Browsing Department of Psychosocial Science by Subject "VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Psykologi: 260::Sosial- og arbeidspsykologi: 263"
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Angst og depresjon som risikofaktorer for uføretrygding
(Master thesis, 2001)The aim of the present study was to examine the influence of anxiety and depression as risk factors for disability pension. The empirical data was obtained from the two health-studies in Nord-Trøndelag County in Norway in ... -
Arbeidsmiljø i et toppsikret fengsel. Konfrontasjoner, utbrenthet og mestring
(Master thesis, 2001)This study examined social and psychological factors at work, interpersonal contact including various types of confrontations with inmates, burnout, and copingstrategies among correctional employees in one of the biggest ... -
Attitudes toward gambling among adolescents
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)It is well documented that attitudes toward gambling are a good predictor of problem gambling during adolescence. However, so far, little is known about what factors are associated with adolescents' gambling attitudes. ... -
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 ... -
Causal inferences about others' behavior among the Wampar, Papua New Guinea - and why they are hard to elicit
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-03-10)As social beings, people need to be able to interact intelligently with others in their social environment. Accordingly, people spend much time conversing with one another in order to understand the broad and fine aspects ... -
Core and peripheral criteria of video game addiction in the game addiction scale for adolescents
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-05)Assessment of video game addiction often involves measurement of peripheral criteria that indicate high engagement with games, and core criteria that indicate problematic use of games. A survey of the Norwegian population ... -
Cultural differences in emotional intelligence among top officers on board merchant ships
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012)The current research investigated cultural differences in emotional intelligence among top officers on board vessels of multicultural maritime companies. We found that Southeast Asian officers scored higher than European ... -
Developing a context-general self-report approach to measuring three-level situation awareness
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013)Background: Situation awareness (SA) is considered to be crucial for work in safety critical organisations, yet its precise definition and an agreed upon measurement approach have yet to emerge. SA is often measured as an ... -
Distributed situation awareness in complex collaborative systems: A field study of bridge operations on platform supply vessels
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-06)This study provides empirical data about shipboard practices in bridge operations on board a selection of platform supply vessels (PSVs). Using the theoretical concept of distributed situation awareness, the study examines ... -
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. ... -
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) ... -
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 ... -
Et brutalt arbeidsmiljø? En undersøkelse av mobbing, konflikter og destruktiv ledelse i norsk arbeidsliv
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Fatigue in seafarers working in the offshore oil and gas re-supply industry: effects of safety climate, psychosocial work environment and shift arrangement
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013)This study examined the influence of safety climate and psychosocial work environment on the reported fatigue of seafarers working in the offshore oil and gas re-supply industry (n = 402). We found that seafarers who ... -
The fourth international conference on bullying and harassment in the workplace. Proceedings.
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How people explain their own and others' behavior: A theory of lay causal explanations
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-02-18)A theoretical model is proposed that specifies lay causal theories of behavior; and supporting experimental evidence is presented. The model’s basic assumption is that different types of behavior trigger different hypotheses ... -
Journalister i fyr og flamme? Utbrenhet psykososiale arbeidsmiljøforhold, negativ og positiv affektivitet, arbeidsnarkomani og flyterfaring i et utvalg av journalister
(Master thesis, 2001)The aim of this study was to examine burnout in a population of journalists (n = 209). Burnout was measured by The Maslach Burnout Inventory (Maslach et al., 1996). Ten percent of the journalists could be characterized as ... -
Learning environment, students’ coping styles and emotional and behavioural problems
(Doctoral thesis, 2007-05-16)One of the main purposes of the present thesis was to investigate to what extent associations between learning environment factors and emotional and behavioural problems could be influenced or accounted for by variations ... -
Loneliness, social integration and consumption of sugar-containing beverages: Testing the social baseline theory
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-08-08)Objective: Social Baseline Theory (SBT) proposes that close relationships aid in metabolic resource management and that individuals without significant relationships may experience more demands on their own neural metabolic ... -
Mobbing i arbeidslivet
(Report, 2005)En drøfting av hva mobbing er, hvor omfattende det er, hvilke utslag mobbing gir seg og hvilke konsekvenser det får.