Camilla Stine Øverup

Camilla Stine Øverup

PhD in Social Psychology

  • Øster Farimagsgade 5 opg. B

    1415 København K

Personal profile

Short presentation

Camilla Stine Øverup is a psychologist and Associate Professor of Medical Psychology in the Department of Public Health at Copenhagen University. She is Research Group Leader of the Self, Health, and Romantic Processes (SHaRP) research group. Camilla earned her Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the University of Houston, TX, USA, specializing in Relationship Science. She then worked as an Assistant Professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University, New Jersey, USA, where she taught courses on the theory and research on romantic relationships and research methods course, as well as bachelor and PhD survey courses on Social Psychology.

Possible conflicts of interest

No conflicts of interests

Current research

Currently active lines of investigation include

  • Intimate partner violence conceptualization and measurement – with financial support from Carlsberg Fondet and in collaboration with Angelo DiBello at Rutgers University
  • The potential buffering effect of self-affirmation on romantic relationship conflict, intimate partner violence, and mental health – with financial support from Carlsbergfondet and Helsefonden, and in collaboration with Angelo DiBello at Rutgers University
  • Personality and sexual perceptions and sexual satisfaction – in collaboration with Carrie Smith at University of Mississippi
  • Ambivalent sexism in social networks – in collaboration with Carrie Smith at University of Mississippi
  • The effects of a digital intervention for children and young people experiencing parental divorce or relationship dissolution – in collaboration with Gert Martin Hald, Søren Sander, and Daniel Bach Johnsen.

Education/Academic qualification

Social Psychology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Houston

20 Aug 201015 May 2015

Award Date: 15 May 2015

Keywords

  • Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
  • Social Psychology
  • Romantic relationships
  • Divorce
  • Intimate partner violence
  • Intervention research

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