Blar i Department of Psychosocial Science på forfatter "Hystad, Sigurd William"
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The Brief Norwegian Safety Climate Inventory (Brief NORSCI) – Psychometric properties and relationships with shift work, sleep, and health
Nielsen, Morten Birkeland; Hystad, Sigurd William; Eid, Jarle (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-11-26)The aim of this study was to establish the psychometric properties of the 11-item Brief Norwegian Safety Climate Inventory (Brief NORSCI) and to examine direct and indirect associations between shift work schedules, sleep ... -
The combined influence of hardiness and cohesion on mental health in a military peacekeeping mission: A prospective study
Thomassen, Ådne Gabriel; Hystad, Sigurd William; Johnsen, Bjørn Helge; Johnsen, Grethe; Laberg, Jon Christian; Eid, Jarle (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-06-16)A large number of studies have shown that hardiness and cohesion are associated with mental health in a military context. However, most of them are presented without controlling for baseline mental health symptoms, which ... -
The dimensionality of the 12-item general health questionnaire (GHQ-12): Comparisons of factor structures and invariance across samples and time
Hystad, Sigurd William; Johnsen, Bjørn Helge (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-11)Because of its brevity, the 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) has become one of the most popular and used measure for detecting psychological distress. Originally intended as a unidimensional measure, the ... -
Distributed situation awareness in complex collaborative systems: A field study of bridge operations on platform supply vessels
Sandhåland, Hilde; Oltedal, Helle Asgjerd; Hystad, Sigurd William; Eid, Jarle (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 ... -
Do Ideals Differ and Matter? An Investigation of Authentic Leadership Ideals Among Norwegian Military Officers Across Generations – and Its Impact on Leadership Practice
Olsen, Olav Kjellevold; Johansen, Rino Bandlitz; Hystad, Sigurd William (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The aim of the present study was to learn more about the content of leadership ideals among Norwegian military officers, and to what degree such ideals influence the officers’ actual leadership practice. We have also ... -
Does psychological capital moderate the relationship between worries about accidents and sleepiness?
Valdersnes, Kjersti Bergheim; Eid, Jarle; Hystad, Sigurd William; Nielsen, Morten Birkeland (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)The present study investigated psychological capital (PsyCap) as a protective factor in the relationship between worries about accidents and sleepiness among seafarers. The hypothesis that strong PsyCap weakens the ... -
Exploring Why Police and Military Commanders Do What They Do: An Empirical Analysis of Decision-Making in Hybrid Warfare
Mattingsdal, Jostein; Espevik, Roar; Johnsen, Bjørn Helge; Hystad, Sigurd William (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)In this study, a total of 102 high-ranking commanders from a military and police background were included in a simulation involving hybrid attacks on Norway. The aim was to explore the commanders’ decision-making in the ... -
Fatigue in seafarers working in the offshore oil and gas re-supply industry: effects of safety climate, psychosocial work environment and shift arrangement
Hystad, Sigurd William; Saus-Rose, Evelyn; Sætrevik, Bjørn; Eid, Jarle (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 ... -
Hardiness and mental health during naval deployment: The relation is mediated by social processes and not by self-regulatory processes
Johnsen, Bjørn Helge; Hystad, Sigurd William (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Introduction The aim of the present study was to investigate the mediating effects of cohesion and self-efficacy on the relation between hardiness and symptoms of anxiety and depression during naval international ... -
Long-term post traumatic growth after moral-and victim-traumas among Norwegian UN military peacekeepers: the impact of emotional distress and leadership
Olsen, Olav Kjellevold; Hystad, Sigurd William; Bøe, Hans Jakob; Eidhamar, Are (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)This study investigated the relationship between traumatic experiences during peacekeeping operations in Lebanon (UNIFIL) between 1978 – 1998 and post traumatic growth (PTG), recalled and measured 17-38 years after, in a ... -
Perception of specific military skills – the impact of perfectionism and self-efficacy
Myrseth, Helga; Hystad, Sigurd William; Säfvenbom, Reidar; Olsen, Olav Kjellevold (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-08-04)We investigated the development of specific military skills in Norwegian cadets during the three-year military academy training as well as the impact of perfectionism and self-efficacy on the development of these skills. ... -
Physical fitness and psychological hardiness as predictors of parasympathetic control in response to stress: a Norwegian police simulator training study
Sandvik, Asle Makoto; Gjevestad, Espen Svendsen; Aabrekk, Einar; Øhman, Peter; Kjendlie, Per-Ludvik; Hystad, Sigurd William; Bartone, Paul T.; Hansen, Anita Lill; Johnsen, Bjørn Helge (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)The individual biopsychological response to a specific stressor is the result of a complex interplay between many different factors including physiology, behavior, and personality. The goal of the present study was to ... -
Police Dyads Within an Operational Simulation: an Empirical Test of the Research Propositions Made in the “Big Five” Teamwork Approach
Espevik, Roar; Johnsen, Bjørn Helge; Hystad, Sigurd William (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Based on the impact of the theoretical big five of teamwork model proposed by Salas et al. (2005), the present study aimed at investigating the model within an operational police simulation. One hundred and sixty-seven ... -
Positive organizational behavior and safety in the offshore oil industry: Exploring the determinants of positive safety climate
Hystad, Sigurd William; Bartone, Paul T.; Eid, Jarle (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-01)Much research has now documented the substantial influence of safety climate on a range of important outcomes in safety critical organizations, but there has been scant attention to the question of what factors might be ... -
Psychopathy, anxiety, and resiliency – Psychological hardiness as a mediator of the psychopathy–anxiety relationship in a prison setting
Sandvik, Asle Makoto; Hansen, Anita Lill; Hystad, Sigurd William; Johnsen, Bjørn Helge; Bartone, Paul T. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-09-14)The literature on the association between psychopathy and anxiety is somewhat mixed, but it has been proposed that one possible advantage of psychopathy might be resiliency against anxiety. Another construct related to ... -
Safe travel: Passenger assessment of trust and safety during seafaring
Hystad, Sigurd William; Olaniyan, Oyeniyi Samuel; Eid, Jarle (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-04)Across two studies, this paper explores passengers’ knowledge and perceptions of safety and risk during voyage at sea. Study 1 showed that, although overall safety knowledge can be considered good, some differences exist ... -
Ship Leadership, Situation Awareness, and Crew Safety Behaviour—Preregistered Replications in Two Survey Datasets
Sætrevik, Bjørn; Hystad, Sigurd William (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Situation awareness is often assumed to be crucial for working safely. Self-reported context-general measures can be an efficient way to measure situation awareness in large datasets and test how it relates to other ... -
Social support and complicated grief: a longitudinal study on bereaved parents after the Utøya terror attack in Norway
Wågø, Sunniva Skagen; Byrkjedal, Ida Kristiansen; Sinnes, Hanna Marie; Hystad, Sigurd William; Dyregrov, Kari (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)On the 22nd of July 2011, Norway experienced its most extreme act of terror in recent times. The terror attacks at the Government Quarters and Utøya, claiming the lives of 77 people, left a nation in shock and numerous ... -
Trust after just 45 seconds? An experimental vignette study of how leader behavior and emotional states influence immediate trust in strangers
Olsen, Olav Kjellevold; Hystad, Sigurd William; Søreide, Christian; Heesch, Phillip v. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-01-09)Many critical and unexpected situations are handled by people that have never met. In the literature, development of immediate trust has been identified as a prerequisite for such temporary groups and leadership to function ...