Ingrīda Trups-Kalne

Ingrīda Trups-Kalne serves as a Leading Researcher at the Institute of Public Health and Psychology Laboratory Researcher at Rīga Stradiņš University. With a Doctor of Psychology degree (Dr. psych.), she actively contributes to psychological research with a focus on health-related outcomes and psychometric instrument adaptation.

Her primary research interests include Religiosity, Coping Strategies, Coping Behavior, Negative and Positive Emotions, Neuroticism, and Affect psychology. These areas form a cohesive research profile focused on understanding psychological mechanisms in health contexts, particularly how individuals process and respond to emotional and physical challenges.

Analysis of her recent publications reveals a strong emphasis on psychometric adaptation of established psychological instruments for the Latvian context. Her work spans healthcare personnel stress measurement, nursing workload assessment, intelligence testing, and clinical benefit inventories. This demonstrates her methodological expertise in cross-cultural psychological assessment and her commitment to developing valid measurement tools for Latvian populations.

• Expert for Latvian Council of Science (2022-2025) in Psychology (Field 5.1)
• Active contributor to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to health and wellbeing

Dr. Trups-Kalne has participated in multiple significant research projects including the EUCLID-Project on risk perceptions during the Coronavirus outbreak, adaptation of the Intelligence Structure Test (IST-2000-R), and studies on coping mechanisms related to COVID-19. Her work often involves collaboration with other researchers across various healthcare contexts including breast cancer patient outcomes and diabetes management.