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PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Does center based child care improve development in disadvantaged children?

The objectives of this project are to gain knowledge about whether development in disadvantaged children at 3, 5 and 8 years of age is improved by early (1-3 years) center based child care. Further, we will examine to what extent the increased coverage an d reduced cost of early center based chil...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2014

Location: Oslo

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Eating problems from infancy to adulthood. Knowledge about risk factors and developmental pathways from two longitudinal population studies

The aim of the proposed study is to provide new knowledge about (1) risk factors for eating problems, and (2) longitudinal pathways of eating problems from early childhood through adolescence into adulthood. The research project is motivated by several re cent reviews showing that we need more in...

Awarded: NOK 4.8 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2014

Location: Oslo

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Early Life Stress: A Translational Study of Affective and Behavioral Outcomes and Genetic Modulation.

This translational and cross-disciplinary project explores the relationships between adverse early life experiences and the development of risk or resilience to later life stress, with a focus on behavioural changes and genetic modulation. In humans, abu se, parental neglect and other traumatic ...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2014

Location: Vestland

IS-AUR-Samarb.progr. Norge Frankrike

Uncertainties: Verbal communication of internal and external sources of uncertainty

The project focuses on how chances, risks, and uncertainties are communicated, both in daily conversations and by experts who try to convey uncertain information to the general public. From a mathematical point of view, probabilities can be described by n umbers ranging from 0 (impossible) to 1.0...

Awarded: NOK 29,535

Project Period: 2010-2011

Location: Oslo

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Development of screening battery for preschool children and early intervention program for improvement of language abilities.

The aim of the research project is to establish a battery for early assessment of cognitive abilities and signs of behavioral problems in children 3-5 years of age and an Early intervention program for promotion of language acquisition and use. The assess ment battery and Early intervention progr...

Awarded: NOK 69,999

Project Period: 2009-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

A Shared Fluency Theory of Social Cohesiveness

The main goal of the theoretical part is to develop a shared fluency theory of group cohesiveness. This is a large-scale, long-term theoretical project, like the fluency and beauty project which has resulted in our article on the perceptual fluency theory of beauty. The core hypothesis is that ...

Awarded: NOK 0.27 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2010

Location: Vestland

NAERINGSPH-Nærings-phd

Norsk adaptasjon og normering av prestasjonsmotivasjonsinventaret "Leistungsmotivationsinventar" (LMI) av H. Schuler og M. Prochaska

Prestasjonsmotivasjonsinventaret "Leistungsmotivationsinventar" (LMI) ble utgitt 2001 av Schuler og Prochaska i Hogrefe-Forlaget. Det tyske Hogrefe-Forlaget er Europas største testforlag innenfor psykologi. Siden første publisering er testen oversatt til flere språk og kan beskrives som internas...

Awarded: NOK 1.3 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Rogaland

RUSMIDDEL-Rusmiddelforskning

Neurocognitive development in children born to mothers with substance abuse and psychiatric disorders: biological-social interaction effects

Mye tid og ressurser i prosjektet har blitt brukt til rekruttering og undersøkelse av deltagere. Dette er en spesiell gruppe barn, som det kreves stor innsats å få kontakt med. Likevel gikk rekrutteringen og gjennomføringen av undersøkelsene har likevel som forventet. Hovedformålet med prosjek...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2014

Location: Oslo

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Regulation of emotion in children with ADHD- a longitudinal study

We aim to recruit 30 children with a combined type of attention deficit/hyperactivity-disorder (ADHD) and 30 controls aged 9-12 years. The children will go through a careful clinical characterization, neuropsychological testing, MR scanning and measuring of ERP's. The participants will receive tr...

Awarded: NOK 3.8 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Vestland

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

How to help when silence is not golden? A RCT study of children with selective mutism (SM) 3-9 years of age

Selective mutism (SM) describes inhibited, anxious and withdrawn children who are persistently mute in important social situations despite ability to talk. SM may cause great suffering and create problems, both socially and educationally, and problems per sist. SM is associated with social anxiet...

Awarded: NOK 4.4 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Oslo

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Psychotherapy Process Mapping Network: Identification of mediators, moderators, and change mechanisms to improve delivery of care

After decades of research, we do not have evidenced-based explanations for how or why psychotherapy works, and the ?greatest casualty of this lack of knowledge is the public at large? (Kazdin, 2008, pp 147). Although there is a large amount of theoretical explanation about effectiveness drawn fr...

Awarded: NOK 6.4 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Buskerud

FRIMEDBIO-Fri prosj.st. med.,helse,biol

Gene-environment interactions in childrens social competence: Differential susceptibly or differential vulnerability?

Starting in 2002 a series of findings has demonstrated that some individuals, also children, who share common polymorphisms, primarily related to the serotonergic and dopaminergic systems face greater risk of developing psychopathology when exposed to neg ative environments (e.g. negative life ev...

Awarded: NOK 8.6 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2014

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

TJENESTER-Helse- og omsorgstjenester

Implementation of user participation in a community mental health centre - process and effect on staff and users

User participation is a central concept in Norwegian health policy. It is mandatory in hospitals and emphasised as one of the most prioritised areas by the Government. Despite this, there is hardly any research on the effect of user participation and none of the systematic reviews on user partic...

Awarded: NOK 4.2 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

P-KVINN-Program for kvinne- og kjønnsf

Why Rape? Perpetrators, Punishment and Social Narratives; A study of sexual violence offenders from the former Yugoslav wars.

The focus in this project is to study the male perpetration of sexual violence in war. The focus will be on the male perpetrators themselves and how they view their actions in hindsight and in light of their punishment. By extension, the project will also focus on the ways in which male perpetra...

Awarded: NOK 2.8 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Oslo

IS-AUR-Samarb.progr. Norge Frankrike

Lemyre, Pierre-Nicolas Aurora 2009-10 Fransk-norsk forskerutveksling

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Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2011

Location: Oslo

FRIMEDBIO-Fri prosj.st. med.,helse,biol

The development of attachment and social relations in young children: A transactional and contextual model

Establishing a secure attachment to caregiver(s) is considered one of the fundamental milestones in children's development. It is hypothesized that trough interaction with the caregiver the child forms mental representations of the self, others and the ou ter world, viz. inner working models. Mat...

Awarded: NOK 4.1 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Effectiveness of joint attention treatment for young children with autism - a randomized study in Norway.

Research fellow (PhD-student) Anett Kaale is invited by Professor Connie Kasari to stay at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) from August 2008 to July 2009. The research stay at UCLA is an integral part of Kaale's doctoral studies. During her st ay she will write her first research arti...

Awarded: NOK 0.33 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2008

Location: Ukjent Fylke

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Mechanisms of sustainable change: Developing interventions for lasting changes in happiness through intentional activity.

The proposed project will be undertaken at the University of California, Riverside, during the 2008 - 2009 academic year. Students will be randomly assigned to one of 4 experimental conditions in an intervention study designed to investigate the possibili ty of sustainably increasing happiness le...

Awarded: NOK 0.27 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2009

Location: Oslo

FRIMED-Klinisk medisin og folkehelse

Cognition and plasticity throughout the human lifespan - Neuroanatomical, neurophysiological and neuropsychological markers and mechanisms

The present proposal seeks to uncover the markers and mechanisms underlying changes in brain and cognitive behavior throughout the lifespan, and whether, and how, we ourselves can initiate, enhance or slow such changes. The goal is to detail the nature of age changes in both brain anatomy, activ...

Awarded: NOK 4.2 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Oslo

VAM-Velferd, arbeid og migrasjon

Work unlimited: Identity construction in a Global context

Work migration is a complex and interdisciplinary phenomenon. The proposed project will draw on anthropological theories of migration and globalization, as well as relevant theories from studies on organisational psychology, with the objective of gaining a better understanding of the individual c...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Ethnicity and mental health among youths: a longitudinal project

The research project will investigate social factors that may affect the development of mental health among youths from ethnic minority groups and from the majority population, with analyses distinguishing between the genders. Data will be collected in Dr ammen. Research indicates that perceived...

Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Oslo

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Industrialisert produksjon av digital terapi.

Changetech AS er et norsk selskap som industrialiserer tjenester innen psykologi, nærmere bestemt psykologiske endringer. Dette skjer ved bruk av digitale kanaler (mobiltelefon, internett, mv.). De sentrale fagpersonene bak Changetech har tidligere laget en ikke-industrialisert løsning for røykes...

Awarded: NOK 5.7 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Oslo

RISIT-Transportsikkerhet

Gransking av ulykker og farlige hendelser i transport: Metodeutvikling og analyse av forutsetninger for læring.

Prosjektet består av to hoveddeler. Del 1 er en undersøkelse av metodologiske forutsetninger for at gransking av ulykker skal gi valid kunnskap om årsakssammenhenger. Det vil bli fokusert på betydningen av å bruke en strukturert og standardisert analyseme tode samt aggregering av resultater fra f...

Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Oslo

RISIT-Transportsikkerhet

Risk perception and uncertainty in transport

The project focuses risk perception and uncertainty from the public, policymakers, professional transporters and experts related to reducing accidental in transport. The transport means include public (aviation, rail, bus, sea transport) as well as privat e means of transportation (car, MC, scoot...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

RISIT-Transportsikkerhet

Risikodiskrepans: Sikkerhet og risikopersepsjon i ulike transportformer

Prosjektet består av 3 delprosjekter (redusert fra 4 i den opprinnelige søknaden) og hvert delprosjekt omhandler og sammenligner et bredt utvalg transportformer. Prosjektet bygger på et pågående prosjekt i regi av TØI om opplevd utrygghet innen RISIT. Før ste del er en metodeutvikling knyttet til...

Awarded: NOK 3.5 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2009

Location: Oslo

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Longitudinal studies of Major Depression Disorder and cognitive functioning and emotional information processing: predictors for relapse?

Kognitiv funksjon hos pasienter som opplever sin første episode av depresjon: Det foreliggende prosjektet har inkludert en gruppe mennesker som opplever å bli deprimert for første gang i sitt liv, og undersøkt kognitive funksjoner hos denne gruppen samm enliknet med en gruppe som ikke har vært d...

Awarded: NOK 3.2 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2015

Location: Vestland

FOLKEHELSE-Folkehelse

Early detection and prevention of psychiatric disorders among preschoolers in the community: Mechanisms of change and long term follow up

Young children have psychiatric disorders to a comparable extent with that of any other age group, and they endure. If undetected, problems may escalate and become more resistant to change. However, far fewer young children with psychiatric disorders rece ive treatment than do school age children...

Awarded: NOK 5.5 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

VAM-Velferd, arbeid og migrasjon

Den nye arbeidsplassen: Arbeid, helse og deltakelse i arbeidslivet. En prospektiv, longitudinell undersøkelse.

Both individual level, organization level, and society level factors participate in determining health, absence, and participation in or exit from working life. Several studies have shown that work factors contribute to health problems that are important determinants of musculoskeletal disorders,...

Awarded: NOK 7.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Oslo

FRIMEDBIO-Fri prosj.st. med.,helse,biol

Frontal lobe injury and cognitive control

The main goal of this project is to investigate the neural substrate and cognitive mechanisms that are involved in a set of higher-order "executive" functions that are necessary for goal-directed thinking and behavior. At present there is no unitary model that accounts for all aspects of executi...

Awarded: NOK 4.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Oslo

RUSMIDDEL-Rusmiddelforskning

Biological bases of addiction: investigating norepinephrine and brain stress systems using PET in abstinent alcoholics

This project constitutes progress toward the specific goal of solving the complex biomedical problem of addictive behaviors. It will finance a Norwegian post. doc. (the project manager) to take part in an interdisciplinary research consortium at Yale Univ ersity on stress, self control and addict...

Awarded: NOK 2.6 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Oslo

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