Mastergradsoppgaver i psykologi: Recent submissions

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    • Birthday Celebrations Social Impact. What Can We Lear From Children’s Experiences? 

      Smeds, Amanda (Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2022-12-01)
      Children’s birthday celebrations are a social event including different social activities and birthday rituals. As previous research show rituals to enhance cohesion amongst its ritual participants, we assumed in-group and out-group memberships could be established at birthday celebrations between children in an already constituted group. With this study we aim to gain a better understanding of ...

    • Are Personality Traits Related to how Healthy Adults Adjust Their Decision-Making Strategies Under Varying Levels of Reward and Loss Controllability? 

      Angen, Caroline Alexandra Grant (Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2022-05-16)
      Abstract Research suggests a dual-system theory of motivation on decision-making in humans, consisting of the Pavlovian and the Instrumental systems. These systems influence how we respond to environmental threats and rewards either in an automatic or in a more deliberate manner, and their interaction can either optimize or hinder decision-making. Importantly, humans seem to rely more heavily on ...

    • Effects of Experimentally Induced Pain on Value-Based Decision-Making in Healthy Adults 

      Klakegg, Ina (Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2022-05-16)
      Every day we make decisions that influence our well-being. Because of this, it is crucial that we make the most optimal decisions possible in order to minimize unnecessary loss or suffering. Some groups might be more vulnerable to making maladaptive choices, such as those suffering with chronic pain, which is associated with various cognitive impairments. As it currently stands there is not a clear ...

    • The Shame of Buried Giants and the Courage to Dig Them Up 

      de Besche, Torstein (Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2022-05-16)
      Sammendrag Når gruppen din begår en handling som du ser på som moralsk feil, kan du enten ta eierskap av det moralske nederlaget og beklage, aktivt prøve å gjemme bevis og unngå tema, eller ikke gjøre noe som helst. Vi replikerte studier på gruppe-basert skam som skiller skam inn i to forskjellige emosjonskalaer, rykte skam og moralsk skam. En konfirmatorisk faktoranalyse viste at gruppe-basert ...

    • Combining Prolonged Heat Pain with Low Controllability Over Rewards and Losses Results in Minimal Effects on Value-Based Decision-Making 

      Kuprejeva, Anastasija (Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2022-05-16)
      Previous research has shown that experimental manipulations aiming at inducing choice strategies resembling learned helplessness (LH) in healthy adults influence the arbitration between simple and complex decision-making strategies. However, research regarding decision-making and LH-manipulations with experimental pain is lacking. Therefore, the present study applied the new LH-induction method with ...

    • Replicating the effect of brain stimulation on mind wandering: A pre-registered study 

      Alexandersen, Andreas (Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2022-05-15)
      Mind wandering (MW) is a common mental phenomenon. Despite this, there is still much we don’t know about this pervasive mental state. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has been proposed to be able to modulate mind wandering propensity, but a large variability in results paints an inconclusive picture in the current brain stimulation literature, and a satisfactory conclusion is still ...

    • Structural differences in brain structure after trauma An analysis based on The Tromsø Study 

      Christensen, Maren Angel (Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2022-05-15)
      Research conducted on trauma patients has shown that the local brain regions in patients diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is smaller than in people who are not diagnosed with PTSD. Therefore, the research question we address in this master thesis is: Are there structural brain differences in participants that have experienced traumatic incidents in their lives? We also use anxiety ...

    • Procrastination and it's Negative Emotional Consequences. How are procrastination related to negative emotional consequences of procrastination and how can it be measured? 

      Blikra, Amund (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2022-05-16)
      Forskning på prokrastinering har flere utfordringer som hindrer oss fra å forklare relasjonen mellom prokrastinering og variabler som prokrastinering har kjente relasjoner med. Denne studien har forsøkt å måle direkte konsekvenser av prokrastinering og videre analysere sammenhengen mellom prokrastinering og dens kjente relasjoner med negative konsekvenser av prokrastinering. På denne måten kan vi ...

    • Procrastination: The Role of Interest: A quantitative study of individual interest role in student’s procrastination level 

      Kraugerud, Jesper (Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2022-05-16)
      Procrastination describes a phenomenon where people voluntarily delay working on a task despite being aware of potential negative consequences. It’s been associated with negative consequences related to performance, well-being, and physical and mental health. One potential solution research has somewhat neglected in procrastination research is Interest. What research exist on this topic indicates ...

    • Parenting an Adolescent with Severe Emotional Difficulties – A Qualitative Study of Family Experiences with DBT-A 

      Rolandsen, Christina (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2021-05-01)
      Parenting an adolescent with severe emotional difficulties is challenging, and research shows that when parents do not receive adequate support it can have adverse consequences for the parents, the adolescents, and their siblings. Dialectical behavioral therapy for adolescents (DBT-A) is a treatment method that has an increased focus on parental support, and by including parents in treatment DBT-A ...

    • The effects of experiencing stereotype threat and internal attribution of failure among women’s intentions to drop out from university 

      Kofoed Eriksen, Tina (Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2021-05-10)
      The aim of the present study was to investigate why women drop out from university, with specific focus on female students from science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). We developed three hypotheses based on stereotype threat theory (Steele & Aronson, 1995) and attribution theory (Heider, 1958). The hypotheses were as following: H1) The experience of stereotype threat is related to ...

    • Gender differences in the relationship of lung function and response times during verbal performance in healthy adolescents 

      Flatebø, Solveig (Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2017-05-02)
      Abstract The association between lung function and cognition has been examined in adulthood and in old age, but few studies have investigated the relationship in early life periods such as in adolescence. Because development in adolescence involves remarkable physiological and psychological changes, it is important to explore closely the relationship between bodily functions and cognition. This ...

    • Dysleksi: Tidlige risikomarkører for dysleksi 

      Riise, Sølvi Grønning (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2021-12-15)
      The purpose of this master's thesis was to investigate whether or not students who were identified with poor literacy skills at 3rd grade, displayed poor literacy skills at the start of 1st grade and in 2nd grade. The theoretical framework for the master's thesis is the prevailing etiological model for dyslexia, namely the Multiple Deficit Model (MDM). It suggests that dyslexia (and other developmental ...

    • Flow in Physical Activity and Exercise: Exploring the Relevance of Mindfulness and Exertion 

      Karlsen, Karoline (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2021-05-14)
      Experiencing flow in physical activity is associated with intrinsic motivation and has proven to be a highly rewarding state of mind (Csikszentmihalyi, 2008). Facilitating flow experiences among regular exercisers can be beneficial in terms of promoting long-term physical activity engagement. In a longitudinal study we explored possible factors predicting flow experiences in exercisers by measuring ...

    • The help may be far away: The effect of construal level and social distance on charity donations 

      Høgsdal, Helene (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2021-05-17)
      Is it possible to influence people´s willingness to donate money? In two experiments we investigated whether participant´s (N = 417) willingness to donate money to a charitable cause could be influenced by mental representations and social distance towards the donation target. In both experiments we manipulated the perceived social distance towards the donation target, and the construal level of the ...

    • What predicts student decision to leave? A new perspective on academic attrition 

      Nemtcan, Efim (Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2019-05-02)
      The issue of attrition from higher education is a significant problem across Europe and especially Norway, where dropout rates are as high as 20-25%. In the current study, we address the issue from the perspective of attrition intentions that have been found closely associated with actual attrition behavior. In particular, we attempted to differentiate between types of students’ attrition intentions: ...

    • Social identity’s relasjon til social approach motivation (via sense of belonging) hos universitetstudenter med innvandrerbakgrunn 

      Refsnes, Silje (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2020-05-29)
      Frafall på universitetet representerer en rekke sosiale og sosioøkonomisk utfordringer. En gruppe som er mer utsatt for å droppe ut fra universitetene i Norge, er innvandrerstudenter. Denne gruppen er preget av høyere frafall enn sine norske medstudenter, samtidig som forskning viser at denne gruppen er utsatt for negative stereotypier i akademia. Den høye frafallstatistikken kan delvis forklares ...

    • Er aktive ansatte mindre sykemeldte? En longitudinell studie av sammenhengen mellom registrert fysisk aktivitet i mobilapplikasjonen SPOR og sykefravær ved Sparebank 1 Nord-Norge 

      Stensland, Eva (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2020-05-04)
      Norsk sykefravær er høyt sammenlignet med andre land i Europa og hovedårsakene til fraværet er muskel og skjelettlidelser, samt lettere psykiske lidelser. Fysisk aktivitet er en faktor som kan forebygge disse lidelsene. Studiens hovedmål var å undersøke den potensielle sammenhengen mellom fysisk aktivitet og sykefravær. Studien har benyttet data for sykefravær til ansatte ved SpareBank 1 Nord-Norge ...

    • Health, Social, and Lifestyle Factors Related to Combined Alcohol and Sleep Problems: Investigating Risks of Chronic Pain, Welfare Benefits, Divorce, Smoking, and Low Physical Activity in Relation to Alcohol and Sleep Problems 

      Storvik, Mia Caroline (Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2019-05-02)
      The purpose of the study was to uncover whether there are increased risks associated to having combined alcohol and sleep problems in association to health, social, and lifestyle factors. This in comparison to having either alcohol and sleep problems, as opposed to having neither alcohol nor sleep problems. This study investigates potential risks in association to chronic pain, reception of welfare ...

    • Sammenheng mellom mindset og tankestrategi 

      Gonzalez, Nathalie Zahra (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2019-05-09)
      Prefaktiske tanker – tanker om konsekvenser av tenkte handlinger før de utføres – kan være gunstig for å forstå hvordan fremtidige mål kan oppnås. (Epstude, Scholl & Roese, 2016), mens kontrafaktisk tanker – tanker om hva som alternativt kunne skjedd – er funksjonell ved å hjelpe individet med atferdsregulering (Epstude & Roese, 2008). Denne studien undersøker sammenhengen mellom studenters prefaktiske- ...