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Odd E. Havik is affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway. Their research primarily focuses on psychology, with several subfields including clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, applied psychology, social psychology, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

Their work covers various main topics such as child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, cognitive processes, attachment and relationship dynamics, mental health research topics, personality disorders and psychopathology, psychotherapy techniques and applications, and psychological testing and assessment.

Some of the recent papers authored or coauthored by Odd E. Havik include:

  • Effectiveness of Open-Ended Psychotherapy Under Clinically Representative Conditions (2020), Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Parental internalizing symptoms as predictors of anxiety symptoms in clinic-referred children (2020), Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology
  • Exposure Quality in Cognitive Behavioral Treatment for Youth Anxiety Disorders-Predictors and Associations with Outcomes (2021), Journal of Child and Family Studies
  • To make a run for IT - A feasibility study of ICBT combined with physical exercise for patients with panic disorder (2020), Psychiatry Research
  • The Leiden Index of Depression Sensitivity-Revised (LEIDS-R) and its revision (LEIDS-RR): An investigation of the internal structure and conceptual validity in a Norwegian sample (2020), Nordic Psychology

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Krister W. Fjermestad
  • Gro Janne Wergeland
  • Aslak E. Himle
  • Jens C. Thimm
  • Magnus Nordmo

Odd E. Havik has published in several journals, with frequent publication venues including:

  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology
  • Journal of Child and Family Studies
  • Psychiatry Research
  • Nordic Psychology

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Quality of working alliance in psychotherapy: therapist variables and patient/therapist similarity as predictors.

    Anne Grete Hersoug;Per Høglend;Jon T. Monsen;Odd E. Havik

  • Mental disorders in foster children: a study of prevalence, comorbidity and risk factors

    Stine Lehmann;Odd E Havik;Toril Havik;Einar R Heiervang

  • Prevalence of insomnia in the adult Norwegian population.

    Stale Pallesen;Inger Hilde Nordhus;Geir Høstmark Nielsen;Odd E. Havik

  • Love yourself as a person, doubt yourself as a therapist?

    Helene A. Nissen‐Lie;Michael Helge Rønnestad;Per A. Høglend;Odd E. Havik

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

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

  • Psychological predictors for return to work after a myocardial infarction.

    John G. MÆland;Odd E. Havik

  • Self-help treatment of anxiety disorders: a meta-analysis and meta-regression of effects and potential moderators.

    Thomas Haug;Tine Nordgreen;Tine Nordgreen;Lars Göran Öst;Lars Göran Öst;Odd E. Havik;Odd E. Havik

  • Quality of Early Working Alliance in Psychotherapy: Diagnoses, Relationship and Intrapsychic Variables as Predictors

    Anne Grete Hersoug;Jon T. Monsen;Odd E. Havik;Per Høglend

  • An effectiveness study of individual vs. group cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety disorders in youth.

    Gro Janne H. Wergeland;Gro Janne H. Wergeland;Krister W. Fjermestad;Carla E. Marin;Bente Storm-Mowatt Haugland

  • Therapist characteristics influencing the quality of alliance in long‐term psychotherapy

    Anne Grete Hersoug;Per Høglend;Odd Havik;Anna von der Lippe

  • Patterns of emotional reactions after a myocardial infarction

    Odd E. Havik

  • The Contribution of the Quality of Therapists' Personal Lives to the Development of the Working Alliance

    Helene A. Nissen-Lie;Odd E. Havik;Per A. Høglend;Jon T. Monsen

  • Internet-supported versus face-to-face cognitive behavior therapy for depression.

    Gerhard Andersson;Naira Topooco;Odd Havik;Tine Nordgreen

  • Long-term effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy for youth with anxiety disorders

    Arne Kodal;Arne Kodal;Krister Fjermestad;Ingvar Bjelland;Rolf Gjestad

  • Circumplex structure and personality disorder correlates of the Interpersonal Problems model (IIP-C): construct validity and clinical implications.

    Jon T. Monsen;Knut A. Hagtvet;Odd E. Havik;Dag E. Eilertsen

  • Outcome predictors in guided and unguided self-help for social anxiety disorder

    T. Nordgreen;O. E. Havik;O. E. Havik;L. G. Öst;L. G. Öst;L. G. Öst;T. Furmark

  • Patient characteristics and predictors of sleep medication use

    Siri Omvik;Ståle Pallesen;Bjørn Bjorvatn;Børge Sivertsen

  • HPA AXIS RELATED GENES AND RESPONSE TO PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES: GENETICS AND EPIGENETICS

    Susanna Roberts;Robert Keers;Kathryn J Lester;Kathryn J Lester;Jonathan R. I. Coleman

  • Assessment of affect integration: validation of the affect consciousness construct.

    Ole André Solbakken;Roger Sandvik Hansen;Odd E. Havik;Jon T. Monsen

Frequent Co-Authors

Einar Heiervang
Einar Heiervang University of Oslo
Gerhard Andersson
Gerhard Andersson Linköping University
Ståle Pallesen
Ståle Pallesen University of Bergen
Børge Sivertsen
Børge Sivertsen Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Inger Hilde Nordhus
Inger Hilde Nordhus University of Bergen
Per Carlbring
Per Carlbring Stockholm University
Gerd Kvale
Gerd Kvale University of Bergen
Per Høglend
Per Høglend University of Oslo
Wendy K. Silverman
Wendy K. Silverman Yale University
Ulrik Fredrik Malt
Ulrik Fredrik Malt University of Oslo

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