
Developmental psychology
Short description
The Gothenburg group for Research in Developmental psychology (GRID) studies individuals’ psychological development and living conditions across the lifespan. The social and societal contexts surrounding the individual (such as family, peers, school, work, sports, and digital contexts) are central to our research. Many of our studies are longitudinal and some follow the same individuals from infancy to adulthood.
Our research
GRID aims to study central aspects of psychological development, with all the variation and complexity that it entails. Our research adds to the body of empirical and theoretical work within developmental psychology and addresses important societal issues. Although much of our research has focused on youth development, we study development as processes of change and stability throughout the lifespan. Many of our projects have clinical relevance as they focus on challenges as well as promotive and protective factors in different phases of life. Some of our projects include intervention studies that are conducted in close collaboration with important stakeholders, such as schools and social services.
GRID often uses a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods, and we use longitudinal designs to follow individuals over time. We study development and living conditions in everyday contexts, while taking the larger societal context into consideration. Topics that we study are for instance:
- Identity, for example narrative and ethnic identity
- Personality
- Sexual development
- Social relations, for example parenthood, bullying and sexual harassment
- Body image
- Physical activity
- Psychosocial adjustment
Research projects
Father Involvement from Early Childhood to Adulthood (FIECA)
GoLD - The Gothenburg Longitudinal study of Development
Gothenburg Research Program on: Identity, Culture and Ethnicity
MoS (Mobbning och Skola) – Bullying and School
PRISE: Peer Relations In School from an Ecological perspective
The effect and experience of the brief parental program AFFEKT within primary health care
Members
Professors and Senior Lecturers
- Ann Frisén
Identity, body image, bullying - Philip Hwang
Identity, parenthood, personality - Carolina Lunde
Body image, sexual development, physical activity/sport - Therése Skoog
Sexual Development, social relations, adjustment - Margaretha Bohlin
Social media, opinion formation, psychological archipelago research - Kristina Holmqvist Gattario
Body image, bullying, sexual harassment - Maria Wängqvist
Identity, parenthood, personality - Sofia Berne
Bullying, ethnic identity, intervention - Johanna Carlsson
Identity, parenthood, narrative identity - Jonas Burén
Sexual development, digital media, problematic behaviors - Py Liv Eriksson
Identity, parenthood, narrative identity
PhD Student
- Hanna Larsson
Identity, personality - Amina Kaafiya Abdullahi
Identity, ethnic identity, intervention - David Sandberg
Identity, ethnic identity, intervention - Ida Malm
Identity, ethnic identity, narrative identity - Tommy Reinholdsson
Identity, ethnic identity, emerging adulthood - Pär Stern
Identity, ethnic identity, emerging adulthood - Aziz-Kaan Dönmez
Sexual development, sexual harassment, resilience - Ebba Magnusson
Polyvictimization, resilience, developmental trajectories - Hannah Hallén
Sexual harassment, peer relations, ethnography