In this issue, we have a lot of presents to the readers of Nordic Psychology. We are presenting five articles of high-quality dealing with Happiness, Concussion, User Experience, Socialization and ADHD.
In the first article of this issue “The Happiest Youth in the World? Exploring Subjective Well-being Indicators Among Finnish University Students” Pia Backman-Nord, Patrik Söderberg, Anna. K. Forsman examined characteristics of students who reported the highest level of happiness in “the happiest country in the world,” Finland. The results of study show that school success was not a condition for great happiness, whereas the students’ living situation proved to be an important factor. Furthermore, a strong connection between a high level of happiness and high self-esteem was found, as well as a significant relationship between being socially skilled and very happy. In the second article of this issue “Concussion Among Female Athletes in Iceland: Stress, Depression, Anxiety and Quality of Life” María K. Jónsdóttir, Kristín Hulda Kristófersdóttir, Silja Runólfsdóttir, Ingunn S. U. Kristensen, Helga Á. Sigurjónsdóttir, Lára Ósk Eggertsdóttir Claessen & Hafrún Kristjánsdóttir examine the relationship between self-reported concussion history and stress, depression, anxiety, and quality of life among Icelandic female athletes among Icelandic female athletes. Results indicate that Icelandic female athletes with a history of concussion report more symptoms of distress than those with no history of concussion, and the higher number of concussions sustained, the worse they feel. In the third article of this issue “The User Experience Framework for Health Interventions” Lene E. Søvold and Ole André Solbakken investigate which aspects of the user experience are typically explored in the research literature. In a scoping review, the article shows that a variety of aspects or facets related to the user experience were addressed across the different studies. These facets were (1) Perception of self as patient/user, (2) Perception of the therapist/intervention provider, (3) Perception of the therapeutic relationship/alliance, (4) Perception of the intervention/modality and (5) Perception of contextual factors. Based on this finding, the article proposes an user experience framework centred around these five domains. In the fourth article of this issue “On the Same Path? Profiles of Proximal Socialization Outcomes among New Police Officers” Stefan Annell, Magnus Sverke, Petter Gustavsson and Petra Lindfors outline an interactionist approach that would help clarify complex relationships among organizational socialization variables approach aiming to examine the role of proximal socialization outcome profiles for distal outcomes. The findings show that proximal socialization outcome indicators may yield profiles characteristic of subgroups of newcomers who follow different socialization paths. In the fifth and final article “Cognitive-behavioral group therapy for ADHD predominantly inattentive presentation: a feasibility study of a new treatment protocol” Elinor Eskilsson Strålin, Lisa B. Thorell, Katharina Szybek, Tobias Lundgren, Sven Bölte and Benjamin Bohman evaluate the feasibility and explore the preliminary effects of a novel group-based cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) protocol (CADDI) for ADHD predominantly inattentive presentation (ADHD-I), with the aim to reduce symptoms of inattention and associated problems. The concludes that the CADDI protocol is a potentially valuable new psychological treatment for adults with ADHD-I, although treatment effects need to be further evaluated and participant retention secured in randomized controlled trials.
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