Search for dissertations about: "novelty seeking"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 swedish dissertations containing the words novelty seeking.

  2. 1. Temperament- a psychobiological approach to harm avoidance and novelty seeking

    Author : Jeremy Ray; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Harm avoidance; novelty seeking; continuity; longitudinal; monoamines; siblings;

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  4. 2. Temperamental development in the rat

    Author : Jeremy Ray; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Harm avoidiance; novelty seeking; anxiety; hole board; canopy test; temperament; exploratory behaviour; continity; longitudinal;

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  5. 3. Aggressive Antisocial Behavior: Risk Factors and Personality Profile

    Author : Örjan Falk; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Aggressive Antisocial Behavior; Life History of Aggression; Personality; Character maturity; Temperament and Character Inventory; Gender; Crime; Persistence; Total population registry; Prison population; Risk factors; Clinical factors;

    Abstract : Background: There is an increasing knowledge that violent criminality is restricted to a group of individuals with early onset of behavioral problems. These problems often emerge in combination with substance abuse and evolve into an antisocial personality disorder when the individual reaches adulthood. READ MORE

  6. 4. Hazardous alcohol use and alcohol use disorders in women : characteristics and vulnerability factors

    Author : Åsa Magnusson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to study vulnerability factors associated with hazardous alcohol consumption during pregnancy and alcohol use disorders among Swedish women. Different risk-factors and characteristics were studied, and examined for their ability to discriminate or identify different subtypes (type I/late onset and type II/early onset) of alcohol dependence (alcoholism). READ MORE

  7. 5. Neurobiological markers for personality, inflammation and stress: A naturalistic study in knee arthroplastic patients

    Author : Sara Bromander; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; personality; cytokine; aggression; inflammation; impulsivity; inslulin; blood-brain barrier;

    Abstract : Background: Psychiatry has strived to identify biomarkers elucidating the underlying biological mechanisms behind different disorders, to help in diagnostics and to assess treatment effects. In forensic psychiatric populations, findings have connected levels of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) monoamine metabolites and blood-brain barrier (BBB) integrity with impulsivity and aggression. READ MORE