Institutt for psykologi: Recent submissions
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Using the satisfaction with life scale in people with parkinson's disease: A validation study in different european countries
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Increasing physical activity efficiently: An experimental pilot study of a website and mobile phone intervention
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2014)The main objective of this pilot study was to test the effectiveness of an online, interactive physical activity intervention that also incorporated gaming components. The intervention design included an activity planner, progress monitoring, and gamification components and used SMS text as a secondary delivery channel and feedback to improve engagement in the intervention content. Healthy adults ... -
Effectiveness of a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Dysfunctional Eating among Patients Admitted for Bariatric Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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Psychological correlates to dysfunctional eating patterns among morbidly obese patients accepted for bariatric surgery
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2014)Objective: To examine the relationships between dysfunctional eating patterns, personality, anxiety and depression in morbidly obese patients accepted for bariatric surgery. Design: The study used cross-sectional data collected in running a randomized controlled trial (http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01403558). Subjects: A total of 102 patients (69 women, 33 men) with a mean (SD) age of ... -
Measuring hedonia and eudaimonia as motives for activities: Cross-national investigation through traditional and Bayesian structural equation modeling
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Adolescent health and adaptation in Canada: Examination of gender and age aspects of the healthy immigrant effect
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2014-11-14)Introduction A longstanding and widely held assumption is that immigrants suffer from ill health and adaptation problems. Yet recent studies show that immigrants report the same or better state of health compared to their native-born counterparts. This phenomenon, known as the healthy immigrant effect, has been found in studies of specific health conditions of adults. The present study focuses instead ... -
Demographic and psychological predictors of Grade Point Average (GPA) in North-Norway: A particular analysis of cognitive/school-related and literacy problems
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015)Approximately 30 % of students drop out from Norwegian upper secondary schools. Academic achievement, as indexed by Grade Point Average (GPA) is one of the strongest predictors of dropout. The present study aimed to examine the role of cognitive, school-related and affective/psychological predictors of GPA. In addition, we examined the psychometric properties of a new scale for literacy problems ... -
The Relationship Satisfaction scale - psychometric properties
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Effectiveness of cognitive behavioral group therapy for depression in routine practice
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Preferred harvest principles and - regulations amongst willow ptarmigan hunters in Norway
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2014-06-25)Hunters ’ preferences for diff erent harvest principles and harvest regulations such as season length and harvest quotas provide important knowledge for wildlife management. We report results from a survey of 2788 willow ptarmigan hunters regarding commonly used harvest-principles and -regulations. A harvest quota strategy was the most preferred principle. Hunters were in general more positive ... -
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Verbal Measure, or Graphic Measure, or Both? Psychometric Study of Organizational Identification
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2014-04-25)For å måle organisasjonsidentitet undersøkte dette forskningsprosjektet vitenskapelige ansatte ved et norsk universitet (N = 74), og ansatte i et norsk multinasjonalt selskap (N = 244). Tidligere forskning, rollen til sosial identitetsteori i organisasjonsidentitet, og en gjennomgang av målemetoder ble presentert. Data ble samlet inn med Identification with a Psychological Group Scale (IDPG) som ... -
Are there Gender Differences in Pain and Placebo Analgesia?
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2014-05-02)Abstrakt Formål: Å undersøke om menn viser høyere placebo responser enn kvinner, og om dette kan forklares av kjønnsforskjeller i smertefrykt. Høyere grad av smertefrykt ble foreslått å være høyest blant kvinner, noe som antas å redusere deres placebo respons. Videre ble det undersøkt om kjønnet på eksperimentator kunne påvirke deltagernes smerterapport. Metode:96 friske deltagere (51 kvinner) ble ... -
Effekter på omsorgskvalitet for personer med demens ved bruk av personsentrert omsorg.
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2014-08-01)Norge kan i løpet av kort tid forvente en eldrebølge. Dette skaper utfordringer for eldreomsorgen, og det blir et område ved helse- og omsorgstjenester det bør settes fokus på. Demens er den hyppigste årsaken til at eldre innlegges i sykehjem. Sammen med behovet for demensomsorg vokser det frem ulike tilnærminger til hva denne omsorgen skal bestå i. En av disse er personsentrert omsorg. Ved ... -
Response-Retrieval in Identity Negative Priming is Modulated by Temporal Discriminability
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2014)Reaction times to previously ignored information are often delayed, a phenomenon referred to as negative priming (NP). Rothermund et al. (2005) proposed that NP is caused by the retrieval of incidental stimulus-response associations when consecutive displays share visual features but require different responses. In two experiments we examined whether the features (color, shape) that reappear in ... -
Quantitative measure of evaluative labeling in news reports: Psychology of communication bias studied by content analysis and semantic differential
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2014-06-02)Two studies examined partisan word-connotations in news reports. They focused on what, if any, normative judgements were conveyed through the choice of referent terms of key agents and examined if the usage of terms differed systematically in emotional connotations according to which agents they were applied to. Study 1 used content analysis of every article posted on the Norwegian state news media’s ... -
“They did not kill the seeds”: The struggle for cultural survival and gendered growth among Guatemalan war widows
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2014-05)Abstract This study explores the relationship between the socio-political context in Guatemala and women’s chosen strategies to struggle for recovery in the aftermath of the war related violence and state terrorism (1960-1996). It examines how the widows in the grassroots organization National Coordinator for Guatemalan Widows (CONAVIGUA) have struggled to “defend life” after surviving the extreme ... -
Thinking success, behaving successfully: The relation between hypothetical thinking strategies, effort towards goal attainment and grit
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2014-05-05)This thesis examined the relation between hypothetical thinking strategies and grit defined as the “perseverance and passion for long-term goals” (Duckworth, Peterson, Matthews, & Kelly, 2007, p. 1087). The scale measuring grit was translated using parallel blind technique, in order to examine grit in a Norwegian population, and administered to 143 participants at UiT recruited online (study 1). Two ... -
Evaluering av Familie-ART: En multimodal, familiebasert metode for utvikling av sosial kompetanse og forebygging av problematferd
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2014-04-30)Family Aggression Replacement Training (Familie-ART) er en multimodal metode som har til hensikt å bedre sosial kompetanse og redusere problematferd. Den foreliggende studien har målt og evaluert effekten av en Familie-ART intervensjon gitt til 12 barn og deres familier. Sosial kompetanse og problematferd ble målt med Social Skills Rating System (SSRS) i et pre-test – posttest-design. SSRS sub-skalaer ... -
Let´s talk about your childhood! Measures of parental rearing,alcohol use, anxiety and depression in young adults: A cross-cultural study.
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2014-06-04)There is a vast literature describing the importance of child rearing aspects as vulnerability factors predisposing to depression, anxiety and alcohol use in adulthood. Much of the research in the field uses a variety of methods and theoretical bases, making conclusions difficult to draw. Nevertheless, retrospective studies based on data from adults (either clinical or nonclinical) seem to ...