Employees

Augusti, Else-Marie

Senior Researcher
 
Telephone: +4797734012

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Areas of Expertise

– Child abuse and neglect
– Cognitive Development
– Emotion and cognition
– Decision making processes in the child protective services

Augusti has a PhD in Psychology (2012) from the University of Oslo, where she has also held a postdoc position.

Augusti is an expert on child maltreatment experiences in childhood. She has published widely in top-tier journals on topics related to children’s memory and cognitions after child abuse, developmental
psychopathology, processes of disclosure and help-seeking behaviors in abused children and adolescents, and decision making in the child protective services.

Augusti has also developed several research projects, including the “UEVO-study”, a longitudinal nationally representative study of child
maltreatment in 12-15 year-olds in Norway which she co-coordinates.

Augusti is widely consulted as expert advisor for governmental and judicial agencies, as well as civil society organisations, delivering official reports. She was member of the Covid-19 crisis advisory group at NKVTS (2020) and member of the evaluation group for the Norwegian Expert Commission on Children (2015). She is also widely used by Norwegian broadcasters and newspapers as an expert. Augusti is frequently invited to present at the major international conferences in her fields of
expertise, and she does review work for both leading academic journals and academic appointment committees. She has wide teaching experience as lecturer and course coordinator at the University
of Oslo, in particular on developmental psychology.

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Projects

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Academic Articles

Sætren, S. S., Hegelstad, W., Tjora, T., Hafstad, G. S., Augusti, E., (2024). Validation of the short version of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire for adolescents in NorwaySage Publications. doi:10.1177/14034948231225616

Augusti, E. M., Myhre, M. C., Wentzel-Larsen, T., & Hafstad, G. S. (2023). Violence and sexual abuse rates before and during the Covid-19 pandemic: A prospective population-based study on Norwegian youth. International Journal of Child Abuse & Neglect, 136. doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106023

Hafstad, G. S., Sætren, S. S., Wentzel-Larsen, T., & Augusti, E. M. (2022). Changes in Adolescent Mental and Somatic Health Complaints Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Three-Wave Prospective Longitudinal Study. Journal of Adolescent Health. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.05.009

Sætren, S. S., Augusti, E. M., Myhre, M. C., & Hafstad, G. S. (2022). The regulatory role of affective inhibitory control in somatic symptoms among adolescents exposed to child maltreatment: a population-based study. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. doi:10.1007/s00787-022-01988-7

Muri, K., Augusti, E. M., Bjørnholt, M., & Hafstad, G. S. (2022). Childhood experiences of companion animal abuse and its co-occurrence with domestic abuse: Evidence from a national youth survey in Norway. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. doi:10.1177/08862605211072176

Nyvold, O., Nygaard, E., Augusti, E. M., & Tamnes, C. K. (2021). Unity or diversity of executive functioning in children and adolescents with post-traumatic stress symptoms? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Child Neuropsychology: A Journal of Normal and Abnormal Development in Childhood and Adolescence, 28, 374-393. doi:10.1080/09297049.2021.1979950

Augusti, E. M., Sætren, S. S., & Hafstad, G. S. (2021). Violence and abuse experiences and associated risk factors during the COVID-19 outbreak in a population-based sample of Norwegian adolescents. International Journal of Child Abuse & Neglect, 118. doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105156

Hafstad, G. S., & Augusti, E. M. (2021). A lost generation? Covid-19 and adolescent mental health. The Lancet Psychiatry. doi:10.1016/S2215-0366(21)00179-6

Augusti, E. M., & Myhre, M. C. (2021). The Barriers and Facilitators to Abuse Disclosure and Psychosocial Support Needs in Children and Adolescents Around the Time of Disclosure. Child Care in Practice. doi:10.1080/13575279.2021.1902279

Hermansen, T. K., & Augusti, E. M. (2021). Samspill mellom emosjoner og kognisjon i barns utvikling. In C. K. Tamnes (Red.) Nevrokognitiv utviklingspsykologi (pp. 172-192). Gyldendal Akademisk.

Hafstad, G. S., Sætren, S. S., Wentzel-Larsen, T., & Augusti, E. M. (2021). Adolescents’ symptoms of anxiety and depression before and during the Covid-19 outbreak – A prospective population-based study of teenagers in Norway. The Lancet Regional Health – Europe, 5. doi:10.1016/j.lanepe.2021.100093

Sætren, S. S., Augusti, E. M., & Hafstad, G. S. (2020). Affective inhibitory control and risk for internalizing problems in adolescents exposed to child maltreatment: A population-based study. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 130(2), 113-125. doi:10.1037/abn0000582 Summary

Hafstad, G. S., Sætren, S. S., Sætren, S. S., Myhre, M. C., Bergerud-Wichstrøm, M., & Augusti, E. M. (2020). Cohort profile: Norwegian youth study on child maltreatment (the UEVO study). BMJ Open, 10, 1-10. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038655

Augusti, E. M., & Hafstad, G. S. (2020). Sammenhenger mellom opplevd kontroll fra foreldre og vold mot barn og unge. In A. Bredal, H. Eggebø & A. Eriksen (Red.) Vold i nære relasjoner i et mangfoldig Norge. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. doi:10.23865/noasp.99.ch8

Rueness, J., Augusti, E. M., Strøm, I. F., Wentzel-Larsen, T., & Myhre, M. C. (2020). Adolescent abuse victims displayed physical health complaints and trauma symptoms during post disclosure interviews. Acta Paediatrica, 109(11), 2409-2415. doi:10.1111/apa.15244

Myhre, M. C., Syringen, F., & Augusti, E. M. (2019). Helse hos barn som kommer til Statens Barnehus. In K. Skjørten, E. Bakketeig, M. Bjørnholt & S. Mossige (Red.) Vold i nære relasjoner: Forståelser, konsekvenser og tiltak (pp. 270-286). Universitetsforlaget. doi:10.18261/9788215032320-2019-15

Augusti, E. M., Baugerud, G. A., Sulutvedt, U., & Melinder, A. M. D. (2018). Maltreatment and trauma symptoms: Does type of maltreatment matter. Psychological Trauma, 10(4), 396-401. doi:10.1037/tra0000315

Augusti, E. M., Bernt, A. C., & Melinder, A. M. D. (2017). Kvalitetssikring av sakkyndighetsarbeid – en gjennomgang av vurderingsprosesser i Barnesakkyndig kommisjon, fylkesnemnder og domstoler. Tidsskrift for familierett, arverett og barnevernrettslige spørsmål, 15(4), 256-289. doi:10.18261/issn.0809-9553-2017-04-02

Hermansen, T. K., Røysamb, E., Augusti, E. M., & Melinder, A. M. D. (2016). Behavior and inhibitory control in children with prenatal exposure to antidepressants and medically untreated depression. Psychopharmacology, 233(8), 1523-1535. doi:10.1007/s00213-016-4248-3

Harris, L. S., Block, S. D., Ogle, C. M., Goodman, G. S., Augusti, E. M., Larson, R. P., . . . Urquiza, A. et al. (2016). Coping style and memory specificity in adolescents and adults with histories of child sexual abuse. Memory, 24(8), 1078-1090. doi:10.1080/09658211.2015.1068812

Baugerud, G. A., & Augusti, E. M. (2016). Utviklingspsykologisk kunnskap er relevant for hvordan omsorgsplasseringer gjennomføres. Tidsskriftet Norges Barnevern, 93(3-4), 290-303. doi:10.18261/issn.1891-1838-2016-03-04-12

Melinder, A. M. D., Augusti, E. M., Matre, M., & Endestad, T. (2015). Associations between executive functions and long-term stress reactions after extreme trauma: A two-year follow-up of the Utøya survivors. Psychological Trauma, 7(6), 583-590. doi:10.1037/tra0000048

Augusti, E. M., Torheim, H. K., & Melinder, A. M. D. (2014). The effect of emotional facial expressions on childrens working memory: Associations with age and behavior. Child Neuropsychology: A Journal of Normal and Abnormal Development in Childhood and Adolescence, 20(1), 86. doi:10.1080/09297049.2012.749225

McWilliams, K., Augusti, E. M., Dion, J., Block, S. D., Melinder, A. M. D., & Goodman, G. S. (2014). Children as Witnesses. In G. Melton (Ed.) The SAGE Handbook of Child Research (pp. 285-300). Sage Publications.

Chae, Y., Goodman, G. S., Larson, R. P., Augusti, E. M., Alley, D., VanMeenen, K. M., . . . Coulter, K. P. et al. (2014). Children’s memory and suggestibility about a distressing event: The role of children’s and parents’ attachment. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 123(1), 90. doi:10.1016/j.jecp.2014.01.005

Augusti, E. M., & Melinder, A. M. D. (2013). The effect of neutral and negative colour photographs on children’s item directed forgetting. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 10(3), 378-391. doi:10.1080/17405629.2012.686741

Augusti, E. M., & Melinder, A. M. D. (2013). Maltreatment is associated with specific impairments in executive functions: A pilot study. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 26(6), 780-783. doi:10.1002/jts.21860

Goodman, G. S., Ogle, C. M., Block, S. D., Harris, L. S., Larson, R. P., Augusti, E. M., . . . Urquiza, A. et al. (2011). False memory for trauma-related Deese-Roediger-McDermott lists in adolescents and adults with histories of child sexual abuse. Development and Psychopathology, 23(2), 423-438. doi:10.1017/S0954579411000150

Augusti, E. M., Melinder, A. M. D., & Gredebäck, G. (2010). Look who’s talking: Pre-verbal infants’ perception of face-to-face and back-to-back interactions. Frontiers in Psychology, 1. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2010.00161

Reports

Dale, M. T. G., Aakvaag, H. F., Strøm, I. F., Augusti, E. M., & Skauge, A. D. (2023). Omfang av vold og overgrep i den norske befolkningen Norwegian only. Nasjonalt kunnskapssenter om vold og traumatisk stress. (Rapport 1). Summary

Augusti, E. M., Wentzel-Larsen, T., Myhre, M. C., & Hafstad, G. S. (2022). Barn i kontakt med barnevernet under nedstengingen på grunn av COVID-19 i 2020: Beskrivende analyse av nasjonale registerdata: Delrapport 3 av 3 Norwegian only. Nasjonalt kunnskapssenter om vold og traumatisk stress. (Rapport 2/2022).

Hafstad, G. S., Augusti, E. M., & Haugen, L. E. A. (2021). Covid-19 og ungdoms opplevelse av å bo på barnevernsinstitusjon (CoBa-studien): En nasjonal undersøkelse av ungdom i alderen 12-18 år: Delrapport 2 av 3 Norwegian only. (Rapport 1/2021).

Hafstad, G. S., & Augusti, E. M. (2020). Barn, ungdom og koronakrisen.En landsomfattende undersøkelse av vold, overgrep og psykisk helse blant ungdom i Norge våren 2020: Delrapport 1 av 3 Norwegian only. (Rapport 2/2020).

G. S. Hafstad & E. M. Augusti (2019). Ungdoms erfaringer med vold og overgrep i oppveksten: En nasjonal undersøkelse av ungdom i alderen 12 til 16 år [Childhood experiences of violence and abuse: a national survey of Norwegian adolescents 12 to 16 years of age] Norwegian only. (Rapport 4/2019). Summary

Other publications

Ormhaug, S. M., Augusti, E., Birkeland, M. S., Bræin, M. K., Evang, A., Hafstad, G. S., Hansen, L. S., Jensen, T., Knutsen, M. L., Løken, P. M. H., Michaelsen, K., Moen, L. H., Päivärinne, H. M., Simonsen, A. H., Skar, A. S., Øverland, K., Øverlien, C., (2023). Barn trenger rom til å fortelle. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening.

Ormhaug, S. M., Augusti, E., Birkeland, M. S., Bræin, M. K., Evang, A., Hafstad, G. S., Hansen, L. S., Jensen, T., Knutsen, M. L., Løken, P. M. H., Michaelsen, K., Moen, L. H., Päivärinne, H. M., Simonsen, A. H., Skar, A. S., Øverland, K., Øverlien, C., (2023). Angsten for å snakke med barn om vold og overgrep. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening.

Ormhaug, S. M., Jensen, T., Øverland, K., Augusti, E., Birkeland, M. S., Bræin, M. K., Evang, A., Hafstad, G. S., Hansen, L. S., Øverlien, C., (2023). Barn trenger rom til å fortelle. Vi må unngå å skape usikkerhet om det er greit å snakke med barn om vold.. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening.

Sætren, S. S., Augusti, E. M., Myhre, M. C., & Hafstad, G. S. (2022). Correction to: The regulatory role of affective inhibitory control in somatic symptoms among adolescents exposed to child maltreatment: a population-based study (European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, (2022), 10.1007/s00787-022-01988-7). European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. doi:10.1007/s00787-022-02008-4

Syringen, F. (2018). Skammens tause tyngde: Traumerelaterte vansker hos barn og unge i etterkant av tilrettelagt avhør som fornærmede i vold- og overgrepssaker Norwegian only.

Augusti, E. M. (2017). Stress tidlig i livet og hjernens utvikling. In B. Bratvold (Red.) Barn i Norge 2017 (pp. 22-34). .

Augusti, E. M. (2010). Barns oppveksterfaringer og kognitiv utvikling. Psykologisk tidsskrift.

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