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Nature Connectedness in Preschool Children
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2024-05-02)This study aimed to assess nature connectedness in preschool children. Spending time in nature is associated with multiple health benefits, in terms of cognitive, social, and emotional well-being. Individuals who are highly connected to nature tend to spend more time in nature. The objectives of this study were threefold: to examine if children in nature preschools differ in their nature connectedness ... -
Advice from Humans and Artificial Intelligence: Can We Distinguish Them, and is One Better Than the Other?
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2024-05-01)The emergence of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) has brought about the release of large language models (LLM) to the public. People are increasingly turning to AI for information and advice. Little is known about the quality of the AI output. This raises urgent questions regarding whether we can distinguish AI from human resources, how the quality of the content compares, and whether we ... -
Man`s Best Friend and Therapist`s Best Assistant? Exploring the Potential of Dog-Assisted Interventions in Norwegian Institutions
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-02)Humans and dogs have a long history together. The dog’s purpose has changed from being a practical tool to being a “co-therapist”. Today, animal-assisted therapy is a common phenomenon internationally. However, the evidence for animal-assisted interventions is not very recognised in Norway. The present study aimed to investigate dogs’ ability as a form of emotional support for people in therapy in ... -
Lunch Break Environments and Their Effect on Psychological Detachment and Well-Being
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-02)With increasing attention to the importance of recovery experiences, particularly in mitigating workplace stress and promoting well-being, the present research seeks to contribute to the understanding of how environmental factors influence psychological detachment and emotional exhaustion during lunch breaks. Drawing upon theories from both environmental psychology and work and occupational psychology, ... -
Exploring the Link between Mind Wandering and Reinforcement Learning through Behavioral Analysis and Pupillometry
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-02)Many studies have shown the negative effects of mind wandering (MW) on performance in sustained attention tasks, however, its effects on reinforcement learning (RL), a process based on reward- and loss-based learning, is an unexplored field. In the current study, we aimed to investigate the relationship between MW and RL by employing a novel RL task to observe how MW influences performance. In ... -
Eternal Sunshine of the Positive Mind? A Qualitative Study Investigating Laypeople’s Diverse Definition of Positive Thinking
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-01)We often receive advice to think positively when faced with difficulties as it is believed to be helpful by increasing motivation to solve tasks or even to treat illness. Despite its prevalence, positivity as cognition has not been sufficiently defined. Thus, this thesis investigates folk theories about positive thinking through two qualitative studies; focus group interviews (n=18) and an online ... -
The Sky is the Limit: Breaking the Glass Ceiling as an Ethnic Minority in Organizations
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-01)People with an ethnic minority background are becoming more prevalent in Western societies, and are more represented in the workforce as a consequence. Negative stereotypes and attitudes towards ethnic minorities persist in terms of lack of skill and knowledge that leads to discrimination and negative outcomes in their career progression. These obstacles make a glass ceiling that limit the potential ... -
Elementary Children’s Well-Being and The Effect of Siblings During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comparison of Four European Countries
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-01)Late in 2019, the world changed due to the spreading of the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) virus. As a consequence of this virus, governments decided to implement lockdowns and school closures, as a measure to reduce the spreading of the deadly virus. In the present work, we aimed to investigate the impact these lockdowns and school closures had on children’s well-being. We used a cross-country approach with ... -
Are There Gender Differences in Children’s Understanding of Hidden Emotions?
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-01)This study investigated whether there are gender differences in children's understanding of hidden emotions. Additionally, it explored whether there are gender differences in hidden emotion understanding in different social contexts (peer vs. family) and for different emotion categories (submissive emotions vs. disharmonious emotions). Our sample included 27 children aged four to six years and 17 ... -
The Use of Situational Cues When Thinking About Future Action: The Relevance of Visual Imagery and Relationship With Conscientiousness
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-01)Previous research has found a relationship between the habitual inclusion of situational cues in thoughts about future action, self-regulation success, and the personality trait conscientiousness. The present research aimed to replicate previous correlational findings from Martiny-Huenger et al., (2022) as well as presenting a new aspect that might influence the effectiveness of situational cue-thought ... -
Adjusting the Instruction-Based Congruency Effect to an Explicit cue Requires Practise
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-01)Humans display an ability to rapidly adapt behaviour to novelly instructed relations. Instructions typically bind known stimuli and responses in novel ways that must be retained for future implementation, which can induce unintentional effects on a secondary task. This effect can be adjusted based on the degree of preparation for the retained instruction. Cues can be used to explicitly signal upcoming ... -
Default, time-pressured and incentivized deliberate reasoning
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2021-05-14)The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect time-pressure and incentives have on deliberate reasoning. A person’s tendency to engage in and enjoy processes that require reasoning, i.e., their need for cognition, and their algorithmic ability are factors that may moderate performance in reasoning tasks when they are under time-pressure or given monetary reward. Identifying how to increase ... -
Mapping the Well-Being of Norwegian Mothers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2022-05-12)The COVID-19 pandemic has had negative effects on people’s well-being and quality of life. In order to extend existing research, we focused on Norwegian mothers with children in elementary schools, and investigated whether the pandemic influenced their well-being, stress, and worries. Our sample consisted of 231 mothers responding in the first data collection that took place June 2020, 97 mothers ... -
Examining predictors of communal occupational aspirations in middle childhood
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2022-05-06)The development of occupational aspirations begins in early childhood, and gender differences in occupational aspirations has been observed in children as young as age 4. The present study aims to investigate the development of communal occupational aspirations in middle childhood over time, based on the developmental theory of occupational aspirations by Gottfredson (1981). The study uses data from ... -
Exploring the Relationship Between Feeling of Rightness and Recall: A Study Challenging Dual Process Theory
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2023-04-28)Tidlig forskning på bedømming- og beslutningstaking antyder at vi har to systemer som tas i bruk når vi tenker: et raskt, intuitivt system (system 1) og et langsommere, mer overveiende system (system 2), referert til som toprosessteorien. Gjennom resonneringsoppgaver har denne forskningen vist at system 2 produserer normativt korrekte svar, og system 1 produserer feilaktige intuitive svar, og at ... -
Man Enough to Care: Masculinity Threat and Misfit of Men Studying Communal Occupations
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2023-04-28)Fra en ung alder har menn internalisert kjønnsstereotypier av hva det vil si å være en "ekte" mann. Maskulinitetstrussel er frykten en mann opplever når de internaliserte kjønnsstereotypene ikke opprettholdes, de føler at maskuliniteten deres blir truet. I denne studien tar vi sikte på å undersøke om det å fremheve viktigheten av omsorgstrekk for mannlige studenter – men ikke kvinnelige studenter – ... -
Social Jetlag and its Relation to Procrastination: The Possible Moderating Role of Daytime Fatigue and Affect
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2023-04-28)This study aimed to assess the relationship between Social Jetlag (SJL) and procrastination among university students. SJL may occur when our biological circadian sleep clock is delayed as compared to our social clock (e.g., getting up early for work), causing an accumulation of sleep debt during the week. This may predict several maladaptive behaviors for students, such as procrastination. ... -
The Role of Need for Cognition in the Association Between Work Demands and Home Outcomes
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2023-04-28)Kjærlighetsrelasjoner er en viktig del av våres liv og forskning viser til at kontekstuelle utfordringer (f.eks., arbeidsmengde), kan negativt påvirke slike relasjoner–et eksempel på jobb–til–liv konflikt. Arbeidet man utfører blir stadig mer komplekst og ansatte må utføre oppgaver som er både ukjente og utfordrende. Selv om slik kvalitativ arbeidsmengde er utbredt blant ansatte, vet vi lite om ... -
Enhancing Leadership effectiveness in Virtual Teams: The Moderating Role of Transformational Leadership on Exhaustion and Job Satisfaction
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2023-04-28)Fremveksten av virtuelt arbeid og bruken av virtuelle teams i organisasjoner, ble intensivert av den nylige globale COVID-19-pandemien, og derved også behovet for å forstå hvordan en leders effektivitet kan bli påvirket i virtuelle arbeids kontekster. Denne studien undersøker den potensielt modererende rollen til transformasjonsledelse på forholdet mellom virtuelle teams og leder effektivitet, gjennom ... -
Safety in Avalanche Terrain: A mixed method study on how Norwegian backcountry skiers plan, conduct and evaluate trips
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2020-05-04)Every year backcountry skiers are victims of avalanches, and human errors are recognized as one of the most important factors in explaining why these accidents happen. We used an embedded mixed method design, in which the qualitative data was given priority, in order to investigate how backcountry skiers plan, conduct and evaluate trips in avalanche terrain. In all, a sample of 23 backcountry skiers ...
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