Browsing Faculty of Psychology by Journals "Frontiers in Psychology"
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Advancing our understanding of the link between statistical learning and language acquisition: The need for longitudinal data
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-08-31)Mastery of language can be a struggle for some children. Amongst those that succeed in achieving this feat there is variability in proficiency. Cognitive scientists remain intrigued by this variation. A now substantial ... -
Agency in avoidant personality disorder: a narrative review
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-09-18)Objectives: Avoidant personality disorder (AvPD) is a highly prevalent personality disorder, especially in clinical settings, yet scarcely researched. People diagnosed with AvPD have severe impairments in functioning and ... -
Agents and patients in physical settings: Linguistic cues affect the assignment of causality in German and Tongan
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 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 ... -
Agreement Between Mothers and Fieldworkers While Assessing Child Development Using Ages and Stages Questionnaires, Third Edition in Nepal
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background: The Ages and Stages Questionnaires, Third Edition (ASQ-3) is becoming a widely used developmental assessment tool. The ASQ-3 can be completed by the caregivers (referred to as “mail out”), or by trained personnel ... -
Alcohol and illicit drug use are important factors for school-related problems among adolescents
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 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 ... -
Assessing Momentary Well-Being in People Living With Dementia: A Systematic Review of Observational Instruments
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-11-23)Optimizing the possibility to lead good lives is at the core of treatment and care for people with dementia. This may be monitored by assessing well-being and quality of life. However, cognitive impairment following dementia ... -
Assessing Workplace Bullying and Its Outcomes: The Paradoxical Role of Perceived Power Imbalance Between Target and Perpetrator
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)This study investigates the role of perceived power relation between target and perpetrator regarding victimization and turnover intent following exposure to bullying behavior at the workplace. We hypothesized that (1) ... -
The Association between Juvenile Onset of Depression and Emotion Regulation Difficulties
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-10-18)Juvenile onset of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is associated with increased likelihood of recurrent episodes of depression and more detrimental clinical trajectories. The aim of the current study was to investigate the ... -
Association between problem gambling and personality traits: a longitudinal study among the general Norwegian population
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Objective: The present study investigates the longitudinal relationship between problematic gambling (PG) and the five factor model’s personality traits using autoregressive cross-lagged models. Methods: The data used ... -
The association between self-reported difficulties in emotion regulation and heart rate variability: The salient role of not accepting negative emotions
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-03-09)Difficulties in emotion regulation are associated with development and maintenance of psychopathology. Typically, features of emotion regulation are assessed with self-report questionnaires. Heart rate variability (HRV) ... -
The association between sharing something difficult on social media and mental well-being among adolescents. Results from the “LifeOnSoMe”-study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Introduction: Social media use is part of everyday life for adolescents. Over the last decade, concerns about the potential negative effects of social media use on mental health and well-being has been raised. Possible ... -
Association Between Substance Use Behaviors, Developmental Assets and Mental Health: A Glance at Latin American Young College Students
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Positive Youth Development (PYD) is an approach that promotes resilience and focuses on youth strengths rather than their weaknesses as done by the traditional deficit-based perspective. Research in Europe and North America ... -
The association between symptoms of depression and school absence in a population-based study of late adolescents
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Objective: School attendance is an important functional marker in adolescence, and knowledge of the correlates of school absence is important to inform preventive efforts. The main aim of the present study was to investigate ... -
The Association Between the 5Cs and Anxiety—Insights From Three Countries: Portugal, Slovenia, and Spain
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Several of the most frequent psychological difficulties in childhood and adolescence are related to anxiety and lead to numerous short- and long-term negative outcomes in emotional, social, and academic domains. Empirical ... -
Barriers and Facilitators in Adolescent Psychotherapy Initiated by Adults – Experiences That Differentiate Adolescents’ Trajectories Through Mental Health Care
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Mental health problems start early in life. However, the majority of adolescents fulfilling the criteria for mental health disorders do not receive treatment, and half of those who do get treatment drop out. This begs the ... -
Becoming Aware of Inner Self-Critique and Kinder Toward Self: A Qualitative Study of Experiences of Outcome After a Brief Self-Compassion Intervention for University Level Students
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-12-06)This qualitative study investigated ways in which student participants in a three-session self-compassion course became more compassionate toward themselves and challenges related to this change. Ninety-four participants ... -
The Bergen 4-day OCD treatment delivered in a group setting: 12-month follow-up
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-05-03)The Bergen 4-day concentrated exposure treatment (cET) for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has proven highly acceptable; with practically no drop-out and a 6 month remission rate of nearly 70%. The aim of the present ... -
The Bergen 4-Day Treatment (B4DT) for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Outcomes for Patients Treated After Initial Waiting List or Self-Help Intervention
(Journal article, 2020)The Bergen 4-day treatment (B4DT) for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) was recently tested in a randomized controlled trial, where the results showed that the B4DT was more effective than a self-help intervention (SH) ... -
The Bergen 4-day treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder : Does it work in a new clinical setting?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-05-17)Sørlandet Hospital in Norway has a history of offering patients with obsessivecompulsive disorder (OCD) cognitive behavior group therapy using 12 weekly sessions of 2.5 h each. A previous evaluation of this treatment has ... -
Blue-enriched white light improves performance but not subjective alertness and circadian adaptation during three consecutive simulated night shifts
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Use of blue-enriched light has received increasing interest regarding its activating and performance sustaining effects. However, studies assessing effects of such light during night work are few, and novel strategies for ...