Mattias Gunnarsson

Senior Lecturer

Department of Psychology

Telephone

+46 31-786 16 85

Mail

mattias.gunnarsson@psy.gu.se

Visiting address

Haraldsgatan 1

41314 Göteborg

Postal address

Box 500

40530 Göteborg

Assistant Head of Department

Department of Psychology

Mail

mattias.gunnarsson@psy.gu.se

Visiting address

Haraldsgatan 1

413 14 Göteborg

Postal address

Box 500

40530 Göteborg

About Mattias Gunnarsson

Biography

Graduate Economist, Licentiate degree in psychology 2008

Teaching

I am teaching in personality psychology, organizational and industrial psychology, psychology of addiction/abuse.

Research interests

I am conducting research on psychological risk factors associated with adolescent substance use and examine factors that increase the risk of developing abuse and dependence. The purpose of my research is to increase awareness of psychological mechanisms concerning why some young people experiment with drugs and why some of them will continue use and develop dependence and/or abuse.

Current research

I plan to complete my thesis "Psychological Risk Factors Associated with Substance Use in adolescents" in 2012.

Selected publications

Gunnarsson, M., Gustavsson, J, P,. Tengström, A,. Franck, J,. Fahlke, C,. (2008). Personality traits and their associations with substance use among adolescents. Personality and Individual Differences, 45, 356-360.

Gustavsson, J. P., Eriksson, A. K., Hilding, A., Gunnarsson, M., & Östensson, C. G. (2008). Measurement invariance of personality traits from a five-factor model perspective: Multi-group confirmatory factor analyses of the HP5 inventory. Scandinavian Journal of Psychiatry, 49, 459–467.