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{"title":"On the same path? Profiles of proximal socialization outcomes among new police officers","authors":"Stefan Annell, Magnus Sverke, P. Gustavsson, P. Lindfors","doi":"10.1080/19012276.2021.2014350","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19012276.2021.2014350","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Answering calls for an interactionist approach that would help clarify complex relationships among organizational socialization variables, this study applied a person-centered analytic approach aiming to examine the role of proximal socialization outcome profiles for distal outcomes. This approach is novel to organizational socialization research, contrasting the variable-centered approach dominating the field. Data from new police officers in Sweden (N = 430) were analyzed using latent profile analysis (LPA). Three proximal outcome profiles – a vulnerable (n = 151), a troublesome (n = 47), and a successful (n = 232) – were identified, with distinct patterns in the proximal outcome indicators role conflict, task mastery, and social integration. Complementary analysis showed subgroup differences in some antecedents and distal outcomes, which emphasized the role of personality and psychosocial working conditions. Thus, the findings show that proximal socialization outcome indicators may yield profiles characteristic of subgroups of newcomers who follow different socialization paths. Importantly, the findings show that a person-centered approach can add nuance to the understanding of how socialization processes differ among newcomers. While these results are promising, their generalizability to other professions and organizations remains to be investigated, which calls for continued person-centered research of organizational socialization processes.","PeriodicalId":51815,"journal":{"name":"Nordic Psychology","volume":"74 1","pages":"301 - 324"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46230437","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Quantified Behavioural Test Plus (QbTest+) in adult ADHD","authors":"Elin Nylander, T. Sparding, O. Floros, E. Rydén, M. Landén, S. Hansen","doi":"10.1080/19012276.2022.2036628","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19012276.2022.2036628","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The Quantified Behavioural Test Plus (QbTest+) is widely used in clinical practice to assess patients with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This study mapped its behaviour in a group of adults with ADHD. Does it signal problems with impulsivity, attention and/or activity? To what extent are patients’ self-reported problems reflected in QbTest performance? Does Qb testing foretell the future, as reflected in the patients’ and clinicians’ judgements 4 years later? We here recorded the three QbTest+ cardinals–QbActivity, QbImpulsivity and QbInattention – in 67 consecutive ADHD patients diagnosed in adulthood. Among the 54 patients who medicated as usual on the day of testing, 35 (65%) scored above the clinical cut-off (Q-score ≥ 1.25) on at least one of the QbTest+ cardinals. Out of the 13 patients who suspended medication prior to the test, 11 (85%) scored above the clinical cut-off on at least one of the Qb-variables. There were modest associations between QbTest+ cardinals and symptom self-ratings [Brown ADD scale (BADDS); Adult Self-Report Scale (ASRS)]. Forty-one patients completed a second QbTest+ approximately 4 years after the first. Performance was improved on the follow-up test and fewer patients scored in the clinical range (34%). The scores on the QbInattention cardinal at baseline correlated positively with BADDS and ASRS self-ratings at the 4-year follow-up.","PeriodicalId":51815,"journal":{"name":"Nordic Psychology","volume":"75 1","pages":"20 - 34"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48348347","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"An interpretative phenomenological analysis of the lived experiences of older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden","authors":"Richard Huntley, A. Bratt","doi":"10.1080/19012276.2022.2026810","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19012276.2022.2026810","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic led many countries to impose restrictions on the movement and behaviour of their populations. Swedish authorities took another route, largely adopting voluntary disease control, with particularly strict recommendations targeting people over the age of 70. The present study sought to explore the lived experiences of eight older adults (four men and four women) aged 71–82 in Sweden, of living during a pandemic using diaries across a 14-day period followed by interviews. From an interpretative phenomenological analysis, three themes emerged: (a) a life on hold (b), caring for body and soul, and (c) putting things into perspective. The results revealed that the participants adapted to the circumstances and adhered to the recommendations. They cared for their physical and psychological health by engaging in physical activities, structuring their days, and by finding adaptive ways to engage with family and friends. Nostalgia for pre-pandemic time seemed to bring meaning to their present situation, and participants identified with being privileged in their living situation. The study highlights protective factors throughout the pandemic. However, more studies need to be made to understand the experiences of the pandemic of more vulnerable groups of older adults.","PeriodicalId":51815,"journal":{"name":"Nordic Psychology","volume":"75 1","pages":"3 - 19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44789089","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The User Experience Framework for Health Interventions","authors":"Lene E. Søvold, Ole André Solbakken","doi":"10.1080/19012276.2021.2004917","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19012276.2021.2004917","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Traditionally, a great part of the research related to the patient or user experience within clinical contexts, has only been exploring the user experience indirectly—or it has only been exploring some elements or aspects of the overall user experience. The purpose of this review is to investigate which aspects of the user experience are typically explored in the research literature and to shed light on the multifaceted nature of the user experience. We conducted a two-phase review of earlier research, consisting of a brief narrative review and a scoping review, exploring users’ experiences with therapeutic health interventions in both indirect and direct ways. Thirty studies, representing several thousands service users, were included in our scoping review. We extracted data related to the different aspects of the user experience covered in the reviewed research through descriptive synthesis. This revealed that a variety of aspects or facets related to the user experience were addressed across the different studies. To further specify these results, we conducted a thematic analysis based on the descriptive data. Through this analysis, we identified five main categories or dimensions relevant to the user experience with therapeutic interventions: 1) Perception of self as patient/user, 2) Perception of the therapist/intervention provider, 3) Perception of the therapeutic relationship/alliance, 4) Perception of the intervention/modality and 5) Perception of contextual factors. Based on this finding, we propose an user experience framework centred around these five domains. For each of the domains within the framework, several subordinate facets are also suggested based on our synthesis and analysis of the reviewed literature as well as clinical relevance. The proposed framework can be used to help understand, evaluate and promote users’ experiences with health interventions across user groups, interventions and contexts. Our framework highlights the multifaceted nature of the user experience, and the importance of considering all the different dimensions and facets of this experience in an integrative way both in research designs, health policy development and when implementing and evaluating health interventions in clinical contexts.","PeriodicalId":51815,"journal":{"name":"Nordic Psychology","volume":"74 1","pages":"279 - 300"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42707929","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Cognitive-behavioral group therapy for ADHD predominantly inattentive presentation: A feasibility study of a new treatment protocol","authors":"Elinor Eskilsson Strålin, L. Thorell, Katharina Szybek, T. Lundgren, S. Bölte, B. Bohman","doi":"10.1080/19012276.2021.2020683","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19012276.2021.2020683","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a highly impairing condition with varying clinical presentations. Psychological treatments for ADHD are often similar, irrespective of predominant symptomatology. However, because inattention and hyperactivity/impulsivity are associated with different challenges in daily life more presentation-specific treatments are warranted. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the feasibility and explore the preliminary effects of a novel group-based cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) protocol for ADHD predominantly inattentive presentation (ADHD-I), with the aim to reduce symptoms of inattention and associated problems. Materials and Methods. Using an open trial design, 39 adult patients with ADHD-I were included. Participants underwent 14 sessions of the new CBT for ADHD-I (CADDI) protocol, which includes skills training in organizing and initiating activity and coping with procrastination and passivity. In addition, mindfulness meditation is practiced throughout treatment. Results. The CADDI protocol proved feasible in terms of session completion and treatment acceptability. However, home assignment completion was moderate and attrition was high. Inattentive symptoms, assessed by clinicians and self-report, were reduced of a medium effect size, (Cohen’s d = 0.65 and d = 0.55, respectively) and symptoms of depression of a small effect size (d = 0.48). An increase of a large effect size was observed for mindfulness meditation (d = 0.91). No effects were seen in functional impairment, nor in quality of life. Conclusions. The CADDI protocol is a potentially valuable new psychological treatment for adults with ADHD-I, although treatment effects need to be further evaluated and participant retention secured in randomized controlled trials.","PeriodicalId":51815,"journal":{"name":"Nordic Psychology","volume":"74 1","pages":"325 - 339"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48676528","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Factors Related to Rape Victims’ Decision to File Police Reports","authors":"Isabella Arponen, Julia Korkman, J. Antfolk, R. Korjamo","doi":"10.31234/osf.io/9j4cn","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/9j4cn","url":null,"abstract":"Victims of rape must decide whether to file a police report, and many victims decide not to report the rape to the police. The literature on the associations between demographic and individual factors and reporting rape to the police is limited. Here, we investigated the associations between demographic and individual factors (education, socioeconomic status, age, native country, years lived in Finland, gender, sexual orientation, relationship status, close persons, substance use, and mental disorder) and police reporting in a Finnish sample of rape victims (N = 191) from the Helsinki Seri Support Center. We collected data through an online survey. We found that victims with a university degree were less likely to report than those with a vocational qualification. None of the other factors measured were robustly associated with reporting. It is possible that the Seri Support Center successfully mitigates otherwise encountered obstacles to reporting. The present study was the first to investigate this topic in Finland. The practical implications of these findings are discussed, and the value of support services highlighted.","PeriodicalId":51815,"journal":{"name":"Nordic Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2021-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48597755","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The happiest youth in the world? Exploring subjective well-being indicators among Finnish university students","authors":"Pia Backman-Nord, Patrik Söderberg, A. Forsman","doi":"10.1080/19012276.2021.1996264","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19012276.2021.1996264","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study examined characteristics of students who reported the highest level of happiness in “the happiest country in the world” (Helliwell et al., 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021), Finland. The study included 556 Finnish university students’ (of which 75% female) self-reported happiness level, relative to their self-esteem, social and academic competence, as well as demographic factors. According to the results, school success was not a condition for great happiness, whereas the students’ living situation proved to be an important factor. As predicted, a strong connection between a high level of happiness and high self-esteem was found, as well as a significant relationship between being socially skilled and very happy. The study also included an analysis of the students’ free self-descriptions, grouped into the McCrae and Costa’s (1991) Five-Factor Model of Personality. Theoretical as well as practical implications of the results are discussed.","PeriodicalId":51815,"journal":{"name":"Nordic Psychology","volume":"74 1","pages":"245 - 261"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2021-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48310902","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Transgender and gender non-conforming people’s adaptive coping responses to minority stress: A framework synthesis","authors":"Greg Smith, N. Robertson, S. Cotton","doi":"10.1080/19012276.2021.1989708","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19012276.2021.1989708","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) people are frequently exposed to stigma, discrimination, and violence, with adverse impacts on wellbeing. The ‘Minority Stress Model’ and sources of gender affirmation both highlight the impact of social oppression and provide useful means to understand how TGNC people can develop their resilience and what may contribute to different ways of coping. While this stress has been explored in previous reviews, a limited focus on lived experiences constrained discussion of how coping approaches could be put into action in relation to gender affirmation. Therefore, the current review sought to better understand TGNC individuals’ opportunities for gender affirmation through their experiences of coping with minority stress. A systematic search yielded nine studies reporting qualitative data related to adaptive coping. Framework synthesis was applied through an a priori framework, based on minority stress and gender affirmation research, which generated eight themes: four themes privileging psychological affirmation comprised ‘defining one’s own gender identity’, ‘fostering self-belief’, ‘using information and knowledge’, and ‘drawing upon other identities’; and four themes offering social affirmation comprised ‘connecting with the TGNC community’, ‘cultivating allies’, ‘advocating for change’, and ‘asserting oneself’. Our findings augment established models and concepts with the delineation of coping responses for TGNC individuals that can support gender affirmation and mitigate minority stress.","PeriodicalId":51815,"journal":{"name":"Nordic Psychology","volume":"74 1","pages":"222 - 242"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2021-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47693607","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Parent-child communication about emotions during SIBS: a joint intervention for siblings and parents of children with chronic disorders","authors":"Y. Haukeland, K. Fjermestad, S. Mossige, T. Vatne","doi":"10.1080/19012276.2021.1986850","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19012276.2021.1986850","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Quality of parent-child communication is associated with adjustment in siblings of children with chronic disorders. SIBS is an intervention aiming to increase parental listening, exploring, and validating behaviors while talking with siblings about their experiences. We examined parent-sibling communication during SIBS by describing: 1) Sibling-selected dialogue topics; 2) Parental responses to siblings’ emotional expressions, and 3) Associations between responses and demographics and parental psychological distress. Forty dialogues (M duration = 23 minutes) between siblings (10–16 years; Mage  = 12.2 years; 52.5% boys) and one parent (62.5% mothers) were coded with the Verona Coding System for Emotional Sequences. Parents mostly provided space for further disclosure of siblings’ experiences (M = 66.9%). In average, 41.9% of parental responses were exploring, 16.4% were listening, and 8.5% were validating. Few associations between parental responses and background variables were found. Parental validation should be given more focus in further development and implementation of the SIBS intervention.","PeriodicalId":51815,"journal":{"name":"Nordic Psychology","volume":"74 1","pages":"205 - 221"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2021-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48761199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The use of prerequisite for treatment and structure axis of the OPD-CA in psychodynamic treatment: The difficult search for the coherent self","authors":"Ilonka Schwarzenfeld, Ruth Weissensteiner, Katrin Neubacher","doi":"10.1080/19012276.2021.2001682","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19012276.2021.2001682","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The comprehensive diagnostic assessment using OPD-CA-2 in the case of a 16-year-old adolescent girl with a debilitating anxiety disorder provides clear psychodynamically relevant information for an individual therapy plan. After a thorough psychiatric evaluation, the Prerequisites for Treatment Axis was used to clarify and discuss the indication for a psychodynamically oriented psychotherapy and to evaluate the patients' motivation and capacity for treatment as well as her resources. The Structure Axis captured the severity of her ego-structural limitations. The Attachment Dimension revealed a very insecure inner base, adversely affecting the development of her emotional self-regulation. Her lack of comforting reliable internal objects led to overwhelming fears of abandonment underlying her anxiety disorder. Preserving a therapeutic alliance was a difficult and important task. The further therapeutic objectives focused on reflective functioning, identity development, and enhancing her self-regulatory abilities.","PeriodicalId":51815,"journal":{"name":"Nordic Psychology","volume":"73 1","pages":"308 - 314"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2021-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44873000","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}