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Residential care for young people in Sweden : homes, staff and residents
(2007)This thesis studies residential care for young persons (13-18 years of age) with emotional and behavioural problems. An overall aim is to examine and describe different aspects of residential care. The thesis consists of ... -
Diversity in residential care and treatment for young people in Sweden
(2007)The overall aim of this thesis was to explore and describe the diversity in residential care and treatment for young people in Sweden on the individual level, the interactional level and the contextual level. This thesis ... -
Mental representation and language access. Evidence from deaf children with different language backgrounds
(2007)The present work investigated the relationship between mentalizing skills on the one hand and different language experiences and cognitive characteristics on the other hand. The aim of study I was to determine whether ... -
Memory, attention and interaction in early development : exploring individual differences among typical children and children with autism
(2007)This thesis aimed to study differences in early memory ability, social attention and interaction and how these different areas affect language and cognitive development. This was done using a longitudinal approach where a ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Assessing and treating three to twelve-year-olds displaying disruptive behaviour problems
(2007)The aim of this thesis was (a) to examine a Swedish version of a measure for early identification and treatment evaluation of children with disruptive behaviour problems and (b) to explore the effectiveness, in terms of ... -
CCTV, Live and Videotapes: How Presentation Mode Affects the Evaluation of Witnesses
(2008-04-29)Videotaped and closed circuit testimonies are often used in legal procedures, but little is known about the psychological effects of these courtroom technologies. The present thesis examines how different presentation modes ... -
People´s knowledge about climate change: Uncertainty as a guide to future commitments
(2008-08-21)Knowledge of climate change is provided by scientists to other groups in society who have to interact to establish sustainable development. Hence, the knowledge must reach people and the content must be evaluated as important ... -
Life satisfaction in late life: Markers and predictors of level and change among 80+ year olds
(2008-09-19)The overall aim of the thesis was to examine within-individual and between-individual changes in life satisfaction in the oldest-old using different time metrics and to study life satisfaction within the context of ... -
Kvinnor med substansmissbruk och psykisk ohälsa
(2008-11-06)Olausson, S (2008). Woman suffering from substance abuse and mental illness. Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. This thesis deals with women suffering from substance abuse and mental ... -
Socially stable alcoholics: What characterises them? Drinking patterns, personality and health aspects of psychosocial and clinical importance
(2008-12-12)People who misuse alcohol are a heterogeneous group with different etiology, social and clinical characteristics. This thesis includes four studies whose aim was to characterise so called socially stable alcoholics (i.e. ... -
"What people tell you gets to you". Body satisfaction and peer victimization in early adolescence.
(2009-02-20)Satisfaction with one’s appearance and peer relationships, respectively, are salient components of adolescents’ everyday lives. Difficulties in either of these domains may be detrimental to individuals’ psychological ... -
Quality of personal assistance: Shaped by governments, markets and corporations
(2009-02-20)Background: Swedish personal assistance for people with severe disabilities became a legal right in 1994. The support is completely financed by the government and with a few exceptions transferred to External assistance ... -
Partnership Relation Quality modulates the effects of Work-stress on health
(2009-05-15)The present studies included 884 participants in total, in five different studies referred to in the four articles. All five studies observed participants from different types of occupation in order to obtain a distribution ... -
Social influence in stock markets
(2009-08-11)Influences by others when making investments and predictions in stock markets, referred to as herding, is a widely discussed phenomenon in financial economics. This thesis aims to understand herding by applying theories ... -
Literacy and comprehension in school-aged children: Studies on autism and other developmental disabilities
(2009-10-15)The present thesis consists of five studies and addresses literacy and comprehension skills in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD, including Asperger’s disorder) and, to a lesser extent, attention disorders (eg. ... -
Children's memory reports: The effect of co-witness influence
(2010-04-30)Co-witness discussion is relatively frequent, but misinformation in the form of information provided by other witnesses is an under-researched topic. The present thesis investigated how and to what extent children’s ... -
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. ...