Blar i Institutt for psykologi på forfatter "Haga, Monika"
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Motor Skill Development in Italian Pre-School Children Induced by Structured Activities in a Specific Playground
Tortella, Patrizia; Haga, Monika; Lorås, Håvard W.; Sigmundsson, Hermundur; Fumagalli, Guido (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)This study examined the effects and specificity of structured and unstructured activities played at the playground Primo Sport 0246 in Northern Italy on motor skill competence in five years old children. The playground was ... -
Pain is prevalent among adolescents and equally related to stress across genders
Østerås, Berit; Sigmundsson, Hermundur; Haga, Monika (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Background: Young people seem increasingly disabled due to pain and stress. Pain and stress are health risks with adverse long-term health effects. Traditionally, these health risks have been most prevalent and strongest ... -
Passion, grit and mindset in young adults: Exploring the relationship and gender differences
Sigmundsson, Hermundur; Haga, Monika; Hermundsdottir, Fanny (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The main aim of the study was to explore the associations between passion, grit and mindset in a group of young Icelandic adults. The sample consisted of 146 participants. The eight item Passion Scale was used to assess ... -
Perceived stress and musculoskeletal pain are prevalent and significantly associated in adolescents : An epidemiological cross-sectional study
Østerås, Berit; Sigmundsson, Hermundur; Haga, Monika (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Background: Long-term musculoskeletal pain and negative stress are health risks with adverse long-term health effects, and these health risks seem to increase among young people. The mechanisms behind this are unclear. ... -
Physical Fitness Levels Do Not Affect Stress Levels in a Sample of Norwegian Adolescents
Østerås, Berit; Sigmundsson, Hermundur; Haga, Monika (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Physical inactivity, low physical fitness, and perceived stress during adolescence are presumed to be risk factors for various disorders and subjective health complaints. On the other hand, physical activity and physical ... -
Physical Fitness Measures Among Adolescents With High and Low Motor Competence
Gísladóttir, Þórdís; Haga, Monika; Sigmundsson, Hermundur (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Physical fitness level is considered to yield substantial health benefits. Earlier studies have demonstrated poor physical fitness outcomes and reduced level of physical activity among adolescents. There have been very few ... -
Psychometric Properties of the Perceived Stress Questionnaire (PSQ) in 15–16 Years Old Norwegian Adolescents
Østerås, Berit; Sigmundsson, Hermundur; Haga, Monika (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)A better understanding about prerequisites of health and well-being in adolescents is important to prevent chronicity and comorbidities of stress and to improve health promotion in this group. For this purpose, useful ... -
The Effect of Aerobic Exercise on Speed and Accuracy Task Components in Motor Learning
Stranda, Håvard; Haga, Monika; Sigmundsson, Hermundur; Lorås, Håvard Wuttudal (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 ... -
The passion scale: Aspects of reliability and validity of a new 8-item scale assessing passion.
Sigmundsson, Hermundur; Haga, Monika; Hermundsdottir, Fanny (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)In this article, the psychometric properties of a new scale aimed at quantifying passion are explored, i.e. passion related to becoming good or achieving in some area/theme/skill. The Passion Scale was designed to be ... -
What is trained develops! Perspective on skill learning.
Sigmundsson, Hermundur; Trana, Leif Magnus; Polman, Remco C.J.; Haga, Monika (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Knowledge about developmental theories is important for experts or specialists working with children following normal development and children who have various kinds of dysfunction, in order to better understand what happens ...