoral thesis, 2011-12-12)Models of the antecedents of pathological gambling (PG) include the processes of classical and instrumental conditioning. After experiences with gambling, appetitive classical conditioning can lead to a learned relation ... -
Continuity between waking and dreaming for psychiatric patients. A review and discussion of the implications for dream research
(Master thesis, 2013-11-25)Despite positive results from the use of dreams in psychotherapy and for personal growth, little is known of their nature and function. As an approach to expand our knowledge of dreams, their relationship to waking life ... -
Coping at Work. The role of knowledge and coping expectancies in health and sick leave
(Doctoral thesis, 2013-02-15)The main purpose of this thesis is to explore the effect of response outcome expectancies (coping) and knowledge on health and sick leave. The theoretical base of the thesis is the Cognitive Activation Theory of Stress ... -
Cost and benefits of professional psychology: Introductory remarks
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Creating agency: A qualitative study of how women of Okurase in Ghana deal with their challenges through their everyday lives
(Master thesis, 2018)This thesis aims to explore how women living under constraining life conditions deal with their challenges through their everyday life. In order to obtain this knowledge, we conducted semi-structured interviews with eight ... -
Cross-national social research
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Dagliglivet i en psykiatrisk institusjon: En analyse av miljøterapeutiske praksiser
(Doctoral thesis, 2009-08-27)This thesis is a cross-disciplinary ethnographic study of milieu therapy and daily life in two closed psychiatric wards in a psychiatric hospital in Norway, where staff and patients were informants. The study is the result ... -
Dance as therapy: An investigation of available evidence in the field of Dance/Movement Therapy, and plausible mechanisms behind potential effects
(Master thesis, 2011-04-13)Several different treatment interventions use physical movement in order to enhance mental health. Among these is Dance/Movement Therapy. In this form of treatment, dance is used as a tool to integrate physical, cognitive, ... -
Deliberate Practice og fellesfaktorer i psykoterapi – en systematisk litteraturgjennomgang
(Master thesis, 2022-12-15)Bakgrunn: Deliberate Practice (DP) er en treningsmetode som har fått økt oppmerksomhet i psykoterapiforskning de siste årene. Litteraturen tyder på at vi vet for lite om hva som differensierer mer og mindre effektive ... -
Deltakeres opplevelser av utfordringer og sentrale erfaringer i løpet av Mindfulness-Basert Kognitiv Terapi for tilbakevendende depressiv lidelse – En kvalitativ studie
(Master thesis, 2022-12-15)Depresjon er en stor folkehelseutfordring og er forbundet med stor subjektiv lidelse. Risikoen for tilbakefall øker for hver depressive episode en person opplever, og det er behov for tilbakefallsforebyggende behandlingsformer. ... -
Den emosjonssentrerte jobbstressmodellen. Et nyttig rammeverk for å forstå konsekvenser av interpersonlig konflikt på arbeidsplassen?
(Master thesis, 2012-05-14)This study investigated whether stat anxiety mediates the relationship between interpersonal conflict and the two outcome measures job satisfaction and intentions to quit as postulated in the Emotions-centered model of job ... -
Den lærende organisasjon ut fra et leder- og lærerperspektiv. En kvalitativ intervjuundersøkelse
(Master thesis, 2012-05-14)The aim of this study has been to gain insight into how the members of an organization experience working in an institution which emphasizes organizational learning. The study was conducted at a Norwegian school striving ...