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Jens Thimm

Job description

Jens C. Thimm is a clinical psychologist and professor. His research focuses on dimensional models for personality disorders, grief/trauma, and the effectiveness of psychological interventions.

Member of the research group Clinical psychology.

  • Jens Thimm :
    Predicting psychological need satisfaction and frustration from early maladaptive schemas and DSM-5 and ICD-11 personality traits
    Current Psychology 2024 ARKIV / DOI
  • Erik-Edwin Leonard Nordström, Riittakerttu Kaltiala, Pål Kristensen, Jens Thimm :
    Somatic symptoms and insomnia among bereaved parents and siblings eight years after the Utøya terror attack
    European Journal of Psychotraumatology 2024 ARKIV / DOI
  • Jens Thimm, Pål Kristensen, Ingebjørg Fossberg Aulie, Ida Marie Larsen, Iren Johnsen :
    The associations of grief-related rumination with prolonged grief and posttraumatic stress symptoms: A longitudinal study of bereaved after the 2011 terror attack in Norway
    Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy 2024 ARKIV / DOI
  • Erik-Edwin Leonard Nordström, Riittakerttu Kaltiala, Pål Kristensen, Jens Thimm :
    Bereaved parents’ and siblings’ healthcare needs, healthcare utilization, and satisfaction with healthcare services eight years after the 2011 Utøya terror attack
    Death Studies 2024 ARKIV / DOI
  • Jens Thimm, Pål Kristensen :
    Psychotherapeutic treatment for bereaved persons encountering grief difficulties following a drug-related death
    Routledge 2024
  • Hanna Sirnes Lorentzen, Pauline Marie Bårdsen, Jens Thimm :
    Reliability and validity of the Personality Disorder Severity ICD-11 (PDS-ICD-11) scale and the Revised Personality Assessment Questionnaire for ICD-11 (PAQ-11R) in a Norwegian community sample
    Personality and Mental Health 2024 ARKIV / DOI
  • Michelle Chang, Jens Thimm :
    Death-is-life-enhancing: Adaptation and validation of the Norwegian Death Mindsets Measure (NDMM)
    Death Studies 2024 DOI
  • Jens Thimm, Kamilla Rognmo, Hege Nermo, Jan-Are Kolset Johnsen, Ingunn Berta Gjerdåker Skre, Catharina Elisabeth Arfwedson Wang :
    Associations between stressful life events in childhood/adolescence and adulthood: results from the 7th Tromsø survey
    European Journal of Psychotraumatology 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Jens Thimm, Michelle Chang :
    Early Maladaptive Schemas and Mental Disorders in Adulthood: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
    International Journal of Cognitive Therapy 21. November 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Nina Mørkved, Erik Johnsen, Rune Andreas Kroken, Dagfinn Winje, Tor Ketil Larsen, Jens Thimm et al.:
    Impact of childhood trauma on antipsychotic effectiveness in schizophrenia spectrum disorders: A prospective, pragmatic, semi-randomized trial
    Schizophrenia Research 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Erik-Edwin Leonard Nordström, Jens Thimm, Kaltiala-Heino Riittakerttu, Pål Kristensen :
    Prolonged grief, post-traumatic stress, and functional impairment in parents and siblings 8 years after the 2011 Utøya terror attack
    European Journal of Psychotraumatology 13. December 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Jens Thimm :
    The higher-order structure of early maladaptive schemas: A meta-analytical approach
    Frontiers in Psychiatry 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Olga V Lehmann O, Robert A. Neimeyer, Jens Thimm, Aslak Hjeltnes, Reinekke Lengelle, Trine Giving Kalstad :
    Experiences of Norwegian Mothers Attending an Online Course of Therapeutic Writing Following the Unexpected Death of a Child
    Frontiers in Psychology 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Cèline Lossius Westby, Andrea Røsberg Erlandsen, Sondre Aasen Nilsen, Endre Visted, Jens C. Thimm :
    Depression, anxiety, PTSD, and OCD after stillbirth: a systematic review
    BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 DOI
  • Hege Nermo, Tiril Willumsen, Kamilla Rognmo, Jens Thimm, Catharina Elisabeth Arfwedson Wang, Jan-Are Kolset Johnsen :
    Dental anxiety and potentially traumatic events: a cross-sectional study based on the Tromsø Study—Tromsø 7
    BMC Oral Health 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Jens Thimm, Kamilla Rognmo, Marte Rye, Anna Margrete Flåm, Eva Therese Næss, Ingunn Skre et al.:
    The prevalence of potentially traumatic events in the seventh survey of the population-based Tromsø study (Tromsø 7)
    Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Fredrik Dreyer Moe, Jens Thimm :
    Personal therapy and the personal therapist
    Nordic Psychology 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • Aslak E Himle, Odd E. Havik, Jens Thimm :
    The Leiden Index of Depression Sensitivity-Revised (LEIDS-R) and its revision (LEIDS-RR): An investigation of the internal structure and conceptual validity in a Norwegian sample
    Nordic Psychology 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • Janne Øen Hansen, Tonje Ada Brandser, Jens Thimm :
    Behandling av komplisert sorg - En systematisk oversikt og metaanalyse av randomiserte kontrollerte studier
    Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening 2020 FULLTEKST
  • Bo Bach, Andre Kerber, Anton Aluja, Tim Bastiaens, Jared Keeley, Claes Laurence et al.:
    International Assessment of DSM-5 and ICD-11 Personality Disorder Traits: Toward a Common Nosology in DSM-5.1
    Psychopathology 2020 FULLTEKST / DOI
  • Jens Thimm, Agnete Egilsdatter Kristoffersen, Unni Ringberg :
    The prevalence of severe grief reactions after bereavement and their associations with mental health, physical health, and health service utilization: a population-based study
    European Journal of Psychotraumatology 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • Atle Dyregrov, Anita Fjærestad, Rolf Gjestad, Jens Thimm :
    Young People's Risk Perception and Experience in Connection with COVID-19
    Journal of loss & trauma 03. December 2020 DOI
  • Nina Mørkved, Erik Johnsen, Rune Andreas Kroken, Rolf Gjestad, Dagfinn Winje, Jens Thimm et al.:
    Does childhood trauma influence cognitive functioning in schizophrenia? The association of childhood trauma and cognition in schizophrenia spectrum disorders.
    Schizophrenia Research: Cognition 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • Jens Thimm, Liss Antonsen, Wenche Karin Malmedal :
    Patients' perception of user involvement in psychiatric outpatient treatment: Associations with patient characteristics and satisfaction
    Health Expectations 16. September 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • Jens Thimm, Tom Johan Johnsen :
    Time trends in the effects of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for depression: A meta-analysis
    Scandinavian Journal of Psychology 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • Dag Nordahl, Ragnhild Sørensen Høifødt, Agnes Bohne, Inger Pauline Landsem, Catharina Elisabeth Arfwedson Wang, Jens Thimm :
    Early maladaptive schemas as predictors of maternal bonding to the unborn child
    BMC Psychology 2019 ARKIV / DOI
  • Helge Vara, Jens Thimm :
    Associations between self-compassion and complicated grief symptoms in bereaved individuals: An exploratory study
    Nordic Psychology 2019 ARKIV / DOI
  • Jens Thimm, Maylinn Davidsen, Mie Marie Elsness, Helga Vara :
    Reliability, factor structure, and validity of the inventory of complicated grief (ICG) in a general bereaved sample in Norway
    Scandinavian Psychologist 2019 ARKIV / DOI
  • Tom Johan Johnsen, Jens Thimm :
    A Meta-Analysis of Group Cognitive–Behavioral Therapy as an Antidepressive Treatment: Are We Getting Better?
    Canadian psychology 2018 DOI
  • Nina Mørkved, Dagfinn Winje, Anders Dovran, Kjersti Jorunn Arefjord, Erik Johnsen, Rune Andreas Kroken et al.:
    Childhood trauma in schizophrenia spectrum disorders as compared to substance abuse disorders
    Psychiatry Research 2018 DOI
  • Jens Thimm, Catharina Elisabeth Arfwedson Wang, Martin Eisemann, Knut Waterloo, Marianne Halvorsen :
    Coping, thought suppression, and perceived stress in currently depressed, previously depressed, and never depressed individuals
    Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy 2018 DOI
  • Ragnhild Sørensen Høifødt, Dag Nordahl, Gerit Pfuhl, Inger Pauline Landsem, Jens Thimm, Linn Kathrin K. Ilstad et al.:
    Protocol for the Northern babies longitudinal study: predicting postpartum depression and improving parent–infant interaction with The Newborn Behavioral Observation
    BMJ Open 2017 FULLTEKST / ARKIV / DOI
  • Katinka Solli, Eva Therese Næss, Ida Solhaug, Jens Thimm :
    Mindfulness training for chronic fatigue syndrome: a pilot study
    Health Psychology Report 2017 ARKIV / DOI
  • Jens Thimm :
    Relationships between early maladaptive schemas, mindfulness, self-compassion, and psychological distress
    Revista Internacional de Psicologia y Terapia Psicológica 2017 FULLTEKST
  • Jens Thimm, Stian Jordan, Bo Bach :
    Hierarchical Structure and Cross-Cultural Measurement Invariance of the Norwegian Version of the Personality Inventory for DSM–5
    Journal of Personality Assessment 2017 DOI
  • Jens Thimm :
    The Norwegian Computerized Adaptive Test of Personality Disorder – Static Form (CAT-PD-SF): Reliability, factor structure, and relationships with personality functioning
    Assessment (ASM) 2017 DOI
  • Jens Thimm, Jason M. Holland :
    Early Maladaptive Schemas, Meaning Making, and Complicated Grief Symptoms After Bereavement
    International Journal of Stress Management 2017 DOI
  • Jens Thimm, Stian Jordan, Bo Bach :
    The Personality Inventory for DSM-5 Short Form (PID-5-SF): psychometric properties and association with big five traits and pathological beliefs in a Norwegian population
    BMC Psychology 2016 DOI
  • Catharina Elisabeth Arfwedson Wang, Agnes Bohne, Dag Nordahl, Gerit Pfuhl, Inger Pauline Landsem, Jens Thimm et al.:
    Perinatal psykisk helse: Forskning og tiltak
    Tidsskrift for kognitiv terapi 06. October 2021
  • Ragnhild Sørensen Høifødt, Dag Nordahl, Gerit Pfuhl, Inger Pauline Landsem, Jens Thimm, Agnes Bohne et al.:
    Protokoll for God start for Små i Nord-studien – prediksjon av postpartum depresjon og styrking av foreldre-barn-samspill med The Newborn Behavioral Observation
    BestPractice Nordic 2020
  • Dag Nordahl, Ragnhild Sørensen Høifødt, Agnes Bohne, Inger Pauline Landsem, Catharina Elisabeth Arfwedson Wang, Jens Thimm :
    Early maladaptive schemas as predictors of maternal bonding to the unborn child
    2019
  • Ragnhild Sørensen Høifødt, Inger Pauline Landsem, Dag Nordahl, Agnes Bohne, Maja Myrvang, Siri Høylo Fundingsrud et al.:
    The Northern Babies Longitudinal Study Predicting Postpartum Depression and Improving Parent-infant Interaction With The Newborn Behavioral Observation (NBO)
    2018
  • Jens Thimm, Kristoffer Lygren Walther :
    Personlighetsforstyrrelser: Dimensjon eller kategori?
    2017
  • Jens Thimm, Stian Jordan, Bo Bach :
    Psychometric properties of the Personality Inventory for DSM-5 Brief Form in Norway
    2017
  • Jens Thimm :
    Mediation of self-compassion between pathological personality traits and symptomatic distress
    2016
  • Jens Thimm :
    Sorgbehandling via internett
    Oss foreldre imellom 2016
  • Jens Thimm :
    Sunn narsissisme kan ha flere fordeler
    21. March 2016
  • Jens Thimm :
    What does the Young Schema Questionnaire measure?
    2016
  • Jens Thimm :
    Tegnene på de tre vanligste personlighetsforstyrrelsene
    28. February 2016 FULLTEKST
  • Jens Thimm :
    PID-5 resultater fra Norge
    2016

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    Research interests

    My research interest focus on the conceptualization of personality disorders in the alternative model for personality disorders in DSM-5 and ICD-11, grief/trauma, schema therapy, and the effectiveness of psychological interventions.

    Teaching

    Personality psychology (course coordinator for PSY-1013 personality psychology and PSY-1701 personality psychology)

    Topics related to clinical psychology

     Supervision of main theses


    Member of research group

    Klinisk psykologi   Norsk innhold Clinical psychology   English content

    Member of project

    Traumer i den 7. Tromsøundersøkelsen Trauma in the 7th Tromsø survey God start for små i nord    Norsk innhold Northern Babies Longitudinal Study (NorBaby)    English content Childhood Trauma in the 8th Tromsø survey ACE in Fit Futures 3 ACE i Fit Futures 3 Personlighetsforstyrrelser i DSM-5 og ICD-11 Personality disorders in DSM-5 and ICD-11 Barndomstraumer i den 8. Tromsøundersøkelsen Hode og hjerte studien Head and Heart Study The development of the next generation of Schema Therapy instruments. Utviklingen av neste generasjon av skjema-terapi-instrumenter.