Browsing Doctoral Theses / Doktorsavhandlingar Psykologiska institutionen by Title
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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). ... -
Interviewing to assess and manage threats of violence
(2017-08-15)Persons who pose threats of violence can be rich sources of information for professionals charged with ensuring safety and security. The interviewing of threateners is thus considered important among such professionals, ... -
Intimate partner violence: Beliefs and psychological predictors of intentions to intervene among the Swedish general public
(2016-05-06)Intimate partner violence (IPV) is considered a global public health issue. Most people disapprove of partner-related abuse, yet are disinclined to personally intervene in order to stop the violence. Public interventions ... -
Irritability and anger: Insights From Non-Clinical Samples and Patients with Premenstrual Dysphoria
(2024-05-16)Feelings of irritability or anger are common experiences, both in healthy individuals and in those with pathological conditions. However, the explication and operationalization of the differences and similarities between ... -
“It is better to have tried, no matter what” : Psychological perspectives on pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD)
(2017-04-24)Couples with the risk of transmitting a genetic disease face different diagnostic options when they wish to become parents. Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) combines in vitro fertilization (IVF) with biopsy of the ...