Research group Clinical developmental psychology
How do conditions such as ADHD, autism and anxiety arise? What underlies the everyday difficulties experienced by children and adults with these conditions? What is the best method to assess these conditions and what is it like to live with a diagnosis?
The research group studies atypical development using interdisciplinary methods. In several ongoing research projects, we investigate how ADHD, autism, depression and anxiety manifest themselves in children and adolescents.
Other research projects focus on how people with rare genetic syndromes such as Williams syndrome, Smith-Magenis syndrome and Down syndrome understand and perceive the world. We also study assessment of ADHD and the experiences of adolescents and young adults living with an ADHD diagnosis.
We use a variety of methods, from clinical psychological and psychiatric assessments to hermeneutic approaches, eye movement measurement and pupillometry, and computational modeling.
Our goal is to contribute to better care and quality of life for children, adolescents and adults with atypical development. We work in close collaboration with the health care system in different parts of the country and collaborate with national and international experts in psychology, genetics, psychiatry and computer science.
Our research is supported by the Swedish Research Council, FORTE, Riksbankens jubileumsfond, Sunnerdahls Handikappsfond and Stiftelsen Sävstaholm.
The research group is led by Matilda Frick and Johan Lundin Kleberg, licensed psychologists and associate professors in developmental psychology.
Group members
Group managers
Matilda Frick
Associate Professor
Johan Lundin Kleberg
Associate Professor
Members
Rebecka Astenvald
PhD Student
Hanna Björlin Avdic
PhD Student
Christine Fawcett
Professor
Astrid Hallman
PhD Student
Viktoria Klein Moberg
PhD Student
Martin Oscarsson
PhD Student
