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Eilin K. Erevik is a Professor at the Department of Social Psychology at the University of Bergen, Norway. Her research primarily focuses on gambling disorders, personality psychology, and addiction research, with extensive work utilizing Norwegian registry data. She maintains an active research profile with numerous publications across multiple high-impact journals.
Her research interests span gambling disorders, personality psychology (particularly the Five-Factor Model and HEXACO model), social media psychology, substance abuse, mental health, and behavioral addictions. Much of her work examines the relationship between personality traits and various addictive behaviors, with a particular emphasis on gambling disorders. She has conducted extensive registry-based research using Norwegian health and social insurance data to investigate patterns and risk factors related to gambling behavior.
Erevik's publication record shows consistent output with a strong focus on gambling disorders, personality assessment, and registry-based epidemiological research. Her work frequently employs large-scale Norwegian datasets, including population studies and health registry information. She has developed expertise in examining demographic differences in gambling behavior, the relationship between mental health conditions and gambling disorders, and the psychometric properties of assessment tools related to addictive behaviors. Recent work has expanded into areas including gambling advertising, sportswashing, and the impact of health crises on individuals with different personality profiles.
She maintains active collaborations with researchers including Ståle Pallesen, Øystein Vedaa, Torbjorn Torsheim, and Tony Mathias Leino, among others. Her doctoral thesis from 2018 focused on user-generated alcohol-related content on social media and its relation to offline alcohol use, establishing her early research focus on the intersection of social media and substance use behaviors.
