Stockholm university

Research group Harmful use in working life – prevention and intervention

Harmful use of, for example, alcohol, drugs or gambling for money in working life can lead to negative consequences for both the individual and the employer. At the same time, the workplace is an important arena for reaching out with both preventive and supportive measures.

Alcohol abuse, conceptual artwork by Stephen Wood, from Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest.
Alcohol abuse, conceptual artwork by Stephen Wood. Retrieved from Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest.

Kristina Sundqvist's research group is primarily focused on harmful use in working life. How workplaces can work to prevent employees from developing problems with alcohol, drugs and gambling is a central question. Likewise, what workplaces and managers can do to support and help employees who have developed a problem.

The group also researches problematic gambling for money/gambling addiction more generally.

Group members

Group managers

Kristina Sundqvist

Researcher

Department of Psychology
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Members

Kristina Berglund

Assistant Professor

Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg

David Anders Forsström

Researcher

Department of Psychology
David Forsström

Gunnel Hensing

Professor

Institute of Medicine, University of Gothenburg

Petra Lindfors

Professor

Department of Psychology
Petra Lindfors at desk in office at Stockholm University, Department of Psychology

Christopher Richard Francis Sundström

Researcher

Department of Psychology

Susanna Toivanen

Guest Researcher

Department of Public Health Sciences
Susanna Toivanen

Peter Wennberg

Professor

Department of Public Health Sciences
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Martina Wilson Martinez

PhD Student

Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg

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