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Received: 12 May 2018

Accepted: 28 January 2019

First Online: 8 February 2019

Authors’ information

: Marte Rye is a specialist in clinical psychology in adults from the University Hospital of North Norway and a Ph.D. candidate at the UiT The Arctic University of Norway to obtain dual competence in clinical psychology.Oddgeir Friborg is a clinical psychologist, holds a Ph.D. in psychology and is a professor of health psychology at the UiT The Arctic University of Norway.Ingunn Skre is a clinical psychologist, holds a Ph.D. in psychology and is an associate professor in clinical psychology at the UiT The Arctic University of Norway and held a part time position as consultant psychologist at the University Hospital of North-Norway at the time of data gathering.

: Respondents provided informed consent according to recommendations of the Norwegian data protection authority for the project. Approval from the Norwegian regional committees for medical and health research ethics (REC) was not needed as data were anonymous and this study is outside of activities that requires approval from the Norwegian REC.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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