Solveig Karin Bø Vatnar
- Psychology specialist; PhD
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Solveig K B Vatnar obtained her PhD at the University of Oslo in 2009. She currently holds positions as PhD, Specialist in clinical psychology at the Centre for research and education in forensic psychiatry at Oslo University Hospital and Associate Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences.
Her expertise is in the field of intimate partner violence, with a special focus on the interactional perspective of IPV, assessment of IPV risk, and intimate partner homicide. She has authored more than 20 articles and chapters.
Publications 2024
An educational intervention study on mandatory reporting of intimate partner violence: changes in knowledge and attitudes among healthcare providers
BMC Med Educ, 24 (1), 1124
DOI 10.1186/s12909-024-06120-8, PubMed 39390503
Healthcare Professionals' Documentation in Supported Accommodation for People with Profound Intellectual Disabilities: An Educational Intervention Study
Healthcare (Basel), 12 (16)
DOI 10.3390/healthcare12161606, PubMed 39201164
Publications 2023
Prevalence and characteristics of mental and physical disorders among female prisoners: a mixed-methods systematic review
Int J Prison Health, 19 (4), 599-627
DOI 10.1108/IJPH-12-2022-0080, PubMed 37158168
Publications 2022
Intimate Partner Homicides in Norway 1990-2020: An Analysis of Incidence and Characteristics
J Interpers Violence, 37 (23-24), NP21599-NP21625
DOI 10.1177/08862605211063508, PubMed 34982009
Publications 2021
Attachment Characteristics Among Women Victimized in No, One, and Multiple IPV Relationships: A Case-Control Study
Violence Against Women, 27 (15-16), 2945-2970
DOI 10.1177/1077801220981157, PubMed 33573515
Publications 2020
Risk assessment of imminent violence in acute psychiatry: a step towards an extended model
J. Forensic Psychiatry Psychol., 31 (1), 41-63
DOI 10.1080/14789949.2019.1663898
Short-term risk assessments in an acute psychiatric inpatient setting: A re-examination of the Brøset Violence Checklist using repeated measurements - Differentiating violence characteristics and gender
Arch Psychiatr Nurs, 35 (1), 17-26
DOI 10.1016/j.apnu.2020.11.003, PubMed 33593511
IPV Characteristics, Childhood Violence, and Adversities as Risk Factors for Being Victimized in Multiple IPV Relationships
J Interpers Violence, 37 (3-4), NP1988-NP2011
DOI 10.1177/0886260520933037, PubMed 32589503
Publications 2019
The Influence of Substance Use on Intimate Partner Homicide: Evidence from a Norwegian National 22-year Cohort
Int. J. Forensic Ment. Health, 18 (2), 99-110
DOI 10.1080/14999013.2018.1525777
A Comparison of Intimate Partner Homicide With Intimate Partner Homicide-Suicide: Evidence From a Norwegian National 22-Year Cohort
J Interpers Violence, 36 (17-18), 8231-8256
DOI 10.1177/0886260519849656, PubMed 31104552
Mandatory Reporting of Intimate Partner Violence: A Mixed Methods Systematic Review
Trauma Violence Abuse, 22 (4), 635-655
DOI 10.1177/1524838019869102, PubMed 31446848
Publications 2018
Risk for Revictimization of Intimate Partner Violence by Multiple Partners: a Systematic Review
J. Fam. Violence, 33 (5), 325-339
DOI 10.1007/s10896-018-9952-9
Differences in intimate partner homicides perpetrated by men and women: evidence from a Norwegian National 22-year cohort
Psychol. Crime Law, 24 (8), 790-805
DOI 10.1080/1068316X.2018.1438433
Publications 2017
Screening for risk of violence using service users' self-perceptions: A prospective study from an acute mental health unit
Int J Ment Health Nurs, 27 (3), 1055-1065
DOI 10.1111/inm.12413, PubMed 29171702
Intimate Partner Homicide in Norway 1990-2012: Identifying Risk Factors Through Structured Risk Assessment, Court Documents, and Interviews With Bereaved
Psychol. Violence, 7 (3), 395-405
DOI 10.1037/vio0000100
Publications 2014
An Interactional Perspective on Coping with Intimate Partner Violence: Counterattack, Call for Help, or Give in and Obey Him?
J. Aggress. Maltreatment Trauma, 23 (9), 881-900
DOI 10.1080/10926771.2014.953716
Publications 2013
Lethal intimate partner violence: an interactional perspective on women's perceptions of lethal incidents
Violence Vict, 28 (5), 772-89
DOI 10.1891/0886-6708.vv-d-12-00062, PubMed 24364122
Publications 2012
Does Separation or Divorce Make any Difference? An Interactional Perspective on Intimate Partner Violence with Focus on Marital Status
J. Fam. Violence, 27 (1), 45-54
DOI 10.1007/s10896-011-9400-6
Publications 2011
Victim of and witness to violence: an interactional perspective on mothers' perceptions of children exposed to intimate partner violence
Violence Vict, 26 (6), 830-52
DOI 10.1891/0886-6708.26.6.830, PubMed 22288099
Publications 2010
Does it make any difference if she is a mother?: an interactional perspective on intimate partner violencewith a focus on motherhood and pregnancy
In Særtrykk, Høgskolen, Molde, 2010:4, S. 94-110
BIBSYS 100949746
An interactional perspective on the relationship of immigration to intimate partner violence in a representative sample of help-seeking women
In Særtrykk, Høgskolen, Molde, 2010:22, S. [1815]-1835
BIBSYS 102170770
Publications 2009
An interactional perspective on the relationship of immigration to intimate partner violence in a representative sample of help-seeking women
J Interpers Violence, 25 (10), 1815-35
DOI 10.1177/0886260509354511, PubMed 20040712
Does it make any difference if she is a mother? An interactional perspective on intimate partner violence with a focus on motherhood and pregnancy
J Interpers Violence, 25 (1), 94-110
DOI 10.1177/0886260508329129, PubMed 19150888
An interactional perspective on help-seeking women subject to intimate partner violence
In Series of dissertations submitted to the Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Unipub, Oslo, no. 767, 1 b. (flere pag.)
BIBSYS 092530532, ISBN 978-82-8072-930-9
Interactional Aspects of Intimate Partner Violence Result in Different Help-Seeking Behaviors in a Representative Sample of Women
J. Fam. Violence, 24 (4), 231-241
DOI 10.1007/s10896-009-9224-9
Interactional aspects of intimate partner violence resultin different help-seeking behaviors in a representative sample of women
In Særtrykk, Høgskolen, Molde, 2009:14, S. [231]-241
BIBSYS 093473117
Publications 2008
An interactional perspective of intimate partner violence: An in-depth semi-structured interview of a representative sample of help-seeking women
J. Fam. Violence, 23 (4), 265-279
DOI 10.1007/s10896-007-9150-7
An interactional perspective of intimate partner violence: an in-depth semi-structured interview of a representativesample of help-seeking women
In Særtrykk, Høgskolen, Molde, 2008:19, Pp. 265-279
BIBSYS 081052596