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Atle Dyregrov is affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway. Their research primarily focuses on psychology, with a significant emphasis on clinical psychology. The scientist has contributed extensively to topics related to grief, bereavement, and mental health, as well as migration, health, and trauma. Other areas of research include family support in illness, palliative care and end-of-life issues, family and disability support research, child abuse and trauma, and family and patient care in intensive care units.

Dyregrov has published in several academic venues, with frequent contributions to the following journals:

  • Death Studies
  • Journal of Loss and Trauma
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • International Journal of Early Years Education
  • OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying

Some of the recent papers by Dyregrov include:

  • "Information to Bereaved Families Following Catastrophic Losses. Why Is It Important?" (2020) in Journal of Loss and Trauma
  • "Young People's Risk Perception and Experience in Connection with COVID-19" (2020) in Journal of Loss and Trauma
  • "Loss in the family - A reflection on how schools can support their students" (2020) in Bereavement Care

Additional papers of relevance, though with other lead authors in some cases, include:

  • "Bullying Victimization and Trauma" (2021) in Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • "When young children grieve: daycare children's experiences when encountering illness and loss in parents" (2022) in International Journal of Early Years Education

Dyregrov has collaborated with several coauthors, notably:

  • Martin Lytje
  • Anita Fjærestad
  • Pål Kristensen
  • Rolf Gjestad
  • Thormod Idsøe

Best Publications

  • Predictors of psychosocial distress after suicide, SIDS and accidents.

    Kari Dyregrov;Dag Nordanger;Atle Dyregrov

  • Trauma exposure and psychological reactions to genocide among rwandan children

    Atle Dyregrov;Leila Gupta;Rolf Gjestad;Eugenie Mukanoheli

  • Principal components analysis of the impact of event scale with children in war

    Patrick Smith;Sean Perrin;Atle Dyregrov;William Yule

  • Children exposed to warfare: a longitudinal study.

    Atle Dyregrov;Rolf Gjestad;Magne Raundalen

  • A Review of PTSD in Children

    Atle Dyregrov;William Yule

  • Bullying and PTSD Symptoms

    Thormod Idsoe;Atle Dyregrov;Ella Cosmovici Idsoe

  • The Process in Psychological Debriefings

    Atle Dyregrov

  • Enhancing Autobiographical Memory Specificity Through Cognitive Training An Intervention for Depression Translated From Basic Science

    Hamid Taher Neshat-Doost;Tim Dalgleish;William Yule;Mehrdad Kalantari

  • Work with Traumatized Children- Psychological Effects and Coping Strategies

    Atle Dyregrov;Jeffrey T. Mitchell

  • FACTOR ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF EVENT SCALE WITH CHILDREN IN WAR

    Atle Dyregrov;Gordana Kuterovac;Arpad Barath

  • Refugee families' experience of research participation.

    Kari Dyregrov;Atle Dyregrov;Magne Raundalen

  • Effective Grief and Bereavement Support: The Role of Family, Friends, Colleagues, Schools and Support Professionals

    Kari Dyregrov;Atle Dyregrov;Magne Raundalen

  • Children in war: A silent majority under stress

    Gordana Kuterovac;Atle Dyregrov;Rune Stuvland

  • Traumatic Stress in Disaster Workers and Emergency Personnel

    Jeffrey T. Mitchell;Atle Dyregrov

  • Long-term impact of sudden infant death: a 12- to 15-year follow-up.

    Atle Dyregrov;Kari Dyregrov

  • Voluntary and professional disaster-workers: similarities and differences in reactions.

    Atle Dyregrov;Jakob Inge Kristoffersen;Rolf Gjestad

  • Risk factors for PTSD, anxiety, and depression among adolescents in Gaza.

    Silje Kolltveit;Ida Ingridsdatter Lange-Nielsen;Abdel Aziz Mousa Thabet;Atle Dyregrov

  • Grief in Children: A Handbook for Adults

    Atle Dyregrov

  • Efficacy of writing for recovery on traumatic grief symptoms of Afghani refugee bereaved adolescents: a randomized control trial

    Mehrdad Kalantari;William Yule;Atle Dyregrov;Hamidtaher Neshatdoost

  • Siblings After Suicide— "The Forgotten Bereaved"

    Kari Dyregrov;Atle Dyregrov

  • Similarities and differences in mothers' and fathers' grief following the death of an infant

    Atle Dyregrov;Stig Berge Matthiesen

Frequent Co-Authors

William Yule
William Yule King's College London
Stig Berge Matthiesen
Stig Berge Matthiesen BI Norwegian Business School
Sean Perrin
Sean Perrin Lund University
Patrick Smith
Patrick Smith University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Anders Skogstad
Anders Skogstad University of Bergen
Anders G. Broberg
Anders G. Broberg University of Gothenburg
Ståle Pallesen
Ståle Pallesen University of Bergen
Tim Dalgleish
Tim Dalgleish University of Cambridge
Ask Elklit
Ask Elklit University of Southern Denmark
Tracy Vaillancourt
Tracy Vaillancourt University of Ottawa

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