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Human Co-Agency withTechnical Systems:Investigations of ModellingFrameworks
(Doctoral thesis, )This thesis is about the conceptual frameworks and models that we use to understand human performance in technical work situations. It represents both theoretical and empirical approaches to the issue of how we can ... -
Influencing subgroups of young drivers and their passengers. Motivational influences of personality traits on risk-taking attitudes and driving behaviour.
(Doctoral thesis, 2002)In Norway, as well as in many other countries, traffic accidents are one of the greatest threats against adolescents’ health. Young Norwegian drivers are found to have 10-15 times as high a risk of being involved in traffic ... -
How single events change travel mode choice : a life span perspective
(Chapter; Conference object; Peer reviewed, 2004)This paper reports the results of an explorative study with 91 German participants which was conducted in late 2003 as online-research with people between 19 and 62 years of age. Aim of the study was to test which events ... -
Consequences of early mild-to-moderate malnutrition for later cognitive, social and emotional development and the importance of maternal nutritional knowledge for child nutritional outcome in Ghana
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2004:144, Doctoral thesis, 2004)The consequences of mild-to-moderate malnutrition during early childhood, for social and emotional status at ages 8-16 were investigated in this study. Fifty-four Ghanaian children who were malnourished during the first ... -
Mediekampanje om røykfrie serveringssteder våren 2004. Evalueringen av det offentlige tobakksforebyggende arbeidet i Norge 2003-2007. Rapport 1 fra HEMIL/SIRUS
(SIRUS skrifter;1/2004, Research report, 2004)På oppdrag fra Sosial- og helsedirektoratet har SIRUS evaluert kommunikasjonskampanjen som ble gjennomført for å forberede publikum og serveringsbransjen på endringene i Røykeloven 1. juni 2004. Kampanjen ble gjennomført ... -
Characteristics of and Preference for Infant Directed Speech
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2005:141, Doctoral thesis, 2005)Infant directed speech (IDS) has different characteristics than adult directed speech (ADS). Studies of acoustic-phonetic aspects of IDS show, by measures of the first two formant frequencies, that vowels have more extreme ... -
The perception of job insecurity: Organisational antecedents, employee experiences and outcomes for health and safety
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2005:123, Doctoral thesis, 2005)Job insecurity is a well documented correlate to the organisational change activities of contemporary working life. Job insecurity refers to a state in which employees experience their jobs as being threatened, combined ... -
A randomized trial of cognitive group therapy vs. waiting list for patients with co-morbid psychiatric disorders: Effect of cognitive group therapy after treatment and six and twelve months follow-up
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2005)The aim of the study was to assess the effectiveness of cognitive group therapy compared to a waiting list in a sample of patients with heterogeneous non-psychotic disorders. Participants in this study were referred from ... -
Deliberate self-harm in urban Uganda – a case-control study
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2006:229, Doctoral thesis, 2006)Background: Deliberate self-harm (DSH) is both a personal problem and a public health problem not only in the West but also in sub-Saharan Africa including Uganda. Generally however, there is an absence of suicide ... -
Voicing Silence: A Political Psychological Analysis of the Aftermath of the Bosnian War Rapes
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2007:9, Doctoral thesis, 2006)Det viktigste målet med dette doktorgradsprsojektet har vært å undersøke hvordan individuelle ofre og deres nærmeste lever med voldtektserfaringene fra krigen i Bosnia. Forsker ved Institutt for Fredsforskning (PRIO), Inger ... -
Å holde på med lego. En empirisk studie i meningsdannelse
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Measuring health-related quality of life in young adolescents: Reliability and validity in the Norwegian version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ 4.0 (PedsQL) generic core scales
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2006)Background: Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) studies concerning children and adolescents are a growing field of research. The Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL™) is considered as a promising HRQOL instrument ... -
Evaluering av tobakkskampanjen "Røyken tar pusten fra deg". Evaluering av det offentlige tobakksforebyggende arbeidet i Norge 2003-2007 rapport 9 fra HEMIL
(SIRUS Skrifter;3/2006, Research report, 2006)Denne rapporten presenterer evalueringen av tobakkskampanjen ”Røyken tar pusten fra deg” som ble gjennomført rett over nyttår 2006 av Sosial- og helsedirektoratet. Hovedmålsettingen med massemediekampanjen var å bidra ... -
The spaces in between - A Qualitative Enquiry into the Identity Development of Third Culture Kids
(Master thesis, 2006)Over the last few decades there has been an increasing focus on the role of culture in child development, aspects of development within cross-cultural psychology, as well reflections on the components of identity in a ... -
Adolescents in speciality mental health services (BUP): time trends, referral problems, and co-occuring conditions
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2007:75, Doctoral thesis, 2007)Traditionally, research on mental health problems among children and adolescents has focused mainly on prevalences and predictors of stability and changes in these disorders. Less is known about associated conditions as ... -
Joint Cognitive Systems at Sea: A study of High Speed Craft Operation
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2007:121, Doctoral thesis, 2007)This thesis presents a philosophical, theoretical, practical and methodological discussion of the relationship between humans and technology in relation to technically assisted movement. The themes are investigated in ... -
Five-factor model personality traits in opioid dependence
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2007)Background: Personality traits may form a part of the aetiology of opioid dependence. For instance, opioid dependence may result from self-medication in emotionally unstable individuals, or from experimenting with ... -
Children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: A study of health-related quality of life, mental health and intellectual aspects
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The Evolutionary Psychology of Psychopathology: Towards an Integrative Conceptual Framework and Research Programme
(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 ... -
Attitudes towards child sexual abuse
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2008:63, Doctoral thesis, 2008)The main purpose of the present thesis was to develop a measurement instrument aimed to reveal attitudes towards child sexual abuse, and to measure attitudes and associating personal, social and cultural factors among three ...