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 2026 - 2027

EIR0110100
Qualitative research
MER0110120
Quantitative research methods
HSF0106230
Health and Society

Research

2026
“Reclaiming the Narrative” of Sexual Violence Disclosures on Social Media: Social Reactions, Gender Norms, and Recovery. Journal article
2026
Posttraumatic growth and posttraumatic stress in bereaved individuals. Journal article
2026
The Journey From Being in a Mental Prison to Disclosure and Freedom: Experiences of Male Child Sexual Abuse Survivors. Journal article
2026
Relationships between individual characteristics, poly-strengths, and mental health outcomes after sexual violence among Icelandic adults: A resilience portfolio approach. Journal article
2026
“It Just Gave Me a Source of Strength When the Time Came” Virtual Reality Stress Resilience Training as a Preparation for Domestic Violence Custody Hearings: A Case Study. Journal article
2026
Global Voices of Trauma Recovery: A Synthesis of Survivor-Provided Advice for Overcoming Gender-Based Violence Across Seven Countries. Journal article
2025
‘I just felt like I had no voice’: courtroom experiences of female sexual violence survivors seeking justice. Journal article
2025
Domestic violence in Iceland: Gender differences, associations with post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, stress, happiness and social support. Journal article
2025
Mental health in traumatically bereaved individuals: The role of loss‐related, personal, interpersonal, and emotion regulation factors. Journal article
2024
Measuring Healing and Recovery After Gender-Based Violence: A Scoping Review. Journal article
2022
Using Mixed Methods Integration to Evaluate the Structure of Help-Seeking Barriers Scale: A Survivor-Centered Approach. Journal article
2022
Conceptual Development and Content Validation of a Multicultural Instrument to Assess the Normalization of Gender-Based Violence against Women. Journal article
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. Journal article
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. Journal article