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

2026

Carolina Lundqvist, Moa Jederström, Laura Korhonen (2026)

Understanding safe sport as a public health practice: a strong structuration theory analysis of Swedish elite athletics sport personnel BMC Public Health (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-026-29709-8

Carolina Lundqvist, Linda Lidman (2026)

Trygg idrott: Skapa en hälsosam och utvecklande idrottsmiljö för psykisk hälsa och hållbar idrottsprestation Uppdragsutbildning vid LiU - en del av det livslånga lärandet: Slutrapporter från utvecklingsprojekt inom uppdragsutbildning 2025, p. 109-116 (Chapter in book)

Chisato Kuribayashi, Kazuya Inoue, Yoriko Noguchi, Taisuke Kinugasa, Carolina Lundqvist, Paul Wylleman, Takeshi Kukidome (2026)

Well-Being, Performance, and Mental Health in Japanese High-Performance Athletes: Associations With Psychological Inflexibility, Social Support, and Help-Seeking Attitudes Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jcsp.2025-0040

Carolina Lundqvist, Saga Johansson (2026)

Assessing toxic leadership in high-performance sports: Psychometric validation of a Swedish Version of the Toxic Leadership Scale for Sports (TLS-S) PLOS ONE, Vol. 21, Article e0343533 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0343533

Carolina Lundqvist, Jeroen Camps, Tine Vertommen, Natalie Barker-Ruchti, Örn Kolbeinsson (2026)

Toxic Leadership in High-Performance Sports and its Consequences for Mental Health and Performance: A Scoping Review International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, Vol. 19, p. 381-407 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1750984X.2025.2457038

2025

Carolina Lundqvist, David Ekholm (2025)

Självbilden och maktspelet: Hur idrottens förtroendevalda balanserar legitimitet och globalt inflytande (Report)

Carolina Lundqvist, Oskar Treffler Jonsson, Raheb Muftee (2025)

Trygg idrott för utveckling och hållbar idrottsprestation: En handbok för tränare och ledare (Book)

Carolina Lundqvist, Stéphane Bermon, Toomas Timpka (2025)

A psychometric study of the team psychological safety scale and sport psychological safety inventory in Swedish elite sports Scientific Reports, Vol. 15, Article 20227 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-06963-1

News

01 October 2024

Cheerleaders tell of psychological abuse

Of current and former cheerleading athletes, 29 per cent reported being subjected to psychological abuse in the sport, according to a new study from Linköping University.

Organisation

Division of Psychology (PSY)

Research at the division covers many aspects of psychology. We also educate psychologists and psychotherapists to meet the challenges of work life and future clients in the best possible way.

Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning (IBL)

Human behaviour and learning is the focus for education and research at the department. We educate students and scientists that are well equipped to meet future challenges in society and working life.