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The moderating effect of laissez-faire leadership on the relationship between co-worker conflicts and new cases of workplace bullying: A true prospective design
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-11)In line with the work environment hypothesis, interpersonal conflict has been proposed as an important antecedent of workplace bullying. However, longitudinal studies on this relationship have been scarce. The aim of this ... -
Moral antecedents of authentic leadership: Do moral justice reasoning, self-importance of moral identity and psychological hardiness stimulate authentic leadership?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-09-21)The aim of the present study is to explore intra-psychological moral processes as potential antecedents of authentic leadership (AL) behavior, and as such add to the scarce knowledge about underlying moral processes involved ... -
Mortality salience effects fail to replicate in traditional and novel measures
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Mortality salience (MS) effects, where death reminders lead to ingroup-bias and defensive protection of one’s world-view, have been claimed to be a fundamental human motivator. MS phenomena have ostensibly been identified ... -
Motion direction is represented as a bimodal probability distribution in the human visual cortex
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Humans infer motion direction from noisy sensory signals. We hypothesize that to make these inferences more precise, the visual system computes motion direction not only from velocity but also spatial orientation signals ... -
Motivational factors were more important than perceived risk or optimism for compliance to infection control measures in the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Compliance to infection control measures may be influenced both by the fear of negative consequences of a pandemic, but also by the expectation to be able to handle the pandemic’s challenges. We performed a survey on a ... -
Möbius Band Surprise: A Systematic Illusion in Imagery
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)When a Möbius loop is cut along the middle of the band, the result is a single connected loop, yet anecdotal evidence from science demonstrations and the use of this effect in magic tricks suggest that most people are ... -
Multi-, Cross-, Inter-, Transdisciplinarity – Fact or Fiction? Does Archaeology Need a Hand Blender?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)The concepts multidisciplinarity, interdisciplinarity (crossdisciplinarity), and transdisciplinarity are defined, and examples are given. Whether interdisciplinarity is a novel development, a “new buzzword”, or a “new ... -
A multilevel model of job insecurity and engagement
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Purpose The purpose of this current study was to investigate the moderating effect of autonomy (individual-level job resource) and social supportive climate (group-level job resource) on the negative relationship between ... -
Mushrooms as 'food for thought': Cognitive science perspectives on fungi
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Music and heart rate. Physiological effects from listening to music in different tempos
(Master thesis, 2017-12-01)Music has the power to elicit physiological responses in humans. One assumes that fast music tempo elicit faster heart rate and respiration rate and slower music tempos elicit slower respiration and heart rate. This ... -
National Income and Income Inequality, Family Affluence and Life Satisfaction Among 13 year Old Boys and Girls: A Multilevel Study in 35 Countries
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010)Adolescence is a critical period where many patterns of health and health behaviour are formed. The objective of this study was to investigate cross-national variation in the relationship between family affluence and ... -
A national survey on how sexual activity is perceived to be associated with sleep
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)There is a paucity of studies investigating how sexual activity is perceived to influence sleep, despite conceptions about significant gender differences regarding this issue. In all, 4000 persons, aged between 18 and 55 ... -
A Nationwide Study of Norwegian Beliefs About Same-sex Marriage and Lesbian and Gay Parenthood
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012)In Norway, a gender-neutral Marriage Law that secured equal marriage and parenting rights for lesbian, gay and heterosexual couples took effect in January 2009. The aim of the current study was to explore Norwegian beliefs ... -
Når barn plasseres utenfor hjemmet: beslutninger, forløp og relasjoner. Under barnevernets (ved)tak
(Doctoral thesis, 2011-12-07)The aim of this thesis is to contribute to the knowledge about out-of-home care for children under the auspices of the Child Welfare authorities. Removing children and placing them in care constitutes one of the strongest ... -
Negative emotions about climate change are related to insomnia symptoms and mental health: Cross-sectional evidence from 25 countries
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Climate change threatens mental health via increasing exposure to the social and economic disruptions created by extreme weather and large-scale climatic events, as well as through the anxiety associated with recognising ... -
Negative Life Events, Protective Factors, and Substance-Related Problems: A Study of Resilience in Adolescence
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background: There is compelling evidence for an association between negative life events (NLE) and substance-related problems (SRP) during adolescence. The literature is, however, still limited with regards to protective ... -
Neuroticism as an antecedent of abusive supervision and laissez-faire leadership in emergent leaders: The role of facets and agreeableness as a moderator
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Academic interest in the relationship between leaders' personality and subordinates’ perception of destructive leadership behavior is increasing. However, results so far have been weak, contradictory, and inconsistent to ... -
Never Repeat the Same Trick Twice – Unless it is Cognitively Impenetrable
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)In their quest for creating magical experiences, magicians rely on a host of psychological factors. Here, we compare tricks based on attentional misdirection with tricks based on amodal completion. Based on the notion that ... -
The New Patterns study: coordinated measures to combat child poverty
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background Child poverty rates are rising in Norway with potential negative consequences for children. Services for families with low income are often fragmented and poorly integrated, and few coordinated initiatives have ... -
Nocturnal Road Traffic Noise Exposure and Children’s Sleep Duration and Sleep Problems
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-05-06)Almost half of the European Union (EU)’s population is exposed to road traffic noise above levels that constitute a health risk. Associations between road traffic noise and impaired sleep in adults have consistently been ...