Siri Jakobsson Störe

CLINICAL AND HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY

Ongoing research:

• Development, feasibility, efficacy, and cost-effectiveness of an online ACT intervention for Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction (iACTforDGBI). 
• Evaluation of SMS coaching as a complement to an existing lifestyle change program within digital primary care.
• Investigation and treatment of sleep disturbances in children with autism and intellectual disabilities.
• An evaluation of group Rumination-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for insomnia in adults - A study within primary care.

Publications:

• Støre, S. J., Van Zalk, N., Schwartz, W. G., Nilsson, V., & TIllfors, M. (2024). The relationship between social anxiety disorder and ADHD in adolescents and adults - A systematic review. Journal of Attention Disorders, 28(9), 1299-1319.
• Støre, S. J. (2022). Swedish Internet forum users' views and experiences of melatonin treatments for troubled sleep. Sleep Health: Journal of the National Sleep Foundation, 8(2), 225-229.
• Støre, S. J., Norell-Clarke, A., & Jakobsson, N. (2022). Sleep researchers' rankings of sleep journals. Journal of Sleep Research, 32(3), e13756.
• Støre, S. J., & Jakobsson, N. (2022). The effect of mandala coloring on state anxiety: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 39(4), 173-181.

Research grants:

• Research grant from Swedish Society for Sleep Research and Sleep Medicine (SFSS): NeuroACT skills training for adolescents with neuropsychiatric disabilities and sleep difficulties. Principal applicant: Siri Jakobsson Støre. Fellow applicants: Jenny Lönnström. Decision: 25 000 SEK (2024).
• Clinical research in collaboration (Region Värmland): Evaluation of existing interventions for lifestyle change and implementation of SMS coaching in digital primary care. Principal applicant: Charlotte Bäccman. Fellow applicants: Erik Wästlund, Maria Tillfors, Malin Anniko, Siri Jakobsson Störe (20%), Lisa Berg and Ulrika Persson. Decision: 500 000 SEK (2024).
• Regional Research Council Mid Sweden (RFR): Investigation and treatment of sleep disturbances in children with autism and intellectual disabilities. Principal applicant: Sverre Wikström. Fellow applicants: Maria Unenge Hallerbäck, Maria Marinopoulou, Kristoffer Bothelius, Siri Jakobsson Störe and Agneta Markström. Decision: 250 000 SEK (2024).
• Clinical research in collaboration (Region Värmland): An evaluation of group Rumination-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (RFCBT) for insomnia in adults. Principal applicant: Malin Anniko. Fellow applicants: Maria Tillfors, Annika Norell Clarke, Siri Jakobsson Störe (10%), Oskar Eriksson and Elin Wejrum. Decision: 772 000 SEK (2023) and 792 269 (2024).
• Travel grant from Swedish Society for Sleep Research and Sleep Medicine (SFSS): 5000 SEK (2023).

Collaboration:

• EMBRACE Lab (Exploring Mind-Body Relationships And Contextual-bEhavioural interventions in illness), Örebro University.
• The Service Research Center (CTF), Karlstad University.
• The Centre for Research on the Mental Health and Life Circumstances of Children and Youth (CBU), Karlstad University.

Conference presentations:

• 11th European Conference on Positive Psychology (ECPP) 2024: A scoping review and a theoretical framework of hope, travel behavior, and well-being. 
• IBS Days 2024: An Acceptance and Commitment Therapy intervention for Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction: Development of a personalized intervention for adults with DGBI and psychological distress.
• Sömn och Hälsa [Sleep and Health] 2024: Sleepless in cyberspace - Online sleep advice for insomnia symptoms.
• Swedish Society for Sleep Research and Sleep Medicine's (SFSS) congress 2023: (1) Organizing committee; (2) Presentation: Sleep researchers' rankings of sleep journals; (3) Moderator: Free lectures with presentation of abstract.
• Sömn och Hälsa [Sleep and Health] 2022: Flashback-användares erfarenheter av melatonin [Swedish Internet forum users' experiences of melatonin treatments].
• American Art Therapy Association's 52nd Annual Conference 2021: The Effect of Mandala Coloring on State Anxiety.

Popular science:

• PsyPost interview (5 July 2024): Here is why social anxiety and ADHD comorbidity requires special attention.
• Systematisk överssiktsstudie visar på hög förekomst av samsjuklig social ångest och ADHD hos ungdomar och vuxna (30 april 2024). [A systematic review shows a high prevalence of co-occurring social anxiety and ADHD in adolescents and adult]
• Støre, S. J. (2022). Flashback-användares erfarenheter av melatoninbehandling för sömnproblem. Sömn och Hälsa, 7, 33-37. [Swedish Internet forum users' experiences of melatonin treatments for sleep problems].
• Värmlands bokfestival (19 November 2022): Tonåringars sömn - vanor, ovanor, orsaker och konsekvenser. [Teenagers' sleep habits, causes and consequences].

Book chapters:

• Norell, A., Støre, S. J., & Tillfors, M. (2023). Psykisk ohälsa. In P. Garmy, L. Gellerstedt, A. Hellström, A. Norell, & C. Sandlund (Eds.). Sömn vid hälsa och ohälsa. Studentlitteratur. [Swedish]

CONSUMER SLEEP TECHNOLOGY

Publications:

• Støre, S. J. (2024). Lean, mean sleep machine? Effects and experiences of a sleep robot intervention for adults with insomnia. Doctoral thesis, Karlstad University, Sweden.
• Støre, S. J., Tillfors, M., Angelhoff, C., & Norell-Clarke, A. (2023). A robot intervention for adults with ADHD and insomnia - A mixed-method proof-of-concept study. PLoS ONE, 18(9), e0290984.
• Støre, S. J., Tillfors, M., Wästlund, E., Angelhoff, C., Andersson, G., & Norell, A. (2023). Mind, body and machine: Preliminary study to explore predictors of treatment response after a sleep robot intervention for adults with insomnia. Nature and Science of Sleep, 15, 567-577.
• Støre, S. J., Tillfors, M., Wästlund, E., Angelhoff, A., Andersson, G., & Norell-Clarke, A. (2022). The effects of a sleep robot intervention on sleep, depression and anxiety in adults with insomnia – A randomized waitlist-controlled trial. Journal of Sleep Research, 32(3), e13758.
• Støre, S. J., Tillfors, M., Wästlund, E., Angelhoff, A., & Norell Clarke, A. (2022). Technically sleeping? A clinical single-case study of a commercial sleep robot. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 919023.
• Støre, S. J., Beckman, L., & Jakobsson, N. (2022). The effect of robot interventions on sleep in adults: A systematic review and network meta-analysis. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 18(7), 1877-1884.
• Støre, S. J., Tillfors, M., Wästlund, E., Angelhoff, C., Andersson, G., & Norell-Clarke, A. (2021). The effects of a sleep robot intervention on sleep, depression and anxiety in adults with insomnia - Study protocol of a randomized waitlist-controlled trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 110, 106588.

Conference presentations:

• Nordic Sleep Conference 2023: A robot intervention for adults with ADHD and insomnia - A mixed-methods pilot study.
• Sömn och Hälsa [Sleep and Health] 2023: (1) Organizing committee; (2) A robot intervention for adults with adhd and insomnia; (3) Presentation: The effects of a sleep robot intervention in adults with insomnia.
• Sömn och Hälsa [Sleep and Health] 2022: Best poster award: The effect of robot interventions on sleep: A systematic review and network meta-analysis.
• Swedish Society for Sleep Research and Sleep Medicine's (SFSS) congress 2022: Presentation (session for young scientists): The effects of a sleep robot intervention on sleep, depression and anxiety in adults with insomnia - A randomized waitlist-controlled trial.
• World Sleep 2022: The effects of a sleep robot intervention in adults with insomnia. Abstract published in Sleep Medicine, 100(Supplement 1), S304.

Popular science (selected):

• Støre, S. J. (2024). Effekter och erfarenheter av en sömnrobotintervention för vuxna med insomni. Sömn och Hälsa, 11, 17-25. [Swedish]
• Meet a researcher (19 April 2023): Sömnrobotar - Funkar de och vad tycker folk om dem? [Sleep robots - Do they work, and what do people think about them?]
• PsyPost interview (6 December 2022): New study explores effects of a sleep robot on sleep problems, depression and anxiety in adults.
• Støre, S. J. (2022). Effekten av robot-interventioner på sömn – en systematisk översikt. Sömn och Hälsa, 8, 43-50. [Swedish]
• Children's University, Karlstad, Sweden (11 October 2021): Kan en sömnrobot hjälpa den som har svårt att sova? [Can a sleep robot help people who have troubled sleep?]

MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

Publications:

• Jakobsson, N., Kotsadam, A., & Jakobsson, S. S. (2013). Attitudes toward same-sex marriage: the case of Scandinavia. Journal of Homosexuality, 60(9), 1349-1360. 

Book chapters:

• Jakobsson, N., Hansen, T., & Jakobsson, S. S. (2013). Omfang av offentlig omsorg i kommunen - påvirker det holdninger og faktisk familieomsorg? I S. O. Datland & Slagvold (reds.). Vital aldring og samhold mellom generasjoner. Resultater fra Den norske studien av livsløp, aldring og generasjon (NorLAG) - runde 1 og 2. NOVA Rapport 15/2013, 245-257. [Norwegian]

• Co-supervisor of a doctoral student in psychology (2024 - ongoing).
• Supervisor of a psychologist specializing in clinical psychology  (PsyD) (2004 - ongoing).
• Co-supervisor of a psychologist in clinical training (2004).
• Supervisor of a psychology assistant (2004).
• Development psychology in a life span perspective - lectures and seminars at the Master of Science in Psychology Programme.
• Self-knowledge, communication and professional competences - seminars at the Master of Science in Psychology Programme.
• Psychological treatment methods and principles - lectures and seminars at the Master of Science in Psychology Programme.
• Evidence-based psychotherapy (psychodynamic psychotherapy) - lectures and seminars at the Master of Science in Psychology Programme.
• Supervision of a Master Thesis in Psychology (co-supervisor) at the Master of Science in Psychology Programme, Karlstad University.
• Supervision of a Master Thesis in Psychology (co-supervisor) at the Master of Science in Psychology Programme, Örebro University.
• Psychological approaches to function, symptomatology, ability and adaption - lectures and seminars (separate course).
• Supervision of a Bachelor Thesis in Social Work.

• Postdoctoral research associate in psychology, Örebro University, Sweden (2024-).
• Assistant professor in psychology, Karlstad University, Sweden (2024-).
• Specialist clinical psychologist in child- and adolescent psychiatry, Region Värmland, Karlstad, Sweden (2024).
• Doctor of philosophy (PhD) in psychology, Karlstad University, Sweden (2024).
• Specialist degree (PsyD) in clinical psychology, Sweden (2020). PsyD dissertation (2020): Behandlingsintegriteten och effekt på medveten närvaro i en DBT-baserad färdighetsträningsgrupp för ungdomar med ADHD. [The treatment integrity and the impact on mindful presence in a DBT-based skills training group for adolescents with ADHD].
• Licensed psychologist, University of Oslo, Norway (2013). Master thesis (2011): Barn som vitner. Effekten av uttrykt emosjon på oppfattet troverdighet. [Children as witnesses. The effect of expressed emotion on perceived credibility].
• Research assistant, Norway (2008-2013). 1. Equal opportunities and long time care, Norwegian Social Research (NOVA) (2012-2013). 2. Center for the Study of Human Cognition (CSHC), University of Oslo (2011). 3. The ADHD-study, Oslo University Hospital (2008-2010).

• Member of the Swedish Society of Gastroenterology.