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Ståle Pallesen is a Professor in the Department of Social Psychology at the University of Bergen, with extensive research activity spanning sleep disorders, addiction psychology, gambling research, and military psychology. His work frequently involves large-scale registry data analysis and clinical trials across Scandinavian populations.
His primary research interests focus on sleep health dimensions (including circadian rhythms, insomnia, and shift work effects), behavioral addictions (particularly gambling and work addiction), and personality-disorder relationships. Current projects examine sleep app efficacy, gambling-suicide mortality links, and cognitive behavioral therapy implementation in primary care settings. His methodology emphasizes longitudinal registry studies, randomized controlled trials, and cross-cultural validation of assessment tools.
Pallesen leads the Clinical Psychology Research Group and Bergen Clinical Psychology Research Group, with significant activity in
- Sleep and sleep disorders
- Scaling methodologies
- Military psychology
- Doping research
Research collaborations span multiple Norwegian institutions and international partners across 85 cultures. Current projects include the SIP trials for sleep disorders in psychiatric care and validation of the International Work Addiction Scale.
