Browsing Doctoral Theses / Doktorsavhandlingar Psykologiska institutionen by Title
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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 ... -
How Do Bank Officers Make Lending Decisions? An Exploration of Thinking Styles, Cognitive Bias and Lending Technologies
(2014-04-25)The overall aim of this thesis was to examine how loan officers’ think and act when making assessments of loan proposals from companies. The importance of valid loan assessments can be understood through the substantial ... -
Human Value Structure and Emotions
(2011-08-19)In this dissertation Shalom Schwartz’ theory of the structure of basic human values is developed. A partially new structure is proposed consisting of pairs of contrastive values (Security – Courage, Manage by yourself – ... -
Identity: Understanding Aspects of Process, Content, and Structure in Context
(2019-10-16)The overall aim of this thesis was to broaden our knowledge of identity by using an integrated theoretical approach to understanding multidimensional aspects of identity process, content, and structure. Specifically, in ... -
IMPACTS OF EVIDENCE ON DECISION-MAKING IN POLICE INVESTIGATION
(2021-05-19)When conducting an investigation, police officers collect evidence from various sources (e.g., humans, objects, areas). The type of evidence (i.e., physical vs. personal) can affect the investigators’ beliefs about the ... -
Implementing a program for parents with intellectual disability in Sweden: A feasibility study
(2016-11-17)This thesis examines implementation of an evidence-informed parent education program for parents with intellectual disability, called Parenting Young Children (PYC), in the Swedish social services. The empirical studies ... -
(In)Consistencies as Cues to Deception
(2017-08-21)The aim of this thesis was to examine statement consistency types (between-statement consistency, within-statement consistency, within-group consistency, and statement-evidence consistency) within various contexts of ... -
Internet-based psychological interventions for alcohol use disorder. Treating addiction and supporting concerned significant others
(2022-03-30)The aim of this doctoral thesis was to investigate the efficacy of three internet interventions for alcohol problems: (1) high-intensity internet treatment (ePlus) compared to (2) an unguided low-intensity internet treatment ... -
Internet-based Treatment of Depression in Primary Care: Effectiveness and Feasibility
(2015-11-09)Internet-delivered psychological treatments emanate from a long tradition of psychological methods and should be seen as a natural effect of the evolution within psychology, society, and technology. Psychological treatments ... -
Interrogating to detect deception and truth : effects of strategic use of evidence
(Psykologiska institutionen, Göteborgs universitet, 2005)Several decades of research has shown that people are poor at detecting deception. This thesis, based on four empirical studies, aimed at exploring human deception detection accuracy in the context of interrogations. In ... -
Interviewing child witnesses
(Psykologiska institutionen, Göteborgs universitet, 2005)The general aim of this thesis was to examine interviewing techniques for child witnesses. Specifically, the effectiveness of the cognitive interview with children was investigated. In addition, the self-reported practice ... -
Interviewing preschoolers: Facilitators and barriers to young children's legal testimony
(2020-11-19)Children’s testimonies are often vital during criminal investigations of alleged maltreatment. The aim of this thesis was to improve our understanding of forensic interviews with preschool-aged children (aged 3 to 6 years). ...