Sofia Bergbom
Sofia Bergbom Position: Senior Lecturer School/office: School of Behavioural, Social and Legal SciencesEmail: c29maWEuYmVyZ2JvbTtvcnUuc2U=
Phone: +46 19 303967
Room: L2615
About Sofia Bergbom
Sofia Bergbom is a Senior Lecturer, Licensed Psychologist and has been appointed excellent teacher. She received her doctoral degree in 2014. Her research interests are within health psychology, focusing on psychological mechanisms and their role in development and maintenance of chronic pain. Sofia is affiliated with the research environment Center for Health and Medical Psychology (CHAMP) and the research group Psychology and pain.
Sofia works within the Hybrid project and within the IDA-work project.
Since January 1, 2023, Sofia is elected member of the Faculty Board of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Research projects
Active projects
- The Hybrid Project. Transdiagnostic emotion focused treatment for emotional and somatic comorbidity. A SCED on implementation and effectiveness in primary care
- Mental health and sick leave from a life course perspective - mapping trajectories from childhood to retirement age (IDA Work project)
Completed projects
- Depression and musculoskeletal pain: What role does catastrophizing play?
- Matching Interventions to Risks: Implementing Early Interventions to Prevent Disability due to chronic Pain
- Happy Despite Pain: Positive Psychology for Patients with Chronic Pain
- Psychological interventions for sensitivity to odours
Research groups
Publications
Articles in journals |
Books |
Conference papers |
Daily newspapers |
Doctoral theses, comprehensive summaries |
Manuscripts |
Other |
Articles in journals
- Wurm, M. , Bergbom, S. , Di Luigi, G. , Della Casa, V. & Malmquist, A. (2025). Minority Stress, General Stress, and Family Support: Associations With Mental Health and Quality of Life in LGBTQ+ Young Adults During the Covid-19 Pandemic. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. [BibTeX]
- Olsson, M. , Gustafsson, M. , Carlsson, J. , Rousmaniere, T. , Bergbom, S. & Norberg, J. (2024). A pilot study of a deliberate practice intervention for therapist trainees. Nordic Psychology. [BibTeX]
- Löfstrand, K. , Björk Brämberg, E. , Flink, I. , Wurm, M. & Bergbom, S. (2024). Providing a new transdiagnostic emotion-focused pain treatment in a clinical context: therapists' experiences of facilitators and barriers. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. [BibTeX]
- Sundström, A. E. , Glatz, T. , Hakelind, C. , Bergbom, S. & Edlund, S. (2024). Psychology Students' Experiences of the Objective Structured Clinical Examination as an Assessment of Professional Skills in Psychology. Psychology Learning & Teaching (PLAT), 23 (3), 390-404. [BibTeX]
- Zetterberg, H. , Zhao, X. , Bergbom, S. , Golovchanova, N. , Flink, I. & Boersma, K. (2024). 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. [BibTeX]
- Glatz, T. , Bergbom, S. & Edlund, S. (2022). Lessons Learned and Preliminary Results from Implementing Simulation-Based Elements in a Clinical Psychology Programme. Psychology Learning & Teaching (PLAT). [BibTeX]
- Flink, I. , Peters, M. , Bergbom, S. , Bergman, M. , Ekstrand, K. , Carstens-Söderstrand, J. & Tillfors, M. (2018). Dwelling on a successful task: Does how or why influence affect?. Journal of Experimental Psychopathology, 9 (3). [BibTeX]
- Flink, I. , Smeets, E. , Bergbom, S. & Peters, M. L. (2015). Happy despite pain: pilot study of a positive psychology intervention for patients with chronic pain. Scandinavian Journal of Pain, 7, 71-79. [BibTeX]
- Bergbom, S. , Boersma, K. & Linton, S. J. (2015). When matching fails: understanding the process of matching pain-disability treatment to risk profile. Journal of occupational rehabilitation, 25 (3), 518-526. [BibTeX]
- Bergbom, S. , Flink, I. K. , Boersma, K. & Linton, S. J. (2014). Early psychologically informed interventions for workers at risk for pain-related disability: does matching treatment to profile improve outcome?. Journal of occupational rehabilitation, 24 (3), 446-457. [BibTeX]
- Bergbom, S. , Boersma, K. & Linton, S. J. (2013). Both early and late changes in psychological variables relate to treatment outcome for musculoskeletal pain patients at risk for disability. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 50 (11), 726-734. [BibTeX]
- Bergbom, S. , Boersma, K. , Overmeer, T. & Linton, S. J. (2011). Relationship Among Pain Catastrophizing, Depressed Mood, and Outcomes Across Physical Therapy Treatments. Physical Therapy, 91 (5), 754-764. [BibTeX]
- Linton, S. J. , Nicholas, M. K. , MacDonald, S. , Boersma, K. , Bergbom, S. , Maher, C. & Refshauge, K. (2011). The role of depression and catastrophizing in musculoskeletal pain. European Journal of Pain, 15 (4), 416-422. [BibTeX]
- Linton, S. J. & Bergbom, S. (2011). Understanding the link between depression and pain. Scandinavian Journal of Pain, 2 (2), 47-54. [BibTeX]
Books
- Linton, S. J. , Flink, I. K. & Bergbom, S. (2013). Beteendeanalys steg för steg: grunden till en effektiv KBT-behandling (1ed.). Stockholm: Natur och kultur. [BibTeX]
Conference papers
- 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]
- Bergbom, S. , Flink, I. K. , Boersma, K. & Linton, S. J. (2010). Are early improvements in psychological variables related to treatment outcome?. Paper presented at IASP 13th World Congress on Pain. [BibTeX]
Daily newspapers
- Bergbom, S. , Linton, S. J. , Flink, I. , Boersma, K. & Åkerlund, D. (2017). Psykologer i primärvården - en förbisedd möjlighet. Nerikes Allehanda (9 april). [BibTeX]
Doctoral theses, comprehensive summaries
- Bergbom, S. (2014). Matchmaking in pain practice: challenges and possibilities. (Doctoral dissertation). (Comprehensive summary) Örebro: Örebro universitet. [BibTeX]
Manuscripts
- Bergbom, S. , Boersma, K. & Linton, S. J. When matching fails : Understanding the process of matching pain-disability treatment to risk profile. [BibTeX]
Other
- Flink, I. K. , Bergbom, S. , Linton, S. J. & Boersma, K. (2010). Manual för exponering in vivo för rörelserädsla vid långvarig muskuloskeletal smärta. [BibTeX]
- Bergbom, S. , Flink, I. K. , Linton, S. J. & Boersma, K. (2010). Manual för KBT vid långvarig muskuloskeletal smärta. [BibTeX]
- Linton, S. J. , Flink, I. K. , Bergbom, S. & Boersma, K. (2010). Manual för målbaserad aktivitetsträning vid långvarig muskuloskeletal smärta. [BibTeX]