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What does it mean to be moved by love?
University of California and University of Oslo researchers define the sensations associated with the emotion of ‘kama muta’.
Even in the gender-egalitarian society Norway people judge feminists by their looks
A new study shows that Norwegians perceive feminist women as masculine, while they picture feminist men as feminine.
Young people use self-harm to share emotions
New study finds that young people use self-harm to share difficult feelings, which they are unable to express in words.
Publications
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The temporal dynamics of symptoms during exposure therapies of PTSD: a network approach
June 10, 2019
Analysis of dynamic (temporal) networks allows an identification of important targets of treatment.
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The professional and personal characteristics of effective psychotherapists: a systematic review
June 3, 2019
Psychotherapists differ notably in the outcomes their patients achieve, and the characteristics that may explain these differences have attracted increasing interest.
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Effects of Attentional Bias Modification on residual symptoms in depression: a randomized controlled trial
May 27, 2019
Following treatment, many depressed patients have significant residual symptoms.
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Multiple senses of community and recovery processes. A pilot study for a national evaluation of the experiences of persons with substance use problems receiving help and services from Norwegian municipalities
May 20, 2019
This pilot study uses a multifaceted concept of sense of community (SOC)—multiple senses of community (MPSOC)—to understand how the multiple communities of persons with substance use problems, including those with a positive, negative and neutral SOC, influence processes of substance use recovery.