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Siri Thoresen is affiliated with the Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies in Norway. The primary field of study is Psychology, with a focus on Clinical Psychology. Their research also extends into related subfields including Social Psychology, Applied Psychology, Emergency Medical Services, and Health.

Their work addresses multiple topics within psychology, particularly emphasizing Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research, Child Abuse and Trauma, Migration, Health and Trauma, and the mental health impacts related to COVID-19. Other areas include Optimism, Hope, and Well-being, Disaster Response and Management, and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development.

Siri Thoresen has published extensively, with frequent contributions to journals such as the European Journal of Psychotraumatology and Frontiers in Psychology. Their publication record includes notable papers such as:

  • "Worry and mental health in the Covid-19 pandemic: vulnerability factors in the general Norwegian population," 2021, BMC Public Health
  • "Adolescents amid the COVID-19 pandemic: a prospective study of psychological functioning," 2021, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • "PTSD and complex PTSD in adolescence: discriminating factors in a population-based cross-sectional study," 2021, European Journal of Psychotraumatology
  • "Trusting Others During a Pandemic: Investigating Potential Changes in Generalized Trust and Its Relationship With Pandemic-Related Experiences and Worry," 2021, Frontiers in Psychology
  • "Trauma exposure and factors associated with ICD-11 PTSD and complex PTSD in adolescence: a cross-cultural study in Japan and Lithuania," 2022, Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences

Their frequent collaborators include Ines Blix, Tore Wentzel-Larsen, Marianne Skogbrott Birkeland, Ieva Daniunaite, and Paulina Želvienė. These coauthors have contributed to multiple joint publications, reflecting ongoing research partnerships.

Publication venues where Siri Thoresen has contributed most frequently include:

  • European Journal of Psychotraumatology
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening
  • BMC Public Health
  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health

Best Publications

  • Brief measure of posttraumatic stress reactions: Impact of Event Scale-6

    Siri Thoresen;Kristian Tambs;Kristian Tambs;Ajmal Hussain;Trond Heir

  • Violence, bullying and academic achievement: a study of 15-year-old adolescents and their school environment

    Ida Frugård Strøm;Siri Thoresen;Tore Wentzel-Larsen;Grete Dyb

  • Broken and guilty since it happened: A population study of trauma-related shame and guilt after violence and sexual abuse.

    Helene Flood Aakvaag;Siri Thoresen;Tore Wentzel-Larsen;Grete Dyb

  • Post-traumatic stress reactions in survivors of the 2011 massacre on Utøya Island, Norway

    Grete Dyb;Tine K Jensen;Egil Nygaard;Oivind Ekeberg

  • Violence against children, later victimisation, and mental health: a cross-sectional study of the general Norwegian population

    Siri Thoresen;Mia Myhre;Tore Wentzel-Larsen;Helene Flood Aakvaag

  • Prevention and public health approaches to trauma and traumatic stress: a rationale and a call to action

    Kathryn M. Magruder;Nancy Kassam-Adams;Siri Thoresen;Miranda Olff

  • The day Norway cried: Proximity and distress in Norwegian citizens following the 22nd July 2011 terrorist attacks in Oslo and on Utøya Island

    Siri Thoresen;Helene Flood Aakvaag;Tore Wentzel-Larsen;Grete Dyb

  • Multiple vantage points on the mental health effects of mass shootings

    James M. Shultz;Siri Thoresen;Brian W. Flynn;Glenn W. Muschert

  • Worry and mental health in the Covid-19 pandemic: vulnerability factors in the general Norwegian population.

    Ines Blix;Marianne Skogbrott Birkeland;Siri Thoresen

  • Social support barriers and mental health in terrorist attack survivors

    Siri Thoresen;Tine K. Jensen;Tore Wentzel-Larsen;Grete Dyb

  • The Validity of Screening for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Other Mental Health Problems among Asylum Seekers from Different Countries

    Marianne Jakobsen;Siri Thoresen;Lars Erik Eide Johansen

  • A decennial review of psychotraumatology: what did we learn and where are we going?

    Miranda Olff;Ananda Amstadter;Cherie Armour;Marianne S. Birkeland

  • Suicide in peacekeepers--a cohort study of mortality from suicide in 22,275 Norwegian veterans from international peacekeeping operations.

    Siri Thoresen;Lars Mehlum;Bridget Moller

  • The Social Context of Violence: A Study of Repeated Victimization in Adolescents and Young Adults:

    Ida Frugård Strøm;Ole Kristian Hjemdal;Mia C. Myhre;Tore Wentzel-Larsen

  • Traumatic stress and suicidal ideation in Norwegian male peacekeepers

    Siri Thoresen;Lars Mehlum

  • Trauma Victim: Yes or No? Why It May Be Difficult to Answer Questions Regarding Violence, Sexual Abuse, and Other Traumatic Events

    Siri Thoresen;Carolina Øverlien

  • Loss of Trust May Never Heal. Institutional Trust in Disaster Victims in a Long-Term Perspective: Associations With Social Support and Mental Health

    Siri Thoresen;Marianne S. Birkeland;Tore Wentzel-Larsen;Ines Blix

  • Stressful but rewarding: Norwegian personnel mobilised for the 2004 tsunami disaster.

    Siri Thoresen;Arnfinn Tønnessen;Camilla Vibe Lindgaard;Anne Lie Andreassen

  • Maternal childhood abuse predicts externalizing behaviour in toddlers: A prospective cohort study

    Mia C Myhre;Grete A Dyb;Tore Wentzel-Larsen;Jens B Grøgaard

  • Adolescents amid the COVID-19 pandemic: a prospective study of psychological functioning.

    Ieva Daniunaite;Inga Truskauskaite-Kuneviciene;Siri Thoresen;Paulina Zelviene

  • The mediating role of shame in the relationship between childhood bullying victimization and adult psychosocial adjustment.

    Ida Frugård Strøm;Helene Flood Aakvaag;Marianne Skogbrott Birkeland;Erika Felix

Frequent Co-Authors

Espen Røysamb
Espen Røysamb University of Oslo
Miranda Olff
Miranda Olff University of Amsterdam
Marylene Cloitre
Marylene Cloitre New York University
Mark Shevlin
Mark Shevlin University of Ulster
Neil P. Roberts
Neil P. Roberts Cardiff University
Gordon J.G. Asmundson
Gordon J.G. Asmundson University of Regina
Jonathan Ian Bisson
Jonathan Ian Bisson Cardiff University
Julian D. Ford
Julian D. Ford University of Connecticut
Anke Ehlers
Anke Ehlers University of Oxford
Ananda B. Amstadter
Ananda B. Amstadter Virginia Commonwealth University

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