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    • Can Difficult Lectures be Interesting AND Pleasant? Hedonic and Eudaimonic Feelings as a Function of Perceived Difficulty 

      Ivan, Håvard (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2022-12-01)
      What is it that makes challenge and complexity so appealing to humans? Research derived from positive psychology have tried to answer this question, and in the process found evidence suggesting that people experience different feelings as the perception of difficulty rises. In this study, using Gudrun Eckblad’s scheme theory as premise, we predicted that reported feelings of pleasure would be most ...

    • Can perinatal SSRI exposure affect sexual behavior later in life? Early Developmental Fluoxetine Exposed Female Rats Observed in a Seminatural Environment 

      Hegstad, Jan (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2019-05-02)
      Renewed interests in sexual behavior research stems from human reports of negative symptoms of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI). The use of SSRIs, during pregnancy might impact the developing child, due to the drug’s ability to cross the placenta and also be present in breastmilk. Perinatal SSRI exposure thus elevates serotonin levels in the developing brain, during phases where serotonin ...

    • Causes and consequences of stress. Interplay between cognitive social and biological aspects 

      Nolen, Kristi Shannon (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2015-11-03)
      The purpose of this article is to explore the roles of cognitive, social and biological reasons for stress and to relate practical interventions to them. Understanding stress and how it can play out is pivotal in managing it. The physiological stress response works much in the same manner in individuals everywhere; first observing something that is potentially perceived as a threat to the self, and ...

    • "Choosing to live". Experiences of coping in recovery from drug addiction - a phenomenological study 

      Blindheim, Line Grebstad (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2016-05-02)
      Abstract Substance addiction is detrimental to the addict, their family, social environment and society as a whole, which is why research needs to approach it with problem solving in mind. The present study has a salutogenic health perspective, and focuses on coping in recovery from substance addiction. The informants’ experiences of coping were explored using the qualitative approach. The informants ...

    • Combining Mindfulness and Ultraviolet Phototherapy (UVB) in the treatment of moderate Psoriasis. A Pilot Study of patients experiences of the disease and treatment. 

      Hotvedt, Tarjei (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2017-05-05)
      We did a small pilot study with mixed method. The data collection included both quantitative data as well as qualitative data from interviews. We recruited sixteen moderate psoriasis patients divided in the following two groups of interventions (n = 8) and control (n = 8). The intervention group was given a brief Mindfulness practice as a supplement for the Ultraviolet Phototherapy. The control group ...

    • 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 ...

    • The computer game training effect for women may depend on initial spatial ability scores 

      Iversen, Robert (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2010-05-01)
      In this project we tried to explore what it is in games that may enhance spatial abilities. Previous research has shown that action games may enhance gamers’ scores on the Mental Rotation test (MRT), while evidence is found both for and against that puzzle games could do the same. We used three different games, and one control group, with a total of 32 participants matched over these four groups. ...

    • Delayed sleep phase syndrome and melatonin treatment: A meta-analysis 

      Engebråten, Carina Femoen (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2014-05-02)
      Delayed sleep phase syndrome er en søvnforstyrrelse som oppstår blant barn og unge voksne, som forårsaker vanskeligheter med å fungere normalt på dagtid når søvn-våken rytmen er forskjøvet. Diagnosen er vanlig, men det er allikevel ingen standardiserte rettningslinjer for behandling. Forskning de siste årene har funnet ut at hormonet melatonin påvirker søvn og endring av søvn-våken syklusen hos ...

    • Distinguishing early Alzheimer’s disease from normal ageing. A time course analysis of clustering and switching 

      Espetvedt, Annelin (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2016-05-02)
      An impairment emerging in the early course of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) concerns the ability to produce words, reflected in verbal fluency (VF). Previously, a time analysis of correct words, repetitions, and intrusions has been done, and this study aims to expand this time analysis by introducing clustering and switching. 24 healthy young adults, 23 healthy older adults, and 19 patients with early ...

    • Does experiencing nature and poetry separately or together affect our emotions and feelings of interest and restorativeness differently? 

      Norberg, Sigrid Schøning (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2013-05-14)
      This study explored how presence of art in a natural environment is experienced, and if combining these elements would improve or impair the experience compared to experiencing the elements separately. Quantitative methods with an experimental between groups design were used, with three conditions (Pure Nature, Pure Poetry, Combined Nature+Poetry). Of the participants, 65% were women. In the Pure ...

    • Drug abuse and change readiness in prisoners : effect of motivational interviewing as measured by SOCRATES 

      Dahl, Helene M. (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2008-05)
      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 ...

    • 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 ...

    • The effect of formal education on implicit social evaluation of immigrants 

      Sømhovd, Mikael Julius (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2009-05-04)
      En negativ korrelasjon mellom nivå av formell utdannelse og fordomsfulle holdninger til innvandrere med annen etnisk opprinnelse, en utdanningseffekt, har blitt vist i en rekke rapporter. Hypotesen om at en slik korelasjon er resultat av sosial ønskelige responser og demand characteristics har tidligere blitt testet ved hjelp av forskjellige metoder for å omgå sosial ønskelighet. Denne tesen er ...

    • The Effect of Parents’ Integration and Acceptance of the Hosting Culture on Immigrant Adolescents’ Dual Identity 

      Soltanpanah, Jilwan (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2017-05-02)
      Formålet med dette studiet var å undersøke forholdet mellom og prediktorer av innvandrer ungdoms tre kulturelle identiteter, etnisk identitet (dvs. identiteten knyttet til opprinnelseskulturen), nasjonal identitet (dvs. identiteten knyttet til verts kultur) og dual identitet (dvs. en integrert identitet kombinert av både etnisk og verts kultur). Vi gjennomførte en studie med 97 ungdommer med ...

    • Effects of anodal transcranial direct current stimulation on experimentally induced heat pain in healthy volunteers 

      Vasylenko, Olena (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2012-05-02)
      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) ...

    • 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 ...

    • 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 effects of perceived dominance in persuasion 

      Stefansson, Jon Karl (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2010-05)
      An experimental investigation of the relationship between communicator dominance and persuasion is reported. In the study, persuasion was examined as a function of experimental treatments that differed only in the perceived dominance of stimulus embedded within a text. Perceived dominance of the stimulus is operationally defined as the degree to which the stimulus makes the recipient feel ...

    • Eksplisitte og implisitte holdninger mot homofile og lesbiske 

      Andreassen, Kine Kjelstrup (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2012-10-03)
      Forskning på nordmenns holdninger mot homofile og lesbiske individer viser til funn i uoverensstemmelse. På den ene siden viser spørreundersøkelser gjort blant den norske befolkning til nøytrale eller positive holdninger mot denne menneskegruppen. På den annen side viser rapporter om homofile og lesbiske, så vel som studier gjort blant skoleungdom, til negative holdninger mot homofile og lesbiske. ...

    • The Emotional Impact of Video Games 

      Toreskaas, Jane Helen (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2016-12-01)
      Abstract The thesis aimed to study the emotional impact of video games and how these emotions shape the experience of the gaming. Data are from a case study and comprise both automatic facial coding of emotional expression and qualitative interviews. The facially expressed emotions were analyzed by means of a computer program named FaceReader. The results indicate that video games elicit a wide and ...