Publication overview
Below you will find an overview of all publications from the Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences for the period 2022–2024.
Obaidi, M., Anjum, G., Bierwiaczonek, K., Dovidio, J. F., Ozer, S. & Kunst, J. R. (2023). Cultural threat perceptions predict violent extremism via need for cognitive closure. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 120(20), Article e2213874120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2213874120
Obaidi, M., Bergh, R., Ozer, S. & Sindermann , C. (2025). Toward an Integrated Psychological Model of Violent Extremism. European Review of Social Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10463283.2025.2478735
O'Connor, M., Steffensen, C. B., Mackrill, T., Hybholt, L., Nissen, E. R. & Komischke-Konnerup, K. B. (2023). A multistage focus group study of elderly clients’ experiences of cognitive behavioral therapy for complicated grief reactions (CBTgrief). European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 14(Supp 1), 55. Article 409. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2023.2197743
O'Connor, M., Vang, M. L., Shevlin, M., Elklit, A., Komischke-Konnerup, K. B., Lundorff, M. & Bryant, R. (2023). Development and validation of the Aarhus PGD scale for operationalizing ICD-11 and DSM-5-TR TR Prolonged Grief Disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders, 342, 201-209. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2023.09.022
O'Connor, M., Vang, M. L., Bryant, R. A., Buur, C., Komischke-Konnerup, K. B., Frostholm, L. & Ladegaard, N. (2025). Development and validation of the Aarhus Structured Clinical Interview for Prolonged Grief Disorder in ICD-11 and DSM-5-TR (A-PGDi). European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 16(1), Article 2511373. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2025.2511373
Oestergaard, C. U., Spindler, H. & Dinesen, B. (2022). Video and social rehabilitation of persons with mental illness helps to structure everyday life: a qualitative study. mHealth, 8(January), Article 4. https://doi.org/10.21037/mhealth-21-14
Olsen, M. L. S., Thorlund, J. B., Zachariae, R., Vach, W., Bendix, L., Jespersen, J., Kidmose, P., Parsons, C., Kidholm, K. & Vægter, H. B. (2025). Digitally delivered cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) for patients with chronic pain and insomnia (The Back2Sleep Trial): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials, 26(1), Article 292. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-025-09013-3
Öner, S., Watson, L. A., Adıgüzel, Z., Ergen, İ., Bilgin, E., Curci, A., Cole, S., de la Mata, M. L., Janssen, S. M. J., Lanciano, T., Markostamou, I., Nourkova, V., Santamaría, A., Taylor, A., Barzykowski, K., Bascón, M., Bermeitinger, C., Cubero-Pérez, R., Dessenberger, S. ... Uner, O. (2023). Collective remembering and future forecasting during the COVID-19 pandemic: How the impact of COVID-19 affected the themes and phenomenology of global and national memories across 15 countries. Memory and Cognition, 51(3), 729-751. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-022-01329-8
Öner, S. & Watson, L. A. (2022). Age differences in remembering the pandemic: Findings from 15 countries. Poster session presented at Autobiographical Memory in Ageing and Dementia, Aarhus.
Öner, S., Szpunar, K., Watson, L. A. & Cole, S. (2025). Spatial Optimism in Individuals' Future Thinking About the COVID-19 Pandemic. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 39(3), Article e70080. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.70080
Ortigueira-Sánchez, L. C. & Cárdenas-Egúsquiza, A. L. (2022). Political leadership, a quasi-experimental study of Peruvian voters’ emotional reaction and visual attention to political humor. International Review on Public and Nonprofit Marketing, 19(1), 101-126. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12208-021-00293-4
O'Toole, M. S., Mikkelsen, M. B., Arch, J. J., Tauber, N. M., Elkjær, E. & Michalak, J. (2025). Compatibility of Components in Cognitive Behavioral Therapies: A Call for Combinatory Congruency. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 32(2), 194-205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpra.2023.12.006
O'Toole, M. S. & Michalak, J. (2024). Embodied cognitive restructuring: The impact of posture and movement on changing dysfunctional attitudes. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 84, Article 101955. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2024.101955, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2024.101955
OToole, M. S., Nygaard, E. E. & Michalak, J. (2024). Embodied emotion regulation. Poster session presented at EAPPP, Copenhagen, Denmark.
OToole, M. S., Ramsdal, N. B., Nørskov, C. S., Roepstorff, I. T., Buskbjerg, C. D. R., B., M., Christiansen & Nygaard, E. E. (2025). Cognitive behavioral therapies are evidence-based – based on what? A systematic review and meta-analysis of recent randomized controlled trials of cognitive behavioral therapies for depression. Journal of Affective Disorders, 390, Article 119791. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2025.119791
Oute, J., Bjerge, B. & Davidson, L. (2022). What are dually diagnosed patients’ problems represented to be in mental health? A WPR analysis of the multistability purpose of digital health records. Sociology of Health and Illness, 44(8), 1361-1380. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.13518
Oute, J., Bjerge, B. & Schepelern Johansen, K. (2024). Essay: Status quo på demokratiske problemer i forhold til socialt udsatte. https://ps.au.dk/fileadmin/Statskundskab/Billeder/Forskning/Forskningsprojekter/Magtudredning/Essays/Tema9/Oute__Bjerge___Johansen__Tema_9_.pdf
Overgaard, M., Kirkeby-Hinrup, A., Kvamme, T. L. & Wang, Q. J. (2025). Multisensory Interplay and Theories of Consciousness. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory Research, and Practice. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/cns0000407
Ozer, S. & Schwartz, S. (2022). Identity Development in the Era of Globalization: Globalization-based Acculturation and Personal Identity development among Danish Emerging Adults. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 19(1), 22-42. https://doi.org/10.1080/17405629.2020.1858405
Ozer, S. & Obaidi, M. (2022). Globalization and Radicalization: The Rise of Extreme Reactions to Intercultural Contact, Sociocultural Disruption, and Identity Threat. In I. Katzarska-Miller & S. Reysen (Eds.), Globalized identities: The impact of globalization on self and identity (pp. 107-130). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04644-5_5
Ozer, S., Obaidi, M. & Schwartz, S. (2023). Radicalized Identity Styles: Investigating Sociocultural Challenges, Identity Styles, and Extremism. Self and Identity, 22(4), 507-532. https://doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2022.2131618
Ozer, S. & Obaidi, M. (2025). The Psychological Consequences of Globalization and the Rise of Violent Extremism. In M. Obaidi & J. Kunst (Eds.), Cambridge Handbook of the Psychology of Violent Extremism (pp. 426 - 450). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009407892.025
Ozer, S., Obaidi, M. & Anjum, G. (2024). Extreme Reactions to Globalization: Investigating Indirect, Longitudinal, and Experimental Effects of the Globalization– Radicalization Nexus. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 50(12), 1635–1660. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672231167694
Ozer, S. & Kamran, M. A. (2023). Majority acculturation through globalization: The importance of life skills in navigating the cultural pluralism of globalization. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 96, Article 101832. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2023.101832
Ozer, S. (2024). Social Support, Self-efficacy, Self-esteem, and Well-being During COVID-19 Lockdown: A Two-wave Study of Danish Students. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 65(1), 42-52. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12952
Ozer, S. & Schwartz, S. J. (2025). Cultural Orientation, Social Support, and Discrimination in regard to Adjustment among Foreign Workers in Denmark. Nordic Psychology, 77(2), 126-153. https://doi.org/10.1080/19012276.2024.2310814
Ozer, S., Lado Gamsakhurdia , V. & Schwartz, S. (2024). Investigating the Complexity of Cultural Identities in Globalizing Societies. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 55(7), 723–749. https://doi.org/10.1177/00220221241258382
Ozer, S. (2024). Stereotyper og fordomme. In M. Tøttrup Thygesen & C. Kehlet Ebbrecht (Eds.), Radikalisering og ekstremisme: Samfundsfaglige og psykologiske perspektiver (pp. 24-31). Systime.
Ozer, S. (2024). Globalisering, kultur og socialt miljø. In M. Tøttrup Thygesen & C. Kehlet Ebbrecht (Eds.), Radikalisering og ekstremisme: Samfundsfaglige og psykologiske perspektiver (pp. 16-23). Systime.
Ozer, S. & Schwartz, S. J. (2025). Striving for Unity in a Culturally Fragmented World: Nested Multiple Cultural Identifications Associated with Well-Being through Self-Concept Clarity. International Journal of Psychology, 60(1), Article e70004. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.70004
Ozer, S. & Kamran, M. A. (2025). Integrating Pakistani and Western cultural identities through globalization-based acculturation. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 105, Article 102152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102152
Ozer, S., Obaidi, M. & Bergh, R. (2025). The impact of globalized conflicts: Examining attitudes toward Jews among Britons in the political context of the war in Gaza. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 107, Article 102184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102184
Ozer, S., Obaidi, M. & Kunst, J. R. (2025). Globalization, immigrant acculturation expectations, and extremism. Migration Studies, 13(1), Article mnaf009. https://doi.org/10.1093/migration/mnaf009
Pedersen, A. M., Straarup, K. N. & Thomsen, D. K. (2022). “My life disappeared in illness”: bipolar disorder and themes in narrative identity. Memory, 30(7), 857-868. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2022.2051555
Pedersen, M. M. F., Bech, T. H., Enghoff, O. & Petersen, M. A. (2023). Fra illegale stoffer til fremtidens medicin: Den måde, psykedeliske stoffer omtales på i danske medier, har ændret sig, og det kan påvirke vores syn på stofferne. STOF - Viden om rusmidler og samfund, (44), 14-19. https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/OrD3lZIQOzb
Pedersen, M. U., Skov, K. B. E., Pedersen, M. M., Frederiksen, K. S. & Karsberg, S. H. (2023). Evaluering af MOVE gruppebehandling for unge. Center for Rusmiddelforskning, Aarhus Universitet.
Pedersen, M. U., Karsberg, S. H. & Skov, K. B. E. (2023). MOVE gruppebehandling for unge: manual bind I: metode og strukturelle elementer . Social- og Boligstyrelsen.
Pedersen, M. U., Karsberg, S. H. & Skov, K. B. E. (2023). MOVE gruppebehandling for unge: manual bind II : temaer og øvelser . Social- og Boligstyrelsen. Viden til gavn
Pedersen, M. M. F. (2023). LSD og psilocybinsvampe - fra ulovlige stoffer til medicin. Pictures, Video and sound recordings (digital), Center for Rusmiddelforskning, Aarhus Universitet. https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/OrD3lZIQOzb
Pedersen, M. U., Pedersen, M. M. & Frederiksen, K. S. (2023). TEM årsrapport : Stofbehandling: trivsels- og effektmonitorering i stofbehandling, 2022. Center for Rusmiddelforskning, Aarhus Universitet. Faglig rapport fra Center for Rusmiddelforskning https://psy.au.dk/fileadmin/site_files/filer_rusmiddelforskning/dokumenter/rapporter/2023/TEM_Stof__national_rapport_2022.pdf
Pedersen, M. U., Pedersen, M. M. & Frederiksen, K. S. (2023). TEM årsrapport: Alkoholbehandling. trivsels- og effektmonitorering i alkoholbehandling, 2022 . Center for Rusmiddelforskning, Aarhus Universitet. Faglig rapport fra Center for Rusmiddelforskning https://psy.au.dk/fileadmin/site_files/filer_rusmiddelforskning/dokumenter/rapporter/2023/TEM_Alkohol__national_rapport_2022.pdf
Pedersen, M. U., Pedersen, M. M. & Frederiksen, K. S. (2023). MapPlan årsrapport: for indskrivninger i rusmiddelbehandling i løbet af 2022. Center for Rusmiddelforskning, Aarhus Universitet. Faglig rapport fra Center for Rusmiddelforskning https://psy.au.dk/fileadmin/site_files/filer_rusmiddelforskning/dokumenter/rapporter/2023/MAP_a__rsrapport_2022.pdf
Pedersen, M. K., Díaz, C. M. C., Wang, Q. J., Alba-Marrugo, M. A., Amidi, A., Basaiawmoit, R. V., Bergenholtz, C., Christiansen, M. H., Gajdacz, M., Hertwig, R., Ishkhanyan, B., Klyver, K., Ladegaard, N., Mathiasen, K., Parsons, C., Rafner, J., Villadsen, A. R., Wallentin, M., Zana, B. & Sherson, J. F. (2023). Measuring Cognitive Abilities in the Wild: Validating a Population-Scale Game-Based Cognitive Assessment. Cognitive Science, 47(6), Article e13308. https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.13308
Pedersen, S. M. (2023). Ulighed er et centralt emne i dansk rusmiddelforskning. Pictures, Video and sound recordings (digital), Center for Rusmiddelforskning, Aarhus Universitet. https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/RsqtgHf7XAb
Pedersen, M. U., Karsberg, S. H., Pedersen, M. M., Skov, K. B. E., Frederiksen, K. S. & Fabricius, V. A. V. (2023). Danske unges brug af rusmidler 2022: Hverdagsfunktion, mistrivsel og traumeoplevelser. Center for Rusmiddelforskning, Aarhus Universitet.
Pedersen, A. M., Straarup, K., Holm, T., Sawatzki, D., Tranberg Hansen, M. & Thomsen, D. K. (2024). Illness and narrative identity: examining past and future life story chapters in individuals with bipolar disorder, diabetes mellitus or no chronic illness. Memory, 32(7), 819-832. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2024.2366625
Pedersen, M. U., Skov, K. B. E., Fabricius, V. A. V., Pedersen, M. M. & Karsberg, S. H. (2024). KomBas. Kombineret Behandling af Alkohol- og Stofafhængighed. Center for Rusmiddelforskning, Aarhus Universitet.
Pedersen, M. U., Thylstrup, B., Hesse, M., Karsberg, S. H. & Frederiksen, K. S. (2024). Behandling af problematisk brug af rusmidler: Organisering, målgrupper, kortlægning, metoder. Center for Rusmiddelforskning, Aarhus Universitet. https://psy.au.dk/fileadmin/site_files/filer_rusmiddelforskning/dokumenter/rapporter/2024/Behandling_af_problematisk_brug_af_rusmidler._Organisering__ma__lgrupper__kortlaegning_og_metoder.pdf
Pedersen, A. M. (2022). Narrative identity and self-understanding in relation to bipolar disorder. [PhD dissertation, Aarhus University]. Aarhus Universitet.