Browsing Department of Psychosocial Science by Subject "VDP::Social sciences: 200::Psychology: 260::Social and occupational psychology: 263"
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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. ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Perceived learning outcome: the relationship between experience, realism, and situation awareness during simulator training
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010)Background. Navigation errors are a frequent cause of serious accidents and work-related injuries among seafarers. The present study investigated the effects of experience, perceived realism, and situation awareness (SA) ... -
Relationships between work environment factors and workers’ well-being in the maritime industry
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013)Background: The aim of this study was to determine whether physical and psychosocial work factors are related to the levels of job satisfaction and intentions to leave in the maritime industry, and to determine whether ... -
Situation awareness in bridge operations – A study of collisions between attendant vessels and offshore facilities in the North Sea
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-07-09)This study examined accident reports ( n = 23) for collisions between attendant vessels and offshore facil- ities on the Norwegian continental shelf during the period of 2001–2011. An initial analysis indicated that the ... -
A study of the side effects of Pandemrix influenza (H1N1) vaccine after whole-crew vaccination on board a Norwegian naval vessel
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010)Background: The frigate His Norwegian Majesty’s ship (HNoMS) Fridtjof Nansen was participating in operations in the Gulf of Aden in support of the EU mission tasked with protecting vessels from the threat of piracy. The ... -
Worry and its correlates onboard cruise ships
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013)The present study examined job-specific worry, as well as possible predictors of such worry, namelyjob-specific self-efficacy and supervisor dispositionism. 133 non-supervising crew members at differentdepartments onboard ...