Browsing Doctoral Theses / Doktorsavhandlingar Psykologiska institutionen by Title
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Effects of certainty on decision making under uncertainty : using subsidies to reduce production of environmental harmful products
(2007)The present thesis investigates the effects of an environmental policy, with the focus on producers’ decision making, which may be used as a means to decrease the production of environmentally harmful products. A subsidy ... -
Effects of Intensive Behavioural Treatment and a focused Imitation Intervention for young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder - One plus One means More
(2017-04-28)Abstract Spjut Janson, B. (2017). Effects of IBT and a focused Imitation Intervention for young Children with ASD. One plus One means More. Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. The general aim ... -
Eliciting admissions from suspects in criminal investigations
(2016-08-12)The psycho-legal literature is scarce with respect to specific interviewing tactics aimed at eliciting new and critical information (admissions) from suspects in criminal cases. The first major aim of this thesis was to ... -
Eliciting human intelligence: A conceptualization and empirical testing of the Scharff technique
(2016-02-01)This thesis is on how to elicit intelligence from human sources with the principal aim being to examine the efficacy of the tactics employed by the renowned WWII interrogator Hanns Scharff. A novel experimental set-up (as ... -
Eliciting information in intelligence interviews through priming: An examination of underlying mechanisms
(2018-10-10)An emerging body of research in human intelligence interviewing suggests that subtle influence tactics, such as priming, could be used to increase informants’ disclosure of sensitive information. However, the mechanisms ... -
Enhancing the Patient’s Role: Exploring patient influence in acceptance-based cognitive behavior therapy delivered via internet
(2024-02-23)Background: The global primary health care declaration emphasizes empowering patients to exert influence over their own health. A person-centered approach to care involves a shift from the traditional passive patient role ... -
"Everybody gets a little bit loco”: Interactions between psychotic experiences and substance use as dimensional phenomena
(2018-02-02)A large amount of persons with psychosis experience problems related to substance use; and many persons with substance use disorders develop psychiatric symptoms, including psychotic experiences (PEs). The co-existence of ... -
Everyday music listening: The importance of individual and situational factors for musical emotions and stress reduction
(2012-01-27)Music listening primarily evokes positive emotions in listeners. Research has shown that positive emotions may be fundamental for improving both psychological and physical aspects of well-being. Besides from the music ... -
Evolving identities: Contents and processes of identity development among people in their late twenties
(2015-05-11)The overall aim of this thesis was to study contents and processes of identity development among people in their late twenties. The studies are based on identity status interviews and surveys performed with participants ... -
Experiences and Perceptions of Default Nudges
(2021-08-19)Of the many challenges we face as individuals and as a society, several of the most important and hardest ones are behavioral. We often know what needs to be done to solve an issue, but struggle to put this knowledge into ... -
Experiences of Parenthood and the Child with an Intellectual Disability
(2012-11-23)When a child is diagnosed with an intellectual disability (ID) the experience of parenthood is affected and parents’ descriptions tend to vary, containing a wide spectrum of emotions that may change over time. In the present ... -
Experimental studies of human-computer interaction : working memory and mental workload in complex cognition
(2007)Experimental Studies of Human-Computer Interaction: Working memory and mental workload in complex cognition Complex cognition is readily described as cognitive tasks requiring the coordination of multiple steps of processing ... -
The family and the patient An investigation of mental health problems, risk factors, and support for members of the families of psychiatric patients
(2023-04-28)The aim of this thesis was to improve knowledge of the members of the families of patients in contact with psychiatry by investigating mental health problems, risk factors, and support received. The thesis is based on three ... -
Fetal Alcohol syndrome in adulthood - Psychological, psychosocial, and neuropsychological aspects of life in individuals who were prenatally exposed to alcohol
(2016-05-26)Alcohol’s teratogenic effect on the developing fetal brain is devastating, resulting in, for instance, structural abnormalities as well as behavioral and neuropsychological impairments in the child. The umbrella term Fetal ... -
Fibromyalgia and self-regulatory patterns. Development, maintenance or recovery in women
(Psykologiska institutionen, Göteborgs universitet, 2005)Aims: The overall aim of this thesis was to elucidate psychological processes and development, maintenance or recovery related to fibromyalgia based on in depth interviews. In a next step women with fibromyalgia, women ... -
Future urban sustainable mobility - Implementing and understanding the impacts of policies designed to reduce private automobile usage
(Department of Psychology, Göteborg University, 2005-05-10)The historically recent growth in interest in policies designed to reduce private automobile usage, policies coming under the rubric of travel demand management (TDM), is offset by a paucity of systematic research concerning ... -
Girls' and Boys' Views of Conflicts with Parents
(Psykologiska institutionen, Göteborgs universitet, 2005-09-09)The aim of the present thesis was to examine the perceptions, beliefs and agency of children between 6 and 9 years of age in transgression and conflict situations. An overall goal was to examine the importance of gender ... -
Graffiti – For Joy and Confirmation. Motivational aspects, triggering and inhibiting factors, and emotional satisfactions in graffiti: The creative-interactive dimension of vandalism
(2016-11-03)The purpose of the present dissertation is to achieve a deeper understanding about what motivates young people to commit vandalism in general and scrawl-graffiti in particular, and what this propensity provides in the form ... -
Growing together: Participation in and outcomes of programs for parents of adolescents
(2018-05-25)This thesis is focused on parenting during children’s adolescence and its overarching aim was to investigate universal supports offered to parents of adolescents, specifically group-based parenting programs. The thesis ... -
Hedonic, neural, and autonomic responses to prolonged gentle touch
(2018-02-26)Physical contact among individuals, such as caressing and cuddling, is connoted by a strong emotional value, and is usually perceived as a pleasant and rewarding experience. C tactile (CT) afferents are a class of fibres ...