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2026

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1985
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in Norway Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in Norway Leader Award

Overview

Børge Sivertsen is affiliated with the Norwegian Institute of Public Health in Norway. Their research primarily explores areas within psychology and social sciences, with a significant focus on experimental and cognitive psychology, clinical psychology, education, sociology and political science, and general health professions. These fields reflect the broad scope of their scientific inquiry across mental health and behavioral science disciplines.

Their work extensively addresses topics related to sleep and its associated disorders, including sleep and wakefulness research. Additional major research themes include the impact of technology on adolescents, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, youth substance use and school attendance, child development and digital technology, as well as mental health treatment and access.

Frequent publication venues for Sivertsen include:

  • Journal of Sleep Research
  • Sleep Medicine
  • BMC Public Health
  • Frontiers in Public Health
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Sivertsen collaborates regularly with other researchers. Some of their most frequent co-authors are Mari Hysing, Jens Christoffer Skogen, Øystein Vedaa, Ståle Pallesen, and Håvard Kallestad, indicating a consistent partnership network in their research activities.

Among their recent papers are:

  • Physical exercise, mental health problems, and suicide attempts in university students, 2020, published in BMC Psychiatry
  • Sleep disturbances and first onset of major mental disorders in adolescence and early adulthood: A systematic review and meta-analysis, 2021, published in Sleep Medicine Reviews
  • Effects of digital cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia on insomnia severity: a large-scale randomised controlled trial, 2020, published in The Lancet Digital Health
  • Life satisfaction and mental health among transgender students in Norway, 2020, published in BMC Public Health
  • Only the lonely: A study of loneliness among university students in Norway, 2020, published in Clinical Psychology in Europe

Best Publications

  • Sleep and use of electronic devices in adolescence: results from a large population-based study.

    Mari Hysing;Ståle Pallesen;Kjell Morten Stormark;Reidar Jakobsen

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy vs Zopiclone for Treatment of Chronic Primary Insomnia in Older Adults A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Børge Sivertsen;Siri Omvik;Ståle Pallesen;Bjørn Bjorvatn

  • Mindfulness-based stress reduction for patients with anxiety disorders: evaluation in a randomized controlled trial.

    Jon Vøllestad;Børge Sivertsen;Børge Sivertsen;Geir Høstmark Nielsen

  • Sleep patterns and insomnia among adolescents: a population-based study.

    Mari Hysing;Mari Hysing;Ståle Pallesen;Ståle Pallesen;Kjell M. Stormark;Kjell M. Stormark;Astri J. Lundervold;Astri J. Lundervold

  • A new scale for measuring insomnia: the Bergen Insomnia Scale.

    Ståle Pallesen;Bjorn Bjorvatn;Inger Hilde Nordhus;Børge Sivertsen

  • The epidemiology of insomnia: associations with physical and mental health. The HUNT-2 study.

    Børge Sivertsen;Steinar Krokstad;Simon Øverland;Arnstein Mykletun;Arnstein Mykletun

  • The bidirectional association between depression and insomnia: the HUNT study.

    Børge Sivertsen;Paula Salo;Arnstein Mykletun;Mari Hysing

  • The effect of the work environment on future sleep disturbances: a systematic review

    Steven J. Linton;Göran Kecklund;Karl A. Franklin;Lena C. Leissner

  • Socioeconomic Status and Child Mental Health: The Role of Parental Emotional Well-Being and Parenting Practices

    Tormod Bøe;Børge Sivertsen;Børge Sivertsen;Einar Heiervang;Robert Goodman

  • A 10-year trend of insomnia prevalence in the adult Norwegian population

    Ståle Pallesen;Børge Sivertsen;Børge Sivertsen;Inger Hilde Nordhus;Bjørn Bjorvatn

  • Thoroughly modern worries: the relationship of worries about modernity to reported symptoms, health and medical care utilization.

    Keith J Petrie;Borge Sivertsen;Borge Sivertsen;Mari Hysing;Mari Hysing;Elizabeth Broadbent;Elizabeth Broadbent

  • Physical exercise, mental health problems, and suicide attempts in university students

    Michael Grasdalsmoen;Hege Randi Eriksen;Kari Jussie Lønning;Børge Sivertsen;Børge Sivertsen

  • Sleep and pain sensitivity in adults

    Børge Sivertsen;Tea Lallukka;Keith J Petrie;Ólöf Anna Steingrímsdóttir

  • Sleep and academic performance in later adolescence: results from a large population-based study

    Mari Hysing;Allison G. Harvey;Steven J. Linton;Kristin G. Askeland

  • Later Emotional and Behavioral Problems Associated With Sleep Problems in Toddlers: A Longitudinal Study

    Børge Sivertsen;Børge Sivertsen;Allison G. Harvey;Ted Reichborn-Kjennerud;Ted Reichborn-Kjennerud;Leila Torgersen

  • A comparison of actigraphy and polysomnography in older adults treated for chronic primary insomnia

    Børge Sivertsen;Siri Omvik;Odd E Havik;Ståle Pallesen

  • Insomnia as a risk factor for ill health: results from the large population-based prospective HUNT Study in Norway.

    Børge Sivertsen;Børge Sivertsen;Tea Lallukka;Tea Lallukka;Paula Salo;Paula Salo;Ståle Pallesen;Ståle Pallesen

  • Sleep problems in children with autism spectrum problems: a longitudinal population-based study

    Børge Sivertsen;Maj-Britt Posserud;Christopher Gillberg;Astri J Lundervold

  • The Long-term Effect of Insomnia on Work Disability The HUNT-2 Historical Cohort Study

    Børge Sivertsen;Simon Overland;Dag Neckelmann;Nicholas Glozier

  • Sleep problems and depression in adolescence: results from a large population-based study of Norwegian adolescents aged 16-18 years.

    Børge Sivertsen;Allison G. Harvey;Astri J. Lundervold;Astri J. Lundervold;Mari Hysing

  • The Revised Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ-R)

    Børge Sivertsen;Mari Hysing

Frequent Co-Authors

Mari Hysing
Mari Hysing University of Bergen
Ståle Pallesen
Ståle Pallesen University of Bergen
Inger Hilde Nordhus
Inger Hilde Nordhus University of Bergen
Arnstein Mykletun
Arnstein Mykletun Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Keith J. Petrie
Keith J. Petrie University of Auckland
Astri J. Lundervold
Astri J. Lundervold University of Bergen
Odd E. Havik
Odd E. Havik University of Bergen
Jan Scott
Jan Scott Newcastle University
Eivind Ystrom
Eivind Ystrom Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Ted Reichborn-Kjennerud
Ted Reichborn-Kjennerud University of Oslo

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