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Kristine Rensvik Viddal

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Kristine Rensvik Viddal

Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences

kristine.viddal@ntnu.no
+47Phone/Whatsapp(+47)92268814 Bygg 12, 12-515A, Dragvoll, Edvard Bulls veg 1
"Tidlig trygg i Trondheim" Nasjonale retningslinjer for helse- og sosialfagutdanningene (RETHOS)
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About

Research: Developmental psychology and developmental psychopathology.

The Trondheim Early Secure Study (TESS)

Growing up in Digital Europe (GUIDE)

GUIDEPREP

Competencies

  • Attachment Relationships
  • Child and Adolescent Development
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Developmental Psychopathology
  • Internalizing Disorders
  • Longitudinal Research
  • Temperament and Personality

Research

Member of The Human Development Research Centre, NTNU, which is conducting the ongoing Trondheim Early Secure Study (TESS) of children’s psychosocial development and mental disorders.

Member of the Child & Adolescent Research Group (CARG) and the international network associated with Europe’s first comparative cohort study of children and young people’s wellbeing: Growing Up in Digital Europe (GUIDE); GUIDEPREP

The Trondheim Early Secure Study

The Trondheim Early Secure Study (TESS) – A study of mental health, psychosocial development and health behaviour from preschool to adolescence

GUIDE

GUIDEPREP

Publications

  • Chronological
  • By category
  • All publications registered in NVA

2024

  • Morken, Ida Sund; Wichstrøm, Lars; Steinsbekk, Silje; Viddal, Kristine Rensvik. (2024) Depression and Personality Traits Across Adolescence—Within-Person Analyses of a Birth Cohort. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
    Academic article

2023

  • Morken, Ida Sund; Viddal, Kristine Rensvik; von Soest, Tilmann Martin; Wichstrøm, Lars. (2023) Explaining the Female Preponderance in Adolescent Depression—A Four-Wave Cohort Study. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
    Academic article
  • Morken, Ida Sund; Viddal, Kristine Rensvik; von Soest, Tilmann; Wichstrøm, Lars. (2023) Kjønnsforskjell i depresjon. Tidsskrift for Norsk psykologforening (Psykologtidsskriftet)
    Conference abstract

2021

  • Morken, Ida Sund; Viddal, Kristine Rensvik; Ranum, Bror; Wichstrøm, Lars. (2021) Depressive arr. Tidsskrift for Norsk psykologforening (Psykologtidsskriftet)
    Popular science article

2020

  • Gabriel, Ute Barbara; Viddal, Kristine Rensvik. (2020) Instituttleders hjørne. PT (Psykologisk Tidsskrift)
    Editorial
  • Cortes-Garcia, Laura; Viddal, Kristine Rensvik; Wichstrøm, Lars; Senra, Carmen. (2020) Mediating role of depressive symptoms linking insecure attachment and disordered eating in adolescents: A multiwave longitudinal study. Development and Psychopathology
    Academic article
  • Morken, Ida Sund; Viddal, Kristine Rensvik; Ranum, Bror; Wichstrøm, Lars. (2020) Depression from preschool to adolescence – five faces of stability. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
    Academic article

2019

  • Viddal, Kristine Rensvik. (2019) Instituttleders hjørne. PT (Psykologisk Tidsskrift)
    Editorial
  • Cortes-Garcia, Laura; Wichstrøm, Lars; Viddal, Kristine Rensvik; Senra, Carmen. (2019) Prospective Bidirectional Associations between Attachment and Depressive Symptoms from Middle Childhood to Adolescence. Journal of Youth and Adolescence
    Academic article
  • Åbø, Regine; Viddal, Kristine Rensvik; Ness, Ottar; Langvik, Eva. (2019) «Jeg føler meg som en utvidet organisme» – unge voksnes opplevelse av parforholdet som mulighet og begrensning. Scandinavian Psychologist
    Academic article

2018

  • Viddal, Kristine Rensvik. (2018) Becoming Secure ATTACHMENT RELATIONSHIPS ACROSS PRESCHOOL TO SCHOOL AGE: Continuity, Self-Regulation, and Quantity of Childcare. NTNU
    Doctoral thesis

2017

  • Wichstrøm, Lars; Penelo, Eva; Viddal, Kristine Rensvik; Osa, Nuria de la; Ezpeleta, Lourdes. (2017) Explaining the relationship between temperament and symptoms of psychiatric disorders from preschool to middle childhood: hybrid fixed and random effects models of Norwegian and Spanish children. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
    Academic article
  • Viddal, Kristine Rensvik; Berg-Nielsen, Turid Suzanne; Belsky, Jay; Wichstrøm, Lars. (2017) Change in Attachment Predicts Change in Emotion Regulation — Particularly among 5-HTTLPR Short-Allele Homozygotes. Developmental Psychology
    Academic article

2015

  • Viddal, Kristine Rensvik; Berg-Nielsen, Turid Suzanne; Wan, Ming Wai; Green, Jonathan; Hygen, Beate Wold; Wichstrøm, Lars. (2015) Secure attachment promotes the development of effortful control in boys. Attachment & Human Development
    Academic article

Journal publications

  • Gabriel, Ute Barbara; Viddal, Kristine Rensvik. (2020) Instituttleders hjørne. PT (Psykologisk Tidsskrift)
    Editorial
  • Viddal, Kristine Rensvik. (2019) Instituttleders hjørne. PT (Psykologisk Tidsskrift)
    Editorial
  • Morken, Ida Sund; Viddal, Kristine Rensvik; von Soest, Tilmann Martin; Wichstrøm, Lars. (2023) Explaining the Female Preponderance in Adolescent Depression—A Four-Wave Cohort Study. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
    Academic article
  • Cortes-Garcia, Laura; Viddal, Kristine Rensvik; Wichstrøm, Lars; Senra, Carmen. (2020) Mediating role of depressive symptoms linking insecure attachment and disordered eating in adolescents: A multiwave longitudinal study. Development and Psychopathology
    Academic article
  • Cortes-Garcia, Laura; Wichstrøm, Lars; Viddal, Kristine Rensvik; Senra, Carmen. (2019) Prospective Bidirectional Associations between Attachment and Depressive Symptoms from Middle Childhood to Adolescence. Journal of Youth and Adolescence
    Academic article
  • Wichstrøm, Lars; Penelo, Eva; Viddal, Kristine Rensvik; Osa, Nuria de la; Ezpeleta, Lourdes. (2017) Explaining the relationship between temperament and symptoms of psychiatric disorders from preschool to middle childhood: hybrid fixed and random effects models of Norwegian and Spanish children. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
    Academic article
  • Viddal, Kristine Rensvik; Berg-Nielsen, Turid Suzanne; Wan, Ming Wai; Green, Jonathan; Hygen, Beate Wold; Wichstrøm, Lars. (2015) Secure attachment promotes the development of effortful control in boys. Attachment & Human Development
    Academic article
  • Morken, Ida Sund; Wichstrøm, Lars; Steinsbekk, Silje; Viddal, Kristine Rensvik. (2024) Depression and Personality Traits Across Adolescence—Within-Person Analyses of a Birth Cohort. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
    Academic article
  • Viddal, Kristine Rensvik; Berg-Nielsen, Turid Suzanne; Belsky, Jay; Wichstrøm, Lars. (2017) Change in Attachment Predicts Change in Emotion Regulation — Particularly among 5-HTTLPR Short-Allele Homozygotes. Developmental Psychology
    Academic article
  • Morken, Ida Sund; Viddal, Kristine Rensvik; Ranum, Bror; Wichstrøm, Lars. (2020) Depression from preschool to adolescence – five faces of stability. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
    Academic article
  • Morken, Ida Sund; Viddal, Kristine Rensvik; Ranum, Bror; Wichstrøm, Lars. (2021) Depressive arr. Tidsskrift for Norsk psykologforening (Psykologtidsskriftet)
    Popular science article
  • Morken, Ida Sund; Viddal, Kristine Rensvik; von Soest, Tilmann; Wichstrøm, Lars. (2023) Kjønnsforskjell i depresjon. Tidsskrift for Norsk psykologforening (Psykologtidsskriftet)
    Conference abstract
  • Åbø, Regine; Viddal, Kristine Rensvik; Ness, Ottar; Langvik, Eva. (2019) «Jeg føler meg som en utvidet organisme» – unge voksnes opplevelse av parforholdet som mulighet og begrensning. Scandinavian Psychologist
    Academic article

Student thesis or dissertation

  • Viddal, Kristine Rensvik. (2018) Becoming Secure ATTACHMENT RELATIONSHIPS ACROSS PRESCHOOL TO SCHOOL AGE: Continuity, Self-Regulation, and Quantity of Childcare. NTNU
    Doctoral thesis

Teaching

Courses

  • PSYK4420 - Developmental Psychology and Developmental Pathology

Teaching and supervising topics of developmental psychology and developmental psychopathology at all levels. Primarily teaching and supervising students at the department's clinical program (6-year integrated PsyD.). Co-head of the national group developing the guidelines for the clinical psychology program in Norway. 

Outreach

2026

  • Conference lecture
    Viddal, Kristine Rensvik; Buøen, Elisabet Solheim; Steinsbekk, Silje; Wichstrøm, Lars. (2026) Observed dyadic regulation in late adolescence: Normative benchmarks and prospective associations in a population-based cohort. International Attachment Conference (IAC) 2026
  • Conference poster
    Viddal, Kristine Rensvik; Hauan, Rikke; Storholt, Lene Høve; Wichstrøm, Lars; Skalicka, Vera. (2026) Correlates of Observed Parental Sensitivity in Preschool: Cross-sectional Evidence from a Population-Based Cohort. International Attachment Conference (IAC) 2026
  • Conference lecture
    Viddal, Kristine Rensvik; Kristensen, Miriam Kimerud; Wichstrøm, Lars; Skalicka, Vera. (2026) Preschool Teacher-Child Conflict Predicts Social Exclusion after the Transition to School. Association for Psychological Science (APS) Annual Convention 2026

2025

  • Conference lecture
    Viddal, Kristine Rensvik; Trømborg, Marte; Wichstrøm, Lars; Skalicka, Vera. (2025) Examining Reciprocal Relations Between Self-Concept and Social Exclusion in Early Adolescence – a Within-Person Approach. European Conference on Developmental Psychology 2025
  • Conference lecture
    Skalicka, Vera; Lillehaug, Ida; Wichstrøm, Lars; Viddal, Kristine Rensvik. (2025) The Development of Self-Esteem in Early Adolescence - The Role of Family Functioning. European Conference on Developmental Psychology 2025

2023

  • Conference lecture
    Viddal, Kristine Rensvik. (2023) The Trondheim Early Secure Study: A Prospective Community Study of Psychosocial Development and Mental Health from Preschool to Adolescence. Invited talk to scientific staff at Dipart. di Psicologia Dinamica, Clinica e Salute
  • Conference lecture
    Viddal, Kristine Rensvik. (2023) The Trondheim Early Secure Study - A Prospective Community Study of Psychosocial Development and Mental Health from Preschool to Adolescence. Invited talk to the scientific staff at Dept. of Psych., Caserta
  • Lecture
    Viddal, Kristine Rensvik. (2023) The Importance of Temperament. Invitert forelesning

2021

  • Interview
    Morken, Ida Sund; Viddal, Kristine Rensvik; Ranum, Bror; Wichstrøm, Lars. (2021) Deprimerte barn har risiko for tilbakefall, men det finnes håp.
  • Interview
    Viddal, Kristine Rensvik. (2021) Ønsker mer kunnskap fra barn og mer undervisning om barnerettigheter -.

2020

  • Interview
    Viddal, Kristine Rensvik. (2020) Vil fjerne kjønnspoeng https://underdusken.no/nyheter/vil-fjerne-kjonnspoeng/168848.
  • Interview
    Viddal, Kristine Rensvik. (2020) Færre menn blir psykologer https://underdusken.no/faerre-menn-blir-psykologer/278272.
  • Interview
    Viddal, Kristine Rensvik. (2020) Kjønnspoeng på psykologi ga ingen effekt ved NTNU.
  • Interview
    Viddal, Kristine Rensvik. (2020) Nye minstekrav til psykologer https://www.nrk.no/norge/nye-retningslinjer-for-helsespesialister-1.14857307.
  • Interview
    Viddal, Kristine Rensvik. (2020) Psykologutdanningene skal bedre tilpasses jobb i kommunene.
  • Interview
    Viddal, Kristine Rensvik. (2020) 14 prosent uteksaminerte psykologer er menn.

2019

  • Interview
    Viddal, Kristine Rensvik. (2019) NTNU vil kvotere inn mannlige psykologistudenter.
  • Lecture
    Viddal, Kristine Rensvik. (2019) Om forskningsstudien "Tidlig Trygg i Trondheim" - Forskningsformidling til BuP poliklinikk Orkdal, St. Olavs. Internt fagseminar
  • Interview
    Åbø, Regine; Viddal, Kristine Rensvik; Ness, Ottar; Langvik, Eva. (2019) Hva kjennetegner ung kjærlighet?.

2018

  • Lecture
    Viddal, Kristine Rensvik. (2018) "Tidlig Trygg i Trondheim" Forskningsformidling til St.Olavs: Trondsletten habiliteringssenter. Internt faglig forum ved St Olavs
  • Conference lecture
    Viddal, Kristine Rensvik. (2018) Parent-child relationships in the preschool and early school years: Attachment and emotion socialization perspectives. Trial lecture

2017

  • Conference lecture
    Viddal, Kristine Rensvik; Bruheim, Ida; Karlsen, Håvard Rudi; Reinfjell, Trude; Wichstrøm, Lars. (2017) Parental Stress and Children’s Development of Anxiety and Depression in Early Childhood. Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Biennial Meeting 2017

2016

  • Lecture
    Viddal, Kristine Rensvik. (2016) Sårbar eller formbar?. Psykologidagene 2016
  • Interview
    Viddal, Kristine Rensvik. (2016) Utfordrer stress-sårbarhetsmodellen.
  • Interview
    Viddal, Kristine Rensvik. (2016) Utfordrer stress-sårbarhetsmodellen.

2015

  • Conference lecture
    Viddal, Kristine Rensvik. (2015) Utviklingspsykopatologi. Seminar for lærere som underviser i psykologi i S-Trøndelag fylke

2014

  • Interview
    Viddal, Kristine. (2014) Barneoppdragelse: Kan du ikke komme på sommeravslutningen?.
  • Interview
    Viddal, Kristine. (2014) Kan du ikke komme på sommeravslutningen?.
  • Interview
    Viddal, Kristine. (2014) Kan du ikke komme på sommeravslutningen?.
  • Conference lecture
    Viddal, Kristine Rensvik. (2014) Temperament og tilknytning i et utviklingsperspektiv. Prøveforelesning
  • Conference lecture
    Viddal, Kristine Rensvik. (2014) "Hvordan kan din kompetanse, forskningsmessig eller klinisk, komme til nytte i utdanning av barnevernspedagoger, sosionomer og vernepleiere ?”. Prøveforelesning

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