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Developmental Perspectives on Transitions at Age 60: Individuals Navigating Across the Lifespan (TRAILS) – latest data collection in a longitudinal JYLS study
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-01-24)At around age 60, people are approaching late adulthood and are typically going through or anticipating life transitions such as grandparenthood, retirement, or changes in health and functioning. The timing and perception of transitions are individual and based on current circumstances and earlier life history and may link to well-being. The TRAILS (Developmental Psychological Perspectives ... -
Exploring public health nurses' acceptability of clinical assessment tools in a Norwegian child health centre
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-02-12)Background: Infants’ symptoms of mental struggle are often diffuse and undifferentiated, and health services do not identify many infants at risk of poor development. However, primary health care is advantageous for early identification, given there are frequent consultations during the infant’s first two years. Health policy encourages using evidence-based screening but use varies in primary ... -
Comparative analysis of multimodal biomarkers for amyloid-beta positivity detection in Alzheimer's disease cohorts
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-02-26)Introduction: Efforts to develop cost-effective approaches for detecting amyloid pathology in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) have gained significant momentum with a focus on biomarker classification. Recent research has explored non-invasive and readily accessible biomarkers, including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) biomarkers and some AD risk factors.<p> <p>Methods: In this comprehensive study, ... -
Does it take two to tango? Combined effects of relational job crafting and job design on energy and performance
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-07-30)Despite an extensive body of research on job crafting, our understanding of how bottom-up job crafting behaviors interact with top-down job design in influencing employee effectiveness remains limited. Drawing on conservation of resources theory, we developed and tested a theoretical framework to examine the implications of daily promotion- versus prevention-oriented relational job crafting on ... -
No evidence for adult smartphone use affecting attribution of communicative intention in toddlers: Online imitation study using the Sock Ball Task
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-03-22)Adults infer others’ communicative intentions, or lack thereof, from various types of information. Young children may be initially limited to attributions based on a small set of ostensive signals. It is unknown when richer pragmatic inferences about communicative intentions emerge in development. We sought novel type of evidence for such inferences in 17-to-19-month-olds. We hypothesized that ... -
Why do patients want medication free treatment for psychosis? An explorative study on reasons for applying to medication free programs
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-02-16)Background A focus on patient’s and service user’s perspectives regarding long-term antipsychotic treatment led to a declaration from the Norwegian Ministry of Health in 2015 to offer treatment without psychotropic medication in mental health as a voluntary option in all four health care regions. In the northernmost region, a 6-bed inpatient ward unit was established, uniquely designed to give ... -
Perceived Parenting Stress Is Related to Cardiac Flexibility in Mothers: Data from the NorBaby Study
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-02-05)Heart rate variability (HRV) is an indicator of autonomic nervous system activity, and high levels of stress and/or depressive symptoms may reduce HRV. Here, we assessed whether (a) parental stress affected HRV in mothers during the perinatal period and whether this is mediated by bonding and (b) whether antenatal maternal mental states, specifically repetitive negative thinking, depressive symptoms, ... -
The role of gender, stress, and social support in parents' pandemic well-being: A cross-national study
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-03-15)Objective The goal was to investigate whether and how the well-being of mothers and fathers was differentially affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in four European countries and whether differences in stress and social support explain observed gender differences. Background Previous research documents that the COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on many people's lives and that some groups, ... -
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 ... -
AutoATES v2.0: Automated Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale mapping
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-05-21)Avalanche risk assessment is complex and challenging, with terrain assessment as one of the most fundamental factors. To aid people's terrain assessment, Parks Canada developed the Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale (ATES), a system that classifies the severity of avalanche terrain into five classes from non-avalanche terrain to extreme terrain. Manual classification is laborious and dependent on ...
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