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.

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.

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.

Research Group for Relational and Psychodynamic Studies

The research group is focused on therapeutic processes in psychotherapy and other treatment, particularly on how the relationship between therapist and client is linked to treatment outcomes (process-outcome).

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.

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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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.

Publications

2026

Allison McMahan, Malin Joleby, Gerhard Andersson, Elizabeth J. Letourneau, Michael C. Seto, Timothy J. Luke, Christoffer Rahm (2026)

An International Randomized Waitlist-Controlled Trial of Internet-Delivered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Sexual Urges Toward Children Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Vol. 94, p. 425-436 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ccp0001019

Johan Lyth, Armin Spreco, Jorma Hinkula, Olle Bjorneld, Olle Eriksson, Dennis Nordvall, Örjan Dahlström, Elin A. Gursky, Thomas Schön, Toomas Timpka (2026)

Healthy vaccinee effect in the evaluation of updated COVID-19 vaccines in elderly populations Nature Communications, Vol. 17, Article 8014 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-76312-x

Lingyao Tong, Olga-Maria Panagiotopoulou, Clara Miguel, Mathias Harrer, Arpana Amarnath, Marketa Ciharova, Alan W. Gemmill, Alicia Salamanca-Sanabria, Alishia Williams, Ana Fonseca, Anna Carlotta Zarski, Anna Geraedts, Annemieke van Straten, Anu Raevuori, Arnoud Arntz, Arka Ghosh, Bjorn Meyer, Caroline Allenhof, Christian Aljoscha Lukas, Christine Knaevelsrud, Christopher Williams, Ciyong Lu, Claudi Bockting, David Daniel Ebert, Derek Richards, Edward G. Feil, Elizabeth L. Addington, Erik Forsell, Fenglin Cao, Fernando L. Vazquez, Florien Willemijn Boele, Frances Kay-Lambkin, Fredrik Hollandare, Gerhard Andersson, Harald Baumeister, Heather D. Hadjistavropoulos, Heleen Riper, Isabella Choi, Jan Philipp Klein, Jeannette Milgrom, Jeffrey Lambert, Jennifer Dahne, Jesse C. Stewart, Jessica Smith, Jesus Montero-Marin, Jill Newby, Jinane Abi Ramia, Jo Annika Reins, Johan Lundgren, Judith Tedlie Moskowitz, Kathryn L. Jackson, Kjersti Lillevoll, Kristofer Vernmark, Lasse B. Sander, Lina Braun, Lisanne Warmerdam, Liz Littlewood, Manuel Heinrich, Margalida Gili, Mark Deady, Martin Kraepelien, Matthias Berking, Michael P. Schaub, Monica Buhrman, Nicholas R. Forand, Nickolai Titov, Nicole Pugh, Nils Lindefors, Nitin Gupta, Pavle Zagorscak, Per Carlbring, Peter Johansson, Rabih El Chammay, Retha Arjadi, Rianne van der Zanden, Ricardo Araya, Rico Kramer, Robert Johansson, Robin Maria Francisca Kenter, Rosa Boeschoten, Samir K. Gupta, Sandra Schlicker, Sarah Perini, Simon Gilbody, Stephan Kohler, Stephanie Nobis, Thomas Berger, Ulrich Hegerl, Vanessa Blanco, Viktor Kaldo, Viktor Pop, Viola Spek, Wendy Pots, Yaoyao Sun, Yvonne Forsell, Pim Cuijpers, Eirini Karyotaki (2026)

An individual participant data meta-analysis of predictors of adherence to internet-based interventions for depression Nature Mental Health (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s44220-026-00707-4

Samantha Sinclair, Artur Nilsson, Kristoffer Holm (2026)

Breaking the bond: abusive supervision and workplace mistreatment as predictors of anti-work attitudes and turnover intentions Journal of Managerial Psychology (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JMP-03-2026-0392

Johannes Larsson, Tom Denson, Hugo Hesser (2026)

Hardwired for Anger-A Predictive Processing Account of Trait Anger and Aggression Emotion Review (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/17540739261480532

Karin Lindqvist, Jakob Mechler, Jon Ingi Hlynsson, Gerhard Andersson, Per Carlbring (2026)

Internet-delivered unguided psychodynamic vs. cognitive behavior therapy for anxiety and depression symptoms: A large, full factorial randomized controlled trial on treatment length and peer support Internet Interventions, Vol. 45, Article 100980 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2026.100980

Ali Amiri Mohammad, Anna Bjarta, Kristofer Vernmark, Youstina Demetry, Shervin Shahnavaz, Jennifer Meurling, Gerhard Andersson (2026)

Differential contributions of PTSD symptom clusters and their associations with resilience in traumatized individuals with a refugee background European Journal of Psychotraumatology, Vol. 17, Article 2714606 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2026.2714606

Sally Wiggins Young (2026)

When Eating Becomes Collaborative: Co-Eating Examples from Children's Mealtimes Research on Language and Social Interaction, Vol. 59, p. 217-234 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08351813.2026.2671602

Cristian Tileaga, Elizabeth Stokoe, Sally Wiggins Young (2026)

Discursive psychology and qualitative inquiry in psychology Qualitative Psychology, Vol. 13, p. 303-306 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/qup0000371

Dennis Nordvall, Thomas Schön, Jorma Hinkula, Olle Eriksson, Armin Spreco, Örjan Dahlström, Johan Lyth, Daniel Axelsson, Elin Gursky, Marie Blomberg, Toomas Timpka (2026)

COVID-19 vaccination carries no association with childbirth rates in Sweden Communications Medicine, Vol. 6, Article 360 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43856-026-01396-x

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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Psychology_AnnualReport2022 (PDF, 1,1 MB)

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Head of Division

Head of Division

Research Leader

Administration

Administration

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Staff

Senior Associate Professor

Head of Department, Senior Associate Professor, Docent

Gisela Eckert

Associate Professor

Arvid Erlandsson

Senior Associate Professor

Associate Professor, Docent

Hulda Karlsson-Larsson

Gunvor Larsson Torstensdotter

Associate Professor

Linda Lidman

Associate Professor, Head of Division

Nike Lindhe

PhD student

Carolina Lundqvist

Senior Associate Professor

Therese Lundqvist Jones

Lecturer

Anna Malmquist

Senior Associate Professor

Theodor Mejias Nihlén

Associate Professor, Docent

Senior Associate Professor, Head of Division

Anett Sundqvist

Senior Associate Professor

Oskar Treffler Jonsson

Assistant Professor, Docent

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.

Division of Psychology (PSY)

Research

WHOLE - Research on organizational and social work environment

SAHA digital interventions for refugee mental health problems

Preschool Meals

Research Group for Relational and Psychodynamic Studies

International Network for Well-Being

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

The Internet, Health and Clinical Psychology Research Group

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

Growing up with digital world

Social Psychology

Cognitive Psychology – Decision, Emotion, Perception

Child and Infant Lab

Publications

2026

Annual reports

Contact us

Head of Division

Head of Division

Research Leader

Administration

Administration

Staff

Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning (IBL)

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