Browsing Doctoral Theses / Doktorsavhandlingar Psykologiska institutionen by Issue Date
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Dealing with Intergenerational Disagreements. Parental Authority in Swedish Families
(Göteborgs universitet. Psykologiska institutionen, 2004)This thesis examined two key aspects of intergenerational disagreements. The first aspect dealt with Swedish parents' preferences for discipline with respect to the national emphasis on child democracy. Parents of preschool ... -
Social adjustment of Kenyan orphaned grandchildren, perceived caregiving stresses and discipline strategies used by their fostering grandmothers
(Psykologiska institutionen, Göteborgs universitet, 2004)The aim of the thesis was to examine whether experienced stress, adjustment of orphans and discipline strategies used by 328 grandmothers were linked to disruptions in life courses that occurs when children are orphaned ... -
Mental health aspects of paranormal and psi related experiences
(Psykologiska institutionen, Göteborgs universitet, 2004)This thesis aimed to investigate if paranormal beliefs and experiences represent signs of psychological ill-health or if they are neutral regarding psychological health. A further aim was to validate subjective paranormal ... -
After the 1995 Swedish Mental Health Care Reform - a follow-up study of a group of severely mentally ill
(Psykologiska institutionen, Göteborgs universitet, 2004)Aims: The overall aim of this thesis was to follow up a sample of severely mentally ill persons after the 1995 Swedish mental health care reform and to assess if the observed changes were in accord with the aims of the ... -
Nandrolone decanoate, behaviour and brain : animal experimental studies
(Psykologiska institutionen, Göteborgs universitet, 2004)Abstract: Abuse of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) has been linked to psychiatric and physiological complications in humans. Studies have further found a relationship between AAS abuse and abuse of alcohol and other ... -
Maternal separation in the rat : long-term effects of early life events on emotionality, drug response and neurobiology
(Psykologiska institutionen, Göteborgs universitet, 2005)Exposure to early stress and emotional trauma in humans are associated with an increased risk to develop psychiatric disorders, for example, anxiety, depression and drug abuse. Furthermore, disruptions in stress hormone ... -
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 ... -
Psychological problems in adolescents and young women with eating disturbances
(Psykologiska institutionen, Göteborgs universitet, 2005)Ekeroth, K. (2005). Psychological problems in adolescents and young women with eating disturbances. Department of Psychology, Göteborg University, Sweden This thesis investigated general psychopathology in adolescent and ... -
Perception of Value of Money in Unfamiliar Currencies
(Psykologiska institutionen, Göteborgs universitet, 2005)The real value of money as well as the perceived value of money is subject to changes. Inflation and deflation are examples of changes in real value. It has been shown that these changes do not always correspond to changes ... -
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 ... -
Communicating Your Way to a Theory of Mind. The development of mentalizing skills in children with atypical language development
(Psykologiska institutionen, Göteborgs universitet, 2005)This thesis aimed to study the development of theory of mind (ToM) in two groups of children with atypical language development, using a longitudinal design. The two groups were children with cerebral palsy and severe ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
The psychology of diversification : Novice investors’ ability to spread risks
(Psykologiska institutionen, Göteborgs universitet, 2006)In order to reduce risk, portfolio theory prescribes holding a stock portfolio that is diversified across industries and countries. This thesis investigates novice investors’ ability to compile well-diversified portfolios ... -
Distributive Preferences in Social Dilemmas
(2006)In research on social dilemmas and in game theoretic research, it was for a long time assumed that the rational decision is to choose an option with the most beneficial economic outcome to oneself. Yet, in group situations, ... -
On the relation between psychosocial work environment and musculoskeletal symptoms : a structural equation modeling approach
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Criminal investigation : motivation, emotion and cognition in the processing of evidence
(Psykologiska institutionen, Göteborgs universitet, 2006)This thesis examines biases in judgments made in the context of criminal investigation, drawing theoretically on frameworks developed in social and cognitive psychology. Study I investigated the existence of confirmation ... -
Noise and Music - A Matter of Risk Perception?
(2006-10-05)The prevalence of tinnitus and hearing impairments among adolescents seems to increase as a consequence of exposure to loud noise. Several studies have highlighted the negative auditory effects of exposure to loud music ...