Browsing Fakultet for samfunns- og utdanningsvitenskap (SU) by Journals "PLoS ONE"
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Are Older Adults Physically Active Enough - A Matter of Assessment Method? The Generation 100 Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Introduction: Physical activity (PA) is beneficial for general health. As a result, adults around the world are recommended to undertake regular PA of either absolute or relative intensity. Traditionally, adherence to PA ... -
Association between Laboratory Capacities and World-cup Performance in Nordic Combined
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background Nordic combined (NC) is an Olympic winter-sport performed as a ski jumping (SJ) event followed by a cross-country (XC) pursuit race employing the skating style. Purpose To elucidate the associations ... -
Central Projections of Gustatory Receptor Neurons in the Medial and the Lateral Sensilla Styloconica of Helicoverpa armigera Larvae
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Food selection behavior of lepidopteran larvae is predominantly governed by the activation of taste neurons present in two sensilla styloconica located on the galea of the maxilla. In this study, we present the ultrastructure ... -
Changes in opiate and stimulant use through 10 years: The role of contextual factors, mental health disorders and psychosocial factors in a prospective SUD treatment cohort study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Aim To examine temporal changes in opiate and stimulant use among patients in substance abuse treatment over a ten-year observation period and to explore the role of contextual factors, mental health disorders and ... -
Coincidence of pheromone and plant odor leads to sensory plasticity in the heliothine olfactory system
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Male moths possess a highly specialized olfactory system comprised of two segregated sub-arrangements dedicated to processing information about plant odors and pheromones, respectively. Communication between these two ... -
Coincidence of pheromone and plant odor leads to sensory plasticity in the heliothine olfactory system
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Male moths possess a highly specialized olfactory system comprised of two segregated sub-arrangements dedicated to processing information about plant odors and pheromones, respectively. Communication between these two ... -
Effectiveness of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) in the Treatment of Young Children's Behavior Problems. A Randomized Controlled Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Objective The aim of the present investigation was to compare the effectiveness of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) with treatment as usual (TAU) in young children who were referred to regular child and adolescent ... -
From Children to Adults: Motor Performance across the Life-Span
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)The life-span approach to development provides a theoretical framework to examine the general principles of life-long development. This study aims to investigate motor performance across the life span. It also aims to ... -
How Can Inequalities in Mortality Be Reduced? A Quantitative Analysis of 6 Risk Factors in 21 European Populations
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background: Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality are one of the greatest challenges for health policy in all European countries, but the potential for reducing these inequalities is unclear. We therefore quantified ... -
“I now have a life!” Lived experiences of participation in music and theater in a mental health hospital
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Participation in activities perceived to be meaningful is of importance in recovery processes among people with mental illness. This qualitative study explored experiences of participation in music and theater among people ... -
Innovative technologies and social inequalities in health: A scoping review of the literature
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The aim of this study was to systematically review the range, nature, and extent of current research activity exploring the influence of innovative health-related technologies on social inequalities in health, with specific ... -
Occupational Class Inequalities in All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality among Middle-Aged Men in 14 European Populations during the Early 2000s
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)This study analyses occupational class inequalities in all-cause mortality and four specific causes of death among men, in Europe in the early 2000s, and is the most extensive comparative analysis of occupational class ... -
Postural control is not systematically related to reading skills: Implications for the assessment of balance as a risk factor for developmental dyslexia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Impaired postural control has been associated with poor reading skills, as well as with lower performance on measures of attention and motor control variables that frequently co-occur with reading difficulties. Measures ... -
Psychometric properties of the Resilience Scale for Adults (RSA) and its relationship with life-stress, anxiety, and depression in a Hispanic Latin-American community sample
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Resilience is a multi-dimensional construct associated with health and well-being. At present, we do not yet have a valid, scientific instrument that is designed to evaluate adult resilience in Spanish-speaking countries ... -
Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality and repeated measurement of explanatory risk factors in a 25 Years follow-up
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-04-08)Background Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality can be explained by different groups of risk factors. However, little is known whether repeated measurement of risk factors can provide better explanation of socioeconomic ... -
Testing the effectiveness of the Internet-based instrument PsyToolkit: A comparison between web-based (PsyToolkit) and lab-based (E-Prime 3.0) measurements of response choice and response time in a complex psycholinguistic task
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)To test the effectiveness of the Internet-based instrument PsyToolkit for use with complex choice tasks, a replicability study was conducted wherein an existing psycholinguistic paradigm was utilised to compare results ... -
Testing the Metacognitive model against the benchmark CBT model of Social anxiety disorder: Is it time to move beyond cognition?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)The recommended treatment for Social Phobia is individual Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT). CBT-treatments emphasize social self-beliefs (schemas) as the core underlying factor for maladaptive self-processing and social ... -
The promise and limitations of using analogies to improve decision-relevant understanding of climate change
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)To make informed choices about how to address climate change, members of the public must develop ways to consider established facts of climate science and the uncertainties about its future trajectories, in addition to the ... -
The role of stress in absenteeism: Cortisol responsiveness among patients on long-term sick leave
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Objective: This study aimed to (1) See whether increased or decreased variation relate to subjective reports of common somatic and psychological symptoms for a population on long-term sick leave; and (2) See if this pattern ...