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Romanova, Evguenia (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 31-okt-2007)[+][-]
Sammendrag: Self-report scales designed to measure attitudes toward both Russia and Norway, attitude between Norway and Russia, the degree of perceptual fit into each of the cultures, cultural distance and satisfaction with life, were completed by Russian-speaking immigrants. The main purpose of the study was to explore Heider’s social balance theory in acculturation research. It was predicted that balance is positively associated with satisfaction with life, while imbalance is negatively associated with satisfaction with life. The hypothesis was only supported by two cases. The only constructs which correlated significantly with SWLS, were the full balance of the attitude triad (+ + +) and imbalance total triad (+ + -). The secondary purpose of the study was to test Berry’s four-fold theory. The results showed that in terms of satisfaction with life, integration and assimilation were indistinguishable in having low positive correlations with adaptation, but were both more positive than separation and marginalisation, which were equally indistinguishable in having low negative correlations with adaptation. In other words, this study found the pattern of I = A > S = M, instead of the predicted I > A = S > M. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10037/1753 Tilhørende fil(er): 1
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Aspenes, Sissel (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 01-nov-2007)[+][-]
Sammendrag: Forskningsresultater tyder på at rundt 20-25 % av skilsmissebarn risikerer å oppleve langsiktige problemer på psykologiske, atferdsmessige og sosiale områder. Målet her har vært å avklare relevansen for å nyansere skilsmissen i seg selv som årsak til denne risikoen, da gjennom å presentere relevant teori og empiri i forhold til andre mulige forklaringer. Det konkluderes med at skilsmissen som enkeltfaktor er for snever til å kunne forklare variasjonen i de problemene barn risikerer etter foreldrenes brudd. Derimot vil en rekke faktorer som kan ha vært tilstede både før, under og etter skilsmissen kunne gi en mer nyansert beskrivelse på barnas risiko. Her er følgende faktorer diskutert: a) Nedsatt evne hos foreldre til å gi emosjonell støtte og kontroll, b) Tap av kontakt med den ene forelder, c)Konfliktnivå mellom foreldre, d) Økonomiske begrensninger og e) Andre stressende skilsmisserelaterte hendelser. Alle bidrar i forskjellig grad, og spesielt er konfliktnivå utslagsgivende. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10037/2362 Tilhørende fil(er): 1
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Dahl, Helene M. (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, mai-2008)[+][-]
Sammendrag: The effect of Motivational Interviewing (MI) was evaluated in a sample of incarcerated substance abusers, using the Stages of Change Readiness and Treatment Eagerness Scale (SOCRATES). The design was a pre-post between-groups design. To explore the importance of feedback in MI-training participants (N = 98) were randomized to two conditions that differed in terms of feedback or no feedback to the counsellor, and received five sessions of MI. As predicted, the results indicated a significant overall pre to post effect of the MI sessions, but contrary to the prediction the treatment effect of MI was observed in the non-feedback group only. By exploring treatment effect in the light of the subject variables length of sentence, age and type of crime committed, no significant overall effect of these factors were observed. However, violence and drug offenders deviated from the rest of the samples by indicating a lower motivational level (violence) and negative effect of MI (drug). As part of the project, the psychometric properties of the SOCRATES were explored in a factor analysis for the purpose of testing the suitability of the test in a prison sample. SOCRATES indicated an overall suitability in the present sample. Adjustments are suggested in MI training programmes in prison, as well as further research on differences between offender groups. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10037/1759 Tilhørende fil(er): 1
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Vasylenko, Olena (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 02-mai-2012)[+][-]
Sammendrag: Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a non-invasive neuromodulatory technique that can reduce pain. Its side effects are milder than those of pharmacological treatments, and its analgesic effect on chronic pain has been demonstrated. In this study we investigated 1) the effects of anodal tDCS on pain intensity and threshold, 2) the placebo component of tDCS analgesic effect, and 3) whether stress and negative affect moderate the analgesic effect of tDCS. Sixty-four participants (32 females) received three blocks of heat stimuli, 43° C, 45° C, and 47° C in each block. The treatment group received anodal tDCS of 2 mA intensity for 7 minutes, the placebo group received sham stimulation for 30 seconds, and the natural history group received painful stimuli only. Participants rated pain intensity with CoVAS. Threshold was measured before the first and after the last block. Subjective stress was measured by two SACL items, and negative affect was measured by FPQ, PANAS, and BFI questionnaires. Compared to no treatment, tDCS reduced pain by 28%, for 47° C stimuli only. Compared to sham stimulation, tDCS reduced pain by 11%, but this reduction was only marginally significant. There was no placebo response, and no effect of tDCS on pain threshold. Fear of medical pain predicted pain reduction by tDCS, higher fear of medical pain was associated with larger pain reduction. Our findings confirm and extend those of earlier experimental and clinical studies. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10037/5152 Tilhørende fil(er): 1
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Hetland, Audun (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 17-nov-2009)[+][-]
Sammendrag: In the current study 13 BASE-jumpers and 18 skydivers reported their emotions immediately after a jump and after a 24 hours delay, using verbal (Likert-like scales) and visual (Feelometer) emotional report. Heart rate measures were also collected during, and 24 hours after the jump. The Feelometer is a newly developed tool enabling the participants to give a moment-to-moment report from a particular event or episode. Given the complexity and dynamics of extreme sport experiences, the Feelometer is a promising supplement to verbal reports when it comes to measuring emotional feelings. Compared with everyday episodes, the results from the current study suggest that extreme sport episodes produce more heterogenous feeling states with a clear distinction between otherwise relatively similar feelings. The Feelometer further revealed that during the jump, participants experienced huge variation in pleasure, but relatively stable levels of interest. The variation reported for pleasure suggests that it is hard to summarize an extreme sport event on a verbal rating scale, intented to cover the entire episode. This result may explain why the study did not find any significant correlations between verbally and visually reported immediate pleasure. However, in retrospect the verbal and visualized reported emotions correlated significantly. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10037/2369 Tilhørende fil(er): 1
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Warholm, Vegard Stokka (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 14-mai-2010)[+][-]
Sammendrag: Research within neurobiology has provided evidence for two distinctive classes of positive emotion, represented by separate brain systems called the “reward seeking-” (appetitive) and the “pleasure-” (consummatory) system (Burgdorf & Panksepp 2006). Recently, happiness research has provided empirical evidence for a distinction between the emotions “interest” and “pleasure” (Vittersø, Overwien & Martinsen, 2009), which share remarkably much of the same qualities and functions as the respective brain systems. In organizational science there has been a long lasting debate whether employee happiness promotes job-performance. This study aimed to show how and why pleasure and interest should be analyzed as separate emotions in an organizational context. By this route the thesis contributes new knowledge to the controversy of the “Happy - Productive Worker”. Knowledge workers (N = 53) working in an energy corporation in Norway participated in the study, and answered a maximum of five events reconstruction samplings during one workweek (N = 170). By using a multilevel design both within-person- and between-person variance is analyzed. By analyzing a series of events, the results showed that pleasant feelings promoted event satisfaction whereas interest promoted event achievement. Hence, interest and pleasure interact with job-related skill development in distinct ways. A path model suggested that interest predicted skill improvement indirectly through event achievement. Interest and pleasure were only moderately correlated with each other. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10037/3695 Tilhørende fil(er): 1
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Søholt, Yngvil (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, mai-2008)[+][-]
Sammendrag: The purpose of this study was threefold: First, to analyze some core concepts of human well-being. As part of this issue, the study deals with the distinction between life satisfaction and personal growth. Also related to this first issue, the study investigates the difference between the emotion of pleasure and the emotion of interest. Second, to investigate changes in health, life satisfaction and emotions during the first semester with outdoor recreation in folk high schools. And third, to explore how basic needs of competence, autonomy and relatedness, levels of self-determination, state and trait emotions, and previous experience with outdoor recreation affect motivation for outdoor recreation. Students (N = 155) in two Norwegian folk high schools participated in a panel questionnaire study. Results showed that life satisfaction correlated with overall emotions as reported from a several days long outdoor recreation hike. Personal growth correlated with emotions as reported from the best moment of the hike. The students reported improved health and increased subjective well-being after three months at school. A path model revealed that motivation for doing outdoor recreation was affected by intrinsic motivation and the pleasure reported during outdoor activities. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10037/1754 Tilhørende fil(er): 1
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Hansen, Eystein Magnus (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, jan-2010)[+][-]
Sammendrag: Gester ved et språkbad sommer program ble observert naturlig slik de oppsto i undervisning for n=22 instruktører, 8 menn og 14 kvinner i videoklipp på gjennomsnittlig 572. sekunder hver. Ved analyse av videoklippene ble det funnet at instruktørene brukte hendene 64,14% av tiden til en aktivitetene til bruk av gester eller objekt. Erfarne instruktører brukte signifikant flere gester enn uerfarne instruktører, som forventet ut fra funn i annen undervisning enn språkbad undervisning (Moskowitz, 1976; Taleghani-Nikazm, 2008). Mønstre av handbruk ble analysert etter modell av McNeill (2005) og Grant (1977). Det ble funnet at erfarne instruktører brukte signifikant flere ikoniske gester og takt gester enn uerfarne lærere. Funnet av dette mønstre i gester er i samsvar med McNeill`s (2005) teori der det blir hevdet at når språk krever mye billedliggjøring, så vil man se mer bruk av ikoniske gester sammen med talen. Tre andre variabler ble målt for samme utvalg: Forventning til språknivå, aktivitets-sentrert eller språk-sentrert undervisning, og om undervisningen brukte tidligere lærte elementer fra språk, eller både tidligere lærte elementer og læring av nye elementer. Mønsteret som ble funnet kan tyde på at dersom det var behov for billedliggjøring der den kognitive belastningen var stor, så ble det brukt objekter for å symbolisere det som ble sagt. Men om den kognitive belastningen var mindre, ble det brukt mer gester for å symbolisere det som ble sagt. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10037/2441 Tilhørende fil(er): 1
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Melsom, Anne-Karine Markeng (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 04-mai-2009)[+][-]
Sammendrag: Spatial abilities determine our approach to a variety of everyday tasks. Previous research has mainly compared the spatial performance of different groups of participants, regardless of the underlying processes. The aim of this study was to explain individual differences by means of the different strategies employed in spatial problem solving. The performance of university students (n=256) was measured in small scale tests using the Vandenberg-Kuse Mental Rotations Test, The Paper Folding Test, and The Card Rotations Test. Twenty-three of the highest and 25 of the lowest performers were selected and further tested with computerized mental rotations- and Stroop interference tests. In addition, their large scale spatial abilities were explored in an indoor navigation task. We predicted that individual performance on the small scale tests may depend on selective decoding allowing successful performers to ignore irrelevant information in the navigation task. The task did encourage the use of a holistic spatial strategy. Nevertheless, the results revealed alternative strategy based on the detail knowledge from the route. This strategy appeared to be independent from the holistic strategy, and unrelated to successful navigation performance. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10037/2424 Tilhørende fil(er): 1
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Lind, Marius (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 01-feb-2009)[+][-]
Sammendrag: Testicular cancer is an increasing health concern in Norway. It afflicts young men who often think they are impervious to serious illness, causing them to delay help-seeking. This is a major concern for the health care system, as the prognosis takes a steep fall if the cancer has had time to metastasise. The present study assessed the knowledge and awareness level of testicular cancer and testicular self-examination in 110 subjects currently in the at-risk group for the disease. A factor analyses was undertaken on the obtained data, and the obtained factors together with general psychological measures of depression, anxiety, optimism and health locus of control, were used to find possible explanations for lack of testicular self-examinations or delay of help-seeking. Results are discussed in light of earlier literature. Suggestions on how to improve the problems that causes delayed help-seeking are made. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10037/1838 Tilhørende fil(er): 1
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Opstad, Jonny (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 04-mai-2009)[+][-]
Sammendrag: Oppgaven undersøkte sammenhenger mellom visuell objektgjenkjenning og oppmerksomhetsfokus. Tidligere forskning har vist at kategorien levende objekter visuelt gjenkjennes enten senere eller hurtigere enn ikke-levende objekter (Låg, 2005). Mitt prosjekt besto av to studier. Studie 1 var en internettundersøkelse som fant 160 objektbilders grader av familiaritet, typikalitet, kompleksitet og navne-representativiteten til bildene. Studie 1 bekreftet hypotesen om at levende objekter er mer typiske for kategorien sin enn hva ikke-levende objekter er. Hypotesen til Studie 2 var at forskjellig størrelse på oppmerksomhetsfokuset (global vs. lokal) påvirker gjenkjenningsfordelen til ikke-levende objekter over levende objekter. En annen hypotese var at en tofigurers-targets vanskelige bearbeidingsoppgave ville gi ikke-levende objekter en fordel. Resultatet av Studie 2-eksperimentet bekreftet hypotesen om at bilder av ikke-levende objekter ble bearbeidet og gjenkjent signifikant hurtigere enn bilder av levende objekter ved globalt fokus i en tofigurers sammenligningsoppgave. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10037/2440 Tilhørende fil(er): 1
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Dalbakk, Jon Andre (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 14-mai-2010)[+][-]
Sammendrag: “Alle elevar i grunnskolar og vidaregåande skolar har rett til eit godt fysisk og psykososialt miljø som fremjar helse, trivsel og læring” (Opplæringslova, 1998). Det ble gjort en litteraturgjennomgang av eksisterende forskning på feltet mobbing i forhold til nasjonale og kommunale føringer for arbeid mot mobbing i norske grunnskoler. Samtidig ble 35 grunnskoler i en stor norsk bykommune undersøkt og testet i forhold til kunnskap og tiltak for å bekjempe og forebygge mobbing. Målet med dette studiet var å forsøke å forklare hvorfor mobbing enda er et eksisterende problem i skolen, 30 år etter at mobbeproblematikken kom i fokus. Antagelsen var at forskning dreier seg for lite om skolen som arena for å bekjempe mobbing. Av de 35 grunnskolene som ble invitert til å delta var det bare 39 respondenter fordelt på 11 skoler som svarte på undersøkelsen. Bare 19 respondenter fullførte hele undersøkelsen. Dette kan tyde på at det er lite interesse for arbeid mot mobbing i skolen. Data fra undersøkelsen indikerer at skoler med eget antimobbeprogram er mindre samkjørte i arbeidet mot mobbing enn skoler med anerkjente og vitenskapelig testet program. Dette studiets funn kan også tyde på at det er behov for utarbeiding av et antimobbeprogram som er tilpasset ungdomsskolenivået. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10037/3696 Tilhørende fil(er): 1
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Thorsteinsen, Kjærsti (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 04-mai-2009)[+][-]
Sammendrag: This study sought to explore the relationship between interest, interests, and enjoyment in a tourist experience in order to learn more about how interest for something in a destination can be triggered and developed. A total of 100 tourists (57.3% women) who visited Tromsø between November 2008 and March 2009 participated in a questionnaire study. The questionnaire was three-folded with measures collected before (T1), during (T2), and after (T3) the excursion. The excursions in this study were able to reinforce interest for tourists with prior personal interests and arouse situational interest among tourists without a pre-existing interest. However, the situational interest was weaker than personal interest in terms of evoking a desire to do similar things again. Leisure Motivations influenced both Interest and Enjoyment in the end of the excursion, though this was more important for Interest. Further study of the role of enjoyment in sustaining of the new interest is warranted. The results of the study are discussed in light of interest development theories and implications for the tourism industry. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10037/2421 Tilhørende fil(er): 1
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Perceived safety in mining : a development of the (Vangberg-Eisemann) Perceived Safety Scale (VEPSS)Vangberg, Hans Christian Bones (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 07-mai-2008)[+][-]
Sammendrag: The perception of being safe, i.e. the perceived safety is an important prerequisite if working in unsafe environments, such as a coal-mine. Few studies take the view of the miners into consideration to investigate possible problems concerning safety. This study sought to develop an instrument measuring the perceived safety of coalminers in a Norwegian coalmine on the island of Spitsbergen. A 60-item questionnaire, developed through focus groups with miners, was distributed to the workers of one specific mine (Svea Nord). The obtained data were analyzed using principal component factor analysis. The derived constructs, Contentment, Emergency training, Pressure, External threat, and Competence, were found to possess satisfactory psychometric properties. Relationships between variables were tested as well as intergroup differences. Findings are discussed in the light of both knowledge gained from the focus groups and a literature review. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10037/1631 Tilhørende fil(er): 1
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Personality, passion, self-esteem and psychological well-being among junior elite athletes in NorwayBauger, Lars (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 02-mai-2011)[+][-]
Sammendrag: Personality research among athletes seems to have obtained less interest in recent years after much focus until the 1990s. This decline was obviously a result of ill conducted “personology” research, and a greater focus on psychological state versus trait in the sport psychology community. The present study explored personality dimensions, as measured by the Junior Temperament and Character Inventory, passion, self-esteem, and well-being among junior elite athletes. In addition, the athletes were compared with non-athletic peers to investigate if they had a personality profile which appears to be more beneficial for athletes. Female athletes scored significantly higher on the personality dimensions Reward Dependence and Cooperativeness, and significantly lower on Self-esteem than their male counterparts. Both obsessive and harmonious passion was found to be more pronounced among those competing at an international level as compared with athletes competing at a local level. In addition, the athlete sample scored significantly higher on Persistence and Self-Directedness and lower on Harm Avoidance than non-athletes. The use of the J-TCI as a measure of personality yielded interesting results, which should be relevant for the sport psychology community and increase our understanding of the underlying factors and mechanisms of elite sport. In future research, the predictive power of personality on especially performance in different sports should be investigated. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10037/3697 Tilhørende fil(er): 1
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Rydning, Ingrid (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 04-mai-2009)[+][-]
Sammendrag: Hensikten med studien var å se om studenter lar seg påvirke i liten eller stor grad av helseartikler. Det skrives mange artikler om helse og kosthold og ikke alle artiklene er like seriøse. Dette ble gjenspeilet i eksperimentet ved at artiklene i eksperimentet kun omtalte fabrikkerte forskningsfunn. Det viste seg at det var en primingseffekt av artikkelen, men ikke slik som forventet. For aroniagruppen viste det seg ved at det var flere som valgte den blå juicen, mens for nypegruppen var det flere som svarte ja for at de likte nype på datatesten. Det viste seg en liten sammenheng mellom target og hvor interessant artikkelen var, men ellers var der ingen sammenhenger mellom de eksplisitte og implisitte målene og atferdsresponsen. Dette kan tyde på en usikkerhet eller indre konflikt i deltakernes preferanser. I tillegg viste det seg en tendens til at de som var høy i åpenhet, medmenneskelighet og thrill and adventure seeking har lettere for å like og finne artikkelen interessant, men dette hadde ingen avgjørende effekt på eksperimentet. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10037/2423 Tilhørende fil(er): 1
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Mellem, Lise Sand (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 07-mai-2008)[+][-]
Sammendrag: School adaptation seems to have an impact on social, psychological, and behavioural outcomes. Empirical evidence on the stress moderating role of the sense of coherence (SOC), which implies to which degree one find life meaningful, comprehensible and manageable, may offer a scope for development of prevention policies. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship and interactions between high school students perceived stress (PSQ), sense of coherence (SOC-13), perceived health condition (HBSC), memories of childhood upbringing separate for mother and fathers parenting style (s-EMBU), locus of control (LOC) and degree of conformity (NC). All respondents were at least 18 years during semesters 2007/08. Three high schools in Tromsø, here referred to as school A, B and C, participated in the study. Results were analysed for total group, for each gender and also individually for each school. The study included 125 respondents, 61 females and 64 males, who completed a test battery in paper form. The results revealed that youth with a high sense of coherence report less perceived stress, whereas youth with high perceived stress report more health complaints. Males with the highest sense of coherence and females with lowest sense of coherence (SOC) report the strongest correlation between the sense of coherence and health complaints. There were only very weak correlations, in particular for males, between SOC and factors from experienced childhood upbringing, no statistically significant correlations were found. There were no statistically significant correlations between SOC and youths locus of control. Significant gender differences were found in that perceived stress and level of health complaints is significantly higher in females. Health complaints and sense of coherence has the largest predictive power for females and males perceived stress. For males their sense of coherence has an almost equally strong predictive power as perceived health. Evaluation of parallelism shows that SOC and HBSC do not have a significantly different effect on perceived stress in males and females. But the overall level of stress and health complaints is reported as higher in females. Due to methodological limitations, any conclusions about causality cannot be drawn from the present results. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10037/1748 Tilhørende fil(er): 1
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Engum, Tove-Beate (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 07-sep-2011)[+][-]
Sammendrag: Denne studien undersøkte sjekking på internett blant homofile menn og lesbiske kvinner. Tidligere forskning viser at sjekkeatferd rettledes av ulike sett gruppespesifikke normer og rolleforventninger, kalt seksuelle skript. Det tradisjonelle interpersonlige heteroseksuelle skriptet er kulturelt betinget, og sterkt påvirket av kjønn og kjønnsroller. Hvordan ser det da ut når to personer av samme kjønn samhandler og forhandler om intimitet - på internettscenen? Hva sier det interpersonlige homoseksuelle og lesbiske skriptet? Hvilke roller inntar man i samhandlingsprosessen, og hvilke forventninger hviler på disse rollene? Ved hjelp av semistrukturerte intervju på internett (chat), samt ansikt til ansikt intervjuer, ble det utforsket hvordan lesbiske kvinner og homofile menn oppfatter, beskriver, og tolker sine handlinger og erfaringer på internettscenen. Fem homofile menn og ni lesbiske kvinner i alderen 20 til 59 år ble intervjuet, hvorav åtte over internett (chat) og seks ansikt til ansikt. Intervjuene ble utført med en narrativ tilnærming hvor respondentene ble spurt om deres siste internettdate, den mest positive, og den mest negative erfaringen de hadde. Resultatene i denne studien viser at det interpersonlige skriptet organiserer aktørene til samarbeid og forhandlinger på internettscenen. Forhandlinger mellom to av samme kjønn påvirkes av om aktørene er utpreget innadvendte eller utadvendte i personlighet, hvor den utadvendte med størst sannsynlighet vil være den som tar initiativ til kontakt. Etter hvert vil aktørene fordele kontrollen over samtalen likt mellom seg. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10037/3699 Tilhørende fil(er): 4
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Iversen, Gunn Irene (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 04-mai-2009)[+][-]
Sammendrag: The purpose of this study was to explore the role of friendships in the social adjustment of international students, in particular to explore the role of preference for co-nationals/co-culturals as opposed to a preference for befriending people belonging to other cultural groups. Information was gathered by a psychometric, self-report survey questionnaire. A modified version of the Sociocultural Adaptation Scale (Ward & Kennedy, 1999) was used. For the purpose of this study, a Success Scale, a Co-national Scale and an Openness Scale were created. The sample consisted of 265 students studying abroad. The most important results showed that a preference for co-nationals was related to a higher amount of experienced difficulties and a lower level of success. Keywords: exchange students, foreign students, friendship patterns, international students, Sociocultural Adaptation Scale, social adjustment, sojourn. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10037/2425 Tilhørende fil(er): 1
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Johansen, Nicholas S. (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 02-mai-2012)[+][-]
Sammendrag: Family Aggression Replacement Training (Family ART) is an expansion of Aggression Replacement Training (ART). The purpose of Family ART is to further enhance social skills and reduce problem behaviour. This is to happen by increasing application of what is learnt in the training sessions, to settings outside that of the training, by actively involving children’s significant persons in the ART programme. The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of a Family ART intervention on six families. The assessment was based on pre- and posttest scores on the Social Skills Rating System (SSRS), and qualitative data obtained through semi-structured interviews. The secondary objective of the SSRS and interviews was to determine how any effect may have come about. In addition to this, the interviews were employed to investigate whether the parents experienced personal development. The SSRS results indicated that Family ART was associated with an increase in social skills and a reduction in problem behaviour. Additional support for the effect of Family ART was found in the interview transcripts: Both parents and children expressed that the intervention had benefitted them somehow. Given the low number of participants and the lack of proper control group comparison, the present study was considered explorative and no conclusion was drawn. The findings do indicate that the intervention works as intended, but more rigorous research must be conducted in order to conclude whether or not this is the case. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10037/4437 Tilhørende fil(er): 1
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