Olavi Lindfors

Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare — Finland

Psychology · Social Sciences

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Research Topics

Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications(55), Personality Disorders and Psychopathology(30), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development(28), Mental Health Research Topics(19), Psychiatric care and mental health services(18)

Publications125 total

Examining the factor structure of the 40-item Defense Style Questionnaire among adults with depression: an individual participant data meta-analysis
Research in Psychotherapy Psychopathology Process and Outcome·2026Open Access
Sosiaalisen tuen vaikutus työ- ja toimintakykyyn lyhyessä ja pitkässä psykoterapiassa
Psykologia·2025Open Access
Development of the Psychotherapist Character Virtues (PCV) interview
Psychotherapy Research·2024Open Access
The effect of individual short- and long-term psychotherapy on perceived social support: analysis of secondary outcomes of a randomized clinical trial
Nordic Journal of Psychiatry·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Psychoanalytic psychotherapy in Finland
2023
Individual Target Problems, Self-Observation and Change in Short-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy·2023Open Access
What Works for Whom: Patients' Psychological Resources and Vulnerabilities as Common and Specific Predictors of Working Alliance in Different Psychotherapies
Frontiers in Psychiatry·2022· 8 citedOpen Access
Ego Impairment Index (EII‐2) as a predictor of outcome in short‐ and long‐term psychotherapy during a 5‐year follow‐up
Journal of Clinical Psychology·2022· 1 citedOpen Access
Revision of Finnish Standard SFS 5907 on Acoustical Design and Quality Classes of Buildings
2022Open Access
What patient characteristics predict treatment success or failure in short- and long-term psychotherapies?
Nordic Journal of Psychiatry·2021· 3 cited
Poor suitability for psychotherapy – a risk factor for treatment non-attendance?
Journal of Affective Disorders·2021· 10 citedOpen Access
Predicting improvement of work ability in modalities of short‐ and long‐term psychotherapy: The differential impact of reflective ability and other aspects of patient suitability
Journal of Clinical Psychology·2021· 12 citedOpen Access
Predicting the working alliance over the course of long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy with the Rorschach Ego Impairment Index, self-reported defense style, and performance-based intelligence: An evaluation of three methodological approaches.
Psychoanalytic Psychology·2020· 3 citedOpen Access
Psychoanalytic psychotherapy in Finland
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy·2020· 1 citedOpen Access
Psykodynaamisen psykoterapian vaikuttavuus
STM:n Hallinnonalan avoin julkaisuarkisto (Julkari)·2020Open Access
Concordance and discordance in how patients and therapists experience the psychotherapy process in the treatment of depression
STM:n Hallinnonalan avoin julkaisuarkisto (Julkari)·2020Open Access
The Effectiveness of Three Psychotherapies of Different Type and Length in the Treatment of Patients Suffering from Anxiety Disorders
European Family Therapy Association series·2020· 4 cited
Intentional weight loss as a predictor of type 2 diabetes occurrence in a general population
Proceedings of The Nutrition Society·2020· 1 citedOpen Access
Intentional weight loss as a predictor of type 2 diabetes occurrence in a general population
STM:n Hallinnonalan avoin julkaisuarkisto (Julkari)·2020
Personality factors as predictors of compliance with and the outcome of supervised self-care program for patients with intermittent claudication
Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine·2019· 20 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Paul Knekt(45), Esa Virtala(23), Maarit A. Laaksonen(16), Tommi Härkänen(15), Erkki Heinonen(14), Peija Haaramo(5), Laura Sares‐Jäske(5), Tuija Jääskeläinen(5), Timo Maljanen(5), Mauri Marttunen(4), Camilla Renlund(3), Johannes Lehtonen(3), Sami Pirkola(3), Maarit Välikoski(2), Raimo Raitasalo(2), Aila Järvikoski(2), Jaana Suvisaari(2), Satu Männistö(2), Timo Partonen(2), Kristiina Härkäpää(2)