Browsing Doctoral Theses / Doktorsavhandlingar Psykologiska institutionen by Title
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Technology-assisted child sexual abuse
(2021-10-18)Internet communication technology has created new ways for adults to sexually abuse children, and as the world becomes more and more digitalized and children are increasingly connected, reports about online child sexual ... -
Temperament - a psychobiological approach to harm avoidance and novelty seeking
(Psykologiska institutionen, Göteborgs universitet, 2006)This thesis explores if rats can be said to have a temperament, and if that is the case, how it changes with age and how it is related to brain neurochemistry. Using the hole board and canopy tests (considered to measure ... -
That's how people grow up: Identity formation in emerging adulthood
(2013-03-27)The overall aim of this thesis was to study emerging adults’ identity formation and its relationship to other aspects of their psychosocial development and living situations. The three studies of this thesis examined how ... -
The Affective Profile Model: ill-being and well-being
(2015-04-16)Positive and negative affect have emerged as significant independent dimensions in studies of affective structure. Seeing affect as composed of two systems that can be categorized in high and low enables the possibility ... -
The Damage Done - Children Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence and their Mothers: Towards empirically based interventions in order to reduce negative health effects in children
(2012-09-17)Violence in intimate relationships occurs in all societies, and intimate partner violence (IPV) is a prevalent and serious social problem. Mothers of young children are particularly often victims of IPV, the consequences ... -
The Making of an Expert Detective. Thinking and Deciding in Criminal Investigations
(2016-11-11)Drawing on theoretical frameworks developed in social and cognitive psychology, this thesis examines the degree to which individual and systemic factors may compensate for inherent biases in criminal detectives’ judgments ... -
The Role of Emotions in Judgments of Crime Victims
(2015-10-26)A growing body of evidence shows that crime victims’ emotional expressions can influence legal judgments, such as credibility assessments. However, the role of emotions in judgments of crime victims in interpersonal settings ... -
“THE STORY ABOUT ME” Psychological perspectives on young men who sexually offended in adolescence
(2018-02-21)In this thesis I aimed to study, from a psychological viewpoint, what adult life is like for young men who sexually offended in adolescence. Data had previously been gathered from a group of 45 adolescents who had sexually ... -
Theory of Mind Development in Swedish Preschoolers: Relations with Language, Executive function, Temperament, and the Social Environment
(2024-02-26)Understanding others in social situations is a cornerstone of any lifespan. A part of social understanding comes from appreciating other’s intentions, desires, and knowledge, which can be called an understanding of others’ ... -
Therapists and their patients: Similarities and differences in attitudes between four psychotherapy orientations in Sweden
(2010-04-30)The aim of this thesis was to illuminate the possibilities and obstacles for therapists of different orientations to communicate and cooperate better with each other. Data was collected by a questionnaire named VEP-Q. ... -
There was nothing but her story: Prosecution of alleged child sexual abuse of preschoolers
(2018-10-26)Investigating and prosecuting cases of alleged sexual abuse against young children is a challenge for legal practitioners worldwide. In Sweden, a prosecutor is in charge of both the preliminary child sexual abuse (CSA) ... -
To Love and Work - Romantic and Occupational Identity in Early Adulthood
(2024-01-23)The general aim of this thesis was to explore aspects of identity in early adulthood, namely occupation and romantic relationships, in the cultural context of Sweden in the 21st century. In order to explore narrative ... -
"Too much is never enough" Psychological studies of substance misuse and other excessive behaviors
(2014-11-07)Substance misuse (SM) as well as excessive food intake, sexual activities, exercise, and gambling is characterized by repeated use against one’s better judgment and despite negative consequences. Moreover, SM and excessive ... -
Towards a theory of true and false intentions
(2016-05-13)An ability to discriminate between statements of true and false intent is critical for many legal professionals. However, it is only in recent years that psycho-legal researchers have turned to this topic. The current ... -
True and False Intentions: A Mental Representational Approach
(2019-04-25)The study of true and false intentions is a specific case of deception-detection research. The focus is on how to discriminate between lies and truths about future behavior, as opposed to previous deception research that ... -
True and false intentions: Mental images of the future
(2013-11-15)Being able to detect deception about future actions is of clear societal value. At its best, it could prevent crimes before they happen. This is why research has begun to study how to assess the veracity of statements ... -
Trust as a strategy for handling uncertainty in private savings choices
(2015-05-11)This thesis examines trust in banks and financial expertise as a way of coping with the uncertainty involved in financial decision making. Trust is considered to be beneficial in general and uncertainty is assumed to induce ... -
User involvement in designing a web-based support system for young carers – inspiring views and systemic barriers
(2013-04-17)The studies in this dissertation have their origin in the research project PS Young Support. This project aimed to develop and evaluate a web-based support system (WBSS) for young people living close to someone with mental ... -
Using social norms in energy conservation interventions
(2017-12-07)When designing interventions to promote pro-environmental behaviors, practitioners may choose between techniques based on, for example, education, incentives, or social norms. These intervention techniques may, however, ... -
Value Orientation, Awareness of Consequences, and Environmental Concern
(2011-05-20)The tenets of the value-basis approach to environmental concern are (i) that environmental concern is motivated by beliefs about adverse egoistic (e.g., own health), social-altruistic (e.g., peoples’ health), and biospheric ...