Jonas Vaag

Associate professor, Clinical Psychologist and PhD in Public Health

Email: jonas.vaag[a]hnt.no

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Education:
Specialist degree in Clinical Psychology, NPF          2010-2015
PhD in Medicine (Public Health), NTNU, Norway     2011-2015
MSc Clinical Psychology KU, Denmark                   2006-2008
MSc Organizational Psychology NTNU, Norway      2001-2006

Publications:

Articles:

Vaag, J., Bjørngaard, J.H., & Bjerkeset, O. (2016). Use of Healthcare Services and Medication among Musicians Compared to the General Workforce. Psychology of Music.

Vaag, J., Bjørngaard, J.H., & Bjerkeset, O. (2015). Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression among Norwegian Musicians Compared to the General Workforce. Psychology of Music.

Vaag, J., Saksvik-Lehouillier, I., Bjørngaard, J.H., & Bjerkeset, O. (2015). Sleep Difficulties and Insomnia Symptoms in Norwegian Musicians Compared to the General Population and Workforce. Behavioral Sleep Medicine.

Vaag, J., Saksvik, P.O., Milch, V., Theorell, T., & Bjerkeset, O. (2014). Sound of Well-Being Revisited – Singing and Well-Being among Norwegian Municipal Employees. Journal of Applied Arts & Health.

Vaag, J., Giæver, F., & Bjerkeset, O. (2014). Specific Demands and Resources in the Career of the Norwegian Freelance Musician. Arts & Health.

Vaag, J., Saksvik, P., Theorell, T., Skillingstad, T., & Bjerkeset, O. (2013). Sound of Well-Being – Choir Singing as an Intervention to Improve Well-Being Among Employees in two Norwegian County Hospitals. Arts & Health.

Book chapters:

Milch, V., Vaag, J., Giaever, F., & Saksvik, P.O. (2013). Building healthy organizations through music and cultural interventions. In Bauer, G.F. (red.). Salutogenic organizations and change. Springer education.

Conferences:

Vaag, J. (2014). The Sound of Well-Being. Symposium: Recent Advances in the Science of Singing, Well-Being and Health. RCM, London 2014. (Invited speaker).

Vaag, J., Saksvik, P.O., Bjerkeset, O. (2013). The Sound of Well-Being: Choir Singing as an Organizational Intervention to Improve Well-Being in a Norwegian Municipality. APA – Work, Stress & Health Conference. Los Angeles 2013. (Paper presentation).

Vaag, J., Saksvik, P.O., Bjerkeset, O. (2013). The Sound of Well-Being: A Cultural Intervention Aiming to Improve Well-Being Among Norwegian Employees. APA – Work, Stress & Health Conference. Los Angeles 2013. (Paper presentation).

Saksvik, P.O., Vaag, J., & Milch, V. (2013). Evaluation Methods of Health and Well-Being Promotion Intervention Projects. APA – Work, Stress & Health Conference. Los Angeles 2013. (Poster presentation).

Vaag, J., Saksvik, P.O., Giaever, F., Milch, V., & Bjerkeset, O. (2013). Evaluation of the Sound of Well-Being. Setting the Tempo – International Sempre-Conference 2013. (Paper presentation).

Vaag, J. R., Tvedt, S. D., Berland, A., & Saksvik, P. O. (2011) Experimental simulation of organizational changeprocess healthiness: Developments towards shopfloor process management consultant tools EAWOP, Maastricht, 25.-28. May, 2011 (Poster presentation).

Tvedt, S. D., Berland, A., Vaag, J. R., & Saksvik, P. O. (2011) Healthy Change Process Index experiments: Independent manipulation of single dimensions of organizational change processes. APA Work, Stress, and Health2011, 19.-22. May, 2011. (Poster presentation).

Tvedt, S. D., Saksvik, P. O., Lau, B., Finne, L. B., Buvik, M. P., Ingstad, G. Z., & Vaag, J. R. (2009) Developing the Healthy Change Process Index: a new measure assessing management of organizational change processes. APA Work, Stress, and Health Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Paper presentation).