Department of Psychosocial Science
Recent Submissions
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“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
(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. ... -
Understanding how personality traits, experiences, and attitudes shape negative bias toward AI-generated artworks
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)The study primarily aimed to understand whether individual factors could predict how people perceive and evaluate artworks that are perceived to be produced by AI. Additionally, the study attempted to investigate and confirm ... -
Artificial Creativity? Evaluating AI Against Human Performance in Creative Interpretation of Visual Stimuli
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)This study investigates the creative capacities of artificial intelligence (AI), exemplified by ChatGPT-4, in comparison with human creativity, utilizing the Figural Interpretation Quest (FIQ) as the evaluative tool. The ... -
Practice Makes Human: Why we can't understand Black-box Artificial Intelligence
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Developmental assets as predictors of Albanian adolescents’ life satisfaction
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Este estudio examinó la relación entre los factores internos y externos del Desarrollo Juvenil Positivo (PYD) y la satisfacción con la vida entre los adolescentes albaneses. Los datos se recopilaron de una muestra de 409 ... -
Understanding users of online energy efficiency counseling: comparison to representative samples in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Introduction: To achieve substantial energy efficiency improvements in the privately owned building stock, it is important to communicate with potential renovators at the right point in time and provide them with targeted ... -
The Impact of Emotional Dissonance on Turnover Intent in Child Welfare Social Work: Test of a Moderated Mediation Model
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)High employee turnover represents a substantial problem in child welfare work. To prevent turnover, knowledge about risk factors, mechanisms, and conditional factors that can explain turnover and turnover intent is highly ... -
Digital technologies and carbon neutrality goals: An in-depth investigation of drivers, barriers, and risk mitigation strategies
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Prior research has primarily concentrated on non-digital and process-oriented methods for achieving carbon neutrality (CN) in the context of mitigating climate change (CC), while the potential of digital technology (DT) ... -
Connecting entrepreneurial ecosystem and innovation. Grasping at straws or hitting a home run?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Why do some regions continuously exhibit productive entrepreneurship while others stagnate? The entrepreneurial ecosystem and innovation are buzzwords within academic research, representing the cultural, economic, social, ... -
Drug-Death Related Bereavement and Social Support
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)The loss of a close one to drug-related death (DRD) has been characterized as a form of stigmatized bereavement, and research has shown that there is a high risk of bereavement complications. Social support can be a buffer ... -
50+ years of psychological acculturation research: Progress and challenges
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Acculturation psychology, now over fifty years old, has evolved significantly since its inception in the mid-1960s. This paper seeks to shape the future of the field by addressing recent criticisms and controversies such ... -
Factors associated with mental health outcomes among peer refugee helpers in Greece: Results from a cross-sectional study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background An increasing number of people are engaged in humanitarian responses worldwide as aid workers. Peer Refugee Helpers (PRHs) are refugees or asylum seekers engaged formally in humanitarian assistance through ... -
The Relationship Between Self-Reported Childhood Maltreatment and Mental Health in Substance Use Disorders: A 6-Year Retrospective Analysis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Objective This longitudinal cohort study aims to investigate the relationship between self-reported childhood maltreatment (CM) and the retrospective trajectory of substance use, mental health, and satisfaction with ... -
Loss Limits as a Predictor of Future Gambling Behavior
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A qualitative study of the psychological effects of quarantine as an infection control measure in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)This study explores the psychological reactions to being placed in quarantine during the early stage (March and April 2020) of the COVID-19 lockdown in Norway. We interviewed a sample of nineteen Norwegian citizens aged ... -
Acute effects of a simulated quick return on subjective sleepiness, mood, and cognitive performance: A laboratory crossover controlled trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Sleep loss due to short time off between shifts has been proposed as a mechanism contributing to impaired functioning in occupational settings. This laboratory crossover trial (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT05162105, ... -
The relationship between the ages and stages questionnaire, 3rd edition scores in early childhood and future cognitive abilities in young Nepalese children
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background The Ages and Stages Questionnaire 3rd edition (ASQ-3) could be a feasible tool in resource-poor settings. Little is known on the relationship between scores on the ASQ-3 and later intellectual abilities in these ... -
Exploring views among Norwegian Sámi regarding gambling and gambling treatment
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Aim: To explore gambling in the indigenous Sámi culture by studying thoughts, ideas and attitudes towards gambling among Sámi and people living in majority Sámi areas with knowledge of the culture. Methods: The topic was ... -
Understanding University Students’ Acceptance of ChatGPT: Insights from the UTAUT2 Model
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)The current study explores the determinants of ChatGPT adoption and utilization among a sample of Norwegian university students. The theoretical perspective of the study is anchored in the Unified Theory of Acceptance and ... -
The impact of violence prevention behaviour on threats and violence among child welfare social workers
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)The aim of this study was to determine whether Violence PreventionBehaviour (VPB) at coworker-, supervisor-, and top-management levelsis related to risk of exposure to threats and violence among childwelfare social workers. ...
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