Publication overview
Below you will find an overview of all publications from the past three years.
Nielsen, K. (2026). Søren Kierkegaard. In T. Teo (Ed.), The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-70581-6_77-1
Nikolajsen, A. T., Larsen, L., Holstein, B. E. & Swane, C. E. (2026). Sorrow and Ambivalence of Intergenerational Estrangement in Later Life. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 67(3), 697-707. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.70058
Zachariae, R. & Amidi , A. (2026). Søvn. In T. B. W. Carstensen, L. Frostholm & K. S. Christensen (Eds.), Klinisk sundhedspsykologi (3 ed., pp. 119-131). Munksgaard .
Nygaard-Christensen, M. & Houborg, E. (2026). Stofbekymringer. In T. Kolind & S. H. Karsberg (Eds.), Rusmidler i det danske samfund: En grundbog (pp. 333-349). Akademisk Forlag.
Hansen, M. T. (2026). Suicidality, Narrative Identity, and Mental Time Travel - Continuity Between Past, Present, and Future Selves. [PhD dissertation, Aarhus University].
Dar, K., Ahmed, N. & Thom, B. (2026). Tackling synthetic opioid misuse: an impending crisis. BJPsych Advances, 32(4), 266-276. https://doi.org/10.1192/bja.2025.10182
von Heymann, A., Nissen, E. R., Ågård, A. S., Egerod, I., Kokla, M., Farver-Vestergaard, I., Prigerson, H. G., Lichtenthal, W. G., Johansen, C., Zachariae, R. & O'Toole, M. S. (2026). Tele-delivered psychotherapeutic intervention for family members of patients in intensive care: a nonrandomized pilot study. Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 23(5), 782-790. https://doi.org/10.1093/annalsats/aaoag015
Sigaard, J. V. A., Joensen, E. D. R., Birgisdóttir, U. R., Spindler, H. & Dinesen, B. (2026). Telepalliation creates a sense of security: A qualitative study of patients with cancer receiving palliative care. Palliative Medicine, 40(5), 608-616. Article 02692163251364145. https://doi.org/10.1177/02692163251364145
Nygaard-Christensen, M., B. Collins, A. & Fabricius, V. A. V. (2026). That’s when we start being analogue’: Mitigating digital harms through street-level service provision. International Journal of Drug Policy, 157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2026.105524
Marello Havn, M. M., Möller, S., Denckla, C., Lundorff, M., Greve, L. T. & O’Connor, M. (2026). The Aarhus bereavement study (TABstudy). European Journal of Epidemiology, 41(8), 1029-1041. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-026-01397-z
Redican, E., O'Connor, M., Ladegaard, N. & Louison Vang, M. (2026). The Aarhus Prolonged Grief Disorder Scale (A-PGDs): identification of a clinically validated cut-off score for identifying bereaved at risk of PGD. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 17(1), Article 2633003. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2026.2633003
Overmark, R., Seed, A. & Ball, D. (2026). The changing demands of communication: Children’s interpretation of quotative ‘be like’. Poster session presented at Budapest CEU Conference on Cognitive Development 2026.
Mikkelsen, M. B., Randa, H., O’Toole, M. S., Lyby, M. S. & Mehlsen, M. Y. (2026). The Context Matters: Longitudinal Effects of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Across Life Transitions in Men Experiencing Cancer Diagnosis, Retirement, and First-Time Fatherhood. Behavioral Sciences, 16(2), Article 193. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs16020193
Fuglsang, N. F. B., Lund, A., Olesen, S., Høgh, P., Stagis, A.-L. E., Jelle, A., Qvist, P., Demontis, D., Jensen, L. T., Fugger, L., Christensen, T. Ø., Emborg, C., Simonsen, A., Thomsen, P. H., Mors, O. & Köhler-Forsberg, O. (2026). The Danish Region Midt Schizophrenia Cohort - Representative, long-term follow-up of first-episode schizophrenia spectrum disorder. Acta Neuropsychiatrica, 38, 1-33. Article e46. https://doi.org/10.1017/neu.2026.10087
Zickfeld, J. H., Tønnesen, M. H., Elbæk, C. T., Oelrich, S., Cardarelli, T., Ścigała, K. A., Pfattheicher, S. & Mitkidis, P. (2026). The effect of individual and group punishment on individual and group-based dishonesty. Royal Society Open Science, 13(1), Article 252225. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.252225
Gøtzsche-Astrup, O. (2026). The Fight for the Climate: Social Identities, Grievances, and Authoritarianism Drive Support for Climate Activism and Radicalism. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302261481446
Thomsen, D. K., Bohn, A., Camia, C. & Habermas, T. (2026). The life story: A frame for remembering past experiences. In M. El Haj, S. M. J. Janssen & M. Irish (Eds.), The handbook of autobiographical memory (pp. 179-210 ). Academic Press.
Lindekilde, N., Melander-Nyboe, P., Vang, M. L., Elklit, A., Andersen, L. P. S. & Pihl-Thingvad, J. (2026). The lingering effect of prior critical incidents on today's operational work among ambulance workers: A longitudinal study. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0002260
Jensen, K. H., Petersen, M. A. & Hunt, G. (2026). The Mediated Time-Out: Social Media in Adolescents’ Intoxicated Sexual Encounters. Contemporary Drug Problems. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/009145092614878
Wiessing, L., Akartuna, D., Antoine, J., Banka-Cullen, P., Barbaglia, M. G., Belackova, V., Belbaisi, S. A. S., Bernardini, C., Bitri, S., Blanken, P., Carrieri, P., Čelojević, S., Comiskey, C., Dacosta-Sánchez, D., Dale, L., Dom, G., Fabricius, V., Faria, H., Fischer, G. ... for the OPTIMUS study group (2026). The OPTIMUS International Consensus Guidance for Monitoring User-Reported Outcomes of Opioid Maintenance Treatment: a Delphi Study. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 24(2), 1319-1341. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-024-01426-6
Malthouse, E., Pilgrim, C., Sgroi, D., Accerenzi, M., Alfonso, A., Ashraf, R. U., Baard, M., Banerjee, S., Belianin, A., Bhattacharjee, S., Bhattacharya, M., Brañas-Garza, P., Cárdenas, J. C., Carriquiry, M., Choi, S., Clochard, G. J., Denzon, E. E., Dessoulavy-Sliwinski, B., Dini, G. ... Hills, T. (2026). The private solution trap in collective action problems across 34 nations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 123(12), Article e2504632123. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2504632123
Feldstein Ewing, S. W., Dash, G. F., Hudson, K. A., Hyun, B., Yang, M., Stahl, L., Thomsen, K. R. & Filbey, F. M. (2026). The Protocol for: Do peers enhance behavior change in group motivational interviewing? A translational clinical trial investigating brain synchrony in underage emerging adults during an fMRI hyperscanning task and association with alcohol use reductions. PLoS One, 21(6), Article e0349575. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0349575
Kunst, J. R., Besta, T., Jaśkiewicz, M., Gajda, A. N., Sanden, M., Flatebø, M. M., Adebayo, S. O., Adonis, M., Agyemang, C. B., Boateng, R. A., Akfirat, S. A., Al-Adawi, S., Ambrosio, C., Anjum, G., Aruta, J. J. B. R., Austers, I., Barry, O., Bastian, B., Becker, M. ... Obaidi, M. (2026). The psychology of offensive and defensive intergroup violence: Preregistered insights from 58 countries. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 123(13), Article e2535665123. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2535665123
Nielsen, K. (2026). The Replication Crisis in Psychology: Five Reasons why the Replication Crisis is not only about Methods. International Review of Theoretical Psychologies, 3(1), 151-166. https://doi.org/10.7146/irtp.v3i1.167376
Garrison-Desany, H. M., Lee, Y. H., Benjet, C., O'Connor, M., Ghimire, D. J., Smoller, J. W., Axinn, W. G. & Denckla, C. A. (2026). The unexpected death of a loved one and risk for onset of PTSD and depression in the Nepal Chitwan Valley Family Study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 394(Part A), Article 120522. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2025.120522
Peters, K., Jeftić, A., Ballard, T., Zhou, S., Steffens, N. K., Inceoglu, I., Ryan, M. K., Bongiorno, R., Eagly, A., Arriaga, P., Espinosa, A., Aczel, B., Adetula, A., Aglioti, S. M., Akca, E., Direkçi, E. A., Alizadeh, Z., Alonso-Arbiol, I., Amru, M. F. ... Ziółkowski, A. (2026). Think political leader — think he or she? A multi-country test of a gender-fair language intervention to reduce gendered leadership stereotypes. The Leadership Quarterly, 37(6). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2026.101991
Vallentin-Holbech, L., Dash, G. F., Feldstein Ewing, S. W., Nielsen, A. S., Tolstrup, J. S., Wellnitz, K. B., Ørnbøl, E. & Thomsen, K. R. (2026). Three-Arm Randomized Controlled Trial of Motivational Interviewing For Adolescent Drinking in Denmark. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2026.07.009
Lunde, S. J., Emborg, C., Kothari, S. F., Foldager, L., Geers, A. L. & Vase, L. (2026). To Ask or Not to Ask: Does Inquiring About Participants' Expectations Influence the Placebo Effect? A Placebo Mechanism Study in Healthy Volunteers. European Journal of Pain, 30(8), Article e70384. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.70384
Wyly, S., Park, J. & Hoyle, R. H. (2026). Too little, too much: a 4-year longitudinal study of within-person deviations in propensity for overinvolvement and student well-being. Frontiers in Psychology, 17, Article 1870777. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1870777
Obaidi, M., Bergh, R., Ozer, S. & Sindermann , C. (2026). Toward an Integrated Psychological Model of Violent Extremism. European Review of Social Psychology, 37(2), 241-290. https://doi.org/10.1080/10463283.2025.2478735
Karsberg, S. H., Holm, T. & Buhmann, C. (2026). TRAURUS: traumeinformeret rusmiddelbehandling. https://psy.au.dk/fileadmin/site_files/filer_rusmiddelforskning/dokumenter/rapporter/2026/TRAURUS_traumeinformeret_rusmiddelbehandling_Manual_Center_for_Rusmiddelforskning_Aarhus_Universitet.pdf
Reinholdt-Dunne, M. L., Rosenfeldt, A., Hjemdal, O., Tolstrup, M. & Nordahl, H. (2026). Treating pediatric OCD with group metacognitive therapy in a naturalistic setting: a preliminary investigation of treatment effects and metacognitive change in light of comorbid disorders. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 17, 1-10. Article 1766674. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1766674
Kolind, T., Petersen, M. A. & Rømer Thomsen, K. (2026). Unge og alkohol: En fuldskabskultur. In T. Kolind & S. H. Karsberg (Eds.), Rusmidler i det danske samfund: En grundbog (pp. 303-318). Akademisk Forlag.
Dash, G. F., Thomsen, K. R., Trucco, E. M., Kroon, E., Cousijn, J., Leventhal, A. M. & Feldstein Ewing, S. W. (2026). Updated models of adolescent substance-related interference and problems (A-SIP) and measurement via the substance-related interference and problems identification test (SIP-IT). Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, Article 106898. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2026.106898
Jensen, K. H. (2026). ‘Us girls … we have such a strong support system': mediated care among adolescent girls on a night out. Information, Communication & Society, 1–18. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2026.2670728
Schulze, D., Bloomfield, K., Gebert, P. & Grittner, U. (2026). Using Item Response Theory Models in Scaling Severity Scores in Alcohol Research: A Tutorial. Drug and Alcohol Review, 45(1), Article e70053. https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.70053
Sigaard, J. V. A., Spindler, H., Joensen, E. D. R., Ritterbusch, E. S. B., Rasmussen, M. K. & Dinesen, B. (2026). Using Telehealth in End-of-Life Palliative Care: A Multimethod Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 29(8), 1056-1065. https://doi.org/10.1177/10966218261444643
Sawatzki, D., Dalgaard, V. L. P. & Thomsen, D. K. (2026). Vicarious Narratives From Colleagues: Exploring Meaning-Making, Themes, and Affective Sequences in Relation to the Psychosocial Work Environment. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 40(3), Article e70214. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.70214
Trillingsgaard, T., Svare, L. T., Jensen, K. J. & Fentz, H. N. (2026). Vores Parforhold: Indsatsevaluering 2024-2025. Rapport nr. 3. Aarhus Universitet. https://psy.au.dk/forskning/forskningsprojekter/vores-parforhold/offentliggjorte-resultater/indsatsevaluering-2024-2025
Yardimci, Ö., Devany, C., Kammersgaard, T., Brown, K. & Crawford, A. (2026). Vulnerability and policing: The views of service providers and users. British Journal of Criminology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azag028
Song, J., Choi, W.-H. & Li, R. (2026). What Makes People Like Dreamcore Aesthetics? the Role of Trait Nostalgia in Preferences for Dreamcore Imagery. Empirical Studies of the Arts, 44(2), 529-551. Article 02762374251356955. https://doi.org/10.1177/02762374251356955
Zaragoza Scherman, A., Iversen, A. E. & Grarup Mollerup, E. (2026). What makes you feel nostalgic? A self-generated approach to nostalgia-evoking cues. Memory, 34(9), 1061-1078. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2026.2710049
Devany, C., Kammersgaard, T., Bainbridge, L., Brown, K., Coomber, R. & Lloyd, C. (2026). When exploitation becomes local: county lines, policing and criminal exploitation in the UK. Policing and Society. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2026.2718359
Komischke, K. (2026). When grief becomes complicated - Toward a deeper understanding of prolonged grief disorder, its co-occurrence with other complicated grief reactions, and treatment strategies. [PhD dissertation, Aarhus University].
Andersen, L. K., Hesse, M. & Thylstrup, B. (2026). Who are the non-participants of prison-based therapeutic communities? Exploring the association with criminal and social capital. European Journal of Criminology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/14773708251406846
Müller-Boysen, T., Dadzie, V. B. & Danckert, J. (2026). Why are you so boring? The role of agency in perceived boringness. Personality and Individual Differences, 259, Article 113855. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2026.113855
Lindekilde, N., Melander-Nyboe, P., Vang, M. L., Elklit, A., Andersen, L.-P. S., Bäckström, D. & Pihl-Thingvad, J. (2026). Working with the Socially Vulnerable - An Observational Cross-Sectional Study Investigating the Association between Exposure to Socially Vulnerable Patients and Symptoms of Burnout in Ambulance Personnel. Prehospital Emergency Care, 30(4), 490-499. https://doi.org/10.1080/10903127.2025.2521407
Nygaard-Christensen, M., Søgaard, T. F., Houborg, E. & Thylstrup, B. (2026). Young adults' sourcing and supply of opioids in a changing drug market. International Journal of Drug Policy, 147, Article 105072. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.105072