A. Bjärtå

Differential contributions of PTSD symptom clusters and their associations with resilience in traumatized individuals with a refugee background

“It’s the modern way of doing things”: a qualitative study of user-experience, acceptability, and content validity of a digital mental health screener for refugees

The user experience with the i-TAP among individuals with a refugee background in Sweden is explored, with a particular focus on acceptability and content validity, and developments to increase usability and comprehensiveness are suggested.

Differential contributions of PTSD symptom clusters and their associations with resilience in traumatized individuals with a refugee background

ABSTRACT Background: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is highly prevalent among refugees due to their exposure to traumatic events; however, many demonstrate resilience that mitigates its impact. Given the ethnocultural diversity of refugee populations, questions remain regarding whether their symptom presentation...

Cognitive resource allocation during first- and second language reading comprehension

Research has demonstrated reduced emotional reactivity in a second- (L2) compared to a first language (L1). One explanation for this states that L2 use is more cognitively demanding and thus leaves fewer resources available for emotion processing. Here, we specifically investigated this notion of differences in cogni...