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Resources for Thriving among Female porters in Accra. A Qualitative study of Migrants from Northern Ghana to Greater Accra Region. A Salutogenic Approach
(Master thesis, 2012-05-19)Migration of people has become a common economic activity that individuals depend on to improve their status. Women in the Northern part of Ghana have found migration and working as female porters in the Greater Accra ... -
Resources in raising a child with autism in Ethiopia: parents' perspectives
(Master thesis, 2016-05-20)Background: This thesis contributes to the topic of autism in an African context by studying the experiences of parents raising a child with autism in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The majority of publications that focus on autism ... -
Respondent ekstinksjon, synaptisk plastisitet og dets sammenheng med temperament
(Master thesis, 2021-12-15)Temperament, særlig ulike former for reaktive temperament, har vist seg å være en faktor som påvirker fryktbetinging hos dyr, og er en sårbarhetsfaktor for utvikling og vedlikehold av angst- og tilpasningsforstyrrelser. ... -
Responding to the Ukrainian refugee crisis: The development of an innovative Norwegian intersectoral partnership
(Master thesis, 2023-05-15)In 2022, Russia opened war against Ukraine. Consequently, millions of Ukrainians sought refuge across Europe. Amongst others, Norway is one of the countries to receive the Ukrainian refugees. The country experienced a ... -
Ressurser som beskyttelse? Psykososiale vansker blant ungdommer i ulike familiestrukturer
(Master thesis, 2020-06-18)Ungdomstiden er forbundet med en rekke psykososiale vansker, og ungdommers familiestruktur har vist seg å ha sammenheng med disse vanskene. Interne og eksterne utviklingsressurser innen feltet positiv ungdomsutvikling har ... -
Resting States Are Resting Traits – An fMRI Study of Sex Differences and Menstrual Cycle Effects in Resting State Cognitive Control Networks
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-07-24)To what degree resting state fMRI is stable or susceptible to internal mind states of the individual is currently an issue of debate. To address this issue, the present study focuses on sex differences and investigates ... -
Results-Based Financing (RBF) in the health sector of a low-income country. From agenda setting to implementation: The case of Tanzania
(Doctoral thesis, 2016-10-28)Background: During the last decade there has been growing concern about lack of results in the health sector of many low-income countries. Prompted by a need to achieve progress, Results-Based Financing (RBF) has become ... -
Rethinking Social Interaction: Empirical Model Development
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background: Social media is an integral part of human social life. More than 90% of young people use social media daily. Current theories, models, and measures are primarily based on face-to-face conceptions, leaving ... -
Retningslinjer og vurderingskriterier for den artikkelbaserte ph.d-avhandlingen
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-01-07)PhD by publication is becoming increasingly more common both nationally as well as internationally. But what are the guidelines for such a thesis, and how is such a thesis assessed? This is what the present article focuses ... -
Return to work in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain: multidisciplinary intervention versus brief intervention: a randomized clinical trial
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-02-24)Objective: This randomized clinical trial was performed to compare the effect of a new multidisciplinary intervention (MI) programme to a brief intervention (BI) programme on return to work (RTW), fully and partly, at a ... -
Returning disability pensioners with back pain to work
(Doctoral thesis, 2007-03-15)The main purpose of this thesis was to investigate whether a group of disability pensioners with back pain would have a potential for a successful return to work. Perceived barriers against work, physical and mental ... -
A review of cortisol production and child care attendace: The promotion of positive child development
(Master thesis, 2009-11-24)Extensive evidence exist, demonstrating an association between cortisol and child care attendance. Cortisol is regarded as a valid and reliable measure of stress. This review aim to summarize findings regarding child care ... -
A review of multimodal hallucinations: categorization, assessment, theoretical perspectives, and clinical recommendations
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Hallucinations can occur in different sensory modalities, both simultaneously and serially in time. They have typically been studied in clinical populations as phenomena occurring in a single sensory modality. Hallucinatory ... -
A Review of the Relationship Between Social Media Use and Online Prosocial Behavior Among Adolescents
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-09-28)Social media (SoMe) activity constitutes a large part of the lives of adolescents. Even though the behavior on SoMe is complex, the research on SoMe has mostly focused on negative effects, bad content, and online antisocial ... -
The Rhetorical Education of Isocrates and the Exemplary in Teaching: Overcoming the “Learnification of Education”
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-12-13)This article argues that the rhetorical education of Isocrates can serve as a vital alternative to today’s dominating trend of outcome-based education, or what Biesta calls “the learnification of education.” According to ... -
Risiko- og beskyttelsesfaktorer for omsorgstretthet og sekundærtraumatisering hos psykoterapeuter: en systematisk litteraturstudie
(Master thesis, 2022-05-19)Det er siden 1990-tallet lansert begreper som vikarierende traumatisering, sekundærtraumatisering og omsorgstretthet for å beskrive belastninger personer i hjelpeyrker kan oppleve som følge av sitt yrke. For å undersøke ... -
Risk, Trust, and Flawed Assumptions: Vaccine Hesitancy During the COVID-19 Pandemic
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background: The pace at which the present pandemic and future public health crises involving viral infections are eradicated heavily depends on the availability and routine implementation of vaccines. This process is further ... -
Road traffic noise and children's inattention
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 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 ... -
Robusthet og sikkerhet i en åpen situasjon
(Master thesis, 2008)The aim of this study was to investigate if the evaluation of risk and safety contributes to behavior over and above measures of hardiness and resilience in an open situation. Data was collected from a survey prior to an ...