Blar i Fakultet for medisin og helsevitenskap (MH) på tidsskrift "Frontiers in Psychology"
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Sociodemographic Correlates and Mental Health Comorbidities in Adolescents With Social Anxiety: The Young-HUNT3 Study, Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Social anxiety is highly prevalent in adolescents and is often associated with great individual suffering and functional impairment. Psychiatric comorbidity is common and further adds to this burden. The purposes of this ... -
Stability and Change of the Personality Traits Languidity and Flexibility in a Sample of Nurses: A 7–8 Years Follow-Up Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The traits languidity (tendency to become tired/sleepy upon losing sleep) and flexibility (ability to sleep and work at odd times) have been implicated in shift work tolerance. However, there is a dearth of knowledge about ... -
A Struggle for Survival: Meaning of Late Life in a Rural District in Uganda: A Qualitative Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background: Between 2015 and 2050, the aging population of Uganda (aged 50 years and older) will be nearly doubled. Therefore, later-life problems have become an area of increasing research and policy interest. This study ... -
The study of movement skills in sports: toward an integrative approach
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The article commences with a fundamental objective: to comprehend movement skills in sports in a manner that can bridge the dualist gap between experiential qualities observed in practice and theoretical and mechanistic ... -
Subjective memory complaints among patients on sick leave are associated with symptoms of fatigue and anxiety.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)Objective: The aim of this study was to identify symptoms associated with subjective memory complaints (SMCs) among subjects who are currently on sick leave due to symptoms of chronic pain, fatigue, depression, anxiety, ... -
The Burden of Care: A National Survey on the Prevalence, Demographic Characteristics and Health Problems Among Young Adult Carers Attending Higher Education in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Objective: The aim of the present study was to examine prevalence, characteristics and health outcomes among young adults (18 to 25 years) who provide informal care to family members or others with physical or mental ... -
The Modality-Specific Learning Style Hypothesis: A Mini-Review
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The impact on learning outcome of tailoring instruction and teaching toward modality-specific learning style preferences has been researched and debated for decades. Several topical reviews have concluded that there is no ... -
The prevalence of left-handedness is higher among individuals with developmental coordination disorder than in the general population
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Many medical, psychiatric and neurological conditions have been characterized by a high prevalence of left-handedness or mixed-handedness. Several studies have indicated an elevated frequency of left-handedness in children ... -
The relationship between improvement in insomnia severity and long-term outcomes in the treatment of chronic fatigue
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background: The current treatments of choice for patients with chronic fatigue are moderately effective. One way to advance treatments is identifying process variables associated with good treatment outcomes. There is ... -
The Relationships among Tryptophan, Kynurenine, Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase, Depression, and Neuropsychological Performance
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)It has been suggested that the metabolic enzyme indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) is a biological mediator of inflammation related to the psychopathology of depression, with a Kynurenine (KYN) increase in the Tryptophan ... -
Tinder use and romantic relationship formations: A large-scale longitudinal sStudy
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The current paper aims to investigate if Tinder use predicts romantic relationship formation 1 year later and to identify demographic, personality, mental health, and substance use covariates in the relationship between ... -
Transfer of Motor Learning Is More Pronounced in Proximal Compared to Distal Effectors in Upper Extremities
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)The current experiment investigated generalizability of motor learning in proximal versus distal effectors in upper extremities. Twenty-eight participants were divided into three groups: training proximal effectors, training ... -
Trends in Socioeconomic Inequalities in Norwegian Adolescents' Mental Health from 2014 to 2018: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background: Adolescents’ mental health, and its consistent relationship with their socioeconomic background, is a concern that should drive education, health, and employment policies. However, information about this ... -
UK ethnic minority healthcare workers’ perspectives on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the UK ethnic minority community: A qualitative study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background: The experiences of UK ethnic minority (UKEM) healthcare workers are crucial to ameliorating the disproportionate COVID-19 infection rate and outcomes in the UKEM community. We conducted a qualitative study on ... -
Unique predictors of sleep quality in junior athletes: The protective function of mental resilience, and the detrimental impact of sex, worry and perceived stress
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Since athletic development and functioning are heavily dependent on sufficient recuperation, sleep in athletes is becoming a topic of increasing interest. Still, existing scientific evidence points to inadequate sleep in ... -
Validation of the Leiden Inventory for the Child’s Well-Being in Daycare (LICW-D) Questionnaire in Norwegian Early Childhood Education and Care Centers
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The promotion of children’s development and well-being is a core concept in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) quality frameworks. Yet, few validated instruments measuring young children’s well-being exist. This ... -
Verbal Learning and Hemispheric Asymmetry
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Cognitive sex differences have been the focus of much research in psychology since the 1960s. The idea that women outperform men in some aspects of verbal learning (e.g., Bleecker et al., 1988; Kramer et al., 1997; Ragland ... -
What lies beneath trait-anxiety? Testing the Self-regulatory Executive Function Model of Vulnerability
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Vulnerability to psychological disorder can be assessed with constructs such as trait anxiety and neuroticism which among others are transdiagnostic risk factors. However, trait-anxiety and related concepts have been ... -
“When I sleep poorly, it impacts everything”: An exploratory qualitative investigation of stress and sleep in junior endurance athletes
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)On their journeys toward senior athletic status, junior endurance athletes are faced with a multitude of stressors. How athletes react to stressors plays a vital part in effective adaptation to the demanding, ever-changing ... -
When Is a Test Score Fair for the Individual Who Is Being Tested? Effects of Different Scoring Procedures across Multiple Attempts When Testing a Motor Skill Task
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Tests or test batteries used for assessing motor skills, either in research studies or in clinical settings, apply a variety of procedures for scoring performances, including everything from one to ten attempts, of which ...