Browsing Faculty of Psychology by Journals "PLoS ONE"
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Attentional bias in snus users: An experimental study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-10-08)The use of nicotine in the form of ‘‘snus’’ is substantial and increasing in some geographic areas, in particular among young people. It has previously been suggested that addictions may operate through a mechanism of ... -
Changes in optimal childcare practices in Kenya: Insights from the 2003, 2008-9 and 2014 demographic and health surveys
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-08-17)Objective(s): Using nationally representative surveys conducted in Kenya, this study examined optimal health promoting childcare practices in 2003, 2008–9 and 2014. This was undertaken in the context of continuous ... -
Early and Later Life Stress Alter Brain Activity and Sleep in Rats
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-07-26)Exposure to early life stress may profoundly influence the developing brain in lasting ways. Neuropsychiatric disorders associated with early life adversity may involve neural changes reflected in EEG power as a measure ... -
Exploring the roots of antagony in the safe male circumcision partnership in Botswana
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-09-20)Background: Partnerships in global health and development governance have been firmly established as a tool to achieve effective outcomes. Botswana implements Safe Male Circumcision (SMC) for HIV prevention through a ... -
Health complaints among adolescents in Norway: A twenty-year perspective on trends
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-01-09)Purpose: Examine time trends in health complaints among adolescents in Norway between 1994 and 2014 and among population subgroups, e.g., age and gender, as well as their interactions. Methods: Norwegian data on 11-16-year-olds ... -
Household food security and adequacy of child diet in the food insecure region north in Ghana
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-05-11)Background and objectives Adequate diet is of crucial importance for healthy child development. In food insecure areas of the world, the provision of adequate child diet is threatened in the many households that sometimes ... -
Inattention in primary school is not good for your future school achievement — A pattern classification study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-11-28)Inattention in childhood is associated with academic problems later in life. The contribution of specific aspects of inattentive behaviour is, however, less known. We investigated feature importance of primary school ... -
Job strain, health and sickness absence: results from the Hordaland Health Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-04-22)Objectives: While it is generally accepted that high job strain is associated with adverse occupational outcomes, the nature of this relationship and the causal pathways involved are not well elucidated. We aimed to assess ... -
Loneliness, social integration and consumption of sugar-containing beverages: Testing the social baseline theory
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-08-08)Objective: Social Baseline Theory (SBT) proposes that close relationships aid in metabolic resource management and that individuals without significant relationships may experience more demands on their own neural metabolic ... -
Lost Working Years Due to Mental Disorders: An Analysis of the Norwegian Disability Pension Registry
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-08-15)Objectives: Mental disorders are prevalent diagnoses in disability benefit statistics, with awards often granted at younger age than for other diagnoses. We aimed to compare the number of lost working years following ... -
Parallel but independent reduction of emotional awareness and corpus callosum connectivity in older age
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-12-31)Differential functional specialization of the left and right hemispheres for linguistic and emotional functions, respectively, suggest that interhemispheric communication via the corpus callosum is critical for emotional ... -
The prevalence of workaholism: A survey study in a nationally representative sample of norwegian employees
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-08-13)Workaholism has become an increasingly popular area for empirical study. However, most studies examining the prevalence of workaholism have used non-representative samples and measures with poorly defined cut-off scores. ... -
Reducing maternal deaths in Ethiopia: Results of an intervention programme in Southwest Ethiopia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-01-03)Background: In a large population in Southwest Ethiopia (population 700,000), we carried out a complex set of interventions with the aim of reducing maternal mortality. This study evaluated the effects of several coordinated ... -
Relationship Satisfaction Reduces the Risk of Maternal Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy: The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-01-21)Objectives: The aims of this study were to explore the degree to which relationship satisfaction predicts the risk of infectious diseases during pregnancy and to examine whether relationship satisfaction moderates the ... -
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 ... -
The role of stress in absenteeism: Cortisol responsiveness among patients on long-term sick leave.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-05-02)Objective: This study aimed to (1) See whether increased or decreased variation relate to subjective reports of common somatic and psychological symptoms for a population on long-term sick leave; and (2) See if this pattern ... -
Screening Foster Children for Mental Disorders: Properties of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-07-09)Background High prevalence of mental disorders among foster children highlight the need to examine the mental health of children placed out of home. We examined the properties of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire ... -
Temporal trends in adolescents’ self-reported psychosomatic health complaints from 1980-2016: A systematic review and meta-analysis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 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: ...