Institutt for psykologi
Recent Submissions
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Judgement of Transport Security, Risk Sensitivity and Travel Mode Use in Urban Areas
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)The current study aims to examine judgement of security in public transport and, more specifically, the role of the priority of security and risk sensitivity in the use of public travel modes versus car among an urban ... -
The Effect of Aerobic Exercise on Speed and Accuracy Task Components in Motor Learning
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Acute exercise has an influence on human cognition, and both theoretical approaches and previous investigations suggest that the learning process can be facilitated. A distinction has been made however, between the ... -
Group Metacognitive Therapy for Generalized Anxiety Disorder: A Pilot Feasibility Trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background: Individual metacognitive therapy (MCT) for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is well established, but only one study has investigated the effectiveness of Group MCT (g-MCT) for GAD. The aim of the current study ... -
Exploring the onset of a male-biased interpretation of masculine generics among French speaking kindergarten children
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)In French, and other gender marked languages, there are two ways to interpret a grammatical masculine form when used to refer to social roles or occupations [e.g., les magiciens (the magiciansmasculine)]. It can refer to ... -
Infants' brain responses to looming danger: Degeneracy of neural connectivity patterns
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)A fundamental property of most animals is the ability to see whether an object is approaching on a direct collision course and, if so, when it will collide. Using high-density electroencephalography in infants and a looming ... -
“Winter is coming”: Psychological and situational factors affecting transportation mode use among university students
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)The aim of this study was to investigate the relative roles of the norm activation model (NAM), transport priorities and situational constraints (car ownership, distances, gender and age) while considering spatial heterogeneity ... -
Can the attention training technique reduce stress in students? A controlled study of stress appraisals and meta-worry
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)The present study tested the impact of attention training on cognition; secondary appraisal of perceived stress, and on metacognition; meta-worry in stressed students. Theoretically derived from the Self-Regulatory Executive ... -
Perceived social support among adolescents in Residential Youth Care
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Social support may be of particular importance for vulnerable adolescents' develop-ment and health and can help them to cope with stressful life events. However,knowledge of perceived social support among adolescents in ... -
Physician Parents Attending Work Despite Own Sick Children: A Qualitative Study on Caregiver Presenteeism Among Norwegian Hospital Physicians
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background: Studies have shown that physicians manifest a clear duty to work, even in the face of personal risk, and despite their own symptoms of ill health; this is termed presenteeism. We lack knowledge on their ... -
Physicians’ Mental Health and Nationality Affect how Work Characteristics Influence Presenteeism
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)This study aimed to investigate how variations in mental health and nationality affect the influence of job demands and job resources on presenteeism among physicians. By differentiating between hindrances and challenging ... -
Changing Oceans – Changing Seafood Consumption. Drivers of sustainable seafood consumption and the questionable power of social norms
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2019:110, Doctoral thesis, 2019)When talking about environmentally friendly ways of eating, the discourse mainly revolves around the consumption of red meat or organic products while seafood is often perceived as the inherently sustainable and healthy ... -
Effect of marine protected areas and macroeconomic environment on meat consumption in SEAFO countries
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Livestock production and consumption of meat are significant contributors to today’s most serious environmental problems and global warming. This paper investigates the role of marine reserves in shaping meat consumption ... -
Health-related quality of life after camp-based family obesity treatment: an RCT
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Objective To compare the effects of a 2-year camp-based immersion family treatment for obesity with an outpatient family-based treatment for obesity on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in two generations. Design ... -
Sex-free and sex-related components of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) neuroticism scale among Finnish and Turkish students
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Previous studies have suggested that the Neuroticism scale (N) of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) reflects two different dimensions, of which the first is sex-related (N-S) and the second sex-free (N-A). The ... -
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 ... -
The Metacognitions Questionnaire and Its Derivatives in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review of Psychometric Properties
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background: The Metacognitions Questionnaire (MCQ) and its derivatives have been instrumental in research examining the Self-Regulatory Executive Function Model in adults. Studies testing whether findings are applicable ... -
Adolescent Health. Perceived Stress in Relation to Pain, Physical Fitness, Mindfulness, and BMI
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2019:3, Doctoral thesis, 2019)Summary: Stress and pain are prevalent and significantly associated in Norwegian 15-16 year olds. Physical fitness seems not to protect against stress in the adolescents. Attention awareness, on the contrary, might have ... -
Digitalisering av onboardingprogram - En kvalitativ studie av nyansattes opplevelser
(Master thesis, 2019)Som følge av et moderne arbeidsliv i stadig endring, har det blitt vanligere å skifte jobb oftere. Med hyppigere jobbskifter, må virksomheter bruke mer ressurser på rekrutteringsprosesser. Det er lett å tenke at ... -
Er depresjon en barriere for god behandlingseffekt ved fedmebehandling av ungdom?
(Master thesis, 2019)Ungdomstiden er en særlig sårbar periode både for utvikling av fedme og depresjon (Costello, Egger, & Angold, 2005; Daniels et al., 2005; Hankin, 2006; Kessler, Berglund, Demler, Jin, & Walters, 2005; Kim-Cohen et al., ... -
Å tro eller gå fortapt - Religionsutbryteres livshistorier
(Master thesis, 2019)Det har blitt etterlyst mer kunnskap om hvordan det oppleves å bryte ut av et trossamfunn, også i psykologifaglige miljøer. Det foreligger i all hovedsak lite psykologisk forskning om hvordan religiøse bruddprosesser ...
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