Browsing Department of Psychosocial Science by Title
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Malevolent Voices in Schizophrenia. Amygdala Resting State Functional Connectivity Based on Emotional Valence of Auditory Hallucinations.
(Master thesis, 2016-05-17)The present study explored functional connectivity of the laterobasal amygdala in a group of schizophrenia patients and healthy control subjects during rest to investigate underlying neural correlates of emotion processing ... -
Managing stress in security operations: A prospective study on the indirect influence of psychological hardiness on mental distress through self-efficacy and worry
(Master thesis, 2016-01-05)Kobasa's (1979) concept of psychological hardiness has previously been identified as an important resilience factor for development of mental health issues in response to environmental stressors in military contexts. Still, ... -
Manifesto for the future of work and organizational psychology
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)This manifesto presents 10 recommendations for a sustainable future for the field of Work and Organizational Psychology. The manifesto is the result of an emerging movement around the Future of WOP (see www.futureofwop.com), ... -
Mapping of pituitary stress-induced gene regulation connects Nrcam to negative emotions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Environmental stressors such as repeated social defeat may initiate powerful activation of subconscious parts of the brain. Here, we examine the consequences of such stress (induced by resident-intruder paradigm) on the ... -
Marital Quality and Stress in Pregnancy Predict the Risk of Infectious Disease in the Offspring: The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-09-30)Objectives: The aim of this study was to explore the degree to which couples’ relationship dissatisfaction and stressful life events during pregnancy predict the risk of infectious disease in the offspring during ... -
Maritim militærtrening i en usikker verden: En studie av sammenheng mellom personlig hardførhet, opplevd mestringstro, kognitiv fleksibilitet og beslutningsstil i en maritim kontekst
(Master thesis, 2022-05-19)Den stadig endrende sikkerhetspolitiske situasjonen Norge står overfor, stiller krav til en økt operativ evne, noe som kan oppnås gjennom militærtrening. Inneværende studie tok utgangspunkt i en maritim operasjon som ... -
Maritim Sikkerhet: Forløpere for Utrygge Handlinger på Kjemikalietankskip
(Master thesis, 2018-06-07)Accident rates in the maritime industry have revealed a need for studies investigating antecedents for various safety-critical outcomes. In the current pre-registered study, surveys were used to assess the relationship ... -
The material difference in human cognition
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Humans leverage material forms for unique cognitive purposes: We recruit and incorporate them into our cognitive system, exploit them to accumulate and distribute cognitive effort, and use them to recreate phenotypic change ... -
Maternal exposure to childhood traumatic events, but not multi-domain psychosocial stressors, predict placental corticotrophin releasing hormone across pregnancy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Maternal psychosocial stress increases the risk of adverse birth and postnatal outcomes for the mother and child, but the role of maternal exposure to childhood traumatic events (CTE) and multi-domain psychosocial stressors ... -
Measuring bullying at work with the short-negative acts questionnaire: identification of targets and criterion validity
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)The current study aims to investigate the psychometric properties of the abbreviated version of the Negative Acts Questionnaire, also known as the SNAQ (Short Negative Acts Questionnaire). A Latent Class analysis of 7,790 ... -
Measuring mental well-being in Norway: validation of the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-05-12)Background: Mental well-being is an important, yet understudied, area of research, partly due to lack of appropriate population-based measures. The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS) was developed to meet ... -
Measuring Military Identity: Scale developoment and psychometric evaluations
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013)Our purpose was to perform a psychometric evaluation of a new 33-item questionnaire developed in Norway. To evaluate it we assessed its internal consistency, performed an exploratory factor analysis, and investigated aspects ... -
Measuring strategic control in implicit learning: How and why?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-09-24)Several methods have been developed for measuring the extent to which implicitly learned knowledge can be applied in a strategic, flexible manner. Examples include generation exclusion tasks in Serial Reaction Time (SRT) ... -
Meeting places in Norwegian community mental health care: A participatory and community psychological inquiry
(Doctoral thesis, 2020-06-17)This Ph.D.-dissertation revolves around meeting places in community mental health care. Norwegian meeting places often entail local easy-access daytime services that offer people who have experienced psychosocial hardships ... -
Meining som medisin. Ein analyse av placebofenomenet og implikasjonar for terapi og terapeutiske teoriar
(Doctoral thesis, 1999-06-11)Arbeidet har bakgrunn i eiga røynsle frå terapeutisk arbeid og refleksjonar over fenomenet placebo. Det blir stilt spørsmål om kva placebofenomenet gjeld, og korleis det skal forklarast. Dersom dette er eit reelt lækjefenomen ... -
Mental health among unaccompanied refugee minors after settling in Norway: A matched cross-sectional study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Aims: To describe the mental health of unaccompanied refugee minors (URMs) settled in Norway and compare their responses to an age- and sex-matched sample of Norwegian young people. Methods: The data were from the ... -
Mental health encounters between general practitioners and individuals with a refugee background : Help seeking and provision in the resettlement context
(Doctoral thesis, 2022-04-22)Background: Research suggests that individuals with a refugee background have higher rates of certain mental health problems and unmet mental healthcare needs than non-refugee populations in resettlement countries. The ... -
Mental health, adverse life events and health service use among Norwegian youth in the child welfare system: Results from a population-based study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Youth within the child welfare system (CWS) have often experienced adverse life events, and many need support from health services. This study aimed to compare mental health problems and health service use among adolescents ... -
Mental readiness for maritime international operation: procedures developed by Norwegian navy
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)Seafarer’s mental health is vital for a well-functioning organisation. Neglecting mental health status on board could be extremely costly for both the crew affected as well as the company. The present article outlines an ... -
Metacognition and Mindfulness: the Role of Fringe Consciousness
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-02-22)The involvement of metacognition in mindfulness is already acknowledged in recent mindfulness models. The focus of the current paper is on how mindfulness may be seen to involve a particular subcategory of metacognitive ...