Faculty of Nursing

Karen Birna Þorvaldsdóttir

Assistant Professor
460 8029

Location

  • B205
  • Sólborg

Specialisation

Psychological trauma Mental health Public health Mixed methods
Research portal - Karen Birna Þorvaldsdóttir 

General information

Courses

EIR0110100
Qualitative research
VOÞ0104160
Human growth and development
HLK0110250
Women’s Health
HLK0105250
Women’s Health
MER0110120
Quantitative research methods
OFB0110130
Trauma and violence
HSF0106230
Health and Society
HHS0105250
Health and health services: Position, aims and trends

Research

2025
Domestic violence in Iceland: Gender differences, associations with post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, stress, happiness and social support
2025
Mental health in traumatically bereaved individuals: The role of loss‐related, personal, interpersonal, and emotion regulation factors
2025
Global Voices of Trauma Recovery: A Synthesis of Survivor-Provided Advice for Overcoming Gender-Based Violence Across Seven Countries
2024
Measuring Healing and Recovery After Gender-Based Violence: A Scoping Review
2022
Using Mixed Methods Integration to Evaluate the Structure of Help-Seeking Barriers Scale: A Survivor-Centered Approach
2022
Conceptual Development and Content Validation of a Multicultural Instrument to Assess the Normalization of Gender-Based Violence against Women
2021
Understanding and Measuring Help-Seeking Barriers among Intimate Partner Violence Survivors: Mixed-Methods Validation Study of the Icelandic Barriers to Help-Seeking for Trauma (BHS-TR) Scale
2021
Adaptation of the barriers to help-seeking for trauma (BHS-TR) scale: a cross-cultural cognitive interview study with female intimate partner violence survivors in Iceland