Sökning: "psychological methods"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 530 avhandlingar innehållade orden psychological methods.

  1. 1. Low social support and disturbed sleep : epidemiological and psychological perspectives

    Författare :Maria Nordin; Anders Knutsson; Elisabet Sundbom; Steven Linton; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; social support; sleep initiation and maintenance disorder; psychological adaptation; myocardial infarction; social psychology; public health; mental health; occupational health; epidemiology; cohort studies; Public health science; Folkhälsovetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : The Swedish work force underwent dramatic changes during an economic crisis in the 1990s. In the aftermath, sick leave increased at an unprecedented rate and stress-related disorders, such as burnout, depression, and sleep disturbances replaced earlier work-related diagnoses. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Trait anxiety as a determinant of psychological test results

    Författare :Roger Persson; Institutionen för psykologi; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Medicine human and vertebrates ; Environmental health; industrial medicine; Occupational health; work stress; toxic encephalopathy; symptom reporting; neuropsychological testing; organic solvents; repression; psychological methods; social desirability; anxiety; Personality traits; Medicin människa och djur ; Miljömedicin; arbetsmiljömedicin; Yrkesmedicin;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis deals with the problem of interpreting test scores. The intention has been to explore and elucidate the effects of trait anxiety on test scores that have been obtained in applied research settings. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Personality research in teams : A methodological reconsideration of the individual differences perspective

    Författare :Rebecka Persson; Institutionen för psykologi; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Personlaity; teams; individual differences; methods; psychological mesaurement; multilevel modeling; applied psychology;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this doctoral dissertation was to investigate whether the application of personality in team research canbe performed so that the individual differences, that are typically studied in personality research, are maintained.Two different approaches to apply personality to team research, without changing the unit of study from individualsto teams, were suggested and demonstrated with example data. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Dental Anxiety in Adults - Psychosocial Aspects, Oral Health and Psychological Treatment

    Författare :Viktor Carlsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; adults; attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; cognitive behavior therapy; dental anxiety; esthetics; oral health; oral health-related quality of life; psychological health; psychological treatment;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis was to investigate relationships between dental anxiety (DA), psychosocial factors, oral health and oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in adults, and to assess the efficacy of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) as treatment for DA. Study I is a national Swedish survey, studies II and III are clinical cross-sectional studies on patients with severe DA, and study IV consists of a systematic review and a meta-analysis. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Projective methods and longitudinal developmental research : considerations of data's nature and reliability

    Författare :Harald Janson; Bertil Mårdberg; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Longitudinal studies; projective methods; reliability; temporal stability; interrater agreement; epistemology; measurement; psykologi; Psychology;

    Sammanfattning : A projective method is viewed in the present work as a psychological test, by which is understood a standardized task that is set before a person, the solution of which is used for making inferences about psychological quantities. The present research was designed to shed light on several aspects of the usefulness of projective methods in longitudinal research, particularly with regard to reliability and to the distinction between measurement and theory-free empirical-comparison data. LÄS MER