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Carolina Lundqvist

Senior Associate Professor

My research interest is focused on psychological factors that increase elite athletes’ possibilities to perform at a high level and perceive quality of life during their elite careers.

Performance enhancement and quality of life in elite sports from a sport psychology perspective

I am a Ph.D. in psychology, Associate Professor in sport sciences and licensed psychotherapist. My current research interests are, among all, focused on elite athletes’ well-being and quality of life and psychological performance enhancement in the elite sport context. I am teaching in various areas of psychology (e.g., sport psychology, clinical psychology and social psychology).

Publications

2025

Carolina Lundqvist, Tim Meyer (2025) Mental disorders in athletes - A proper diagnostic pathway is important but no need to reinvent the wheel Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, Vol. 28, p. 167-169 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Carolina Lundqvist, Moa Jederström, Laura Korhonen, Håkan Gauffin, Sigrid Nilsson, Line Nordgren, Toomas Timpka (2025) Det krävs ingen diagnos för att utbilda idrottare om kost Läkartidningen (Article in journal)
Carolina Lundqvist, Jeroen Camps, Tine Vertommen, Natalie Barker-Ruchti, Örn Kolbeinsson (2025) Toxic Leadership in High-Performance Sports and its Consequences for Mental Health and Performance: A Scoping Review International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2024

Carolina Lundqvist, Jeroen Camps, Tine Vertommen, Natalie Barker-Ruchti, Örn Kolbeinsson (2024) Current state of knowledge on toxic leadership and its consequences in high-performance sports: Results from a scoping review
Carolina Lundqvist (2024) Burning for success makes me burnout as a coach Coaching stories: Navigating storms, triumphs, and transformations in sport, p. 288-297 (Chapter in book) Continue to DOI
Carolina Lundqvist (2024) Breaking the silence: Harassment, abuse, and mental health challenges within Swedish cheerleading
C Kuribayashi, K Inoue, Y Noguchi, T Kinugasa, Carolina Lundqvist, P Wylleman, T Kukidome (2024) Athletes' well-being, performance, and mental health after the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games: Identifying protective and risk factors
Carolina Lundqvist (2024) Prevalence of harassment, abuse, and mental health among current and retired senior Swedish cheerleaders Journal of Sports Sciences, Vol. 42, p. 1673-1684 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

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