• ‘Musical-Markers’: The effects of music on brain reserve, white matter microstructure, and structural network topology in subjects along the Alzheimer’s Disease continuum 

  Matziorinis, Anna Maria (Doctoral thesis, 2025-02-21)

  Denne avhandlingen utforsker potensialet for musikkterapi som en ikke-farmakologisk behandling for Alzheimers sykdom (AD), en ledende årsak til demens. Bevaringen av musikalsk hukommelse til tross for den omfattende kognitive ...

• The effects of musicality on brain network topology in the context of Alzheimer’s disease and memory decline 

  Matziorinis, Anna Maria; Leemans, Alexander; Skouras, Stavros; Flo, Birthe Kristin; Bashevkin, Tobias; Koelsch, Stefan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Music’s role in modulating brain structure, particularly in neurodegenerative contexts such as Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), has been increasingly recognized. While previous studies have hinted at the potential neuroplastic ...

• Who Do You Choose to Date: Demographics, Tinder Use, Attachment Styles, Personality and Physical Attractiveness as predictors of Partner Preferences - A Quantitative Study 

  Koteng, Ingvild Cathrine Scheline (Master thesis, 2024-12-16)

  This study investigates how demographics, Tinder use, attachment styles, personality, and physical attractiveness influence partner preferences. Data was collected online via Prolific from 953 single UK residents. The ...

• Sammenhengen mellom religiøs mestring og depresjon - en litteraturgjennomgang 

  Skjold, Maria (Master thesis, 2024-12-16)

  Formålet med denne litteraturgjennomgangen var å undersøke sammenhengen mellom religiøs mestring og depressive symptomer, og religiøs mestring blant personer med en depresjonsdiagnose. Kunnskap om dette er viktig for ...

• Virtuelle verdener, virkelige bånd: Videospill i klinisk psykoterapi, en systematisk litteraturgjennomgang 

  Getz, Tal (Master thesis, 2024-12-16)

  Videospill er en av de mest populære fritidsaktivitetene blant barn og unge i dag, og det vokser stadig. Terapeuter begynte å bruke videospill i psykologisk behandling allerede på 1980-tallet, men det er ikke den mest ...

• ADHD hos jenter og kvinner: Hindringer for tidlig oppdagelse 

  Risa, Marion; Selvikvaag, Mai Eline Høiland (Master thesis, 2024-12-16)

  Kunnskapen om ADHD hos jenter og kvinner er mangelfull. Dette bidrar til at jenter underdiagnostiseres i barndommen, og feildiagnostiseres i tenårene og ung voksen alder. Jenter og kvinner med udiagnostisert ADHD har blant ...

• Intervention-Dependent Neural Plasticity in Auditive Processing Network in ASD-Population: A Laterality Approach 

  Drotninghaug, Rune (Master thesis, 2024-12-16)

  Autisme spektrum forstyrrelser (ASD) er en utviklingsforstyrrelse med blandet og lite forstått etiologi. Studier av nevral konnektivitet indikerer at ASD-populasjon både har en under- og overkonnektivitet sammenlignet med ...

• Party identity and affective polarisation: An empirical study within the Norwegian multiparty system 

  Langeland, Miriell; Rui, Rebecca Elida; Shaw, Sten Ravi Lona (Master thesis, 2024-12-16)

  Den pågående debatten om sammenhengen mellom sosial identitet og affektiv polarisering er preget av konseptuell uklarhet og mangelfull operasjonalisering av sosial identitet. I denne teksten prøver vi å utbedre disse ...

• Omnipotente omsorgspersoner: En kvalitativ kasusstudie om betydningen av tidlige tilknytningsrelasjoner for narrativer om selvet 

  Ravindran, Laxzia Peiries (Master thesis, 2024-12-16)

  Denne kvalitative kasusstudien undersøker hvordan en pasient med adopsjonshistorikk vektlegger erfaringer med sine omsorgspersoner i sitt selvnarrativ i en terapeutisk kontekst. Datamaterialet bestod av transkripsjoner av ...

• "Lille psykolog": En refleksiv tematisk analyse av PM+ hjelpernes opplevde utfordringer og positive aspekter i sin arbeidshverdag 

  Molde, Karoline Sofie; Dysjaland, Malin (Master thesis, 2024-12-16)

  Det er forhøyet prevalens av psykiske vansker og postmigrasjonsstress blant flyktninger og asylsøkere, samtidig som disse gruppene møter flere behandlingsbarrierer verden over. Det er derfor økende interesse for implementering ...

• Psychotherapeutic Interventions for Insomnia in Aging and Older Adults 

  Brevik, Kaja Handrup; Eldring, Hilde Vagstad (Master thesis, 2024-12-16)

  Formålet med denne litteraturgjennomgangen var å undersøke behandlingseffekten av psykoterapeutiske intervensjoner hos eldre med insomni (≥55 år) med særlig fokus på helhetlig og varighet av effekt, i tillegg til om ...

• Positive Youth Development in Norwegian Upper Secondary: The Impact of Sex, Socio-economic Status, and Immigrant Background on the Developmental Trajectories of Academic Initiative, Academic Self-efficacy, and Grade Point Average 

  Danielsen, Anne G; Kristensen, Sara Madeleine; Larsen, Torill Marie Bogsnes; Urke, Helga Bjørnøy (Chapter, 2024)

  The positive youth development (PYD) and social justice perspectives assume that it is important to consider challenges related to equity and inequality in education to understand academic processes and outcomes of the ...

• Gender Relations and Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Decision-Making in Rural Bangladesh 

  Nazrul, Nelufer (Master thesis, 2024-11-20)

  Background: Sexual and reproductive health (SRH) decision-making is key to understanding gender issues, especially for women in rural Bangladesh. In these communities, women’s health is shaped by family and societal power ...

• Engagement in ‘prevailing societal challenges’ as a contribution to wellbeing? An analysis of interdisciplinary topics in the Norwegian curriculum (LK20) 

  Samnøy, Solrun; Thurston, Miranda; Tjomsland, Hege Eikeland (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Objective This paper explores the expectations of teachers to contribute to fostering students’ wellbeing in the revised Norwegian curriculum. A new construct in the curriculum is three interdisciplinary topics – health ...

• Towards validating invalidated knowledge: a discourse analysis of firsthand accounts of hearing voices 

  Ynnesdal Haugen, Lill Susann (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Background As Foucault historically traced, dialogs about madness were silenced with the emergence of biomedical psychiatry. The silence entailed the epistemic violence of invalidating persons who hear voices as knowers, ...

• Improvement of persistent impairments in executive functions and attention following electroconvulsive therapy in a case control longitudinal follow up study 

  Hammar, Åsa Karin; Ronold, Eivind Haga; Spurkeland, Malene Alden; Ueland, Rita; Kessler, Ute; Ødegaard, Ketil Joachim; Oltedal, Leif (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Background How cognition is influenced by electroconvulsive treatment (ECT) and major depressive disorder (MDD) is still debated. The development and etiology of neurocognitive impairment in MDD were examined by ...

• “It was really helpful for me, and at the same time it was really tough”: a qualitative study among Afghan peer refugee helpers in Greece 

  Lavdas, Michalis; Sandal, Gro Mjeldheim; Bendixsen, Synnøve Kristine Nepstad (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Background Aid workers with a refugee background are increasingly engaged in the humanitarian field. These individuals, known as peer refugee helpers (PRHs), contribute to providing psychosocial support for other refugees. ...

• Perception of leadership challenges within the Norwegian child welfare services: A Gordian knot 

  Vetås, Esther; Hollekim, Ragnhild; Iversen, Anette Christine; Olaniyan, Oyeniyi Samuel (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  The Norwegian child welfare service is under pressure both nationally and internationally after several unfavourable verdicts in the European Court of Human Rights (EMD) and national inspections that uncovered serious ...

• Widespread asymmetries of amygdala nuclei predict auditory verbal hallucinations in schizophrenia 

  Dumitru, Magda L.; Johnsen, Erik; Kroken, Rune Andreas; Løberg, Else-Marie; Lilleskare, Lin; Ersland, Lars; Hugdahl, Kenneth Jan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Background Auditory verbal hallucinations, which frequently involve negative emotions, are reliable symptoms of schizophrenia. Brain asymmetries have also been linked to the condition, but the relevance of asymmetries ...

• Music Therapy with Autistic Children : Insights from a Crossover Study on Psychometric Outcomes and Participant Preferences 

  Ruiz Loria, Marianna (Doctoral thesis, 2025-02-14)

  Bakgrunn: Musikkterapi (MT) blir i økende grad anerkjent som en effektiv, styrkebasert intervensjon for å støtte autistiske barn. Gjennom musikalske opplevelser og utvikling av en terapeutisk relasjon, støtter MT kommunikasjon, ...

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