Faculty of Graduate Studies in Health Sciences

Sigríður Halldórsdóttir

Professor Emerita

Location

  • A301
  • Sólborg

Office hours

First contact is generally through an email: sigridur@unak.is

Specialisation

Qualitative research Doctoral studies Theory development Graduate studies Psychological trauma and violence Violence against women and children Leadership
Research portal - Sigríður Halldórsdóttir 

General information

Courses

OFB0110130
Trauma and violence

Education

1996
University of Linköping, PhD, Medicinae Doctricem Doctoral degree
1988
University of British Columbia, Meistarapróf Master of Science
1979
University of Iceland, Viðbótardiplóma Diploma degree
1978
University of Iceland, Baccalaureate degree Baccalaureate of Science
1974
Hamrahlid College, Stúdentspróf Matriculation
1972
The Commercial College of Iceland, Verslunarpróf Commercial diplóma

Research

2026
The Journey From Being in a Mental Prison to Disclosure and Freedom: Experiences of Male Child Sexual Abuse Survivors. Journal article
2025
Ethical competence in nursing: A theoretical definition. Journal article
2025
„Það ætluðu allir að vinna saman gegn þessum óvini:“ Reynsla hjúkrunardeildarstjóra af störfum sínum á tímum Covid-19. Fyrirbærafræðileg rannsókn. Journal article
2024
Excruciating existential suffering and complicated grief: The essence of surviving the suicide of a son or daughter. Journal article
2024
The Consequences of A History of Violence on Women’s Pregnancy and Childbirth in the Nordic Countries: A Scoping Review. Journal article
2024
Krefjandi og flokin sorg: Ad lifa af sjalfsvig dottur eda sonar. Journal article
2024
A learner AI immersion model for higher education: Benefits and limitations. Book chapter
2024
Siðferðileg færni í hjúkrun: Fræðileg skilgreining. Journal article
2023
Using Qualitative Data to Synthesize a Theory on Post-Traumatic Growth Following Intimate Partner Violence. Journal article
2023
Care and compassion in nursing. Book chapter
2023
Nándarhryðjuverk: Hvað er til ráða. Working paper
2023
In the jaws of death: Surviving women's experience of male intimate terrorism. Journal article
2023
"Svo atti madur bara ad vera tilbuinn": Reynsla hjukrunarfrædinga af fyrstu árunum í starfi. Journal article
2023
Women’s Lived Experience of the Interconnectedness of Trauma, Substance Use, and Prison. Journal article
2023
Reaching self-acceptance: The experience of individuals with mental illness of the road to recovery. Journal article
2022
The challenging journey from trauma to post‐traumatic growth: Lived experiences of facilitating and hindering factors. Journal article
2022
‘We experienced lack of understanding in the healthcare system’. Experiences of childhood sexual abuse survivors of the childbearing process, health and motherhood. Journal article
2022
The Post-Traumatic Growth Journey of Women Who Have Survived Intimate Partner Violence: A Synthesized Theory Emphasizing Obstacles and Facilitating Factors. Journal article
2022
Ethical Dilemmas in Physicians’ Consultations with COPD Patients. Journal article
2022
Fourteen Main Obstacles on the Journey to Post-Traumatic Growth as Experienced by Female Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence: “It Was All So Confusing”. Journal article
2022
Using Mixed Methods Integration to Evaluate the Structure of Help-Seeking Barriers Scale: A Survivor-Centered Approach. Journal article
2022
“I’m a Winner, Not a Victim”: The Facilitating Factors of Post-Traumatic Growth among Women Who Have Suffered Intimate Partner Violence. Journal article
2022
The PRIME theory of professionalism in midwifery: From childbearing women’s perspective. Book chapter
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
2021
Pain Rehabilitation’s Effect on People in Chronic Pain: A Prospective Cohort Study. Journal article
2021
Pain, Sleep, and Health-Related Quality of Life after Multidisciplinary Intervention for Chronic Pain. Journal article
2021
Persistent Suffering: The Serious Consequences of Sexual Violence against Women and Girls, Their Search for Inner Healing and the Significance of the #MeToo Movement. Journal article
2021
Physical Activity of Older Women Living in Retirement Communities: Capturing the Whole Picture Through an Ecological Approach. Journal article
2021
Reynsluheimur kvenna í íslensku fangelsi og reynsla þeirra af meðferðarúrræðum innan og utan fangelsis. Journal article
2021
Grunnatriði vinnubragða í fræðilegum skrifum. Book chapter
2021
Inngangur að aðferðafræði. Book chapter
2021
Rannsóknir: Handbók í aðferðafræði. Book
2020

Frustrated Caring: Family Members’ Experience of Motivating COPD Patients Towards Self-Management

. Journal article
2020
Breaking the vicious circle: Experiences of people in chronic pain on the pain rehabilitation journey. Journal article
2020
Stressful Factors in the Working Environment, Lack of Adequate Sleep, and Musculoskeletal Pain among Nursing Unit Managers. Journal article
2019
‘The self‐destruction force is so strong’: male survivors’ experience of suicidal thoughts following sexual violence. Journal article
2019

COPD patients’ experiences, self-reported needs, and needs-driven strategies to cope with self-management

. Journal article
2018
Enhancing patient safety in the operating theatre: from the perspective of experienced operating theatre nurses. Journal article
2018
Effects of cutbacks on motivating factors among nurses in primary health care. Journal article
2018
Screaming Body and Silent Healthcare Providers: A Case Study with a Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivor. Journal article
2017
Heimilislækningar á Íslandi og í Noregi: Reynsla lækna af ólíku fyrirkomulagi heilbrigðisþjónustu í löndunum tveimur. Journal article
2017
Social justice, access and quality of healthcare in an age of austerity: users’ perspective from rural Iceland. Journal article
2016
Djúp og viðvarandi þjáning: Reynsla íslenskra karla af áhrifum kynferðislegs ofbeldis í æsku. Book chapter
2016
Personal resurrection: female childhood sexual abuse survivors' experience of the Wellness-Program. Journal article
2016
Reynsla fólks af hjartaáfalli um og innan við fimmtugt: Önnur hjartaáfallseinkenni og aðrir áhættuþættir. Journal article
2016
Stoðkerfisverkir hjá hjúkrunardeildarstjórum og tengsl verkja við streitu. Journal article
2016
Tengsl streituvaldandi þátta í starfsumhverfi, svefns og stoðkerfisverkja hjá millistjórnendum í opinberri þjónustu. Journal article
2015
Exacerbated vulnerability in existential changes: the essence of dealing with reduced working capacity. Journal article
2014
Consequences of childhood sexual abuse for health and well-being: gender similarities and differences. Journal article
2014
Silent, invisible and unacknowledged: experiences of young caregivers of single parents diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Journal article
2014
"Ég veit ekki hvað það er að líða vel": Reynsla kvenna með geðröskun af áhrifum endurtekins ofbeldis á líðan, líkamsheilsu og geðheilbrigði. Journal article
2014
The third paradigm in labour pain preparation and management: the childbearing woman's paradigm. Journal article
2014
Vinnutengd streita og starfsumhverfi íslenskra hjúkrunardeildarstjóra. Journal article
2013
Handbók í aðferðafræði rannsókna. Book
2013
Repressed and silent suffering: consequences of childhood sexual abuse for women's health and well-being. Journal article
2012
When Theoretical Knowledge Is Not Enough: Introduction of an Explanatory Model on Nurse’s Pain Management.
2012
Deep and almost unbearable suffering: consequences of childhood sexual abuse for men's health and well-being. Journal article
2012
Facilitators of and Barriers to Physical Activity in Retirement Communities: Experiences of Older Women in Urban Areas. Journal article
2012
Áhrif niðurskurðar á starfshvata og innbyrðis þekkingarmiðlun heilsugæsluhjúkrunarfræðinga. Journal article
2011
The primacy of the good midwife in midwifery services: an evolving theory of professionalism in midwifery. Journal article
2011
The quest for well-being: self-identified needs of women in chronic pain. Journal article
2010
Facilitators and Barriers to Exercising Among People With Osteoarthritis: A Phenomenological Study. Journal article
2010
Stöðug streita, ótti og kvíði : reynsla kvenna sem hafa búið við ofbeldi á meðgöngu og endranær. Journal article
2010
„Það vissi aldrei neinn neitt.” Reynsla ungmenna sem alist hafa upp með móður sem er öryrki, af stuðningi og upplýsingaflæði milli þjónustukerfa. Journal article
2009
Primacy of existential pain and suffering in residents in chronic pain in nursing homes: a phenomenological study. Journal article
2009
Reynsla aldraðra, sem búsettir eru á eigin heimili, af heilbrigði og af því hvað viðheldur og eflir heilsu á efri árum. Journal article
2009
The challenge of caring for patients in pain: from the nurse's perspective. Journal article
2009
Tímin læknar ekki öll sár: Fyrirbærafræðileg rannsókn á langvarandi afleiðingum kynferðislegs ofbeldis. Journal article
2008
Existential struggle and self-reported needs of patients in rehabilitation. Journal article
2008
Heitt vatn og heilbrigði: Heilsufarsáhrif heitavatnsnotkunar á Íslandi. Book
2008
Iktsýki, streita og bjargráð eftir áföll : „Þessi sjúkdómur er allt öðruvísi en bækurnar segja til um.“. Journal article
2008
The dynamics of the nurse-patient relationship: introduction of a synthesized theory from the patient's perspective. Journal article
2008
To discipline a "Dog": The essential structure of mastering diabetes. Journal article
2008
Women in chronic pain: Sense of control and encounters with health professionals. Journal article
2005
[Dialogs on death]. Journal article
2005
No title. Journal article
2005
No title. Journal article
2005
No title. Journal article
2005
No title.
2005
Samtöl um dauðann. Journal article
2004
Interviews on death. Journal article
2003
Handbók í aðferðafræði og rannsóknum í heilbrigðisvísindum. Book
2003
Handbók í aðferðafræði og rannsóknum í heilbrigðisvísindum. Book
2003
Vancouver-skólinn í fyrirbærafræði. Book chapter
2000
Andlit þjáningarinnar. Journal article
2000
Hundrað daga heimsóknin. Book chapter
1999
No title. Journal article
1998
Fræðimaður fyrir norðan : fjölbreytni í hjúkrun : viðtal]. Journal article
1997
Caring and uncaring encounters within nursing and health care from the cancer patient's perspective. Journal article
1997
Hann sem er og var og kemur : Jesús Kristur, ljósið sanna. Journal article
1996
Journeying through labour and delivery: perceptions of women who have given birth. Journal article
1996
Experiencing existential changes: the lived experience of having cancer. Journal article
1996
Caring and uncaring encounters in nursing and health care : developing a theory. Dissertation
1996
Empowerment or discouragement: women's experience of caring and uncaring encounters during childbirth. Journal article
1996
Journeying through labour and delivery : perceptions of women who have given birth. Journal article
1996
Journeying through labour and delivery: perceptions of women who have given birth. Journal article
1994
Caring and uncaring encounters in professional education - : from the perspective of the nursing student.
1993
What is the meaning of caring? Journal article
1991
Five basic modes of being with another. Journal article
1991
Effective health education for patients as individuals. Journal article
1991
Sérskipulagt B.S. nám fyrir hjúkrunarfræðinga. Journal article
1991
Tengsl þjóðfélagslegrar umhyggju og persónulegrar umhyggju í hjúkrun. Journal article
1990
The essential structure of a caring and an uncaring encounter with a teacher: the perspective of the nursing student. Journal article
1990
Ljóð. Journal article
1990
Sérskipulagt B.S. nám í hjúkrunarfræði fyrir hjúkrunarfræðinga við Háskóla Íslands. Journal article
1990
Umhyggjuleysi í hjúkrun - frá sjónarhóli sjúklinga. Journal article
1989
Umhyggja í hjúkrun - frá sjónarhóli sjúklinga. Journal article
1989
Umhyggja í hjúkrun - frá sjónarhóli sjúklinga. Journal article
1988
The Essential structure of caring and an uncaring encounter with a nurse : from the client's perspective. Dissertation
1982
Hjúkrunarfræði. Journal article
1979
Rannsóknir í hjúkrun. Journal article