Browsing Department of Psychosocial Science by Title
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The balancing act: How do moral norms and anticipated pride drive food waste/reduction behaviour?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Food waste is a serious problem that impacts the environment and sustainability by increasing greenhouse gas emissions from landfills. Food waste also represents a social challenge because it raises serious concerns about ... -
Barriers and facilitators to increasing work participation among people with moderate to severe mental illness
(Doctoral thesis, 2021-04-23)This thesis seeks to identify facilitators and barriers to obtaining employment for people in treatment for moderate to severe mental illness. Many people with mental illness wish to pursue life goals such as ordinary ... -
Barriers and paradoxical recommendation behaviour in online to offline (O2O) services. A convergent mixed-method study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Mobile apps offering online to offline (O2O) services act as aggregators providing interface for delivery of required products and services at a preferred location. Despite offering multiple affordances, many O2O services ... -
Behandling av unipolar depresjon med Elektrokonvulsiv terapi - En systematisk litteraturgjennomgang av studier på Elektrokonvulsiv terapi og dens innvirkning på anterograd hukommelse hos pasienter med unipolar depresjon.
(Master thesis, 2016-09-30)The aim of the present study is to map anterograde memorydysfunction among patients with unipolar depression following terminated treatment using electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). ECT represents one of the most important ... -
Behavioral reasoning perspectives on organic food purchase
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Consumers' rising interest in organic food has drawn the attention of the academic community. The literature on the topic is growing, but it mostly focuses either on the acceptance of or resistance toward organic food. ... -
A behavioural reasoning perspective on the consumption of local food. A study on REKO, a social media-based local food distribution system
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Consumption of local food is increasing due to its convenience and multiple perceived benefits. However, the factors shaping consumer attitude towards local food and brand love for local food have received limited academic ... -
Being in front is good—but where is in front? Preferences for spatial referencing affect evaluation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Speakers of English frequently associate location in space with valence, as in moving up and down the “social ladder.” If such an association also holds for the sagittal axis, an object “in front of” another object would ... -
The Bergen Shopping Addiction Scale: Reliability and validity of a brief screening test
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-09-17)Although excessive and compulsive shopping has been increasingly placed within the behavioral addiction paradigm in recent years, items in existing screens arguably do not assess the core criteria and components of addiction. ... -
Betydningen av individuelle kjennetegn i møte med laissez-faire-ledelse
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)The aim of this study was to examine laissez-faire leadership as a predictor of role ambiguity in the workplace. It also endeavoured to uncover whether occupational self-efficacy and competence uncertainty moderated this ... -
Beware the angry leader: Trait anger and trait anxiety as predictors of petty tyranny
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013)Drawing on the general aggression model and theories of victimization and temperamental goodness-of-fit, we investigated trait anger and trait anxiety as antecedents of petty tyranny: employing a multilevel design with ... -
Biased Thinking in the Face of Uncertainty: Exploring the Process of Diagnostic Decision Making Within the Field of Psychiatry
(Master thesis, 2018-06-07)A considerable amount of medical errors are indicated to occur during the diagnostic process. Various forms of faulty cognition on the part of the physicians have been identified as sources of diagnostic errors, including ... -
Bibliometric analysis and literature review of ecotourism: Toward sustainable development
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)In recent decades, rising consumer interest in visiting relatively less commercialized natural destinations has facilitated the growth of ecotourism. Yet the research on ecotourism is fragmented, presenting gaps in the ... -
Blockchain applications in management: A bibliometric analysis and literature review
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Blockchain has gained substantial recognition for its ability to induce transformation and innovation in existing business models and frameworks. Consequently, the application of this technology to the management domain ... -
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 ... -
Brief intervention, physical exercise and cognitive behavioural group therapy for patients with chronic low back pain (The CINS trial)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-09)Background and Objective: Cognitive‐behavioural treatments (CBT) and physical group exercise (PE) have both shown promising effects in reducing disability and increasing work participation among chronic low back pain (CLBP) ... -
The Brief Norwegian Safety Climate Inventory (Brief NORSCI) – Psychometric properties and relationships with shift work, sleep, and health
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-11-26)The aim of this study was to establish the psychometric properties of the 11-item Brief Norwegian Safety Climate Inventory (Brief NORSCI) and to examine direct and indirect associations between shift work schedules, sleep ... -
A Brief Report on a Reduced Preference for Passive-Avoidant Leadership After a Restless Night
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-10-02)The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of fragmented sleep on followers’ leadership preferences. In a counterbalanced experimental study involving 39 followers, changes in leadership preferences were recorded ... -
Bright light exposure during simulated night work improves cognitive flexibility
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Night work leads to sleepiness and reduced vigilant attention during work hours, and bright light interventions may reduce such effects. It is also known that total sleep deprivation impairs cognitive flexibility as measured ... -
Building knowledge of adolescent mental health in the Nordic countries
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-11-11)Adolescence is an important developmental period. Young people face many pressures and challenges, including growing academic expectations, changing social relationships with family and peers, and the physical and emotional ... -
Bullying at work Antecedents and outcomes
(Doctoral thesis, 2006-05-30)The synopsis: The present thesis is titled "Workplace bullying. Antecedents and outcomes". Hence, it focuses on work place bullying, which is a relatively new research topic within psychology. The synopsis part of the ...