Carolina Lundqvist

Carolina Lundqvist

Senior Associate Professor

My research interest is focused on psychological factors that increase elite athletes鈥� possibilities to perform at a high level and perceive quality of life during their elite careers.

Performance enhancement and quality of life in elite sports from a sport psychology perspective

I am a Ph.D. in psychology, Associate Professor in sport sciences and licensed psychotherapist. My current research interests are, among all, focused on elite athletes鈥� well-being and quality of life and psychological performance enhancement in the elite sport context. I am teaching in various areas of psychology (e.g., sport psychology, clinical psychology and social psychology).

Publications

2025

Lis Johles, Peter Molander, Carolina Lundqvist (2025) Frontiers in Psychology, Vol. 16, Article 1479584 (Article in journal)

Carolina Lundqvist, Tim Meyer (2025) Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, Vol. 28, p. 167-169 (Article in journal)

Carolina Lundqvist, Moa Jederström, Laura Korhonen, Håkan Gauffin, Sigrid Nilsson, Line Nordgren, Toomas Timpka (2025) Läkartidningen (Article in journal)

Carolina Lundqvist, Jeroen Camps, Tine Vertommen, Natalie Barker-Ruchti, Örn Kolbeinsson (2025) International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology (Article in journal)

2024

Carolina Lundqvist, Jeroen Camps, Tine Vertommen, Natalie Barker-Ruchti, Örn Kolbeinsson (2024)

Carolina Lundqvist (2024) Coaching stories: Navigating storms, triumphs, and transformations in sport, p. 288-297 (Chapter in book)

Carolina Lundqvist (2024)

C Kuribayashi, K Inoue, Y Noguchi, T Kinugasa, Carolina Lundqvist, P Wylleman, T Kukidome (2024)

News

01 October 2024

Cheerleaders tell of psychological abuse

Of current and former cheerleading athletes, 29 per cent reported being subjected to psychological abuse in the sport, according to a new study from 91视频.

21 February 2023

New research project for safe sport environments

How widespread are the problems of harassment, abuse and the culture of silence in Swedish sports? The answer is that nobody knows. A new research project at LiU aims to find out and come up with concrete measures to counter these problems.

Organisation

Division of Psychology (PSY)

Research at the division covers many aspects of psychology. We also educate psychologists and psychotherapists to meet the challenges of work life and future clients in the best possible way.

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.

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