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Maria Zetterqvist

Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology with a focus on child and adolescent psychiatric activities.

Research

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The Zetterqvist Lab

Our research group addresses nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) which is a significant mental health issue in adolescents and linked with impairments in emotion regulation. We are dedicated to developing novel approaches for preventing and treating NSSI.

Publications

Publications in DiVA

2026

Hedvig Andersson, Erik Aspeqvist, Laura Korhonen, Berit Gustafsson, Maria Zetterqvist (2026) Everyone should get to know that it's okay to feel bad: adolescents' and parents' experiences of participating in a preventive emotion regulation skills training in a Swedish school setting - a qualitative study International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, Vol. 21, Article 2679416 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2026.2679416
Lisa Van Hove, Maria Zetterqvist, Ma. Pilar Charmaine Malata, Chloe A. Hamza, Stephen P. Lewis, Penelope Hasking, Imke Baetens (2026) Social Exposure and Perceived Public Stigma Toward Nonsuicidal Self-Injury: A Cross-National Examination Among University Students Who Know Someone Who Self-Injures STIGMA AND HEALTH (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/sah0000703
Maria Zetterqvist, Örn Kolbeinsson, Sophie Tigerfeldt, Erik Aspeqvist, Paul L. Plener, Hedvig Andersson, Frida Larsson-Torri, Laura Korhonen (2026) Increasing Knowledge and Confidence: An Evaluation of a Two-Day Workshop on Self-injury for School Staff in a Swedish Educational Setting School Mental Health (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12310-026-09880-4

News

Infant in the arms of a doctor.

SEK 10 million for research in children's medicine

The Joanna Cocozza Foundation has announced the recipients of research grants for 2020. Funding has been awarded in the form of establishment and consolidation grants, support for visiting researchers, and a further seven project grants.
Unhappy adolescent girl

Self-injuring young girls overestimate negative feedback in social media simulation

Adolescent girls who self-injure feel that they receive more negative feedback than they actually receive, and are more sensitive to thumbs down responses, compared to other girls. These are the findings presented by Irene Perini, researcher at CSAN.

Organisation

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Center for Social and Affective Neuroscience - CSAN

Center for Social and Affective Neuroscience (CSAN) integrates knowledge and methodology from different areas of basic and clinical neuroscience.

Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (BKV)

What characterizes the Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (BKV) is the wide breadth of research and education. BKV is one of the largest departments at LiU with affiliation mainly to the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.