Hege Randi Eriksen (born 18 April 1965) is the Research Director of Uni Health[1] and Professor at the University of Bergen,[2] Norway.

Eriksen holds a Candidate Scientist in Sport and Physical exercise from the Department of Biology and Medicine, Norwegian University of Sport and Physical Education[3] and a Master of Science in Epidemiology from Erasmus University, Rotterdam.

In 1998 she earned a PhD at the Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen, with the thesis ”Stress and coping: Does it really matter for subjective health complaints?”[4]

Eriksen published in international academic journals on stress and coping, subjective health complaints, sick leave and rehabilitation.[5] Together with colleague Holger Ursin she developed the Cognitive Activation Theory of Stress (CATS)[6][7][8][9]

Hege R. Eriksen is the past president of the International Society of Behavioral Medicine.[10]

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  1. ^ Bergens Tidende 19.09.2009: Sliten, trøtt, ryggsmerter, hodepine ..?
  2. ^ ABC Nyheter, 03.02.2010 - Vet ikke hvorfor fraværet gikk opp
  3. ^ Eriksen, Hege R. (1992). Fysisk trening og epilepsi : virkningen av regelmessig fysisk trening på anfallsfrekvens hos en gruppe medikamentavhengige kvinner med epilepsi [Physical exercise and Epilepsy]. Cand. Scient. Thesis. Oslo: Norges idrettshøgskole
  4. ^ Eriksen, Hege R. (1998). Stress and coping : does it really matter for subjective health complaints? Doctoral thesis. Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, Division of Physiological Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen
  5. ^ "Hege R. Eriksen". Uni helse.
  6. ^ Ursin H, Eriksen HR (June 2004). "The cognitive activation theory of stress". Psychoneuroendocrinology. 29 (5): 567–92. doi:10.1016/S0306-4530(03)00091-X. PMID 15041082. S2CID 10859236.
  7. ^ Eriksen HR, Murison R, Pensgaard AM, Ursin H (November 2005). "Cognitive activation theory of stress (CATS): from fish brains to the Olympics". Psychoneuroendocrinology. 30 (10): 933–8. doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2005.04.013. PMID 15964143. S2CID 26626647.
  8. ^ Eriksen HR, Ursin H (April 2004). "Subjective health complaints, sensitization, and sustained cognitive activation (stress)". Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 56 (4): 445–8. doi:10.1016/S0022-3999(03)00629-9. PMID 15094030.
  9. ^ Arnetz, Bengt B (November 2005). "Subjective indicators as a gauge for improving organizational well-being. An attempt to apply the cognitive activation theory to organizations". Psychoneuroendocrinology. 30 (10): 1022–26. doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2005.03.016. PMID 15955637. S2CID 27515679.
  10. ^ International Society of Behavioral Medicine (2007). Executive Committee. Retrieved from http://www.isbm.info/html/executive_committee.html Archived 2010-10-31 at the Wayback Machine
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