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Asle Hoffart

Asle Hoffart

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Psychology

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8176
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National Ranking
50

Overview

Asle Hoffart is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway and has contributed extensively to the field of psychology, with a focus on clinical psychology and mental health research. Their work spans several subfields including experimental and cognitive psychology, social psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and health.

The main topics addressed in Hoffart's research include areas such as COVID-19 and mental health, mental health research topics more broadly, anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, and cognitive processes. Additionally, their work covers child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, eating disorders and behaviors, attachment and relationship dynamics, and the long-term effects of COVID-19.

Hoffart has published in multiple recognized venues. The frequent publication platforms include:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Behaviour Research and Therapy
  • International Journal of Eating Disorders
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Clinical Psychological Science

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Hoffart include:

  • Loneliness and Social Distancing During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Risk Factors and Associations With Psychopathology, 2020, Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • PTSD symptoms among health workers and public service providers during the COVID-19 outbreak, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Acute COVID-19 severity and mental health morbidity trajectories in patient populations of six nations: an observational study, 2022, The Lancet Public Health
  • The reciprocal relationship between alliance and early treatment symptoms: A two-stage individual participant data meta-analysis, 2020, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
  • Risk, Trust, and Flawed Assumptions: Vaccine Hesitancy During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2021, Frontiers in Public Health

Hoffart has collaborated frequently with several researchers. Most frequent co-authors include:

  • Sverre Urnes Johnson
  • Omid V. Ebrahimi
  • Nora Skjerdingstad
  • Ingibjörg Magnúsdóttir
  • Helga Ask

Their research contributions reflect a consistent engagement with psychological processes related to mental health challenges, especially in the context of global health crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The broad thematic scope of their work includes understanding underlying cognitive and emotional mechanisms, developmental factors, and societal influences related to psychological well-being.

Best Publications

  • Psychometric Properties of the General Anxiety Disorder 7-Item (GAD-7) Scale in a Heterogeneous Psychiatric Sample.

    Sverre Urnes Johnson;Pål Gunnar Ulvenes;Tuva Øktedalen;Asle Hoffart

  • Comparing aerobic with nonaerobic forms of exercise in the treatment of clinical depression: a randomized trial.

    Egil W. Martinsen;Asle Hoffart;Øyvind Solberg

  • PTSD symptoms among health workers and public service providers during the COVID-19 outbreak.

    Sverre Urnes Johnson;Omid V. Ebrahimi;Asle Hoffart

  • Acute COVID-19 severity and mental health morbidity trajectories in patient populations of six nations: an observational study

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  • The Structure of Maladaptive Schemas: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis and a Psychometric Evaluation of Factor-Derived Scales

    Asle Hoffart;Harold Sexton;Liv M. Hedley;Catharina E. Wang

  • Physical activity and exercise dependence during inpatient treatment of longstanding eating disorders: an exploratory study of excessive and non-excessive exercisers.

    Solfrid Bratland‐Sanda;Jorunn Sundgot‐Borgen;Øyvind Rø;Jan H. Rosenvinge

  • A three-year cohort study of the relationships between coping, job stress and burnout after a counselling intervention for help-seeking physicians

    Karin E Isaksson Ro;Reidar Tyssen;Asle Hoffart;Harold Sexton

  • Trauma-related shame and guilt as time-varying predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms during imagery exposure and imagery rescripting—A randomized controlled trial

    Tuva Øktedalen;Asle Hoffart;Tomas Formo Langkaas

  • Loneliness and Social Distancing During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Risk Factors and Associations With Psychopathology

    Asle Hoffart;Sverre Urnes Johnson;Omid V. Ebrahimi

  • Aerobic and non-aerobic forms of exercise in the treatment of anxiety disorders

    Egil. W. Martinsen;Asle Hoffart;Ø Yvind Solberg

  • The Trauma Related Shame Inventory: Measuring Trauma-Related Shame Among Patients with PTSD

    Tuva Øktedalen;Knut Arne Hagtvet;Asle Hoffart;Tomas Formo Langkaas

  • Different processes for different therapies: therapist actions, therapeutic bond, and outcome.

    Pål G. Ulvenes;Lene Berggraf;Asle Hoffart;Tore C. Stiles

  • "I'm not physically active - I only go for walks": physical activity in patients with longstanding eating disorders.

    Solfrid Bratland-Sanda;Jorunn Sundgot-Borgen;Oyvind Rø;Jan H Rosenvinge

  • The reciprocal relationship between alliance and early treatment symptoms: A two-stage individual participant data meta-analysis.

    Christoph Flückiger;Julian Rubel;A. C. Del Re;Adam O. Horvath

  • Risk, Trust, and Flawed Assumptions: Vaccine Hesitancy During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

    Omid V Ebrahimi;Miriam S Johnson;Sara Ebling;Ole Myklebust Amundsen

  • Physical Distancing and Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Factors Associated With Psychological Symptoms and Adherence to Pandemic Mitigation Strategies

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  • Residential cognitive therapy versus residential interpersonal therapy for social phobia: A randomized clinical trial

    Finn-Magnus Borge;Asle Hoffart;Harold Sexton;David M. Clark

  • Self-compassion influences PTSD symptoms in the process of change in trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapies: a study of within-person processes

    Asle Hoffart;Tuva Øktedalen;Tomas F. Langkaas

  • A comparison of cognitive therapy, applied relaxation, and nitrous oxide sedation in the treatment of dental fear

    Tiril Willumsen;Olav Vassend;Asle Hoffart

  • Parenting in a Pandemic: Parental stress, anxiety and depression among parents during the government‐initiated physical distancing measures following the first wave of COVID‐19

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  • Self-understanding, empathy, guided discovery, and schema belief in schema-focused cognitive therapy of personality problems: A process-outcome study.

    Asle Hoffart;Sivert Versland;Harold Sexton

  • Exercise dependence score in patients with longstanding eating disorders and controls: the importance of affect regulation and physical activity intensity.

    Solfrid Bratland-Sanda;Egil W. Martinsen;Jan H. Rosenvinge;Øyvind Rø

  • Five-year prospective study of personality disorders in adults with longstanding eating disorders.

    KariAnne R. Vrabel;Øyvind Rø;Egil W. Martinsen;Asle Hoffart

Frequent Co-Authors

Egil W. Martinsen
Egil W. Martinsen University of Oslo
Bruce E. Wampold
Bruce E. Wampold University of Wisconsin–Madison
Jan H. Rosenvinge
Jan H. Rosenvinge University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
David M. Clark
David M. Clark University of Oxford
Tore C. Stiles
Tore C. Stiles Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Ronald M. Rapee
Ronald M. Rapee Macquarie University
Joseph A. Himle
Joseph A. Himle University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Ståle Pallesen
Ståle Pallesen University of Bergen
Ann Hackmann
Ann Hackmann University of Oxford
Arnstein Finset
Arnstein Finset University of Oslo

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