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Motivation requested - Work motivation and the work environment of IT consultants
(2011-02-02)The aim of the thesis is to examine the psychosocial work environment, with a focus on the work motivation, of Information Technology (IT) consultants. The thesis is based on five empirical studies. Study I (N=167) and ... -
Adolescents' Happiness: The Role of the Affective Temperament Model on Memory and Apprehension of Events, Subjective Well-Being, and Psychological Well-Being
(2011-02-22)Positive Psychology research suggests personality as a major determinant in adults and adolescents’ happiness and well-being. Personality is probable a key element due to its relationship to individual differences in ... -
Music and Risk in an existential and gendered world
(2011-05-06)Adolescents in Western society often expose themselves to high levels of sound at gyms, rock concerts, discotheques etc. These behaviours are as threatening to young people’s health as more traditional risk behaviours. ... -
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 ... -
Asperger Syndrome: Social functioning in relation to behavioural and cognitive traits from infancy to young adulthood
(2011-05-26)Abstract Dewrang, P. (2011). Asperger syndrome: Social functioning in relation to behavioural and cognitive traits from infancy to young adulthood. Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Asperger ... -
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 – ... -
Neurocognition in schizophrenia spectrum disorders
(2011-09-23)The general purpose of this dissertation was to explore and describe the global and specific aspects of neurocognition and cognitive functioning in a cross-sectional, clinically representative group of outpatients with ... -
Psychological Influences on Adoption of Socially Responsible Investment
(2011-09-28)Abstract This dissertation examines psychological factors that motivate and impede different types of investors to integrate social and environmental considerations when investing. Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) ... -
Aeronautical decision-making in context: Influence of affect and experience on procedure violations
(2011-11-25)Although pilots are well trained and there are rules, models and standard operating procedures to use in decision-making situations, aviation accidents do occur. One reason why accidents may occur is because pilots ... -
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 ... -
Psychological factors associated with substance use in adolescents
(2012-05-18)This thesis examines possible factors related to use of substances, with specific focus on psychological factors associated with increased risk of using illicit drugs. Thus, factors such as gender, personality traits, ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Leadership and Creativity in Research: Investigations of Leadership and Leader – Member Exchange (LMX) in Research Groups
(2012-11-23)This thesis is an examination of leadership and creativity in research. Specifically, it studies leadership and creativity in academic research groups and commercial research groups in the biosciences. Leaders in these ... -
All Ears: Adults' and Children's Earwitness Testimony
(2013-02-07)Many crimes are committed under conditions of darkness, by masked perpetrators or over a phone. In such cases the witnesses’ auditory observations may have a vital role in the investigative phase and in court. Nevertheless, ... -
Depression and distress in Swedish fathers in the postnatal period - prevalence, correlates, identification, and support
(2013-03-27)The general aim of this thesis was to examine how fathers, and to some extent mothers, with postnatal depression and distress were identified and supported by nurses in Swedish child health care (CHC), and to learn more ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Detecting lies about past and future actions: The Strategic Use of Evidence (SUE) technique and suspects’ strategies
(2013-05-06)In legal settings, it is of paramount importance to correctly discriminate between truthful and deceptive statements. Research has however shown that people generally only obtain accuracy rates around the level of chance. ... -
Mindfulness: Relations to attention regulation, decentering and psychological well-being
(2013-05-14)The current research project consists of three separate studies. The general aim of this project was to contribute to previous mindfulness research by exploring fundamental aspects of mindfulness in an effort to increase ...