Department of Psychosocial Science
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Workplace bullying as predicted by non-prototypicality, group identification and norms: a self-categorisation perspective
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Research and theory on deviance in work groups suggest that non-prototypical members risk devaluation and mistreatment by their peers. Drawing on the self-categorisation theory, we propose and test a contextual model to ... -
Differential associations between types of social media use and university students' non-suicidal self-injury and suicidal behavior
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Objective To examine differential associations between types of social media use and non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and suicidal behaviors. Methods Participants were N = 40,065 Norwegian college and university students, ... -
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 ... -
Predictors and correlates of lifetime and persistent non-suicidal self-injury and suicide attempts among adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background: Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is a well-established risk factor for non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and suicide attempts (SA); still few studies have examined predictors of individual differences in NSSI/SA ... -
Longitudinal Relationships between Perceived Social Support and Symptom Outcomes: Findings from a sample of Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Cross-sectional studies have consistently reported an inverse association between perceived social support and the severity of mental health symptoms among adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse (CSA). However, there ... -
Alcohol‐attributed disease burden in four Nordic countries between 2000 and 2017: Are the gender gaps narrowing? A comparison using the Global Burden of Disease, Injury and Risk Factor 2017 study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Introduction and Aims The gender difference in alcohol use seems to have narrowed in the Nordic countries, but it is not clear to what extent this may have affected differences in levels of harm. We compared gender ... -
Demographical, personality, alcohol use, and mental health characteristics associated with different alcoholic beverage preferences among students
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-10-20)The study investigates correlates (i.e. demographics, personality, alcohol use and alcohol-related harm, alcohol expectancies, and mental health) of different alcoholic beverage preferences (i.e. beer/alcopops/cider, wine, ... -
Why do people buy organic food? The moderating role of environmental concerns and trust
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-08-28)Although consumer interest in organic food has risen over time, resulting in a generally positive attitude toward these organic food products, scholarly research suggests a comparatively low volume of its consumption in ... -
Cortical thickness and resting‐state cardiac function across the lifespan: A cross‐sectional pooled mega‐analysis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Understanding the association between autonomic nervous system [ANS] function and brain morphology across the lifespan provides important insights into neurovisceral mechanisms underlying health and disease. Resting‐state ... -
Volume reduction of caudate nucleus is associated with movement coordination deficits in patients with hippocampal atrophy due to perinatal hypoxia-ischaemia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Acute sentinel hypoxia-ischaemia in neonates can target the hippocampus, mammillary bodies, thalamus, and the basal ganglia. Our previous work with paediatric patients with a history of hypoxia-ischaemia has revealed ... -
Effects of digital cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia on insomnia severity: a large-scale randomised controlled trial
(Journal article, 2020)Background Although several large-scale randomised controlled trials have shown the efficacy of digital cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (dCBT-I), there is a need to validate widespread dissemination of dCBT-I ... -
Intergroup Relations During the Refugee Crisis: Individual and Cultural Stereotypes and Prejudices and Their Relationship With Behavior Toward Asylum Seekers
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)In this paper, I investigate intergroup relations between natives and asylum seekers during the European refugee crisis, and contribute to the reemerging methodological debate on the measurement of stereotypes and prejudices ... -
Prevalence and stability of insufficient sleep measured by actigraphy: a prospective community study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background It is well established that reduced sleep has detrimental effects on school-aged children’s functioning, but the prevalence and stability of objectively measured insufficient sleep throughout childhood is ... -
General Practitioners’ Experiences of Clinical Consultations With Refugees Suffering From Mental Health Problems
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Refugees suffer from higher rates of certain mental health problems than non-refugee migrants and the native population of their host country. General practitioners (GPs) in Norway and many other European countries are the ... -
COVID-19 and psychological distress in Norway: The role of trust in the healthcare system
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Aim: The study aims to examine groups at risk for psychological distress in connection with the COVID-19 outbreak, and the role of trust in the healthcare system as a possible moderator. Methods: Data were collected ... -
Stressors, social support and military performance in a modern war scenario
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)The present study examined differences in stressors, coping strategies, and military performance in two groups deployed in the same war scenario, but with operative and psychologically different challenges. -
Omfang av penge- og dataspillproblemer i Norge 2019
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The illusion of absence in magic tricks
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Recently, a curious illusion of absence has been described, where the space behind an occluder is compellingly experienced as empty. This illusion is similar to illusions based on amodal completion in the sense that it ... -
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 ... -
General and alcohol-related social media use and mental health: A large-sample longitudinal study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-05)The current study aimed to investigate if general and alcohol-related social media use predicts symptoms of depression and anxiety. Students in Bergen, Norway, participated in a Web-based survey during fall 2015 (T1) and ...
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