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Nadezhda Golovchanova

Position: Postdoctoral Researcher School/office: School of Behavioural, Social and Legal Sciences

Email: bmFkZXpoZGEuZ29sb3ZjaGFub3ZhO29ydS5zZQ==

Phone: +46 19 302221

Room: L2633

Research subject

Psychology

Research environments

Center for Health and Medical Psychology (CHAMP)

About Nadezhda Golovchanova

Nadezhda (Nadya) Golovchanova is a postdoc in clinical and health psychology. She is a psychologist with a broad interest in mental health and well-being aspects of adults and older adults. Her current research focusses on social influences on health during the life span. She had previously worked as a lecturer, a project coordinator, and as a medical psychologist at a residential care facility for older people.

Research

She obtained her research master’s degree in psychology (cum laude) from KU Leuven, Belgium (2018). During her doctoral studies, Nadya has been part of the Newbreed Successful Ageing doctoral program at Örebro University. In January 2023, Nadya defended her doctoral dissertation "Older and Feeling Unsafe? Unravelling the Role of Perceived Unsafety in the Well-being of Older Adults Residing in Senior Apartments". Currently Nadya works in the research project Mental health and sick leave from a life course perspective - mapping trajectories from childhood to retirement age (IDA Work project, 2024-2027).

Teaching

Nadya teaches in the psychology program and free-standing courses in psychology. She mainly teaches on topics related to psychology of ageing and social influences on health during the life span (courses: Social Psychology, Adulthood and Ageing). She supervises independent work of students on bachelor and master’s levels.

Collaboration and networks

At Örebro University, Nadya is a member of CHAMP and LEADER research environments in psychology and of CAPS in Criminology. She is also an active member of Junior Faculty.

In Sweden, since 2026 she is part of the steering group of SAIN - SWEAH Alumni Interdisciplinary Network (network of researchers on ageing and health in Sweden). She has held SWEAH postdoc assignments in 2024 and currently in 2026 while working as an assistant course leader for doctoral courses related to ageing.

Internationally, Nadya has active ongoing collaborations with researchers at OsloMet University (Norway) and Vrije Universiteit Brussels (Belgium). She is also member of Adversity, Resilience and Life-Course Health (ARCH) international consortium dedicated to advancing research on how early adversity shapes health and social functioning across the lifespan.

Active projects

Research groups

Publications

Articles in journals | Conference papers | Doctoral theses, comprehensive summaries | Manuscripts |

Articles in journals

Doyle, M. , Bood, F. , Frogner, L. , Golovchanova, N. & Hellfeldt, K. (2025). Beyond Fear of Crime: Exploring the True Worries of Older Adults in the Context of Fear of Crime and Vulnerability in Sweden. European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research. [BibTeX]
Golovchanova, N. , Zhao, X. , Flink, I. , Owiredua, C. & Boersma, K. (2025). Recurrent pain in older age: A cross-sectional network analysis of biopsychosocial-existential interactions. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 189. [BibTeX]
Zetterberg, H. , Zhao, X. , Bergbom, S. , Golovchanova, N. , Flink, I. & Boersma, K. (2025). Understanding Work Ability in Employees with Pain and Stress-Related Ill-Health: An Explorative Network Analysis of Individual Characteristics and Psychosocial Work Environment. Journal of occupational rehabilitation, 35, 333-344. [BibTeX]
Golovchanova, N. , Evans, B. , Hellfeldt, K. , Andershed, H. & Boersma, K. (2023). Older and feeling unsafe? Differences in underlying vulnerability, anxiety and life satisfaction among older adults. Aging & Mental Health, 27 (8), 1636-1643. [BibTeX]
Golovchanova, N. , Andershed, H. , Boersma, K. & Hellfeldt, K. (2022). Perceived reasons of unsafety among independently living older adults in Sweden. Nordic Journal of Criminology, 23 (1), 44-60. [BibTeX]
Golovchanova, N. , Boersma, K. , Andershed, H. & Hellfeldt, K. (2021). Affective Fear of Crime and Its Association with Depressive Feelings and Life Satisfaction in Advanced Age: Cognitive Emotion Regulation as a Moderator?. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (9). [BibTeX]
Golovchanova, N. , Dezutter, J. & Vanhooren, S. (2021). Meaning profiles and the perception of the working alliance at the start of outpatient person‐centered, experiential, and existential psychotherapies. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 77 (3), 770-781. [BibTeX]
Golovchanova, N. , Owiredua, C. , Boersma, K. , Andershed, H. & Hellfeldt, K. (2021). Presence of Meaning in Life in Older Men and Women: The Role of Dimensions of Frailty and Social Support. Frontiers in Psychology, 12. [BibTeX]
Thauvoye, E. , Granqvist, P. , Golovchanova, N. & Dezutter, J. (2018). Attachment to God, depression and loss in late life: a longitudinal study. Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 21 (8), 825-837. [BibTeX]
Golovchanova, N. & Kuin, Y. (2014). Depressive feelings as presented in primary care in the Netherlands. Medical Psychology in Russia: Scientific Web Journal, 6 (1), 1-9. [BibTeX]

Conference papers

Ploner, J. , Golovchanova, N. & Boersma, K. (2025). Childhood peer stressors and adult chronic pain - A life course perspective. Paper presented at The Swedish Conference of Clinical Psychology (SCCP 2025), Stockholm, Sweden, November 27-28, 2025. [BibTeX]
Norell, A. & Golovchanova, N. (2025). Kan sömnproblem hos svenska kvinnor i 40-årsåldern förutspå sömnen i 60-årsåldern. Paper presented at Svensk Förening för Sömnforskning och Sömnmedicin (SFSS) Årskonferens, Göteborg, 15-17 oktober 2025. [BibTeX]
Golovchanova, N. , Bergbom, S. , Owiredua, C. & Boersma, K. (2025). School absenteeism, pain, stress, and work disability: Lifelong associations from childhood to retirement age. Paper presented at The Swedish Conference of Clinical Psychology (SCCP 2025), Stockholm, Sweden, November 27-28, 2025. [BibTeX]
Golovchanova, N. , Bergbom, S. & Boersma, K. (2025). TRAJECTORIES OF SCHOOL ABSENTEEISM: LONGITUDINAL ASSOCIATIONS WITH PAIN AND STRESS IN CHILDHOOD AND WITH SICK LEAVE AND DISABILITY PENSION IN ADULTHOOD. Paper presented at 14th Congress of the European Pain Federation (EFIC 2025), Lyon, France, April 24-26, 2025. [BibTeX]
Golovchanova, N. , Zhao, X. , Flink, I. , Owiredua, C. & Boersma, K. (2024). Living with interfering chronic pain in older age: a network analysis study of biopsychosocial-existential interactions. Paper presented at 27th Nordic Congress of Gerontology, Stockholm, Sweden, June 12-14, 2024. [BibTeX]
Golovchanova, N. , Evans, B. , Hellfeldt, K. , Andershed, H. & Boersma, K. (2022). Vulnerability for perceived unsafety among older adults: A latent profile analysis. Paper presented at 26th Nordic Congress of Gerontology (26NKG), Odense, Denmark, June 8-10, 2022. [BibTeX]
Golovchanova, N. , Boersma, K. , Andershed, H. & Hellfeldt, K. (2021). Affective fear of crime and its associations with depressive feelings and life satisfaction in older adults: Cognitive emotion regulation as a moderator?. In: The Stockholm Criminology Symposium Program & Abstracts. Paper presented at The Stockholm Criminology Symposium, Stockholm, Sweden, June 15-16, 2021. (pp. 29-29). The Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention (Brå). [BibTeX]
Golovchanova, N. , Andershed, H. , Boersma, K. & Hellfeldt, K. (2021). Feelings of unsafety and well-being in advanced age. Paper presented at 25th Nordic Gerontology Congress, Reykjavik, Iceland, (Virtual Congress), June 2-4, 2021. [BibTeX]
Golovchanova, N. , Owiredua, C. , Boersma, K. , Andershed, H. & Hellfeldt, K. (2021). Presence Of Meaning In Older Men And Women: The Role Of Frailty Dimensions And Social Support. Paper presented at SWEAH (The Swedish National Graduate School for Competitive Science on Ageing and Health) Milestone Conference, Lund university, Lund, Sweden, Online conference, October 19-20, 2021. [BibTeX]
Golovchanova, N. , Andershed, H. & Hellfeldt, K. (2019). The +65 and Safe Study: Feelings of unsafety and fear of crime in advanced age. Paper presented at International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics European Region Congress, Gothenburg, Sweden, May 23-25, 2019. [BibTeX]
Golovchanova, N. (2019). Unsafety feelings among older adults: Considering the context of ageing. Paper presented at ORUkrim-dagen, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden, October 9, 2019. [BibTeX]
Golovchanova, N. , Dezutter, J. & Vanhooren, S. (2018). Meaning profiles at the start of therapy. Paper presented at Annual Meeting of the Belgian Association for Psychological Science, Ghent University, Belgium, May 18, 2018. [BibTeX]

Doctoral theses, comprehensive summaries

Golovchanova, N. (2023). Older and Feeling Unsafe? Unravelling the Role of Perceived Unsafety in the Well-being of Older Adults Residing in Senior Apartments. (Doctoral dissertation). (Comprehensive summary) Örebro: Örebro University. [BibTeX]

Manuscripts

Golovchanova, N. , Evans, B. , Hellfeldt, K. , Andershed, H. & Boersma, K. Older and feeling unsafe? Differences in underlying vulnerability, anxiety, and life satisfaction among older adults. [BibTeX]