Browsing Department of Psychosocial Science by Title
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The effects of responsible gambling pop-up messages on gambling behaviors and cognitions: A systematic review and meta-analysis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-01-25)Pop-up messages utilized by gambling operators are normally presented to gamblers during gambling sessions in order to prevent excessive gambling and/or to help in the appraisal of maladaptive gambling cognitions. However, ... -
Effects of shift work and psychological and social work factors on mental distress. Studies of onshore/offshore workers and nurses in Norway
(Doctoral thesis, 2017-02-10)Many services depend on having staff 24 hours a day, including petroleum onshore and offshore facilities, and the health care sector. Employees engaged in shift work are exposed to working hours outside the standard 8-16 ... -
Effects of sleep fragmentation and induced mood on pain tolerance and pain sensitivity in young healthy adults
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-10-31)Background: Experimental research exploring the sleep/pain-relationship has typically focused on total or partial sleep deprivation, hereby failing to reproduce the mere fragmented sleep pattern typically observed in ... -
Effects of vitamin B12 supplementation on neurodevelopment and growth in Nepalese Infants: A randomized controlled trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background Vitamin B12 deficiency is common and affects cell division and differentiation, erythropoiesis, and the central nervous system. Several observational studies have demonstrated associations between biomarkers ... -
The effects of workplace bullying on witnesses: violation of the psychological contract as an explanatory mechanism?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)This study analyses the effects of witnessing workplace bullying on employee attitudes and well-being. Furthermore, the study seeks to extend our understanding of why bullying may result in negative outcomes for witnesses, ... -
Effekten av Sosiale Nettverk på Delt Forståelse i Beredskapsteam: En Feltstudie
(Master thesis, 2018-06-13)Høyreliabilitetsorganisasjoner er avhengig av godt rustet beredskapsteam, spesielt når det oppstår kritiske situasjoner. Nøyaktig situasjonsbevissthet (SB) og delte mentale modeller (DMM) i teamet gir et godt grunnlag for ... -
Effort-reward imbalance: A risk factor for exposure to workplace bullying
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-02-25)Previous research shows that work environment factors are important antecedents of workplace bullying (WB), because of the stress they may induce. While previous studies have typically used Karasek’s Job Demand-Control ... -
Emosjonsregulering i relasjonen mellom leder og underordnet: en kvalitativ studie
(Master thesis, 2004)Emotion work is defined as the process of regulating both feelings and expressions for organizational goals. The majority of the studies on emotion work have been conducted in the context of employee-customer relationships. ... -
Emotional reactions to climate change: A comparison across France, Germany, Norway, and the United Kingdom
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)We present a study of emotional reactions to climate change utilizing representative samples from France, Germany, Norway, and the United Kingdom (UK). Drawing on appraisal theories of emotion, we examine relations between ... -
Emotional researchers or emotional audiences? The effect of emotions in climate change communication
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)How should researchers communicate about (politicized) risks, such as climate change? Some argue that researchers should express more emotions to emphasize the seriousness of the climate issue and persuade the public to ... -
Emotional Valence of "Voices": Investigating the Role of Glutamate in Auditory Verbal Hallucinations
(Master thesis, 2020-06-23)Background: Recent research seems to point towards a prominent role of glutamate in auditory verbal hallucinations in schizophrenia, with complex inter-related pathophysiological processes and mechanisms involving hyper- ... -
An Empirical Investigation of Depression Symptoms: Norms, Psychometric Characteristics and Factor Structure of the Beck Depression Inventory-II
(Master thesis, 2001)The present study provides normative data and investigated the psychometric characteristics and factor structure of a Norwegian version of the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) in a general population sample (N=875) ... -
An empirical study on attitudes toward gambling when sportswashing is involved
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Sportswashing is defined as individuals, groups, companies, or countries/regimes’ involvement in sports to improve their own reputation and/or to distract from or normalize wrongdoing. This cross-sectional survey is the ... -
Employee safety perception following workplace terrorism: a longitudinal study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-01-28)Terrorism at the workplace represents an extreme form of workplace violence potentially affecting large numbers of individuals. Evidence suggests that workplace violence adversely affects employees’ health and work functioning ... -
En kvalitativ studie av seks leders refleksjoner omkring det sosiale aspektet ved lederrollen. Hvordan opplever ledere det sosiale aspektet ved lederrollen
(Master thesis, 2020-11-17)Hensikten med denne studien er å øke forståelsen og kunnskapen om hvordan lederne opplever det sosiale aspektet ved lederrollen. Studien baserer seg på dybdeintervju med seks ledere i ulike lederstillinger fra både offentlig ... -
Endring i offentlig sektor: En kvalitativ studie av ansattes erfaringer med sammenslåingen mellom Hordaland fylkeskommune og Sogn og Fjordane fylkeskommune.
(Master thesis, 2018-06-13)Despite the fact that a great deal of organizational change efforts fail, there is little research that examines why. However, the employees’ experience and attitudes towards the change is considered an important factor ... -
Environmental antecedents of workplace bullying: A multi-design approach
(Doctoral thesis, 2010-08-24)The overall aim of this thesis is to contribute to an increased understanding of why bullying occurs at workplaces. Workplace bullying may be understood as the process of repeated and prolonged mistreatment and abuse of ... -
Environmental Attitudes, Behaviors, and Responsibility Perceptions Among Norwegian Youth: Associations With Positive Youth Development Indicators
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Young people’s environmental attitudes and behaviors are essential for environmental conservation, hence the need to identify facilitating factors. Promoting positive development among young people may empower them to ... -
Environmental Risks: Framing effects of Scope and Responsibility on Policy Support
(Master thesis, 2017)The nature of global environmental risks (e.g. climate change) are often complex and thereby difficult to understand through human sensory reception. The perception of these risks will therefore often come from communications ... -
Environmental sustainability in restaurants. A systematic review and future research agenda on restaurant adoption of green practices
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)The adverse impact that restaurants have on the environment has received widespread attention in the last decade from both practice and academia. The current study aims to find, catalog, and synthesize the research body ...