Sökning: "temperament"

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  1. 6. Temperamental Influences on Risk-taking during Middle Childhood

    Författare :Beatrice Nyström; Institutionen för psykologi; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Temperament; Risk-taking; Decision-making; Middle childhood; Temperament; Risktagande; Beslutsfattande; Barndomen;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis concerns temperamental qualities and their influence on risk-taking behavior during middle childhood (7–11 years of age). Contemporary research generally agrees upon the notion that temperament constitutes two motivational systems, sensitive to punishment and reward respectively, together with a third system that is responsible for regulating the motivational systems. LÄS MER

  3. 7. Early Self-Regulation in Infant Siblings : Specific and Shared Associations to Emerging Autism and Co-ocurring ADHD

    Författare :Linn Andersson Konke; Karin Brocki; Terje Falck-Ytter; Sam Wass; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Self-Regulation; Autism; ADHD; Temperament; Executive Functions; Psychology; Psykologi;

    Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to examine aspects of self-regulation and the emergence of co-occurring autism and ADHD traits early in life, to enhance our understanding of specific and shared mechanisms underlying these conditions. Previous studies have shown that vulnerabilities in temperament and executive functions (EF) are closely related to both conditions, with overlapping as well as specific features associated to each phenotype. LÄS MER

  4. 8. Winter Depression: Clinical, Psychosocial and Biochemical Characteristics

    Författare :Baba Pendse; Lund Psykiatri; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; NPY.; Psychiatry; clinical psychology; psychosomatics; Psykiatri; klinisk psykologi; psykosomatik; CRH; Social characteristics; Psychopathology; Temperament; Nonseasonal major depression; Suicide attempt; Winter depression; SAD;

    Sammanfattning : Seasonal Affective Disorder with depressive episodes during the autumn/winter seasons (winter depression) is common. Outpatients with winter depression were studied regarding temperament, psychopathology, social characteristics, psychosocial functioning and the neuropeptides corticotropin - releasing hormone (CRH) and neuropeptide Y (NPY), which are known to be involved in stress-regulation. LÄS MER

  5. 9. Stress-related peptides in suicide attempters

    Författare :Åsa Westrin; Lund Psykiatri; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; temperament; cortisol; neuropeptide Y; delta sleep-inducing peptide; somatostatin; beta-endorphin; corticotropin-releasing hormone; hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; attempted suicide; affective disorders; Psychiatry; clinical psychology; psychosomatics; Psykiatri; klinisk psykologi; psykosomatik;

    Sammanfattning : A suicide attempt is the best known predictor of completed suicide. It has long been assumed that most suicide attempts are the results of stress. LÄS MER

  7. 10. Experiences of Parenthood and the Child with an Intellectual Disability

    Författare :Petra Boström; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Intellectual disability; parents; fathers; family impact; temperament; risk and protective factors;

    Sammanfattning : Boström, P. (2012). Experiences of Parenthood and the Child with an Intellectual Disability. Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. LÄS MER