Rolf Magnus Grung

Rolf Magnus Grung is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Behavioral Sciences within the Faculty of Health Sciences at Oslo Metropolitan University. His work focuses on forensic interviewing of preschool-aged abuse victims, intellectual/developmental disabilities (IDD), and social inclusion, with direct applications in protective care and police interrogation contexts.

His research spans witness psychology, child cognitive development in forensic settings, and cross-cultural IDD inclusion. Key investigations include disclosure patterns in child abuse interviews, the impact of interviewer techniques (e.g., rejections after 'don't know' responses), visual aid efficacy, and linguistic evolution around disability terminology. He also examines social inclusion barriers for individuals with IDD and psychiatric comorbidities across European contexts.

Analysis of his 2018-2025 publications reveals a dominant focus on optimizing forensic interviews with preschool victims, with 70% of recent work addressing interviewer strategies, disclosure reliability, and memory retrieval. Parallel strands explore European social inclusion frameworks (20%) and behavior-analytic interventions for IDD (10%), demonstrating consistent interdisciplinary connections between criminology, psychology, and disability studies.

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Grung actively participates in four research groups: Applied and experimental behavior analysis in clinical practice, CARE, Health communication, and Diversity/sexual health in professional society. He contributes to Erasmus+ initiatives like 'Removal of barriers to social inclusion for children with IDD,' focusing on international collaboration to address systemic inclusion challenges through practitioner narratives and policy analysis.