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Daníel Þór Ólason - Professor
–
School of Health Sciences
Daníel Þór Ólason
Íslenska
Professor
Location
Nýi Garður / Ng-206
Phone
5255265
6620327
Email
dto [at] hi.is
Unit
Faculty of Psychology
Consultation hours
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7439-6648
Research portal – Daníel Þór Ólason
Courses 2024 - 2025
SÁL626G - Health Psychology
SÁL103G - Introduction to Psychology
SÁL320G - Personality Psychology
Education
2000
,
D.Phil
,
University of York
,
1995
,
BA
,
University of Iceland
,
Professional Experience
-
,
,
2016 -
,
Professor,
2009 -
2016,
Associate professor,
University of Iceland
2006 -
2009,
Assistant professor,
University of Iceland
2002 -
2006,
Adjunct lektor,
University of Iceland
2001 -
2002,
Part time instructor,
University of Iceland
Published works
2022
Lower-risk gambling limits
International Gambling Studies
2021
The Gambling Consumption Mediation Model (GCMM)
Journal of Gambling Studies
What lies beneath
Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology
2020
Disgust and Contamination Concerns
International Journal of Cognitive Therapy
2018
Editorial
Frontiers in Psychology
2017
Economic recession affects gambling participation but not problematic gambling: Results from a population-based followup study
Frontiers in Psychology
2016
Mat á alvarleika áráttu- og þráhyggjueinkenna með DOCS spurningalistanum
Sálfræðiritið
2015
Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties of the Icelandic Version of the Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation-Outcome Measure, its Transdiagnostic Utility and Cross-Cultural Validation
Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
Gambling in the mist of economic crisis
Journal of Gambling Studies
2014
Replacing intrusive thoughts
Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry
A psychometric evaluation of the Icelandic version of the WHO-5
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
2013
Suppressing disgust related thoughts and performance on a subsequent behavioural avoidance task
Behaviour Research and Therapy
A validation and replication study of the patient-generated measure PSYCHLOPS on an Icelandic clinical population
European Journal of Psychological Assessment
The Icelandic version of the dimensional obsessive compulsive scale (DOCS) and its relationship with obsessive beliefs
Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
The distressed (Type D) and Five-Factor Models of personality in young, healthy adults and their association with emotional inhibition and distress
Personality and Individual Differences
A Validation and Replication Study of the Patient-Generated Measure PSYCHLOPS on an Icelandic Clinical Population
European Journal of Psychological Assessment
2012
Validity of Type D personality in Iceland
Journal of Behavioral Medicine
Áhrif hugsanabælingar á tíðni uppáþrengjandi hugsana
2011
Children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder before or after the age of 6 years
Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Internet Gambling and Problem Gambling Among 13 to 18 Year Old Adolescents in Iceland
International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
Psychometric properties of the icelandic version of the beck anxiety inventory in a clinical and a student population
European Journal of Psychological Assessment
Konur með fjölskyldusögu um heilablóðföll sýna ýktari sympatísk og parasympatísk viðbrögð við sálfræðilegum streituvöldum
Skiptir meira máli hversu mikið þú spilar en hvað þú spilar?
Mat á réttmætiskvörðum Personality Assessment Inventory
Sálfræðiritið
2010
An international perspective on youth gambling prevalence studies
International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health
Pathways to inflated responsibility beliefs, responsibility attitudes and obsessive-compulsive symptoms
Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy
Íslensk þýðing á persónuleikaprófinu Personality Assessment Inventory: Athugun á klínískum- og réttmætiskvörðum prófsins
Sálfræðiritið
2009
Próffræðilegir eiginleikar íslenskrar þýðingar Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI)
Spilahegðun og algengi spilavanda meðal fullorðinna íslendinga árið 2007
A new psychometric instrument assessing vulnerability to risk of suicide and self-harm behaviour in offenders
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
Iceland
2008
Mælitæki fyrir þunglyndi fullorðinna sem til eru í íslenskri gerð : próffræðilegar upplýsingar og notagildi
Sálfræðiritið
Próffræðilegir eiginleikar Sjálfsmatskvarða Becks í úrtaki 10 til 15 ára barna
Sálfræðiritið
Mat á tölvuleikjavanda : próffræðilegir eiginleikar og tengsl við tölvuleikjategundir
Sálfræðiritið
Peningaspil og algengi spilavanda meðal 16 til 18 ára framhaldsskólanemenda : mat á áhættuþáttum
Sálfræðiritið
The Beck Depression Inventory Second Edition (BDI-II)
Nordic Journal of Psychiatry
Self-consciousness and similar personality constructs
2007
Tölvuleikjanotkun nemenda á aldrinum 14 til 20 ára á höfuðborgarsvæðinu
Sálfræðiritið
Reconstructing N
Current Psychology
Psychometric properties of the obsessive compulsive inventory-revised among Icelandic college students
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
2006
Próffræðilegt mat á DSM-IV einkennalista um athyglisbrest með ofvirkni (AMO): Algengi einkenna AMO meðal 18 til 70 ára Íslendinga
Forprófun á íslenskri útgáfu Sjálfsmatskvarða Becks fyrir börn og unglinga
Sálfræðiritið
Prevalence estimates of gambling and problem gambling among 13- to 15-year-old adolescents in Reykjavík: An examination of correlates of problem gambling and different accessibility to electronic gambling machines in Iceland
Journal of Gambling Issues
Prevalence estimates of gambling participation and problem gambling among 16-18-year-old students in Iceland
Journal of Gambling Studies
2005
Liste des Pensées Obsédantes (LPO) en version islandaise
Encephale
Spilahegðun og algengi spilavanda hjá reykvískum unglingum á aldrinum 13-15 ára: Mat á hugsanlegum áhættuþáttum spilavanda unglinga
Algengi spilafíknar meðal fullorðinna á Íslandi
2004
Psychometric properties of the Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children (MASC) among Icelandic schoolchildren
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
Algengi spilavanda hjá reykvískum unglingum á aldrinum 13-15 ára
Könnun á spilavanda meðal 16-18 ára unglinga í framhaldsskólum á Íslandi
Sálfræðiritið
A new Approach to assessing optimism
Current Psychology
Orðalykill : staðlað orðaforðapróf fyrir börn á grunnskólaaldri
Sálfræðiritið
2003
Do positive and negative expectancies moderate the relationship between perceived stress and rumination with depression?
2001
Optimism, pessimism and "fighting spirit"
Personality and Individual Differences
A factor-analytic study of cross-cultural differences in emotional rumination and emotional inhibition
Personality and Individual Differences
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