Ebba Magnusson

About Ebba Magnusson

Background

• Ph.D. Student at the University of Gothenburg, Department of Psychology since August 2024.

• Assistant researcher at the University of Gothenburg, Department of Psychology, 2022-2024.

• Project assistant at University West, Department of Social and Behavioural Studies, 2022-2023.

• M.Sc. in Psychology at the University of Gothenburg in 2022.

• B.A. (Honours) in Psychology at the University of Glasgow in 2020.

Research interests. I am interested in how different forms of violence and victimization co-occur in adolescence, and specifically how experiences of polyvictimization (i.e., exposure to multiple types of victimization) may shape young people’s developmental trajectories. I am particularly interested in understanding the external resources available to young people with these experiences, and the role such resources may play in their mental health, including both ill health and well-being. I use both quantitative and qualitative approaches in my work.

Ongoing research. I’m a Ph.D. Student in the project: Polyvictimization from Age 10 to 19. A Cohort-Sequential Longitudinal Study Focusing on both Negative and Positive Developmental Trajectories. This project aims to advance understanding of how children exposed to polyvictimization develop differently over time. It examines patterns of victimization together with the risk and protective factors that help explain why polyvictimization has such severe consequences for affected youth.

• Member in the Adolescent Development Laboratory (ADLab) research group.

• Member in the Gothenburg group for Research In Developmental psychology (GRID)