• Religious opposition to freedom of speech 

      Carlsen, Trond Reidar (Master thesis, 2015)
      Religious opposition to freedom of speech is present in many areas of human life, also in areas like the government in Norway where one should think it was not. This thesis gives an explanation to how religious opposition ...
    • Repetitive thinking and depressive symptoms in a normal population : responses to normal negative events 

      Larsen, Simen Mjøen (Master thesis, 2016)
      Some theories view repetitive thinking as a maladaptive coping response that exacerbates depressive symptoms and explains the sex difference in depression. Other theories view repetitive thinking as the chief mechanism for ...
    • Risky play in children’s emotion regulation, social functioning, and physical health: an evolutionary approach 

      Hansen Sandseter, Ellen Beate; Kleppe, Rasmus; Kennair, Leif Edward Ottesen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      The focus of this theoretical paper is to explore three biopsychosocial levels of children’s risky play: (1) mental health and emotion regulation, (2) social functioning and challenging norms, and (3) physical health and ...
    • Romantic acceptance among singles: Developing and validating an instrument to measure experienced romantic acceptance 

      Gabrielsen, Benjamin Skjønvold (Bachelor thesis, 2023)
      Denne studien søkte etter å skape et valid instrument som gjør det mulig å måle romantisk aksept blant single, ved å utvikle en skala for romantisk-seksuell aksept. Det overordnede målet er at et slikt instrument kan brukes ...
    • Romantisk avvisning blant single Utvikling og validering av måleinstrument 

      Henriksen, Anna (Bachelor thesis, 2023)
      Avvisning innebærer å motta signaler om at man ikke er ønsket, at man blir devaluert eller ekskludert. Romantisk avvisning fra en person man ønsker en romantisk/seksuell relasjon til er en av de mest smertefulle formene ...
    • Seksuelle responsmønstre hos kvinner og menn 

      Holm, Maria Urdshals (Master thesis, 2020)
      Gjennom de siste årene er det blitt presentert flere modeller for seksuell respons. De modellene som har vært mest fremtredende blir beskrevet som den lineære modellen og den sirkulære modellen. Det har vært uenigheter om ...
    • Sex differences in human mate preferences vary across sex ratios 

      Walter, Kathryn V; Conroy-Beam, Daniel; Buss, David M.; Asao, Kelly; Sorokowska, Agnieszka; Sorokowski, Piotr; Aavik, Toivo; Akello, Grace; Alhabahba, Mohammad Madallh; Alm, Charlotte; Amjad, Naumana; Anjum, Afifa; Atama, Chiemezie S; Duyar, Derya Atamtürk; Ayebare, Richard; Batres, Carlota; Bendixen, Mons; Bensafia, Aicha; Bizumic, Boris; Boussena, Mahmoud; Butovskaya, Marina; Can, Seda; Cantarero, Katarzyna; Carrier, Antonin; Cetinkaya, Hakan; Croy, Ilona; Cueto, Rosa María; Czub, Marcin; Dronova, Daria; Dural, Seda; Duyar, Izzet; Ertugrul, Berna; Espinosa, Agustín; Estevan, Ignacio; Esteves, Carla Sofia; Fang, Luxi; Frackowiak, Tomasz; Garduño, Jorge Contreras; González, Karina Ugalde; Guemaz, Farida; Gyuris, Petra; Halamová, Mária; Herak, Iskra; Horvat, Marina; Hromatko, Ivana; Hui, Chin-Ming; Jaafar, Jas Laile; Jiang, Feng; Kafetsios, Konstantinos; Kavčič, Tina; Kennair, Leif Edward Ottesen; Kervyn, Nicolas; Khanh Ha, Truong Thi; Khilji, Imran Ahmed; Köbis, Nils C; Lan, Hoang Moc; Láng, András; Lennard, Georgina R; León, Ernesto; Lindholm, Torun; Linh, Trinh Thi; Lopez, Giulia; Luot, Nguyen Van; Mailhos, Alvaro; Manesi, Zoi; Martinez, Rocio; McKerchar, Sarah L; Mesko, Norbert; Misra, Girishwar; Monaghan, Conal; Mora, Emanuel C; Moya-Garófano, Alba; Musil, Bojan; Natividade, Jean Carlos; Niemczyk, Agnieszka; Nizharadze, George; Oberzaucher, Elisabeth; Oleszkiewicz, Anna; Omar-Fauzee, Mohd Sofian; Onyishi, Ike E.; Özener, Baris; Pagani, Ariela Francesca; Pakalniskiene, Vilmante; Parise, Miriam; Pazhoohi, Farid; Pisanski, Annette; Pisanski, Katarzyna; Ponciano, Edna Lúcia Tinoco; Popa, Camelia; Prokop, Pavol; Rizwan, Muhammad; Sainz, Mario; Salkičević, Svjetlana; Sargautyte, Ruta; Sarmány-Schuller, Ivan; Schmehl, Susanne; Sharad, Shivantika; Siddiqui, Razi Sultan; Simonetti, Franco; Stoyanova, Stanislava; Tadinac, Meri; Correa Varella, Marco Antonio; Vauclair, Christin-Melanie; Vega, Luis Diego; Widarini, Dwi Ajeng; Yoo, Gyesook; Zaťková, Marta; Zupančič, Maja (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      A wide range of literature connects sex ratio and mating behaviours in non-human animals. However, research examining sex ratio and human mating is limited in scope. Prior work has examined the relationship between sex ...
    • Sex Differences in Mate Preferences Across 45 Countries: A Large-Scale Replication 

      Walter, Kathryn V; Conroy-Beam, Daniel; Buss, David M.; Asao, Kelly; Sorokowska, Agnieszka; Sorokowski, Piotr; Aavik, Toivo; Akello, Grace; Alhabahba, Mohammad Madallh; Alm, Charlotte; Amjad, Naumana; Anjum, Afifa; Atama, Chiemezie S; Duyar, Derya Atamtürk; Ayebare, Richard; Batres, Carlota; Bendixen, Mons; Bensafia, Aicha; Bizumic, Boris; Boussena, Mahmoud; Butovskaya, Marina; Can, Seda; Cantarero, Katarzyna; Carrier, Antonin; Cetinkaya, Hakan; Croy, Ilona; Cueto, Rosa María; Czub, Marcin; Dronova, Daria; Dural, Seda; Duyar, Izzet; Ertugrul, Berna; Espinosa, Augustín; Estevan, Ignacio; Esteves, Carla Sofia; Fang, Luxi; Frackowiak, Tomasz; Garduño, Jorge Contreras; González, Karina Ugalde; Guemaz, Farida; Gyuris, Petra; Halamová, Mária; Herak, Iskra; Horvat, Marina; Hromatko, Ivana; Hui, Chin-Ming; Jaafar, Jas Laile; Jiang, Feng; Kafetsios, Konstantinos; Kavčič, Tina; Kennair, Leif Edward Ottesen; Kervyn, Nicolas; Ha, Truong Thi Khanh; Khilji, Imran Ahmed; Köbis, Nils C; Lan, Hoang Moc; Láng, András; Lennard, Georgina R; León, Ernesto; Lindholm, Torun; Linh, Trinh Thi; Lopez, Giulia; Van Luot, Nguyen; Mailhos, Alvaro; Manesi, Zoi; Martinez, Rocio; McKerchar, Sarah L; Mesko, Norbert; Misra, Girishwar; Monaghan, Conal; Mora, Emanuel C; Moya-Garófano, Alba; Musil, Bojan; Natividade, Jean Carlos; Niemczyk, Agnieszka; Nizharadze, George; Oberzaucher, Elisabeth; Oleszkiewicz, Anna; Omar-Fauzee, Mohd Sofian; Onyishi, Ike E; Özener, Baris; Pagani, Ariela Francesca; Pakalniskiene, Vilmante; Parise, Miriam; Pazhoohi, Farid; Pisanski, Annette; Pisanski, Katarzyna; Ponciano, Edna; Popa, Camelia; Prokop, Pavol; Rizwan, Muhammad; Sainz, Mario; Salkičević, Svjetlana; Sargautyte, Ruta; Sarmány-Schuller, Ivan; Schmehl, Susanne; Sharad, Shivantika; Siddiqui, Razi Sultan; Simonetti, Franco; Stoyanova, Stanislava Yordanova; Tadinac, Meri; Varella, Marco Antônio Corrêa; Vauclair, Christin-Melanie; Vega, Luis Diego; Widarini, Dwi Ajeng; Yoo, Gyesook; Zat'ková, Marta; Zupančič, Maja (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Considerable research has examined human mate preferences across cultures, finding universal sex differences in preferences for attractiveness and resources as well as sources of systematic cultural variation. Two competing ...
    • Sex Differences in Voyeuristic and Exhibitionistic Interests: Exploring the Mediating Roles of Sociosexuality and Sexual Compulsivity from an Evolutionary Perspective 

      Thomas, Andrew G.; Stone, Bridie; Bennett, Paul; Stewart-Williams, Steve; Kennair, Leif Edward Ottesen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Sociosexuality and sexual compulsivity predict sex differences in voyeuristic interest in the population. In this study, we used a sample of 1113 participants from the UK (46% men) to consider whether sociosexuality and ...
    • Sexual regret in US and Norway: Effects of culture and individual differences in religiosity and mating strategy 

      Bendixen, Mons; Asao, Kelly; Wyckoff, Joy P.; Buss, David M.; Kennair, Leif Edward Ottesen (Journal article, 2017)
      Sexual regret was investigated across two disparate cultures: Norway (N = 853), a highly secular and sexually liberal culture, and the United States (N = 466), a more religious and more sexually conservative culture. Sex ...
    • Sexual Regret: Tests of Competing Explanations of Sex Differences 

      Kennair, Leif Edward Ottesen; Bendixen, Mons; Buss, David M. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      he current study sought to answer three key questions about explaining the emotion of regret in the domain of casual sex: Are sex differences in sexual regret robust or attenuated in a highly egalitarian culture? What ...
    • Sugar Dating: Hvor går grensen? En kvantitativ studie på holdninger og aksept for sugar dating og sexarbeid. 

      Raaen, Amalie Tørnvall (Master thesis, 2023)
      Sugar dating har i nyligere år oppstått som en dating-ordning basert på utvekslingen av intimitet og nærhet i bytte mot gaver og økonomiske goder (Gunnarson & Strid, 2021a). Ofte innebærer disse sugarrelasjonene også ...
    • Symptomfokusert oppmerksomhet og subjektive helseplager: Betydningen av oppmerksomhetskontroll og metakognisjon 

      Husby, Silje Merethe (Master thesis, 2010)
      Introduksjon.Subjektive helseplager er fysiske plager opplevd av et individ, som kan være uten noen fysiologisk forklaring, eller kan være overdrevet i forhold til den tilgrunnliggende patologien. Hos enkelte blir fornemmelsene ...
    • The Complexity of Romantic Relationship: A Quantitative Study of Women's Emotional Responses to Couple Conflicts in Light of Hormones and Evolutionary Theory 

      Karlestrand, Sølvi Dørum (Master thesis, 2013)
      Women who use hormonal contraceptives have been shown to report more intense affective responses to partner infidelity than women with a natural cycle. Also, previous research suggests that female jealousy is sensitive to ...
    • The effects of non-physical peer sexual harassment on high school students' psychological well-being in Norway: Consistent and stable findings across studies 

      Bendixen, Mons; Daveronis, Josef; Kennair, Leif Edward Ottesen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Objectives The paper examines how strongly non-physical peer sexual harassment is associated with a wide range of well-being outcomes from symptoms of depression and anxiety to self-esteem and body image. Methods Two ...
    • The Evolutionary Psychology of Psychopathology: Towards an Integrative Conceptual Framework and Research Programme 

      Kennair, Leif Edward Ottesen (Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2008:303, Doctoral thesis, 2008)
      Evolutionary Psychology is a potentially unifying research program for evolutionary studies of psychopathology: Evolutionary Psychopathology. Although there are many competing research programs and researchers who study ...
    • The metacognitive model of depression in a Norwegian non-clinical adolescent community sample - A cross-sectional study 

      Grønnæss, Ingrid Hildisch; Pedersen, Helene (Master thesis, 2019)
      The current cross-sectional study aims to examine the metacognitive model of depression in a large non-clinical community sample of adolescents (N = 1198) aged 16 to 20, and whether co-rumination could be a valuable ...
    • The Road to Peace: Psychology in the Study of War and conflict Resolution 

      Sandin, Kenneth; Ellingsen, Øystein Gjeset (Master thesis, 2010)
      This thesis takes the view that the political sciences after Kenneth Waltz have taken a step too far away from the social sciences, and that insights from psychology could improve the theoretical frameworks for conflict ...
    • The Road to Peace: Psychology in the Study of War and conflict Resolution 

      Sandin, Kenneth; Ellingsen, Øystein Gjeset (Master thesis, 2010)
      This thesis takes the view that the political sciences after Kenneth Waltz have taken a step too far away from the social sciences, and that insights from psychology could improve the theoretical frameworks for conflict ...
    • The Role of Conspiracy Mentality and Paranormal Beliefs in Predicting Conspiracy Beliefs Among Neopagans 

      Dyrendal, Asbjørn; Kennair, Leif Edward Ottesen; Lewis, James R (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Recent studies on conspiracy thinking has concluded that the strongest predictor of the tendency towards conspiratorial thinking is a one-dimensional construct-conspiracy mentality-that is relatively stable over time and ...