Ida Flink
Ida Flink Position: Affiliated Professor School/office: School of Behavioural, Social and Legal SciencesEmail: aWRhLmZsaW5rO29ydS5zZQ==
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About Ida Flink
Ida Flink is professor in psychology at Karlstad University (KAU), and is also an affiliated professor at Örebro University. She is a researcher and licensed psychologist, affiliated with the Center for Health and Medical Psychology (CHAMP), Örebro University. She graduated from the psychology program at Örebro University in 2007 and received her clinical license in 2009. She completed her dissertation in 2011 and became a professor at KAU in 2023. Her research interests are within health psychology, mainly with a focus on the role of psychological processes in the development, maintenance and treatment of pain problems, and CBT for persistent pain. She is particularly interested in pain conditions that mainly affect women, such as vulvodynia and pain of childbirth.
Research projects
Active projects
- FOCUS: Childbirth and Communication - Experiences and Interaction
- Chronic Pain in Young Adults (18-25 Years): A Qualitative Study of Experiences and Healthcare Expectations
- Young Vulvodynia
Completed projects
- Interoceptive exposure for chronic pain
- Let´s app? Web based CBT as an early school-based intervention for adolescents with pain, low mood, and distress
- Happy Despite Pain: Positive Psychology for Patients with Chronic Pain
- Sexual pain in men - A cross-sectional study of psychological factors and sexual functioning