Selaus nimekkeen mukaan kokoelmassa 515 Psykologia
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Eating disorders, weight perception, and dieting in adolescence
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 04.02.2011)Background: Eating disorders are serious psychiatric disorders, which usually have their onset in adolescence. Body dissatisfaction and dieting, both common among adolescents, are recognised risk factors for eating ... -
Explorations into working memory : Functional architecture, relationships with personality, and training mechanisms
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 04.06.2018)Working memory (WM) is defined as a short-term memory system that handles the storage and processing of information that is currently active in the mind. It is thus crucial for conscious planning and predicts several ... -
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in Finnish children and adolescents : diagnosis, cognition, behavior, adaptation and brain metabolic alterations
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 19.04.2013)Alcohol consumption during pregnancy can potentially affect the developing fetus in devastating ways, leading to a range of physical, neurological, and behavioral alterations most accurately termed Fetal Alcohol Spectrum ... -
FICSA : The Finnish Investigative Instrument of Child Sexual Abuse : Machine Learning Applied to Criminal Investigations
(Åbo Akademi University, 04.12.2020)Utredningar av misstänkta sexuella uttnyttjanden av barn (SUB) är krävande. Medan förekomsten av SUB minskat över de senaste åren så har antalet anmälningar ökat. Ofrånkomligen är en del av anmälningarna ogrundade vilket ... -
Genetic Vulnerability to Patterns of Interpersonal Victimization and Associated Psychiatric Comorbidity
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 09.08.2019)Interpersonal victimization is a pervasive hardship for children and adults. Previous research has attempted to identify individual characteristics and environmental conditions that might predispose individuals to these ... -
How (not) to interview children : interviews with young children in sexual abuse investigations in Finland
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 2006)The present thesis had two main objectives: The first was to assess how child sexual abuse (CSA) interviews in Finland are conducted through analysing the interviewing techniques applied and the language used by the ... -
Husbands and Mothers-in-law as Perpetrators of Domestic Aggression against Married Women in Pakistan
(Åbo Akademi University, 10.12.2021)The overall aim of this thesis is to investigate the behaviours of husbands and mothers-in-law as perpetrators of domestic aggression against married women in Pakistan, and mental health symptoms associated with victimisation ... -
Incest aversion : the evolutionary roots of individual regulation
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Interactions between genes and alcohol on aggressive behavior and anger related traits : the oxytocin receptor gene as a candidate
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Lens of Emotion : Emotion Regulation and Out-Group Attitudes
(Åbo Akademi University, 04.06.2020)Emotions play an important role in intergroup attitudes, and more broadly, in intergroup relations. Emotions, and intergroup emotions more specifically, arise based on an individual’s appraisal of an out-group situation, ... -
Low Intensity Intimate Partner Aggression, Physical Punishment, and Street Children : A Vicious Circle of Domestic Aggression in South Suda
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 05.06.2019)Aims. The overall aim of the thesis was to investigate aspects of domestic aggression, in particular intimate partner aggression and physical punishment of children, and their concomitants, in South Sudan. One sub-aim was ... -
Memory for Emotion-Laden Words in Normal Aging : Valence-Arousal Interactions and Neuroanatomical Correlates
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Mental well-being at work : Support and protective factors of work engagement and work-life balance in contemporary working life
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 19.05.2023)Background: The promotion of mental well-being at work, including work engagement and work-life balance, is a top priority for organizations worldwide. Organizations are likely to benefit from prioritizing mental well-being ... -
Neurocognitive changes in early-stage Parkinson's disease : functional and structural brain correlates of memory and verbal functions
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Not Only Bad Luck : Studies on Peer Victimization and Social Exclusion from a Multilevel Perspective
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 28.09.2018)The purpose of this thesis was to examine the association between peer victimization and psychosocial adjustment at both individual and system levels. To this purpose, ethnographic reports from nomadic forager band societies ... -
Occupational Stress and Burnout among University Teachers in Pakistan and Finland
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 13.06.2019)Objective: The overall aim of the thesis is to investigate occupational stress and burnout among university teachers in a developing country (Pakistan) and a developed country (Finland). Secondary aims are to explore ... -
Overcrowding, Sleep Depravation, and Infectious Diseases as Risk Factors for Aggressive and Antisocial behaviour in Nigerian Adolescents
(Åbo Akademi University, 15.10.2021)The studies in the current thesis investigated the relationships between overcrowding, domestic aggression, and antisocial behaviour in adolescents in Ejigbo, Lagos, Nigeria (Study 1); domestic aggression and negativity ... -
Pencil grip : a descriptive model and four empirical studies
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 04.06.2003)Previous studies on pencil grip have typically dealt with the developmental aspects in young children while handwriting research is mainly concerned with speed and legibility. Studies linking these areas are few. Evaluation ... -
Physical Punishment, Acceptance of Violence, Tolerance of Diversity, and School Burnout : A Comparative Study of Three Educational Systems in Pakistan
(Åbo Akademi University, 04.06.2021)Aims: The overall aim of the thesis was to investigate attitudes towards different forms of aggression, school burnout, and psychological concomitants among students from three different school systems in Pakistan; namely ... -
Physical Punishment, Aggression, Victimization and Cyberbullying among Iranian Adolescents
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 14.06.2019)The studies in the current thesis investigated adolescent aggressive behavior and victimization from peer aggression (Studies I and II), cyber bullying (Study III), and peaceful conflict resolution (Study IV) in school ...