Numerical probabilities representing health risks or treatment benefits are constantly communicated to the general public. These probabilities are often embedded in contextual information in the form of a personal patient narrative or newscasts. Previous research suggest that people’s perceptions of risk will be greater when probability information is communicated along with contextual information. ...

Perfeksjonisme som psykologisk fenomen er kjent i faglitteratur fra begynnelsen av 1900- tallet. Det er forskjeller i hvordan perfeksjonisme defineres. Fellestrekk for definisjonene er at perfeksjonisme ses på som streben etter feilfrihet samt å sette ekstremt høye standarder for ytelse. Denne oppgaven forsøker å besvare tre problemstillinger: hva er perfeksjonisme, hvordan kommer det til uttrykk i ...

Fibromyalgi er et kronisk smertesyndrom kjennetegnet av vedvarende smerter og er sett på som en stor helsemessig utfordring. Verken behandlingsmetoder eller patofysiologi er fullstendig kartlagt, men nyere forskning indikerer at sentralnervøse dysfunksjoner kan være en av årsakene til lidelsen. Transkraniell likestrømstimulering (tDCS) er en ikke-invasiv hjernestimuleringsteknikk som har vist seg ...

Objective: Verbal information accompanying administration of a drug has been shown to modulate treatment outcome, in both positive and negative directions. If drug effects alter as a function of verbal suggestions, negative information may potentially abolish or even reverse treatment effects. To test whether nocebo information can reverse the effect of a drug, we investigated how such information ...

Prokrastinering – det at man frivillig utsetter en planlagt handling slik at en blir dårligere stilt på grunn av utsettelsen – er et problem med selvregulering og er særlig utbredt blant studenter. Det foreligger lite forskning på fenomenet i Norge. Samtidig rapporterer mange studenter om vansker i sin studiehverdag, og det er sannsynlig at noe av forklaringen kan tilskrives prokrastinering. Hensikten ...

We used filtered low spatial frequency images of facial emotional expressions (angry, fearful, happy, sad, or neutral faces) that were blended with a high-frequency image of the same face but with a neutral facial expression, so as to obtain a “hybrid” face image that “masked” the subjective perception of its emotional expression. Participants were categorized in three groups of participants: healthy ...

Background: The knowledge of scientific dishonesty is scarce and heterogeneous. Therefore this study investigates the experiences with and the attitudes towards various forms of scientific dishonesty among PhD-students at the medical faculties of all Norwegian universities. Method: Anonymous questionnaire distributed to all post graduate students attending introductory PhD-courses at all medical ...

Aim Rising concern for demonstrated real world comparative effectiveness has heightened interest in “pragmatic trials” design. Pragmatic trials investigate whether the efficacy, presumed or found in explanatory trials under ideal conditions, can also be detected under real world conditions, i.e. effectiveness. It is also recognized that ‘real world’ effects which are usually addressed in public ...

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Background: Distress and burnout among medical and psychology professionals are commonly reported and have implications for the quality of patient care delivered. Already in the course of university studies, medicine and psychology students report mental distress and low life satisfaction. There is a need for interventions that promote better coping skills in students in order to prevent distress ...