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Scandinavian Psychologist (ISSN 1894-5570) er et generelt tidsskrift i psykologi. Tidsskriftet har over 70 faglige medarbeidere og utgis med støtte fra Norges forskningsråd. Vitenskapelige artikler skal sendes inn i tråd med tidsskriftets retningslinjer.
Life on a waiting listHow do people experience and cope with delayed access to a community mental health center?
How do people experience and cope with delayed access to a community mental health center?
In our interview study, people found the waiting time for treatment at a community specialist mental health center to be hard and frustrating, yet they also developed valuable coping strategies, write Eva Biringer and colleagues.
Psychosocial functioning after losing a close friend in an extreme terror incident
Friends of Utøya terror victims evidenced severe reactions to the loss of their friend, a loss even comparable to those of close family members, according to this survey study by Iren Johnsen and colleagues.
A new approach to psychological measures in leadership research
The semantic theory of survey responses casts doubt on the prevalent use of surveys in leadership research, write Jan Ketil Arnulf and colleagues.
Overlapping semantics of leadership and heroism: Expectations of omnipotence, identification with ideal leaders and disappointment in real managers
Building on the semantic theory of survey response, we show how leadership research is vulnerable to semantic overlaps in central concepts. Many people have unrealistic expectations of leaders, and confuse leadership with heroism, write Jan Ketil Arnulf and Kai Rune Larsen.
Thought Field Therapy – not something that the cat dragged in?
If research continues to document the speed and power of Thought Field Therapy, it would be unethical to hold back access to this form of help, writes Atle Dyregrov.
The psychosocial follow-up after the terror of July 22nd 2011 as experienced by the bereaved
The large majority of parents and siblings were satisfied with the help they received from the public support services following the Utøya terror attack, but they also have advice for the support systems, according to this survey study by Kari Dyregrov and colleagues.
«Jeg svømmer alene»En økopsykologisk utforskning av de endelige vilkår i eksistensiell psykoterapi
En økopsykologisk utforskning av de endelige vilkår i eksistensiell psykoterapi
Psykologifaget har altfor lenge oversett menneskets grunnleggende relasjon til naturen, skriver Lina Søreide Slåttå og Ole Jacob Madsen.
Weekend family gatherings for bereaved after the terror killings in Norway in 2011
Through an active outreach effort, Norwegian authorities offered the bereaved after the 2011 Utøya terror attack a collective follow-up program, outlined in this article by Atle Dyregrov and colleagues.
