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  1. 6. Preferential Processing: a factor with implications : Personality traits as explanatory factors

    Författare :Mats Najström; Lennart Högman; Anders Flykt; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Preferential preattentive processing; trait anxiety; emotional vulnerability; SCR; Psychology; Psykologi; psykologi; Psychology;

    Sammanfattning : Preferential processing favouring threatening information has received increased attention because cognitive formulations have placed increased emphasis on its role as a key cognitive factor underlying vulnerability to and maintenance of anxiety disorders. The present dissertation comprises four empirical studies within the area of preferential processing. LÄS MER

  3. 7. Transcription Factor AP-2 in Relation to Personality and Antidepressant Drugs

    Författare :Cecilia Berggård; Lars Oreland; Göran Engberg; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Pharmacology; Transcription factors; serotonin; AP-2; antidepressants; CNS; personality; Farmakologi; Pharmacological research; Farmakologisk forskning;

    Sammanfattning : The CNS monoaminergic systems are considered as the head engine regulating neuropsychiatric functions and personality. Transcription factor AP-2 is known to be essential for the development of the brainstem including the monoaminergic nuclei, and has the ability to regulate many genes in the monoaminergic systems. LÄS MER

  4. 8. 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

  5. 9. Traits & Talks : Lessons about Personality and Deliberation from the Negotiations between Nelson Mandela and FW de Klerk

    Författare :Julia Jennstål; Bo Bengtsson; Per-Ola Öberg; Jakob Elster; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Personality; five-factor model; big five; traits; facets; interactionalism; deliberation; collective decision-making; negotiations; South Africa; Nelson Mandela; FW de Klerk; Statskunskap; Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : Compelling research in political psychology and personality psychology points to the significance of personality as a determinant of political behavior. Within a comprehensive framework for the study of personality in politics, the so-called Five-level Model (FLM), this thesis primarily focuses on the level of personality traits, where the well-established Five-factor model (the ‘Big Five’) is applied. LÄS MER

  7. 10. A matter of life and health : Life satisfaction, personality and mortality in two populations of elders

    Författare :Ingela Steij Stålbrand; Institutionen för psykologi; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Elders; health; subjective well-being; life satisfaction; personality; multimorbidity; mortality; symptoms;

    Sammanfattning : The aims of the present thesis were to explore and describe elderly people’s morbidity and experience of symptoms in relation to life satisfaction, personality and mortality. (I, II and III) To learn from the individuals who have high life satisfaction in spite of the fact that they have concurrent medical diagnoses and conditions. LÄS MER