Research

The research group

The research group represents the three main research areas at Center for Crisis Psychology- grief, trauma and serious somatic illness. The group is lead by professor May Aasebø Hauken.

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We are organized in one research group. Please contact us for further information. Below you will find some of our project and research areas.

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Professor
May Aasebø Hauken

Publications

When the well is empty

Climate change is expected to occur more frequently and more extremely in years to come. The purpose of Tuva Emilie's project was to investigate the psychological effects of climate change and to gain insight into how the population understands a crisis situation, how they experience the situation...

Behandlingsrom ved Haukeland Universitetssykehus

Quality of Life and Hyperbaric Treatment

This mixed-methods study focuses on how late radiation tissue injury (LRTI) influences the quality of life (QOL) and psychosocial health of pelvic cancer survivors before, during, and after hyperbaric oxygen treatment (HBOT).

Cancer Changed My Life

Young cancer patients and cancer survivors are a small but vulnerable group of people. They are in a vulnerable phase in their lives with many changes, such as requirements for education, and establishing work and family life.

Evaluation of Place of Death In Case of Sudden and Unexpected Infant Death

From November 1, 2010, the Health Service was given the obligation to offer a voluntary place of death inspection for parents” when a child between the ages 0 to 4 dies suddenly and unexpectedly in the home. The reason for gathering this information is to acquire data on why children die suddenly...

The Experience of Visiting the Place of Incident After the Accident on Turøy

On April 29, 2016, a helicopter crashed just north of Turøy in Fjell municipality in Hordaland. A total of thirteen people, two pilots and eleven passengers, were killed in the accident. The helicopter was on its way from the Gullfaks B oil platform on the Gullfaks field in the North Sea to Bergen...

Veiledning, May Hauken og student Marthe Grue

Post-Traumatic Stress and Postraumatic Growth After Undergoing Cancer Treatment As A Young Adult

Young cancer survivors are in a vulnerable phase in their lives with many changes. Receiving a cancer diagnosis and undergoing cancer treatment is very stressful. Previous research has documented how younger cancer survivors struggle with many physical and psychosocial effects after cancer diagnosis...

Social Network Support For Young Adult Cancer Survivors Undergoing Rehabilitation

Young cancer survivors are at a vulnerable stage in their life with many changes, as well as the stress of receiving a cancer diagnosis and undergoing treatment. Earlier research has documented that young cancer survivors struggle with many physical and psychosocial effects after cancer diagnosis...

02.12.2019