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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 ... -
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 ... -
The family school : the impact of a group training programme on overactive hard-to-manage preschool children and their parents
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Classification, comorbidity, heredity, and risk factors of female sexual dysfunctions
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 12.12.2008)Female sexual dysfunctions, including desire, arousal, orgasm and pain problems, have been shown to be highly prevalent among women around the world. The etiology of these dysfunctions is unclear but associations with ... -
Verbal learning in mild cognitive impairment and alzheimer's disease : behavioural and neural approaches
(Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 17.04.2009)The main focus of the present thesis was at verbal episodic memory processes that are particularly vulnerable to preclinical and clinical Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Here these processes were studied by a word learning ... -
Premature and delayed ejaculation : prevalence, heredity and diagnostic considerations
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 27.11.2009)Premature ejaculation is commonly regarded as the most common sexual dysfunction in men. Studies have reported prevalence rates of around 30% in the general population, but prevalence rates fluctuate widely between studies ... -
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 ... -
Shapes and sizes : body image, body dissatisfaction and disordered eating in relation to gender and gender identity
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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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Work-related crisis exposure : psychological trauma and PTSD in news journalists
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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 ... -
Training executive functions in the laboratory and in real life : cognitive consequences of computer-based exercises and bilingualism
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 06.06.2013)The question of the trainability of executive functions and the impact of such training on related cognitive skills has stirred considerable research interest. Despite a number of studies investigating this, the question ... -
Neurocognitive changes in early-stage Parkinson's disease : functional and structural brain correlates of memory and verbal functions
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Incest aversion : the evolutionary roots of individual regulation
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Comparing adult-youth and adult-adult online sexual solicitation: Manipulative behaviors, situational factors, and outcomes
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 12.12.2014)Online sexual solicitation (solicitation) of youth has received widespread media and research attention during the last decade. The prevalence rates of youth who have experienced solicitation or solicitation attempts vary ... -
Separating deviant and non-deviant sexual preferences with a dual-target rapid serial visual presentation task
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Therapeutic jurisprudence in investigative interviews : the effects of a humanitarian rapport-orientated and a dominant non-rapport orientated approach on adult’s memory performance and psychological well-being
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 25.08.2017)Therapeutic jurisprudence (TJ) sees the law as a social force with the underlying idea that legal procedures should promote the psychological well-being (PWB) of individuals involved in juridical actions; for example, ... -
Bilingual Language Switching and Executive Functions
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 15.12.2017)According to the Bilingual Executive Advantage (BEA) hypothesis, bilinguals outperform monolinguals in executive functions (EF). This has been suggested to stem from life-long training of bilinguals in shifting between ... -
Training in Investigative Interviews of Children : Serious Gaming Paired with Feedback Improves Interview Quality
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 27.03.2018)Interview quality (i.e., adherence to best practice) in alleged child sexual abuse (CSA) cases remains low. Training programs have been developed in order to tackle this problem. However, these programs are usually not ... -
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 ...
