Sökning: "impulsiveness"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 25 avhandlingar innehållade ordet impulsiveness.

  1. 1. BDNF, impulsiveness and avoidant focused coping in suicide attempters

    Författare :LIVIA AMBRUS; Lund Psykiatri; []
    Nyckelord :BDNF; Aviodant coping; Suicide Attempters; HPA axis; Impulsvieness; BDNF; Avoidant focused coping; HPA axis; attempted suicide; impulsiveness;

    Sammanfattning : Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is an important protein for neuroplasticity and neurogenesis. In this thesis the role of BDNF, in suicidal behaviour was investigated with focus on possible risk factors for suicidal behaviour such as avoidant focused coping, dysfuntional personality traits like impulsiveness and hyperactivity of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) axis. LÄS MER

  2. 2. Attributes Modulating Affective Profiles in Psychiatric Patients

    Författare :Madeleine Zöller; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; positive mood; affective deaf syndrome; psychiatric diagnoses; disempowerment; impulsiveness;

    Sammanfattning : Psychiatrically disabled individuals (study I and II) as well as those with an additional deafness or are hard-of -hearing (study III and IV) often have the burden of a hidden affective disability. Positive (PA) and negative affects (NA) have emerged as significant independent dimensions in studies of affective structure. LÄS MER

  3. 3. The rhythm of adolescence : morningness-eveningness and adjustment from a developmental perspective

    Författare :Anna-Karin Andersson [Andershed]; Margaret Kerr; Mats Gillberg; Örebro universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; morningness-Eveningness; circadian rhytmicity; sleep-wake; adolescence; development; social adjustment; school adjustment; family relations; risk; delinquency; impulsiveness; sensation-seeking; Psychology; Psykologi; Psykologi; Psychology;

    Sammanfattning : In recent developmental research, sleep-wake patterns and preferences, in other words Morningness-Eveningness, have been shown to be related to various kinds of problem behavior. Previous research on adolescents has demonstrated that individuals with a sleep-wake preference toward staying up late in the evening and arising late in the morning (i.e. LÄS MER

  4. 4. Graffiti – For Joy and Confirmation. Motivational aspects, triggering and inhibiting factors, and emotional satisfactions in graffiti: The creative-interactive dimension of vandalism

    Författare :Anki Nordmarker; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; vandalism; scrawl; graffiti; personality traits; frustration; motivation; joy; flow; satisfaction; the extended Eguity Control Model of Vandalism; e-ECM 2016 ;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of the present dissertation is to achieve a deeper understanding about what motivates young people to commit vandalism in general and scrawl-graffiti in particular, and what this propensity provides in the form of satisfaction and/or further motivation. The present thesis consists of two experimental studies, one questionnaire study, and one interview study, of a total of 515 participants (287 male, 219 female, 9 missing gender). LÄS MER

  5. 5. Coping and personality in the obese. Results from the Swedish Obese Subjects Study

    Författare :Anna Rydén; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :obesity; coping; distress; personality; anxiety; depression; psychometric methods; clinical trial; treatment preference; treatment outcome; gender differences; reference subjects;

    Sammanfattning : The overall aims of this thesis were to evaluate coping and personality in obesity and the relation to weight change. Specific aims were to validate methods for assessing condition-specific coping and distress; to evaluate coping, distress and personality in relation to treatment preference before and 2 years after treatment start; and compare personality profiles with reference subjects. LÄS MER