Division of Psychology (PSY)

Psychology, the science of human thinking and behaviour, is a fascinating subject. At the Division of Psychology we educate psychologists and psychotherapists who are well prepared to face the challenges of working life and future clients in the best possible way. We also educate students of cognitive science and students with a deep knowledge of psychology, ready to put knowledge into practice. Our research contributes among other things to pioneering knowledge on treatment of psychological health problems, cognitive abilities in children and adults, social interplay and group processes.

Research

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WHOLE - Research on organizational and social work environment

Management, organizational structure and reward systems are factors that may affect organizational and social work environment. How do they affect individuals’ work experience, occurrence of bullying, levels of reporting in sick and perceived health.

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International Network for Well-Being

Our research comprises the whole field of the Science of Well-Being within different populations to promote health and the study of biopsychosocial resilience in the face of the challenges of the 21st century.

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Preschool Meals

Learning doesn't take a lunchbreak, so what happens when young children eat together in preschools? This project examines the multimodal and discursive practices that scaffold eating and social interaction during preschool mealtimes.

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Physical, mental and reproductive health among sexual and gender minorities during pregnancy, childbirth and first year of parenting

The interdisciplinary research project s will follow the health and experiences of LGBTQ people during pregnancy, childbirth, and early parenthood to contribute to important knowledge in an unexplored area.

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SAHA digital interventions for refugee mental health problems

Detecting and treating mental health problems for refugees - development of and research on digital tools for the assessment and treatment of anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress, sleep problems and migration-related mental health problems.

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The Internet, Health and Clinical Psychology Research Group

The research group works with many different areas such as anxiety, depression and health problems. Many of the projects work with internet-based CBT, and the group carries out randomised controlled clinical trials.

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Try a little first: Communication strategies for reducing plate waste during preschool meals

Reducing 'plate waste' during preschool lunches is a delicate balance between food preferences, satiety and daring to taste new food. In this innovative project, we examine which communication strategies can help to reduce food waste.

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Growing up with digital world

The recent surge in availability of digital media has made media accessible even to very young children. However, we know very little of the effects of digital media on infants social and cognitive development.

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Social Psychology

Social relations and social interaction affect how we behave and how we see and interpret our world. We are also affected by the context and the systems or organizations that we are in - it affects what we do but also how we feel.

Publications

2026

Morten Birkeland Nielsen, Michael Rosander, Sarah-Genevieve Trepanier, Live Bakke Finne, Stale Valvatne Einarsen (2026) The paradoxical effect of social support on the relationship between exposure to bullying behaviors and perceived power imbalance Current Psychology, Vol. 45, Article 149 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Allison McMahan, Timothy J. Luke, Gerhard Andersson, Christoffer Rahm, Malin Joleby (2026) Predictive Ability of the Sexual Child Molestation Risk Assessment (SChiMRA plus ) Sexual abuse. A Journal of Research and Treatment, Article PMID 9506704 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Diana Ferreira, Ana Luisa Quinta-Gomes, Sonia Pieramico, Elisabete Weiderpass, Rui Santana, Gerhard Andersson, Cristina Mendes-Santos (2026) Breast cancer survivor's sexual health unmet supportive care needs: a mixed-methods study Journal of cancer survivorship (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Michael Rosander, Morten Birkeland Nielsen (2026) Being nice, outgoing, curious, organized, and calm-protective or eroded by workplace bullying? Reciprocal effects of personality and bullying, and mechanisms to explain the associations Frontiers in Psychology, Vol. 16, Article 1740837 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Michael Rosander, Morten Birkeland Nielsen (2026) Workplace Bullying in the Open: the Risks Associated with Working in an Open Office OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SCIENCE, Vol. 10, Article 1 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Hulda Karlsson-Larsson (2026) Climate Change Imagery: Using mental images of climate change to reduce impact neglect
Sally Wiggins, Bogdana Humă (2026) Resisting eating during a family mealtime: The moral and identity work of food refusal British Journal of Social Psychology, Vol. 65, Article e70029 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Carine Signoret, Josefine Andin, Örjan Dahlström (2026) Neural correlates of form- and meaning-based predictability during speech perception Brain and Cognition, Vol. 192, Article 106379 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Tomas Lindegaard, Anton Käll (2026) Does number of dosing sessions and type of adjunctive psychotherapy affect outcomes in psychedelic-assisted-psychotherapy for depressive disorders and anxiety disorders? A systematic review and meta-analysis Journal of Affective Disorders, Vol. 395, Article 120732 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Hari Prakash Palaniswamy, Harini Vasudevan, Aparna Oak, Keerthana Rajanbabu, Vinaya Manchaiah, Eldre Beukes, Gerhard Andersson (2026) Linguistic and cultural adaptation of internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy for tinnitus to Indian English: Methods and readability outcomes JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL AND COGNITIVE THERAPY, Vol. 36, Article 100558 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

Annual reports

The psychology division has several researchers and research groups. We cover a broad range of topics within psychology, including cognitive, developmental, social, health and clinical psychology. Different research methods are also represented. Researchers at the division work closely with other universities both nationally and internationally. We hope that the annual report will give an overview of the research conducted here.

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