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Per Høglend

Per Høglend

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
35
Citations
4938
World Ranking
9890
National Ranking
93

Per Høglend publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Per Høglend sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 113 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Per Høglend D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Per Høglend sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Per Høglend is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway and has a research focus primarily within psychology, with an emphasis on clinical psychology. Their scholarly contributions span a range of topics related to psychotherapy, personality disorders, and psychological assessment.

The principal fields of study associated with this researcher include:

  • Psychology

More specifically, their work involves the following subfields:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • General Health Professions
  • Applied Psychology
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

The main topics explored in their publications cover:

  • Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
  • Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Psychological Testing and Assessment
  • Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy
  • Mental Health Research Topics

Recent published papers reflect these research interests. Notable works include:

  • "Investigating the dose-response effect in open-ended psychotherapy" (2020), published in Psychotherapy Research
  • "The first experimental study of transference work-in teenagers (FEST-IT): a multicentre, observer- and patient-blind, randomised controlled component study" (2021), published in BMC Psychiatry
  • "Patient factors predict therapists' emotional countertransference differently depending on whether therapists use transference work in psychodynamic therapy" (2020), published in Psychotherapy Research
  • "Parental Bonding and Relationships with Friends and Siblings in Adolescents with Depression" (2022), published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • "Therapeutic Atmosphere in Psychotherapy Sessions" (2020), also published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Frequent publication venues for this scholar include:

  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Psychotherapy Research
  • BMC Psychiatry
  • Healthcare
  • Personality Disorders Theory Research and Treatment

The researcher has collaborated regularly with several coauthors, with multiple publications alongside:

  • Randi Ulberg
  • Hanne-Sofie Johnsen Dahl
  • Magnus Nordmo
  • Jon T. Monsen
  • Ole André Solbakken

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Analysis of the patient-therapist relationship in dynamic psychotherapy: an experimental study of transference interpretations.

    Per Høglend;Svein Amlo;Alice Marble;Kjell-Petter Bøgwald

  • Transference Interpretations in Dynamic Psychotherapy: Do They Really Yield Sustained Effects?

    Per Høglend;Kjell-Petter Bøgwald;Svein Amlo;Alice Marble

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

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

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

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

  • 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

  • Identifying mechanisms of change in psychotherapy: Mediators of treatment outcome

    Paul Johansson;Per Høglend

  • The mediating role of insight for long-term improvements in psychodynamic therapy.

    Paul Johansson;Per Høglend;Randi Ulberg;Svein Amlo

  • Defensive functioning predicts improvement in major depressive episodes.

    P Høglend;J C Perry

  • Effects of transference work in the context of therapeutic alliance and quality of object relations.

    Per Høglend;Anne Grete Hersoug;Kjell-Petter Bøgwald;Svein Amlo

  • Assessment of change in dynamic psychotherapy.

    Per Høglend;Kjell-Petter Bøgwald;Svein Amlo;Oscar Heyerdahl

  • Exploration of the patient-therapist relationship in psychotherapy.

    Per Høglend

  • Contribution of defensive functioning to the quality of working alliance and psychotherapy outcome.

    Anne Grete Hersoug;Harold C. Sexton;Per Høglend

  • Comparison of short- and long-term dynamic group psychotherapy: randomised clinical trial

    Steinar Lorentzen;Torleif Ruud;Anette Fjeldstad;Per Høglend

  • Mentalization as a moderator of treatment effects: Findings from a randomized clinical trial for personality disorders

    Frida Slagstad Gullestad;Merete Selsbakk Johansen;Per Høglend;Sigmund Karterud

  • Countertransference feelings in one year of individual therapy: an evaluation of the factor structure in the Feeling Word Checklist-58.

    Hanne-Sofie Johnsen Dahl;Jan Ivar Røssberg;Kjell Petter Bøgwald;Glen O. Gabbard

  • Transference interpretations and long-term change after dynamic psychotherapy of brief to moderate length.

    Per Høglend

  • Pretreatment patient characteristics related to the level and development of working alliance in long-term psychotherapy

    Hersoug Ag;Høglend P;Havik Oe;von der Lippe A

  • Therapeutic alliance, cohesion and outcome in a long-term analytic group. A preliminary study.

    Steinar Lorentzen;Harold C. Sexton;Per Høglend

  • Patient and therapist perspectives on alliance development: therapists' practice experiences as predictors.

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Steinar Lorentzen
Steinar Lorentzen University of Oslo
Odd E. Havik
Odd E. Havik University of Bergen
Glen O. Gabbard
Glen O. Gabbard Baylor College of Medicine
Theresa Wilberg
Theresa Wilberg Oslo University Hospital
Paul Crits-Christoph
Paul Crits-Christoph University of Pennsylvania
J. Christopher Perry
J. Christopher Perry McGill University
Tore C. Stiles
Tore C. Stiles Norwegian University of Science and Technology
William E. Piper
William E. Piper University of British Columbia
Nikolai Olavi Czajkowski
Nikolai Olavi Czajkowski University of Oslo
Giovanni A. Fava
Giovanni A. Fava University at Buffalo, State University of New York

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