Search for dissertations about: "affect consciousness"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 swedish dissertations containing the words affect consciousness.

2. 1. Dream affect : Conceptual and Methodological Issues in the Study of Emotions and Moods Experienced in Dreams

   Author : Pilleriin Sikka; Antti Revonsuo; Katja Valli; Antonio Zadra; Högskolan i Skövde; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; dreaming; affect; emotions; self-ratings; external ratings; REM sleep; well-being; peace of mind; frontal alpha asymmetry; Consciousness and Cognitive Neuroscience; Kognitiv neurovetenskap och filosofi;

   Abstract : We experience affect—emotions and mood—not only when we are awake but alsoduring dreaming. Despite considerable research, existing theories and empiricalfindings disagree about the frequency, nature, and correlates of dream affect. In thisthesis, I discuss the conceptual and methodological issues that underlie thesediscrepancies. READ MORE

4. 2. Consciousness about own and others’ affects

   Author : Börje Lech; Rolf Holmqvist; Gerhard Andersson; Finn Skårderud; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : Affect; affect consciousness; affect consciousness interview- self other; emotion; psychopathology; relationships; Affekt; affektmedvetenhet; affektmedvetenhetsintervjun-själv andra; AMI-S A; emotion; känsla; psykopatologi; relation;

   Abstract : It is essential for individuals’ well-being and relationships that they have the ability to consciously experience, express and respond to their own and others’ affects. The validity of a new conception of affect consciousness (AC), incorporating consciousness of both own and others’ affects, was investigated in this thesis. READ MORE

5. 3. The Capacity for Self-Observation in Psychotherapy

   Author : Fredrik Falkenström; Rolf Holmqvist; Rolf Sandell; Mary Target; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Self-Observation; Mentalization; Mindfulness; Affect Consciousness; Psychotherapy; Självobservationsförmåga; Mentalisering; Medveten närvaro; Affektmedvetenhet; Psykoterapi;

   Abstract : The phenomena of self-awareness and self-observation are thought by many to be uniquely human qualities, and questions about how they develop have engaged philosophers and spiritual thinkers throughout history. More recently these issues have come to interest psychologists, psychotherapists, and researchers of diverse clinical psychology orientations as well. READ MORE

6. 4. For every word has its own shadow: Sunsets, Notes From Underground, Waves

   Author : Lisa Tan; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; affect; becoming; Maurice Blanchot; displacement; dispossession; essay film; experimental video; geological time; liminal; Clarice Lispector; materialism; primordial obscurity; provisional; solitude; Susan Sontag; threshold; transformation; translation; video; video installation; Virginia Woolf;

   Abstract : Liminality permeates this doctoral project's questions: how can an experience of the liminal exist as an artwork? What things and experiences can orient us towards affectivity and states of becoming? Lisa Tan relates such concerns to Clarice Lispector whose writing renders becoming(s) visible. Coupled with Maurice Blanchot and his literary discourse on dispossession and the outside (analogous to becoming), Tan's inquiry is critically engaged inside a moving image practice. READ MORE

7. 5. Affect-focused body psychotherapy for patients with generalised anxiety disorder

   Author : Adrienne Levy Berg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Affect-focused body psychotherapy; affect consciousness; generalised anxiety disorder; lived body; physiotherapy; preferences;

   Abstract : Introduction and aims: This thesis investigates Affect-focused Body Psychotherapy (ABP) for patients with Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD). ABP has demonstrated good results in patients with chronic pain, but its effect has not been empirically tested in psychiatric disorders. READ MORE