Guseltseva M.S. Modern Norwegian psychology: a review of periodicals

A review of contemporary Norwegian psychology based on materials from periodicals is offered. The Norwegian daily psychological newspaper Psykologisk.no and two leading psychology journals are being considered. Psykologtidsskriftet – Tidsskrift for Norsk psykologforening has been published by the Norwegian Psychological Association since 1973 (and was first established in 1964 under the name Psykologen). Psykologisk tidskrift is a Norwegian professional journal in psychology founded in 1996 by the Department of Psychology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). All publications formulate their mission as the expansion of psychological knowledge, the integration of specialists, the stimulation of public critical discussions not only on professional, but also socially important topics. Psychology in Norway is an academic science and professional practice that purposefully improves society. The formation of psychology in Norway had national specifics, and Norwegian psychological education has its own characteristics. Psychology, psychotherapy and psychiatry in Norway are historically closely related. Unlike Russian, American and European educational standards, according to which psychology is a wide field of activity, Norwegian psychological education has taken the path of training specialists in the field of clinical psychology and health psychology. In the current Norwegian legislation, the term “psychologist” is used only in the sense of “clinical psychologist”, and the main activity of a certified psychologist in Norway is the diagnosis and treatment of patients. The strength of Norwegian psychology lies in the fact that here it was possible to solve the problem of integrating general academic education and specialized training of a psychologist for professional practice. An important feature of Norwegian psychology is its focus on everyday life: the result of the professional training of a psychologist is the basic setting – to make people's lives more comfortable and better.

Key words: psychology in Norway, Norwegian psychological journals, clinical psychology, everyday life, social criticism, psychology and society

For citation: Guseltseva, M.S. (2023). Modern Norwegian psychology: a review of periodicals. New Psychological Research, No. 2, 82–112. DOI: 10.51217/npsyresearch_2023_03_02_05