Blix, Ines

Academic Articles

Undset, A. B., Jensen, T., Dyb, G. A., Wentzel-Larsen, T., Blix, I., (2024). “What if…?”: Vividness and frequency of counterfactual thinking in survivors of terrorismJohn Wiley & Sons. doi:10.1002/acp.4176

Blix, I., Glad, K. A., Undset, A. B., Wentzel-Larsen, T., Ottesen, A., Jensen, T., Dyb, G. A., (2024). ‘My child could have died’: counterfactual thoughts and psychological distress in parents of trauma survivorsTaylor & Francis. doi:10.1080/20008066.2024.2326736

Blix, I., Glad, K. A., Birkeland, M. S., Rustand, A. N., Thoresen, S., (2023). Warning signals? An explorative study of distant recollections of the moments before a disasterTaylor & Francis. doi:10.1080/20008066.2023.2180947

Moss, S. M., Hauge, M. I., Blix, I., & Heir, T. (2021). “I Could Have Been Dead”: Counterfactual Thinking and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Individuals Directly Exposed to the 2011 Oslo Bombing. Traumatology. doi:10.1037/trm0000356

Birkeland, M. S., Thoresen, S., & Blix, I. (2021). No buffer effect of perceived social support for people exposed to violence during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional community study. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 12(1), 1-11. doi:10.1080/20008198.2021.1990551

Thoresen, S., Blix, I., Wentzel-Larsen, T., & Birkeland, M. S. (2021). Trusting others during a pandemic: Investigating potential changes in generalized trust and Its relationship with pandemic-related experiences and worry. Frontiers in Psychology, 12:698519, 1-9. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.698519

Brennen, T., Blix, I., Nissen, A., Skumlien, M., Holmes, E. A., Skumlien, M., & Holmes, E. A., & Solberg, Ø. (2021). Investigating the frequency of intrusive memories after 24 hours using a visuospatial interference intervention: a follow-up and extension. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 12(1), 1-12. doi:10.1080/20008198.2021.1953788

Blix, I., Birkeland, M. S., & Thoresen, S. (2021). Worry and mental health in the Covid-19 pandemic: vulnerability factors in the general Norwegian population. BMC Public Health. doi:10.1186/s12889-021-10927-1 Summary

Fosse, R., Birkeland, M. S., Blix, I., Strand, M., Møller, P., & Thoresen, S. (2020). Covid-19: Reaksjoner hos brukere av behandlings­tilbud for psykiske vansker og rusproblemer. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening, 57(11), 804-815.

Birkeland, M. S., Blix, I., & Thoresen, S. (2020). Trauma in the third decade: Ruminative coping, social relationships and posttraumatic stress symptoms. Journal of Affective Disorders. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2020.09.095 Summary

Blix, I., Birkeland, M. S., & Thoresen, S. (2020). Vivid memories of distant trauma: Examining the characteristics of trauma memories and the relationship with the centrality of event and posttraumatic stress 26 years after trauma. Applied Cognitive Psychology. doi:10.1002/acp.3650 Summary

Eidhammer, S. E., Jahr, H. L., Blix, I., & Jensen, T. K. (2019). Traumefokusert kognitiv atferdsterapi for barn og ungdom med PTSD og kompleks PTSD. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening.

Thoresen, S., Birkeland, M. S., Arnberg, F. K., Wentzel-Larsen, T., & Blix, I. (2019). Long-term mental health and social support in victims of disaster: comparison with a general population sample. BJPsych Open, 5(1). doi:10.1192/bjo.2018.74

Thoresen, S., Birkeland, M. S., Wentzel-Larsen, T., & Blix, I. (2018). Loss of trust may never heal. Institutional trust in disaster victims in a long-term perspective: Associations with social support and mental health. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 1204. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01204

Blix, I., Kanten, A. B., Birkeland, M. S., & Thoresen, S. (2018). Imagining What Could Have Happened: Types and Vividness of Counterfactual Thoughts and the Relationship With Post-traumatic Stress Reactions. Frontiers in Psychology, 9. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00515

Birkeland, M. S., Blix, I., Solberg, Ø., & Heir, T. (2017). Gender Differences in Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms after a Terrorist Attack: A Network Approach. Frontiers in Psychology, 8. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02091

Hansen, M., Birkeland, M. S., Nissen, A., Blix, I., Solberg, Ø., & Heir, T. (2017). Prevalence and course of symptom-defined PTSD in individuals directly or indirectly exposed to terror: A longitudinal study. Psychiatry, 80(2), 171-183. doi:10.1080/00332747.2016.1230983

Birkeland, M. S., Hansen, M., Blix, I., Solberg, Ø., & Heir, T. (2017). For Whom Does Time Heal Wounds? Individual Differences in Stability and Change in Posttraumatic Stress after the 2011 Oslo Bombing. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 30(1), 19-26. doi:10.1002/jts.22158 Summary

Birkeland, M. S., Blix, I., Solberg, Ø., & Heir, T. (2017). Does optimism act as a buffer against posttraumatic stress over time? A longitudinal study of the protective role of optimism after the 2011 Oslo bombing. Psychological Trauma, 9(2), 207-213. doi:10.1037/tra0000188 Summary

Blix, I., Kanten, A. B., Birkeland, M. S., Solberg, Ø., Nissen, A., & Heir, T. (2016). Thinking About What Might Have Happened: Counterfactual Thinking and Post-traumatic Stress in Individuals Directly and Indirectly Exposed to the 2011 Oslo Bombing. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 30(6), 983-991. doi:10.1002/acp.3289 Summary

Solberg, Ø., Birkeland, M. S., Blix, I., Hansen, M., & Heir, T. (2016). Towards an exposure-dependent model of Posttraumatic stress: Longitudinal Course of Posttraumatic stress Symptomatology and Functional Impairment after the 2011 Oslo Bombing. Psychological Medicine, 46(15), 3241-3254. doi:10.1017/S0033291716001860 Summary

Nilsen, A. S., Blix, I., Leknes, S., Ekeberg, Ø., Skogstad, L., Endestad, T., . . . Heir, T. et al. (2016). Brain activity in response to trauma-specific, negative, and neutral stimuli. A fMRI study of recent road traffic accident survivors. Frontiers in Psychology, 7:1173. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01173 Summary

Heir, T., Blix, I., & Knatten, C. K. (2016). Thinking that one's life was in danger: perceived life threat in individuals directly or indirectly exposed to terror. British Journal of Psychiatry, 209(4), 306-310. doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.115.170167 Summary

Blix, I., Birkeland, M. S., Solberg, Ø., Hansen, M., & Heir, T. (2016). The Launching and Ensnaring Effects of Construing a Traumatic Event as Central to One's Identity and Life Story. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 30(4), 526-531. doi:10.1002/acp.3224 Summary

Blix, I., Birkeland, M. S., Hansen, M., & Heir, T. (2016). Posttraumatic Growth—An Antecedent and Outcome of Posttraumatic Stress: Cross-Lagged Associations Among Individuals Exposed to Terrorism. Clinical Psychological Science, 4(4), 620-628. doi:10.1177/2167702615615866 Summary

Solberg, Ø., Blix, I., & Heir, T. (2015). The aftermath of terrorism: posttraumatic stress and functional impairment after the 2011 Oslo bombing. Frontiers in Psychology. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01156 Summary

Blix, I., Birkeland, M. S., Hansen, M., & Heir, T. (2015). Posttraumatic Growth and Centrality of Event: A Longitudinal Study in the Aftermath of the 2011 Oslo Bombing. Psychological Trauma, 7(1), 18-23. doi:10.1037/tra0000006 Summary

Birkeland, M. S., Hafstad, G. S., Blix, I., & Heir, T. (2015). Latent classes of posttraumatic stress and growth. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 28(3), 272-286. doi:10.1080/10615806.2014.956097 Summary

Blix, I., Solberg, Ø., & Heir, T. (2014). Centrality of event and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder after the 2011 Oslo bombing attack. Applied Cognitive Psychology. doi:10.1002/acp.2988 Summary

Blix, I., Hansen, M., Birkeland, M. S., Nissen, A., & Heir, T. (2013). Posttraumatic growth, posttraumatic stress and psychological adjustment in the aftermath of the 2011 Oslo bombing attack. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 11:160. doi:10.1186/1477-7525-11-160 Summary

Blix, I., & Brennen, T. (2012). Retrieval-induced forgetting after trauma: A study with victims of sexual assault. Cognition & Emotion, 26(2), 321-331. doi:10.1080/02699931.2011.570312

Blix, I., & Brennen, T. (2011). Mental time travel after trauma: The specificity and temporal distribution of autobiographical memories and future-directed thoughts. Memory, 19(8), 956-967. doi:10.1080/09658211.2011.618500

Blix, I., & Brennen, T. (2011). Intentional forgetting of emotional words after trauma: A study with victims of sexual assault. Frontiers in Psychology, 2. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00235

Brennen, T., Hasanovic, M., Zotovic, M., Blix, I., Skar, A. M. S., Prelic, N., . . . Gavrilov-Jerkovic, V. et al. (2010). Trauma Exposure in Childhood Impairs the Ability to Recall Specific Autobiographical Memories in Late Adolescence. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 23(2), 240-247. doi:10.1002/jts.20513

Reports

Bøe, H. J., Nordstrand, A. E., Engen, H. G., Gjerstad, C. L., Bakker, L. P., Thoresen, S., Birkeland, M. S., & Blix, I. (2021). Afghanistanundersøkelsen 2020, Veteraners erfaringer, helse og livskvalitet etter tjeneste i Afghanistan 2001-2020 Norwegian only. Oslo: Forsvaret.

Vorland, N., Selvik, S., Hjorthol, T., Kanten, A. B., & Blix, I. (2018). Tverretatlig samarbeid om barn og unge med problematisk eller skadelig seksuell atferd Norwegian only. (Rapport 3).

Thoresen, S., Andreassen, A. L., Arnberg, F. K., Birkeland, M. S., Blix, I., & Hjorthol, T. (2017). Scandinavian Star: Erfaringer og helse hos overlevende og etterlatte etter 26 år [Scandinavian Star] Norwegian only. (Rapport 5/2017). Summary

Other publications

Blix, I., Birkeland, M. S., & Thoresen, S. (2021). Covid-19 og psykisk helse: Hvem har hatt det verst, og hvilke grupper bør vi prioritere nå. Forskersonen.no.

Thoresen, S., Blix, I., Birkeland, M. S., & Andreassen, A. L. (2020). Cope covid-19: helse og bekymringer under pandemien [] Norwegian only. Oslo: Nasjonalt kunnskapssenter om vold og traumatisk stress.

Blix, I., Brennen, T. J., & Solberg, Ø. (2018). Forskningsformidling er viktig, også før vi har to streker under svaret. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.).