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Associate professor Department of Psychology kjersti.lillevoll@uit.no +4777646774 Tromsø You can find me here

Kjersti Lillevoll

Job description

Kjersti R. Lillevoll is an associate professor in the research group for clinical psychology at the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, and serves as the program director for the clinical psychology program. She is a trained clinical psychologist and has worked in both mental and somatic health services, particularly with adults who have long-term and complex health issues. Her academic interests revolve around various topics in mental health, prevention, and treatment.

Lillevoll has 30 % of her position within UiTs team for fitness to practice.

  • Jon Fauskanger Bjåstad, Kjersti Lillevoll, Asle Hoffart, Toril Sørheim Nilsen, Jane Katrine Kjøterøe, Peter Prescott et al.:
    The effect of behavioral rehearsal in the training of clinical psychology students in cognitive therapy for social anxiety disorder: A randomized controlled trial
    Behaviour Research and Therapy 26. August 2025 DOI / ARKIV
  • Isak Bakkeli, Ragna Louise Sandvoll, Jens Thimm, Erik Stänicke, Kjersti Lillevoll :
    Systematic Review and Meta-synthesis of Case Studies with Paradoxical Outcomes in Psychotherapy
    Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy 17. November 2025 DOI / ARKIV
  • Kamilla Rognmo, Ida Marie Opdal, Bjørn Helge Handegård, Alexander Horsch, Kjersti Lillevoll, Anne-Sofie Furberg et al.:
    The relationship between self-reported and device-based measurements of physical activity and mental distress among adolescents: results from the fit futures study
    BMC Public Health 02. August 2025 DOI / ARKIV
  • Yngvild Arnesen, Bjørn Helge Handegård, Børge Idar Mathiassen, Kjersti Lillevoll, Monica Martinussen, Luis Costa da Silva et al.:
    User Satisfaction with Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Factor Structure of the Experience of Service Questionnaire (ESQ) in Norway and the UK
    Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research 2025 DOI / ARKIV
  • Yngvild Arnesen, Kjersti Lillevoll, Børge Mathiassen :
    User satisfaction in child and adolescent mental health service: Comparison of background, clinical and service predictors for adolescent and parent satisfaction
    Health Expectations 2023 DOI / ARKIV
  • Geir Fagerjord Lorem, Eva Therese Næss, Maja-Lisa Løchen, Kjersti Rønningen Lillevoll, Else-Marie Molund, Assami Rösner et al.:
    Post-traumatic stress disorder among heart disease patients: a clinical follow-up of individuals with myocardial infarction in the Tromsø Study
    BMC Psychiatry 2023 DOI / ARKIV
  • Mette Bech Risør, Kjersti Lillevoll :
    Caught up in Care: Crafting Moral Subjects of Chronic Fatigue
    Medical Anthropology 2021 DOI / ARKIV
  • Veronica Lorentzen, Bjørn Helge Handegård, Connie Malén Moen, Kenth Solem, Kjersti Lillevoll, Ingunn Skre :
    CORE-OM as a routine outcome measure for adolescents with emotional disorders: factor structure and psychometric properties
    BMC Psychology 20. August 2020 DOI / ARKIV
  • Ida Marie Opdal, Bente Morseth, Bjørn Helge Handegård, Kjersti Lillevoll, Wendy Nilsen, Christopher Sivert Nielsen et al.:
    Is change in mental distress among adolescents predicted by sedentary behavior or screen time? Results from the longitudinal population study The Tromsø Study: Fit Futures
    BMJ Open 2020 DOI / ARKIV / ARKIV / ARKIV
  • Ida Marie Opdal, Bente Morseth, Bjørn Helge Handegård, Kjersti Lillevoll, Helga Ask, Christopher Sivert Nielsen et al.:
    Change in physical activity is not associated with change in mental distress among adolescents: The Tromsø Study: Fit Futures
    BMC Public Health 2019 DOI / ARKIV / ARKIV
  • Ragnhild Sørensen Høifødt, Matthias Mittner, Kjersti Lillevoll, Susanne Kvam Katla, nils Kolstrup, Martin Eisemann et al.:
    Predictors of Response to Web-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy With High-Intensity Face-to-Face Therapist Guidance for Depression: A Bayesian Analysis
    Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR) 2015 DOI / ARKIV / FULLTEKST
  • Kjersti Lillevoll, Hans Christian Bones Vangberg, Kathleen Griffiths, Knut Waterloo, Martin Eisemann :
    Uptake and adherence of a self-directed internet-based mental health intervention with tailored e-mail reminders in senior high schools in Norway
    BMC Psychiatry 2014 DOI / ARKIV
  • Maja Wilhelmsen, Kjersti Lillevoll, Mette Bech Risør, Ragnhild Sørensen Høifødt, May-Lill Johansen, Knut Waterloo et al.:
    Motivation to persist with internet-based cognitive behavioural treatment using blended care: a qualitative study
    BMC Psychiatry 2013 DOI / ARKIV
  • Kjersti Lillevoll, Jane Kroger, Monica Martinussen :
    Identity Status and Anxiety: A Meta-Analysis
    Identity. An International Journal of Theory and Research 12. August 2013 DOI / ARKIV
  • Kjersti Lillevoll, Jane Kroger, Monica Martinussen :
    Identity Status and Locus of Control: A Meta-Analysis
    Identity. An International Journal of Theory and Research 12. August 2013 DOI / ARKIV
  • Kjersti Lillevoll, Maja Wilhelmsen, Nils Kolstrup, Ragnhild Sørensen Høifødt, Knut Waterloo, Martin Eisemann et al.:
    Patients’ experiences of helpfulness in guided internet-based treatment for depression: qualitative study of integrated therapeutic dimensions
    Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR) 2013 DOI / ARKIV
  • Ingunn Skre, Oddgeir Friborg, Sigmund Elgarøy, Chris Evans, Lars Henrik Ryther Myklebust, Kjersti Lillevoll et al.:
    The factor structure and psychometric properties of the Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation – Outcome Measure (CORE-OM) in Norwegian clinical and non-clinical samples
    BMC Psychiatry 2013 DOI / ARKIV
  • Ragnhild Sørensen Høifødt, Kjersti Lillevoll, Kathleen M Griffiths, Tom Wilsgaard, Martin Eisemann, Knut Waterloo et al.:
    The Clinical Effectiveness of Web-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy With Face-to-Face Therapist Support for Depressed Primary Care Patients: Randomized Controlled Trial
    Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR) 2013 DOI / ARKIV
  • Hans Christian Bones Vangberg, Kjersti Lillevoll, Knut Waterloo, Martin Eisemann :
    Does personality predict depression and use of an internet-based intervention for depression among adolescents?
    Depression Research and Treatment 2012 DOI / ARKIV
  • Catharina Elisabeth Arfwedson Wang, Safak Caglayan, Maren Angel Christensen, Ole Kristian Grønli, Anne Høye, Jan-Are Kolset Johnsen et al.:
    Psykiske traumer setter dype spor - også i kroppen
    02. July 2025 ARKIV
  • Yngvild Arnesen, Bjørn Helge Handegård, Børge Idar Mathiassen, Kjersti Lillevoll, Monica Martinussen, Luís Costa da Silva et al.:
    Correction to: User Satisfaction with Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Factor Structure of the Experience of Service Questionnaire (ESQ) in Norway and the UK (Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, (2025), 10.1007/s10488-025-01436-z)
    Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research 2025 DOI / ARKIV
  • Jens Thimm, Kamilla Rognmo, Geir F Lorem, Ingunn Berta Gjerdåker Skre, Kjersti Lillevoll, Hege Nermo et al.:
    Psykiske traumer i den syvende Tromsøundersøkelsen: Innsikt, Konsekvenser og Fremtidige Veivalg
    2025 ARKIV
  • Jon Fauskanger Bjåstad, Kjersti Rønningen Lillevoll, Toril Sørheim Nilsen, Asle Hoffart, Peter Prescott, Catharina Elisabeth Arfwedson Wang et al.:
    The effect of skills-training on self-efficacy and competence of cognitive behavioral therapy for social anxiety disorder: a dismantling study.
    2024 ARKIV
  • Catharina Elisabeth Arfwedson Wang, Yngvild Arnesen, Elisabeth Ovanger Barrett, Agnes Bohne, Karen Hopmann, Ragnhild Sørensen Høifødt et al.:
    Derfor har tiltakene skapt lidelser for barn og unge
    2021 ARKIV
  • Maria Elise Lone, Kjersti Lillevoll, Catharina Elisabeth Arfwedson Wang :
    Gruppesamtaler som forebyggende tiltak for flyktninger. En kvalitativ intervjuundersøkelse av deltakeres opplevelse.
    2021 ARKIV
  • Kjersti Lillevoll :
    De vanligste symptomene på depresjon
    20. May 2014 ARKIV / FULLTEKST
  • Kjersti Lillevoll :
    Her trenger folk minst lykkepiller
    09. February 2014 ARKIV
  • Kjersti Lillevoll, Ragnhild Sørensen Høifødt :
    Internettbasert selvhjelp ved depresjon
    2013 ARKIV
  • Kjersti Lillevoll, Ragnhild Sørensen Høifødt :
    MoodGYM-programmet og erfaringer med bruk av dette
    2012 ARKIV
  • Kjersti Lillevoll :
    Persepsjon og vitnepsykologi
    2012 ARKIV
  • Kjersti Lillevoll, Ragnhild Sørensen Høifødt :
    Psykologisk behandling med internettbasert selvhjelp
    2012 ARKIV
  • Kjersti Lillevoll :
    Assistert selvhjelp mot depresjon
    2012 ARKIV
  • Kjersti Lillevoll, Monica Martinussen, Jane Kroger :
    Identity status and anxiety: A meta-analysis
    2011 ARKIV
  • Ragnhild Sørensen Høifødt, Maja Wilhelmsen, Kjersti Lillevoll, Ove K Lintvedt, Knut Waterloo, Martin Eisemann et al.:
    Internettbasert kognitiv terapi som ren selvhjelp eller som assistert selvhjelp i samarbeid med helsepersonell
    Tidsskrift for kognitiv terapi 2011 ARKIV
  • Maja Wilhelmsen, Kjersti Lillevoll :
    Internet-basert kognitiv terapi i allmennpraksis
    2010 ARKIV
  • Hans Christian Bones Vangberg, Kjersti Lillevoll, Ragnhild Sørensen Høifødt, Ove K Lintvedt, Martin Eisemann, Knut Waterloo :
    Mental selvhjelp.no. Internettbaserte selvhjelpsprogram
    2010 ARKIV

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    Research interests

    Research projects

    2022-2028: "Viewing your body from the inside and out (VYBINO): Body image, interoceptive awareness, and BMI in women: exploring interactions in the course of an eating disorder." In this project, we investigate whether there is a connection between interoception, body image, and BMI in women with eating problems. The project is a research program project with psychology student Lise Gulli Brokjøb, in collaboration with Northumbria University.

    2016-2020: CFS/ME in the north: Symptoms and function in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis. This study examines symptoms and function with repeated measurements over three months, using, among other things, actigraphy.

    2019-2024: Patient-reported experience in child and adolescent mental health care. Aspects of patients' mental health status and life situation as predictors of user satisfaction. In this project, patients and their parents' satisfaction with the services at the child and adolescent psychiatric department are examined. The project is a double qualification project in collaboration with the University Hospital of North Norway. Ph.D. student: Yngvild Arnesen. Project leader: Børge Mathiassen.

    2022-2025: "Effects of skills training in cognitive therapy for social anxiety disorder: A dismantling study." In this project, we investigate whether different forms of training in cognitive therapy result in differences in outcomes. The project is a collaboration with the Norwegian Association for Cognitive Therapy. Project leader: Veronica Lorentzen.

    2020-2024: "The head and heart connection." A project on the mental health of heart patients. In this project, we examine mental health before and after the first heart attack in heart patients. The project is based on data from the Tromsø Study. Project leader: Geir Lorem

    Supervision

    PSY-2901 Master's Thesis

    PSY-2002 Bachelor's Thesis

    Ph.D. Supervision

    Teaching

    Course responsibility

    2013-2021: PSY-2595 Clinical Psychology (30 ECTS)

    2021-2023: PSY-2802-1 Clinical Psychology (15 ECTS)

    Project

    Psy-sam: Sami cultural competence in psychology education. The overarching goal of this project is to integrate Sami cultural competence and perspectives relevant to mental health work, specifically in the practice of psychologists. This project is financed by the Programme for quality in education 2023.

    Teaching

    PSY-1001/1021 Introduction to Psychology: Mental disorders and treatment of mental disorders

    PSY-1010/1020 Phenomenology in Psychology and the History of Psychology: History of Psychology

    PSY-2802 Clinical Psychology: Assessment of adults; children as relatives; conceptual models of mental disorders; depression

    Seminar Leader/Group Leader

    PSY-1603-1608 Professional Preparatory Course I-VI: Mentor for groups of student

    PSY-1608 Professional Preparatory Course VI: Preclinical course - group leader

    PSY-1514 Qualitative Method: Seminar leader


    Member of research group

    Klinisk psykologi   Norsk innhold Clinical psychology   English content

    Member of project

    Kvinnehelse og kropp    Norsk innhold Ferdighetstrening i kognitiv atferdsterapi for sosial angst Fysisk aktivitet og depresjon hos ungdom. Fit Futures studien Skills training in cognitive behavioral therapy for social anxiety Physical activity and depression in young people. The Fit Futures Study VYBINO: Viewing your body from the inside and out Childhood Trauma (ACE) in the 8th Tromsø survey Personlighetsforstyrrelser i DSM-5 og ICD-11 Personality disorders in DSM-5 and ICD-11 Barndomstraumer (ACE) i den 8. Tromsøundersøkelsen Hode og hjerte studien Head and Heart Study Post-traumatisk stress syndrome (PTSD) blant hjertepasienter Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among heart patients
    Teorifagbygget Hus 5 5531


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