Browsing Brage INN by Author "Larsson, Ulf Gerry"
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Perceived stress and hair cortisol levels amongst conscripts during basic military training: A repeated measures study
Larsson, Ulf Gerry; Smaliukienė, Rasa; Mažeikienė, Asta; Vaičaitienė, Ramutė; Bekešienė, Svajonė; Mazgelytė, Eglė; Karčiauskaitė, Dovilė (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The aim was to examine hair cortisol levels and self-reported stress amongst conscripts during their basic military training, and how they are related to four types of theory-derived determinants. The following prediction ... -
Political skill in higher military staff: Measurement properties and latent profile analysis
Ohlsson, Alicia; Lindfors, Petra; Larsson, Ulf Gerry; Sverke, Magnus (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Social effectiveness, including political skill, reflects individuals’ ways of handling interpersonal processes at work. Most research has used a variable-oriented approach to investigate associations between political ... -
Psychological prediction of stress-related hair steroid hormone levels in young men: a person-centered approach
Larsson, Ulf Gerry; Mažeikienė, Asta; Smaliukienė, Rasa (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The aim was to: (1) identify individual profiles in young men regarding personality and cognitive appraisal style employing easy-to-use instruments, and (2) to explore how such profiles relate to biological stress indicators. ... -
Reflexive serendipity: Grounded theory and serendipity in disaster management and military research
Alvinius, Aida; Starrin, Bengt; Larsson, Ulf Gerry (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Grounded Theory (GT) is a research method that allows the researcher to make discoveries without a priori knowledge, and allows an open mind not an empty head. The use of this method is also desirable for serendipity to ... -
Test of a brief scale designed to measure high-level managers’ indirect leadership
Larsson, Ulf Gerry; Höglund, Madelene; Henrysson, Jonas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Purpose The Indirect Leadership Questionnaire (ILQ) is constructed to measure important parts of a theoretical model of indirect leadership to be used in leadership courses for high-level managers. The ILQ consists of 15 ... -
Three-Faceted Approach to Perceived Stress: A Longitudinal Study of Stress Hormones, Personality, and Group Cohesion in the Real-Life Setting of Compulsory Basic Military Training
Bekesiene, Svajone; Smaliukiene, Rasa; Vaičaitienė, Ramutė; Mažeikienė, Asta; Larsson, Ulf Gerry; Karčiauskaitė, Dovilė; Mazgelytė, Eglė (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Compulsory basic military training is characterized not only by being challenging but also by being stressful. Assuming a high frequency of perceived stress events as a negative outcome of training, this article provides ... -
Uplifts and functional coping versus hassles and dysfunctional coping: assessment of a balance model on health outcomes
Larsson, Ulf Gerry; Nilsson, Sofia; Ohlsson, Alicia; Svensén, Sofia (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)The aim was to test a hypothesized model which indicates that a favorable balance between daily uplifts and functional coping on the one hand, and daily hassles and dysfunctional coping on the other, will be associated ...