Department of Clinical Psychology
Recent Submissions
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Norskfødte med innvandrerforeldres erfaringer i psykologisk behandling: En kvalitativ studie
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background: Focus on minority perspectives and cultural factors in therapy has increased in recent years. This study aimed to examine experiences of undergoing psychotherapy among Norwegian-born with immigrant parents to ... -
Early remission of deliberate self-harm predicts emotion regulation capacity in adulthood: 12.4 years follow-up of a randomized controlled trial of adolescents with repeated self-harm and borderline features
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Emotion regulation capacity, critical for adult functioning and mental health, develops strongly during adolescence in healthy individuals. Deficits in emotion regulation is often referred to as emotion dysregulation [ED] ... -
Detecting child sexual abuse in child and adolescent psychiatry: a survey study of healthcare professionals’ assessment practice
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024-04-18)Background Research shows that only around half of all survivors of child sexual abuse (CSA) disclose the abuse during childhood and adolescence. This is worrying, as CSA is related to substantial suffering later in life. ... -
Is evidence-based practice justified?—A philosophical critique
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background: Evidence-based practice is the principle governing a range of healthcare practices and beyond. However, it has suffered from a lack of philosophical rigour. This paper sets out to analyse the epistemological ... -
Being able to think when caught in the maelstrom - how adolescents used mindfulness when facing exams
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Purpose: Research indicates that exam anxiety may decline with mindfulness-based interventions but there is a lack of research on adolescents’ accounts of the processes involved. We explored high-school students’ descriptions ... -
Digital gruppeveiledning - en intervjuundersøkelse
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Restriction during the pandemic forced supervisors to apply digital guidance of psychologists and students of psychology. This study seeks to shed light on the supervisors’ experiences with and assessment of online ... -
Antisocial personality disorder and therapeutic pessimism – how can mentalization-based treatment contribute to an increased therapeutic optimism among health professionals?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024-02-21)Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) is associated with therapeutic pessimism among health professionals. Several variables are associated with obstacles in therapist’s willingness to treat ASPD. Variables that are ... -
Mindfulness for test anxiety and negative self-evaluation in high school
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)There is growing evidence that mindfulness-based interventions reduce test anxiety in university-level students, but less is known about high school students. Adolescence is a time of frequent testing, identity concerns, ... -
Child maltreatment in young adults with residential youth care background: Prevalence and post-placement trends
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background: Young adults with residential youth care (RYC) background have often endured various forms of child maltreatment, impacting education, employment, health, mortality, and quality of life. There is limited research ... -
The researcher as instrument - how our capacity for empathy supports qualitative analysis of transcripts
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2025)In this article we draw on literature from philosophy, history, and psychology to argue that empathy supports qualitative analysis of transcripts in several ways. We discuss examples of these processes both with data that ... -
Still Here: An Exhibition on Identity and Relational Mutuality Through Music for People Living With Dementia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Following the completion of a clinical research project assessing music therapy for home-dwelling people with dementia and their significant other, we developed an interactive photo exhibition, “Still here,” that was ... -
Verbal memory is linked to average oxygen saturation during sleep, not the apnea-hypopnea index nor novel hypoxic load variables
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Introduction: The apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) is the current diagnostic parameter for diagnosing and estimating the severity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). It is, however, poorly associated with the main clinical symptom ... -
Patients with Opioid Use Disorder Choosing Treatment with Extended-Release Naltrexone: A 6-Month Naturalistic Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2025)Introduction: The treatment efficacy of extended-release naltrexone (XR-NTX) for opioid use disorder (OUD) has been demonstrated in several studies, but not in naturalistic settings where opioid agonist treatment (OAT) is ... -
Young Adults with a History of Residential Youth Care: A Cohort Profile of a Hard-to-Reach Population
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024-10-30)Adults with a history of living in residential youth care (RYC) face elevated risks across various life domains. In this cohort profile paper, we outline the design of a comprehensive follow-up study—the VINGO study—targeting ... -
Growth in challenging situations: A qualitative investigation of therapists’ experience of delivering emotion-focused therapy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Objective: Psychotherapy does not work equally well for all clients. For research to support clinicians in helping more clients, we need to better understand the process of when therapy become particularly challenging. In ... -
A Critical Reconstruction of Evidence-based Practice in Psychology. Evidence and Ethics
(Book, 2025)Evidence-based practice in psychology is the dominant regulatory principle in clinical psychology, defining psychological knowledge and its application. This book provides a critical analysis and a reconstruction of the ... -
Unique associations between strategies of coping with COVID-19-related stress and internalizing symptoms in a clinical sample of adolescents
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Youth internalizing symptoms increased significantly during COVID-19, suggesting a need for more knowledge on how to prevent youth mental health problems during future widespread societal health crises. This cross-sectional ... -
The Single Case Study is a Crucial Bridge between Research and Practice
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Qualitative single case studies offer insights into developmental processes within specific contexts. Case studies enables us to investigate how development takes place, since it allows for a detailed examination of ... -
Nothing less than a creative triumph: a study of children admitted to hospital for serious somatic illness or injury and their experience of art therapy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background: Hospitalization can be an extremely distressing experience for seriously ill and injured children. Art therapy has a well-established clinical history, and recent research has begun to demonstrate its effectiveness ... -
Training students to become responsive therapists: implications from a sequential mixed-methods study on situations that therapists find challenging
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Objective To draw implications for training of therapist responsiveness from a sequential mixed-methods study on challenging clinical situations. Method Study 1: online survey mapping frequency and perceived difficulty ...
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