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Vil aldersrelaterte endringer i respirasjonsmekanismer hos middelaldrende og friske eldre påvirke utføring av kognitive verbale oppgaver?
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2010-11)Redusert raskhet på grunn av nedsatte psykomotoriske funksjoner ved normal aldring er velkjent og aldersrelatert nedgang påvirker kognitive mekanismer. Basert på disse faktorene, vil denne studien undersøke hvorvidt aldersrelaterte endringer i pustemekanismer påvirker nedgang i verbale ferdigheter og den sikter også å evaluere om de er assosiert med generell kognitiv fungering. 45 friske deltakere ... -
Subjective sleeping problems and selfreported sleep length during four seasons in arctic Northern Norway
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Integrating psychoeducation in a basic computer skills course for people suffering from social anxiety: participants' experiences
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2011)We describe a psychoeducational program integrated in a basic computer skills course for participants suffering from social anxiety. The two main aims of the course were: that the participants learn basic computer skills, and that the participants learn to cope better with social anxiety. Computer skills were taught by a qualified teacher. Psychoeducation and cognitive therapy skills, including ... -
Acculturation : early political and social science conceptions
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2003-10)Acculturation refers to the psychological and cultural changes that are caused by continuous contact between people of different cultures. A culture is comprised of the norms, values, beliefs, information, and skills that people in a society share, and these are manifest in the visible behaviors, physical implements and social systems that the society expresses. Thus, different nations and ethnic ... -
Health service use in indigenous Sami and non-indigenous youth in North Norway : A population based survey
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Validating the Eating Disorder Inventory-3 (EDI-3) : A Comparison Between 561 Female Eating Disorders Patients and 878 Females from the General Population
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2011)The Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI) is used worldwide in research and clinical work. The 3rd version (EDI-3) has been used in recent research, yet without any independent testing of its psychometric properties. The aim of the present study was twofold: 1) to establish national norms and to compare them with the US and international norms, and 2) to examine the factor structure, the internal consistency, ... -
Dissociative identity disorder and prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle reflex
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The prestige of somatic and mental disporders : A suvey among health professionals and a representative general population sample
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2009)Objective: The purpose of the paper is to study the ranking of disorders according to their perceived importance. Previous studies suggest that rankings according to the perceived or attributed “value” or importance create informal hierarchies of disorders on normative attitudes about symptoms, treatment and outcome. In this work we studied disorder ranking in the general population and among health ... -
Reduction in mental distress among substance users receiving inpatient treatment
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Using social norms to reduce men’s rape proclivity : Perceived rape myth acceptance of out-groups may be more influential than that of in-groups
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The Category-Focus Implicit Association Test
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No impact of early intervention on late outcome after minimal, mild and moderate head injury
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System-perpetuating asymmetries between explicit and implicit intergroup attitudes among indigenous and non-indigenous Chileans.
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The coming PIN code epidemic: A survey study of memory of numeric security codes
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2010)Most people must remember various numeric passwords, security codes and PIN numbers for banking, credit cards, debit cards, online accounts, mobile phones, door locks, luggage locks, etc. One pilot study (N=13) developed a list of eleven strategies for remembering numeric codes, and another (N=15) optimized the research questionnaire which asked respondents about a) the number of security codes they ... -
The relationship between internalizing and externalizing symptoms and cultural resilience factors in indigenous Sami youth from Arctic Norway
(Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011)<b>Objectives.</b> To examine whether enculturation factors, like cultural activities, ethnic pride, and native language competence, are related to decreasing internalizing and externalizing symptoms in indigenous Sami youth from Arctic Norway. The impact of self-efficacy on the relationship between enculturation factors and mental health problems was also examined. Study design. Population-based, ... -
Expectations and mental rotation : different effects on gender explored through the (unlikely) case of female superiority in mental rotation rate of large objects
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2010-06-04)The present study aims to examine the relationship between expectation about performance in a mental rotation task of 3-D geometrical shapes on a small (standard) and large (novel) display and for each sex. In Experiment 1 we explicitly induced expectations about whether participants would perform better on either the large or small displays. Results revealed that women mentally rotate the 3-D ... -
Diagnosing bipolar disorder with the diagnostic interview for psychoses (DIP) : a reliability study
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2010-05-03)A reliability study of the Norwegian translation of the Diagnostic Interview for Psychoses (DIP) was conducted, with a focus on its usefulness when diagnosing bipolar disorder. Emphasis is given to the severity and importance of correct diagnosis and treatment of this disorder. The DIP is a semi-structured interview that aims to assess low prevalent psychiatric disorders. It is based on the Operational ... -
Co-occurrence of avoidant personality disorder and child sexual abuse predicts poor outcome in longstanding eating disorders
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2009-12-16)Few consistent predictive factors for eating disorder have been identified across studies. In the current five year prospective study, the objective was to examine whether (1) personality disorder and child sexual abuse predict the course of severity of eating disorder symptoms after inpatient treatment and (2) how the predictors interact. A total of 74 patients with long standing eating disorder ... -
ME-pasienters møte med det norske helsevesenet : utfordringer og muligheter for helsepersonell i møte med kronisk syke pasienter
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2007-10-29)Kronisk utmattelsessyndrom/myalgisk encefalopati (ME) er en omstridt lidelse. Kunnskap om årsaksforhold og behandling er begrenset, og mange pasienter har hatt vanskelige møter med helsevesenet. Formålet med denne studien var todelt: å kartlegge hvilke erfaringer ME-pasienter har gjort seg i møtet med det norske helsevesenet og ved forsøk på behandling/symptomlindring, og å diskutere resultatene i ... -
Hendenes tale : mønstre i bruk av gester i fremmedspråkundervisning ved Concordia Language Villages
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2010-01)Gester ved et språkbad sommer program ble observert naturlig slik de oppsto i undervisning for n=22 instruktører, 8 menn og 14 kvinner i videoklipp på gjennomsnittlig 572. sekunder hver. Ved analyse av videoklippene ble det funnet at instruktørene brukte hendene 64,14% av tiden til en aktivitetene til bruk av gester eller objekt. Erfarne instruktører brukte signifikant flere gester enn uerfarne ...