Search for dissertations about: "Karin Brocki"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words Karin Brocki.

2. 1. Executive Control Processes: Dimensions, Development and ADHD

   Author : Karin Cecilia Brocki; Gunilla Bohlin; Edmund Sonuga-Barke; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Psychology; Executive function; development; ADHD; inhibitory control; working memory; Psykologi;

   Abstract : Deficits in higher order cognitive processes such as inhibitory control and working memory (WM), grouped under the term of executive function (EF), have been shown to constitute one important component of the complex neuropsychology of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The aim of the present thesis was to examine EF in relation to ADHD, with primary focus on structure (i. READ MORE

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

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

   Abstract : 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. READ MORE

5. 3. Disorganized Attachment Representations, Externalizing Behavior Problems, and Socio-Emotional Competences

   Author : Tommie Forslund; Karin C. Brocki; Gunilla Bohlin; Gottfried Spangler; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Disorganized Attachment; Oppositional Defiant Disorder; Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Emotion Regulation; Self-Regulation; Psychology; Psykologi;

   Abstract : Disorganized attachment is a risk-factor for developmental maladaptation in the form of externalizing behavior problems, and for poor development of competences important for socio-emotional functioning. Concerns have however been raised regarding theoretical overextension, and there is consequently a need for multifactorial studies that examine which outcomes disorganized attachment is reliably important for. READ MORE

6. 4. ADHD Symptoms : Objective Performance and Subject Perspective

   Author : Sara Scholtens; Karin Brocki; Ann-Margret Rydell; Gunilla Bohlin; Claire Hughes; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ADHD; developmental psychology; academic performance; future orientation; cognitive performance; positive illusory bias; attachment representations; Psychology; Psykologi;

   Abstract : ADHD research has mainly focused on objective performance measures. Performance, however, is only one aspect of functioning. Other aspects of how individuals function are their personal experiences and their evaluations of those experiences. READ MORE