Arnulf Kolstad
Biographic Data
| ID | 153145 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Arnulf Kolstad |
| GIVEN NAMES | Arnulf |
| FAMILY NAME | Kolstad |
| SIGNATURE | KOLSTAD A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Norwegian University of Science and Technology |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 45 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Collectivism, individualism, and pragmatism in China: Implications for perceptions of mental health
This study aimed to better understand how minor mental health problems (MMPs) are perceived by well-educated urban dwellers in China who are influenced by Western values. Urban China is a rapidly changing society in which traditional Chinese culture and Western thought coexist. As a result, the established processes of interdependent self-appraisal have been challenged and a sense of a bicultural self has developed among a growing proportion of t…
Opposite Ends of the Same Stick? Multi-Method Test of the Dimensionality of Individualism and Collectivism
The construct of individualism-collectivism (IND-COL) has become the definitive standard in cross-cultural psychology, management, and related fields. It is also among the most controversial, in particular, with regard to the ambiguity of its dimensionality: Some view IND and COL as the opposites of a single continuum, whereas others argue that the two are independent constructs. We explored the issue through seven different tests using original …
Perceptions of minor mental health problems in China
The purpose of this study is to reach a better understanding of the perceptions of minor mental problems (MMP) held by well-educated urban Chinese people in contemporary China, both within and outside of the context of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). The methodological approach adopted in this study is qualitative and exploratory. The results are based on observations of and interviews with six practitioners and students of TCM and eight layp…
The importance of harmonious relationships for mental health in traditional Chinese society
This article examines how the Chinese perceive and explain minor mental health problems (MMP). It focuses on the perception of doctors and students who practise traditional Chinese medicine, as well as on lay people, and pays special attention to how the understanding of MMP is related to traditional Chinese culture. A fieldwork design with interviews and observations was performed. Minor mental health problems are looked upon as part of normal l…
Football team identification in Norway: Spectators of Local and National Football Matches
Football spectators (N=760) at two local and two international matches were surveyed with the aim of investigating how identity is created and sustained in relation to top-level sport in general, and local and national football teams in particular. Two-way between-groups analyses of variance were applied, and effect sizes calculated. There was a statistically significant main effect for gender, showing that male spectators identify more strongly …
Time for Paradigmatic Substitution in Psychology. What are the Alternatives
Self-Construal in Chile and Norway: Implications for Cultural Differences in Individualism and Collectivism
The study compares Chilean and Norwegian self-construal with regard to the concepts of independence and interdependence. Chile has been characterized as collectivistic and Norway as individualistic, and the hypothesis is that this characterization also distinguishes self-perception as independent and interdependent, respectively. The total sample consists of 368 university students. The instrument, Self-Construal Scale (SCS), measures the strengt…
Dwelling as an Expression of Identity. A Comparative Study Among Residents in High‐Priced and Low‐Priced Neighbourhoods in Norway
This study explores people's thoughts about their dwellings as an expression of identity. The results are based on a survey (N = 560) and 18 qualitative interviews with residents in high‐priced and low‐priced neighbourhoods in one city in Norway. The informants perceived their dwellings and neighbourhoods as providing information about personality and taste, interests, life phase, social status and relationships. Their attitudes towards the commu…
Imprisonment as rehabilitation: Offenders' assessment of why it does not work
Dwelling as an Expression of Identity. A Comparative Study Among Residents in High‐Priced and Low‐Priced Neighbourhoods in Norway
This study explores people's thoughts about their dwellings as an expression of identity. The results are based on a survey (N = 560) and 18 qualitative interviews with residents in high‐priced and low‐priced neighbourhoods in one city in Norway. The informants perceived their dwellings and neighbourhoods as providing information about personality and taste, interests, life phase, social status and relationships. Their attitudes towards the commu…
Opposite Ends of the Same Stick? Multi-Method Test of the Dimensionality of Individualism and Collectivism
The construct of individualism-collectivism (IND-COL) has become the definitive standard in cross-cultural psychology, management, and related fields. It is also among the most controversial, in particular, with regard to the ambiguity of its dimensionality: Some view IND and COL as the opposites of a single continuum, whereas others argue that the two are independent constructs. We explored the issue through seven different tests using original …
Self-Construal in Chile and Norway: Implications for Cultural Differences in Individualism and Collectivism
The study compares Chilean and Norwegian self-construal with regard to the concepts of independence and interdependence. Chile has been characterized as collectivistic and Norway as individualistic, and the hypothesis is that this characterization also distinguishes self-perception as independent and interdependent, respectively. The total sample consists of 368 university students. The instrument, Self-Construal Scale (SCS), measures the strengt…
Collectivism, individualism, and pragmatism in China: Implications for perceptions of mental health
This study aimed to better understand how minor mental health problems (MMPs) are perceived by well-educated urban dwellers in China who are influenced by Western values. Urban China is a rapidly changing society in which traditional Chinese culture and Western thought coexist. As a result, the established processes of interdependent self-appraisal have been challenged and a sense of a bicultural self has developed among a growing proportion of t…
The importance of harmonious relationships for mental health in traditional Chinese society
This article examines how the Chinese perceive and explain minor mental health problems (MMP). It focuses on the perception of doctors and students who practise traditional Chinese medicine, as well as on lay people, and pays special attention to how the understanding of MMP is related to traditional Chinese culture. A fieldwork design with interviews and observations was performed. Minor mental health problems are looked upon as part of normal l…
Football team identification in Norway: Spectators of Local and National Football Matches
Football spectators (N=760) at two local and two international matches were surveyed with the aim of investigating how identity is created and sustained in relation to top-level sport in general, and local and national football teams in particular. Two-way between-groups analyses of variance were applied, and effect sizes calculated. There was a statistically significant main effect for gender, showing that male spectators identify more strongly …
Time for Paradigmatic Substitution in Psychology. What are the Alternatives
Imprisonment as rehabilitation: Offenders' assessment of why it does not work
Imprisonment as rehabilitation: Offenders' assessment of why it does not work
Dwelling as an Expression of Identity. A Comparative Study Among Residents in High‐Priced and Low‐Priced Neighbourhoods in Norway
This study explores people's thoughts about their dwellings as an expression of identity. The results are based on a survey (N = 560) and 18 qualitative interviews with residents in high‐priced and low‐priced neighbourhoods in one city in Norway. The informants perceived their dwellings and neighbourhoods as providing information about personality and taste, interests, life phase, social status and relationships. Their attitudes towards the commu…
Self-Construal in Chile and Norway: Implications for Cultural Differences in Individualism and Collectivism
The study compares Chilean and Norwegian self-construal with regard to the concepts of independence and interdependence. Chile has been characterized as collectivistic and Norway as individualistic, and the hypothesis is that this characterization also distinguishes self-perception as independent and interdependent, respectively. The total sample consists of 368 university students. The instrument, Self-Construal Scale (SCS), measures the strengt…
Time for Paradigmatic Substitution in Psychology. What are the Alternatives
Football team identification in Norway: Spectators of Local and National Football Matches
Football spectators (N=760) at two local and two international matches were surveyed with the aim of investigating how identity is created and sustained in relation to top-level sport in general, and local and national football teams in particular. Two-way between-groups analyses of variance were applied, and effect sizes calculated. There was a statistically significant main effect for gender, showing that male spectators identify more strongly …
The importance of harmonious relationships for mental health in traditional Chinese society
This article examines how the Chinese perceive and explain minor mental health problems (MMP). It focuses on the perception of doctors and students who practise traditional Chinese medicine, as well as on lay people, and pays special attention to how the understanding of MMP is related to traditional Chinese culture. A fieldwork design with interviews and observations was performed. Minor mental health problems are looked upon as part of normal l…
Perceptions of minor mental health problems in China
The purpose of this study is to reach a better understanding of the perceptions of minor mental problems (MMP) held by well-educated urban Chinese people in contemporary China, both within and outside of the context of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). The methodological approach adopted in this study is qualitative and exploratory. The results are based on observations of and interviews with six practitioners and students of TCM and eight layp…
Collectivism, individualism, and pragmatism in China: Implications for perceptions of mental health
This study aimed to better understand how minor mental health problems (MMPs) are perceived by well-educated urban dwellers in China who are influenced by Western values. Urban China is a rapidly changing society in which traditional Chinese culture and Western thought coexist. As a result, the established processes of interdependent self-appraisal have been challenged and a sense of a bicultural self has developed among a growing proportion of t…
Opposite Ends of the Same Stick? Multi-Method Test of the Dimensionality of Individualism and Collectivism
The construct of individualism-collectivism (IND-COL) has become the definitive standard in cross-cultural psychology, management, and related fields. It is also among the most controversial, in particular, with regard to the ambiguity of its dimensionality: Some view IND and COL as the opposites of a single continuum, whereas others argue that the two are independent constructs. We explored the issue through seven different tests using original …
Psychology (9 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (5 works) · Perception (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Social science (4 works) · Collectivism (3 works)