
Elia Psouni
Professor

Publications
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Debatt: Minskade barnkullar en chans för pedagoger att få ett hanterligt uppdrag
Amanda Angelöw, Elia Psouni, Anna Sonander
(2026) Göteborgs-Posten
Newspaper article‘I’ve Always Managed on My Own’—Exploring Resilience Through the Voices of Children in Foster Care
Amanda Angelöw, Joel Hultman, Alma Lamberti Schonfeld, Kerstin Neander, Elia Psouni
(2026) Adversity and Resilience Science, 7
Journal articleEvaluating a smartphone application to monitor blood pressure in normotensive pregnancies, high-risk pregnancies and women with preeclampsia : Prospective Longitudinal Feasibility Study
Maria Andersson, Christine Rubertsson, Elia Psouni, Lena Erlandsson, Camilla Edvinsson, et al.
(2026) JMIR Human Factors, 13
Journal articleA Child-rights Informed, Developmental Psychological Perspective on Children’s Participation in Research.
Elia Psouni
(2026) Building a Sustainable Society Through Child Participation , p.51-68
Book chapterBarn blir utåtagerande av skärmupptagna föräldrar
Elia Psouni
(2026) Göteborgs-Posten
Newspaper article‘Now we are on the same page’ - experiences of foster parents and social workers participating in Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) training
Amanda Angelöw, Cecilia Abrahamsson, Kerstin Neander, Elia Psouni
(2026) Child Abuse & Neglect, 173
Journal articleCaregiving Quality Across Development and Secure Base Knowledge among Adolescents with a History of Institutional Care
Megan M. Hare, Elia Psouni, Katherine L. Guyon-Harris, Kathryn L. Humphreys, Nathan A. Fox, et al.
(2025) Adversity and Resilience Science, 6 p.603-612
Journal articleFrom “What’s Wrong with You?” to “What Happened to You?” Trauma-Informed Care Training and Implementation Experiences of School Personnel
Elia Psouni, Claudia Andersson, Sally Storm, Hussein Hamad
(2025) School Mental Health, 17 p.861-874
Journal articleAttachment representations in pre-adolescents at familial high risk of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder and population-based controls—Characteristics of attachment from middle childhood to pre-adolescence, and its relation to parental functioning and child mental disorder
Mette Falkenberg Krantz, Maja Gregersen, Lotte Veddum, Carsten Hjorthøj, Åsa Kremer Prøsch, et al.
(2025) JCPP advances, 5
Journal articleParticipatory Research With Children : From Child-Rights Based Principles to Practical Guidelines for Meaningful and Ethical Participation
Amanda Angelöw, Elia Psouni
(2025) International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 24
Journal articlePrimed into security: can attachment security priming affect attachment-related biases on early attention?
Gizem Han, Elia Psouni
(2025) Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 37 p.144-156
Journal articleFörbjud ingripanden mot barn som riskerar utvisning i förskolan
Linn Alenius Wallin, Anna Lundberg, Elia Psouni
(2025) Göteborgs-Posten
Newspaper articleMothers’ experiences of family life during COVID-19: a qualitative comparison between Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States
Laura Cox, Elin Alfredsson, Elia Psouni
(2025) Community, Work and Family, 28 p.254-271
Journal article”Färgad” av en svår barndom : – Rasismens konsekvenser för barn i familjer som tillhör minoritetsgrupper
Hussein Hamad, Anna Lundberg, Elia Psouni
(2025) Nationellt kompetenscentrum anhöriga och Linnéuniversitetet , p.185-209
Book chapterTrygghetens skörhet : Utvecklingspsykologiska och människorättsliga perspektiv på situationen för barn i flyktingfamiljer
Elia Psouni, Anna Lundberg
(2025) Barn är anhöriga : – vågar vi lyssna på dem? , p.251-276
Book chapterParent-teacher trust as a relational pathway to the child: Teachers’ perceptions about child-teacher-parent relationship-building during the child’s transition to preschool
Martina Andersson Søe, Elia Psouni
(2025) International Journal of Educational Research, 132
Journal article"We tend to underestimate the children!” – A qualitative analysis of preschool teachers’ views on child-parent-teacher relationship-building during preschool transition
Martina Andersson Søe, Elinor Schad, Elia Psouni
(2025) Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 69 p.1097-1112
Journal articlePlaying with the child within : Early parenthood experiences of parents who were out-of-home placed during childhood
Amanda Samani, Elia Psouni
(2024) Children and Youth Services Review, 160
Journal articleProtocol for evaluation of effects of a psychoeducational trauma-informed intervention directed at schools
Hussein Hamad, Amanda Angelöw, Elia Psouni
(2023) European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 14
Journal articleCoparent Exclusion, Prenatal Experiences, and Mental Health During COVID-19 in Sweden
Laura Cox, Elin Alfredsson, Elia Psouni
(2023) Journal of Family Psychology, 37 p.1083-1094
Journal articleEvaluating trauma-informed training for foster parents - a controlled pilot study of the Resource Parent Curriculum in Sweden
Amanda Angelöw, Victoria Niwhede, Elia Psouni
(2023) Children and Youth Services Review, 148
Journal articleA Child Rights-Based Approach to Research with Children in Vulnerable Conditions : Basic Principles for Meaningful and Ethical Child Participation
Amanda Angelöw, Elia Psouni
(2023) Research Report in Sociology of Law, 2023 p.307-307
Book chapterFamiljesystemets betydelse för det prematura barnets utveckling : en systematisk översikt
Lisa Funkquist Sköld (f.d. Nyborg), Elia Psouni
(2023) Svensk familjeterapi, 1 p.21-35
Journal articleTransition to Preschool : Paving the Way for Preschool Teacher and Family Relationship-Building
Martina Andersson Søe, Elinor Schad, Elia Psouni
(2023) Child and Youth Care Forum, 52 p.1249-1271
Journal articleVariation in coparenting quality in relation to child age : Links to coparents' relationship satisfaction and education
Gizem Han, Elin Alfredsson, Laura Cox, Elia Psouni
(2023) Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 64 p.632-643
Journal article‘Distance creates distance’ : preschool staff experiences and reflections concerning preschool introduction during the covid-19-Pandemic
Martina Andersson Søe, Elinor Schad, Elia Psouni
(2023) International Journal of Early Years Education, 31
Journal articleDe unga gör helt rätt när de stämmer staten
Christina Moberg, Hervé Corvellec, Anders Lindroth, Manuela Isacson, Linn Nilsson, et al.
(2022) Aftonbladet
Newspaper articleThe Role of Family Function and Triadic Interaction on Preterm Child Development—A Systematic Review
Johanna Larsson, Lisa Nyborg, Elia Psouni
(2022) Children, 9
Journal article reviewSolo mothers’ by choice experiences during pregnancy and early parenthood : Thoughts and feelings related to maternal health-services
Elia Psouni, Julia Berg, Hanna Persson
(2022) Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare, 33
Journal articleIntroduction to Preschool During the Covid-19-Pandemic: Impacts of Social Restrictions on Staff-Family Relational Establishment
Martina Andersson Søe, Elinor Schad, Elia Psouni
(2022)
Conference paper: abstractGeneralizing solutions across functionally similar problems correlates with world knowledge and working memory in 2.5- to 4.5-year-olds
Katarzyna Bobrowicz, Johan Sahlström, Klara Thorstensson, Brigitta Nagy, Elia Psouni
(2022) Cognitive Development, 62
Journal articleAttachment goes to court: child protection and custody issues
Tommie Forslund, Elia Psouni, Robbie Duschinsky
(2022) Attachment and Human Development, 24 p.1-52
Journal articleDistance Creates Distance: Preschool Staff Reflections and Experiences Concerning Preschool Introduction During the Covid-19-Pandemic
Martina Andersson Søe, Elinor Schad, Elia Psouni
(2021)
Conference paper: abstractAnknytningsbedömningar bör undvikas vid vårdnadsutredningar.
Tommie Forslund, Elia Psouni, Mårten Hammarlund, Sophie Reijman, Pehr Granqvist
(2021) Psykologtidningen , p.28-31
Journal articleThe Study of Security Priming on Avoidant Attentional Biases : Combining Microsaccadic Eye-Movement Measurement With a Dot-Probe Task
Rebecca Louise Mellor, Elia Psouni
(2021) Frontiers in Psychology, 12
Journal articleValidation of the Swedish version of the Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire, based on people with epilepsy
Maria Compagno Strandberg, Patrik Olsson, Tove Hedenrud, Kristina Kallen, Elia Psouni
(2021) Epilepsy and Behavior, 115
Journal articleAnxiety among Fathers in the Postnatal Period: Links to Depression, Attachment Insecurity and Emotion regulation.
Elia Psouni, Karin Brocki, Carolina Frisk
(2021) Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 6
Journal articleEl Apego Va a Juicio: Problemas de Custodia y Protección Infantil1
Tommie Forslund, Pehr Granqvist, Marinus H. Van Ijzendoorn, Avi Sagi-schwartz, Danya Glaser, et al.
(2021) Anuario de Psicología Jurídica, 32 p.115-139
Journal articleBehandlar vi Postpartum Depression familjesystemiskt?
Charlotte Byström, Tina Granquist, Elia Psouni
(2021) Svensk familjeterapi
Journal articleFlexibility in Problem Solving: Analogical Transfer of Tool Use in Toddlers Is Immune to Delay
Katarzyna Bobrowicz, Felicia Lindström, Marcus Lindblom Lovén, Elia Psouni
(2020) Frontiers in Psychology
Journal articleFactor structure of the Friends and Family interview
Elia Psouni, Sonja Breinholst, Barbara Hoff Esbjørn, Howard Steele
(2020) Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 61 p.460-469
Journal articleThe Role of Physical Activity on Parental Rejection and Body Image Perceptions
Celia K. Naivar Sen, Duygu Gurleyik, Elia Psouni
(2020) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17
Journal articleA Comparison of Attachment representations to Mother and Father using the MCAST
Simona Di Folco, Pietro San Martini, Claudia Piermattei, Giulio Cesare Zavattini, Elia Psouni
(2020) Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 61 p.243-252
Journal articleWord length effects on pictorial memory encoding in 5- to 7-year-old children: An eye-tracking study
Torunn Ness, Roger Johansson, Elia Psouni
(2020) Cognitive Development, 55
Journal articleInsecure Attachment and Other Help-Seeking Barriers among Women Depressed Post-Partum.
Emily Cacciola, Elia Psouni
(2020) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17
Journal articleFeelings of restriction and incompetence in parenting mediate the link between attachment anxiety and paternal postnatal depression
Elia Psouni, Anna Eichbichler
(2020) Psychology of Men & Masculinities , p.416-429
Journal articleThe influence of attachment representations and co-parents’ scripted knowledge of attachment on fathers’ and mothers’ caregiving representations
Elia Psouni
(2019) Attachment and Human Development, 21 p.485-509
Journal articleTogether I Can! Joint Attention Boosts 3- to 4-Year-Olds' Performance in a Verbal False-Belief Test
Elia Psouni, Andreas Falck, Leni Boström, Martin Persson, Lisa Sidén, et al.
(2019) Child Development, 90 p.35-50
Journal articlePostnatal depression hos pappor riskerar att gå under radarn.
Elia Psouni
(2019) Best Practice Psychiatry
Journal articleDepression and parental stress among Swedish fathers in the postnatal period: Screening and working through help-seeking barriers
Elia Psouni
(2019)
Conference paper: abstractVäxelvis boende: Utvecklingspsykologisk evidens och barns rättigheter.
Elia Psouni
(2019) Perspektiv på Barnkonventionen
Book chapter“Partner in Prime”? Effects of repeated mobile security priming on attachment security and perceived stress in daily life
Manuela Oehler, Elia Psouni
(2019) Attachment & Human Development, 21 p.638-657
Journal articleTest-specific differences in verbal memory assessments used prior to surgery in temporal lobe epilepsy
Hanna Ljung, Maria Compagno Strandberg, Isabella M Björkman-Burtscher, Elia Psouni, Kristina Källén
(2018) Epilepsy and Behavior, 87 p.18-24
Journal articleNaturliga antal förbättrar förmågan att tolka testresultat
Sebastian von Schreeb, Juan Merlo, Elia Psouni
(2018) Läkartidningen, 115 p.1-4
Journal articleThe Effects of Attachment Security Priming on Avoidant Attentional Defenses
Elia Psouni, Gizem Han
(2018)
Conference paper: abstractFactor Structure of the Friends and Family Interview (FFI)
Elia Psouni, Sonja Breinholst, Barbara Hoff Esbjorn, Howard Steele
(2018)
Conference paper: abstractPsychotropic drug use as indicator of mental health in adolescents affected by a plexus injury at birth : A large population-based study in Sweden
Elia Psouni, Raquel Perez Vicente, Lars B Dahlin, Juan Merlo
(2018) PLoS ONE, 13
Journal articleSymptoms of depression in Swedish fathers in the postnatal period and development of a screening tool
Elia Psouni, Johan Agebjörn, Hanne Linder
(2017) Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 58 p.485-496
Journal articleAttachment to mother and father at transition to middle childhood. Journal of Child and Family Studies.
Simona Di Folco, Serena Messina, Giulio Cesare Savattini, Elia Psouni
(2017) Journal of Child and Family Studies, 26 p.721-733
Journal articleBurdening Depressive Symptoms Postnatally Affect Parental Caregiving Representations and Behaviors in Mothers and Fathers Differently. : Presentation at Symposium: “The impact of depressive symptoms on father’s relationships as a parent, partner and co-parent”
Elia Psouni, Sara Aldén, Linnea Andersson, Sofie Folger, Agnes Nilsson, et al.
(2017)
Conference - otherTeenagers’ Attachment and Parent Caregiving Representations: Links to Emotion Regulation and Internalizing/Externalizing Problems. : Paper Symposium - Attachment and Family: Influences on Children’s Emotion Regulation and Mental Health at School-age and Adolescence.
Elia Psouni, Hedda Skyllbäck
(2017)
Conference - otherThe role of Fathers’ Parenting Expectations and Experiences in the Longitudinal Link between Attachment Avoidance and Postnatal Depressive Symptomatology.
Marlis Wullenkord, Elia Psouni
(2017)
PosterProximity via Smartphone? Effects of repeated Smartphone Security Priming on Mood, Attachment Security, Perception of Stress and Social Support in Daily Life
Elia Psouni, Manuela Oehler
(2017)
Conference paper: abstractDifficult socioeconomic situations and attachment representations: A study about of Greek young adults and resilience to unemployment
Elia Psouni, Lydia Xourafi
(2017)
Conference paper: abstractDepressive Symptoms in Fathers Postnatally: Assessment Issues and Risk Factors
Anna Eichbichler, Johan Agebjörn, Hanne Linder, Elia Psouni
(2017)
PosterFathers’ Parenting Expectations and Experiences: Longitudinal Links to Postnatal Depressive Symptomatology
Elia Psouni, Marlis Wullenkord
(2017)
PosterParental Caregiving Representations and Behaviors in Fathers with Burdening Depressive Symptoms Postnatally. : Paper symposium - Fathering in context: Determinants and impacts of fathering across multiple levels of analysis.
Elia Psouni, Sofie Folger, Agnes Nilsson, Josef Huldt, Samuel Junes
(2017)
Conference - otherDepressed Mothers’ Attachment Scripts and Parental Caregiving Representations: Different between women who seek and women who do not seek help?
Elia Psouni, Sara Aldén, Linnea Andersson
(2017)
PosterAttachment relationships and physical activity in adolescents: The mediation role of physical self-concept
Ru Li, Sofia Bunke, Elia Psouni
(2016) Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 22 p.160-169
Journal articleDepressed Mothers’ Parental Caregiving Representations: Different between women who seek and women who do not seek help
Elia Psouni, Sara Aldén, Linnea Andersson, Emily Cacciola
(2016)
Conference paper: abstractFathers’ Parenting Expectations and Experiences and Their Longitudinal Links to Postnatal Depressive Symptomatology
Elia Psouni
(2016)
Conference paper: abstractInsecure Attachment and other Help-Seeking Barriers among Women Depressed Postpartum who do not Seek Help
Emily Cacciola, Elia Psouni
(2015)
Conference paper: abstractInsecure Attachment Patterns and other Barriers among Non-help-seeking Women with Postpartum Depression
Elia Psouni, Emily Cacciola
(2015)
Conference paper: abstractAttachment working models and self-representations in children and adolescents living in two households after parental separation
Elia Psouni, Ulla Blomgren, Panthea Fartouzi, Margareta Ohlsson, Catarina Olsson
(2015)
Conference paperContinuity of attachment to mother and father during transition to middle childhood: categorical vs. continuous approach.
Simona Di Folco, Giulio Cesare Zavattini, Elia Psouni
(2015)
Conference paper: abstractInsecure Attachment and other Relational Qualities predict Depressive Symptoms in Fathers Post-birth
Anna Eichbichler, Elia Psouni
(2015)
Conference paper: abstractLinks between explicit self-perceptions and implicit scripted knowledge of secure base in early middle childhood.
Elia Psouni, Simona Di Folco
(2015)
Conference paper: abstractPsychotropic Drug Use in Adolescents Born with a Facial Cleft: A Large Population Based Study.
Sofia Nilsson, Juan Merlo, Elia Psouni
(2015)
Conference paper: abstractJoint engagement enhances young children's performance in a verbal false belief task
Elia Psouni, Andreas Falck, Maria Wallin, Lisa Siden, Leni Boström, et al.
(2015)
Conference paper: abstractPsychotropic drug use in adolescents born with an orofacial cleft: a population-based study.
Sofia Nilsson, Juan Merlo, Viveka Lyberg Åhlander, Elia Psouni
(2015) BMJ Open, 5
Journal articleScripted secure base knowledge and its relation to perceived social acceptance and competence in early middle childhood.
Elia Psouni, Simona Di Folco, Giulio Cesare Zavattini
(2015) Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 56 p.341-348
Journal articleAttachment relationships and physical activity in adolescents: The mediation role of physical self-concept.
Ru Li, Sofia Bunke, Elia Psouni
(2015)
Conference paper: abstractBeing Authentic and Feeling Understood: Attachment does not moderate the Link between Expressive Suppression and Social Outcomes
Lina Koppel, Elia Psouni
(2015)
Conference paper: abstractMeasuring scripted attachment-related knowledge in middle childhood: the Secure Base Script Test.
Elia Psouni, Adela Apetroaia
(2014) Attachment & Human Development, 16 p.22-41
Journal articlePreadolescent's Intolerance of Uncertainty and its Relationship to Emotional and Behavioral Problems
Hans Bengtsson, Elia Psouni
(2013)
Conference paper: abstractPerceived pressure to conform out of fear of rejection, or because of strong negative reactivity to conflict, predicts preadolescent psychopathology beyond the contribution of attachment
Elia Psouni, Hans Bengtsson
(2013)
Conference paper: abstractEmotional competence in middle childhood: The role of attachment representations to mother and father.
Simona Di Folco, Elia Psouni, Vivianna Guerriero, G-C Zavattini
(2013)
Conference paper: abstractAttachment in middle childhood: Convergence of different assessment methods
Elia Psouni
(2013) Proceedings of the 6th International Attachment Conference , p.67-72
Conference paperAttachment coherence, but not parental support in sport, predicts children’s capacity to envisage coping with stressful sports situations.
Josefine Merlo, Elia Psouni
(2013)
Conference paper: abstractImpact of carnivory on human development and evolution revealed by a new unifying model of weaning in mammals.
Elia Psouni, Axel Janke, Martin Garwicz
(2012) PLoS ONE, 7
Journal articleAssessment of Caregiving Representations
Hans Bengtsson, Elia Psouni
(2011)
Conference paper: abstractImplant size and fixation mode strongly influence tissue reactions in the CNS.
Jonas Thelin, Henrik Jörntell, Elia Psouni, Martin Garwicz, Jens Schouenborg, et al.
(2011) PLoS ONE, 6
Journal articleValidity and Reliability of the Secure Base Script Test for Middle Childhood
Elia Psouni, A Apetroaia
(2011)
Conference paperSecure Base Scripts in Middle Childhood: The Development of a New Method
Elia Psouni, A Apetroaia
(2011)
Conference paperThe Narrative Assessment of Attachment: Validity of the Secure Base Script Test for Middle Childhood
Paul Clucas, Elia Psouni
(2011)
Conference paperParents Romantic Attachment Style and Relationship Characteristics and their Representations of Parental Caregiving
Elia Psouni
(2010)
Conference paperRelationships between Adult Attachment and Caregiving Representations in Parents
Elia Psouni, Hans Bengtsson
(2010)
Conference paperRelationship between Parents Attachment and Caregiving Representations at Automatic level of Awareness
Hans Bengtsson, Elia Psouni, H Gustafsson, C Torshall
(2010)
Conference paperHand injuries in children.
L. B. Dahlin, E. Ljungberg, H. Rosberg, K. Steen-Carlsson, Elia Psouni
(2010) Textbook in Hand Surgery
Book chapterParents Romantic Attachment Style and Relationship Characteristics Affect their Representations of Parental Caregiving
Elia Psouni, Hans Bengtsson
(2010)
Conference paperHand injuries in children
K Dahlin, Elia Psouni, L Ljungberg, E Rosberg, H Steen-Carlsson
(2010)
Conference paperDeterminants of the timing of weaning in humans and other mammals
Elia Psouni, Martin Garwicz
(2010)
Conference paperSocial anxiety and related social impairment are linked to self-efficacy and dysfunctional coping strategies.
Petra Thomasson, Elia Psouni
(2010) Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 51 p.171-178
Journal articleA unifying model for timing of walking onset in humans and other mammals.
Martin Garwicz, Maria Christensson, Elia Psouni
(2009) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106 p.21889-21893
Journal articleRelationship between Parents’ Attachment and Caregiving Representations at Different Levels of Awareness.
Elia Psouni, Hans Bengtsson
(2008)
Conference paper: abstractMothers' representations of caregiving and their adult children's representations of attachment: Intergenerational concordance and relations to beliefs about mothering.
Hans Bengtsson, Elia Psouni
(2008) Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 49 p.247-257
Journal articleChildren’s ability to detect emotional states from facial expressions and its relation to teachers’ ratings of social competence
Elia Psouni, Jimmy Stureson
(2007)
Conference paper: abstractMaternal gatekeeping attitudes predict Swedish fathers involvement with their children
Elia Psouni, M Karlsson, E Johannesson
(2005)
Conference paperInter-parent versus inter-domain spill over effects on parental satisfaction
Elia Psouni, C Welff-Nantas, E Johannesson
(2005)
Conference paperOn Psychological factors Affecting reports of Itch.
Elia Psouni
(2004) Itch: Basic mechanisms and Therapy , p.351-367
Book chapterProfound inhibition of chronic itch induced by stimulation of thin cutaneous nerve fibres.
H-J Nilsson, Elia Psouni, Ragnar Carstam, Jens Schouenborg
(2004) Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, 18 p.37-43
Journal articleMaternal Representations of Caregiving and their Adult Childrens' Representations of Attachment
Hans Bengtsson, Elia Psouni
(2003)
Conference paperLong term depression of human nociceptive skin senses induced by thin fibre stimulation.
Hans Jörgen Nilsson, Elia Psouni, Jens Schouenborg
(2003) European Journal of Pain, 7 p.225-233
Journal articlePriming Effects as Contextual Variation in Concept Definition tasks with Children
Elia Psouni
(2001)
Conference paperMeasures for the assessment of itch and their psychological correlates
Elia Psouni
(2001)
Conference paperA psychophysical measure for the assessment of itch and its psychological correlates
Elia Psouni
(2001)
Conference paperDevelopment of Concepts of Mother and Father from Preschool through to Adulthood
Elia Psouni, N H Freeman
(2000)
Conference paperOccupational Stress and its Interplay with Different Stages of Family Development
Elia Psouni
(2000)
Conference paperBeliefs about mothering and fathering in non-parents and parents: Themes, structure and well-being
Elia Psouni
(2000)
Conference paper