Abstract This study explores the relationship between the socio-political context in Guatemala and women’s chosen strategies to struggle for recovery in the aftermath of the war related violence and state terrorism (1960-1996). It examines how the widows in the grassroots organization National Coordinator for Guatemalan Widows (CONAVIGUA) have struggled to “defend life” after surviving the extreme ...

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 ...

This present work explored the suppression instructions conveyed during an applicant evaluation process. The following experiment predicted that the participants in the specific suppression condition would evaluate the stereotypical applicants less favorably compared to participants in the other conditions. The participants received one of three suppression instructions: one instructed them to ...

Two studies examined partisan word-connotations in news reports. They focused on what, if any, normative judgements were conveyed through the choice of referent terms of key agents and examined if the usage of terms differed systematically in emotional connotations according to which agents they were applied to. Study 1 used content analysis of every article posted on the Norwegian state news media’s ...

Sammendrag Livskvalitet hos mennesker med utviklingshemming har vært lite forsket på i Norge, mens det internasjonalt sett har vært økende interesse for å utvikle måleinstrumenter for dette konstruktet. Formålet med denne studien var å undersøke hvordan mennesker med lett utviklingshemming opplever sin livskvalitet og hvordan de formidler sin opplevelse til sine omgivelser. Individuelle semistrukturerte ...

Abstract Minor mental disorders are widespread and may have significant consequences for the individual, their family and colleagues, as well as for the society (Mykletun & Knudsen, 2009). The purpose of this study was to examine the challenges and experiences employees with mental health problems have with maintaining employment. Hopefully, this will provide an increased understanding of how ...

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 ...

I 2013 ble det gjennomført en OECD-undersøkelse i 34 land, hvor norske lærere selv rapporterte at de ikke mestret å motivere de umotiverte elevene sine spesielt godt. Til sammenligning rapporterte danske lærere at dette var noe de mestret i stor grad. Formålet med denne studien var å undersøke hvorfor norske lærere føler at de ikke mestrer å motivere de umotiverte elevene sine spesielt godt, i en ...

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 ...

Sammendrag Mål: Målet med denne prospektive studien var å undersøke om psykologisk stress og sykdomsforståelse kan påvirke smertetilstanden og funksjonsbegrensning hos pasienter med leddgikt - revmatoid artritt (RA). Metode: Tre hundre og fem pasienter med RA behandlet ved UNN (Universitetssykehuset i Nord-Norge) ble kontaktet via post og invitert til å delta. Data ble innsamlet ved å bruke ...