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Fredrik Björklund

Fredrik Björklund

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Psychology

D-Index
31
Citations
4802
World Ranking
11147
National Ranking
117

Overview

Fredrik Björklund is affiliated with Lund University in Sweden and conducts research primarily in the fields of psychology and social sciences. Their work spans several subfields, including social psychology, clinical psychology, sociology and political science, applied psychology, and gender studies.

The main topics of Björklund's research cover social and intergroup psychology, personality traits and psychology, cultural differences and values, optimism, hope, and well-being, gender and technology in education, career development and diversity, as well as behavioral health and interventions.

Björklund has a significant publication record, including papers in notable venues such as Frontiers in Psychology, PsycTESTS Dataset, Journal of Individual Differences, Computers in Human Behavior, and Sex Roles.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Björklund include:

  • A General Model of Dissonance Reduction: Unifying Past Accounts via an Emotion Regulation Perspective, 2020, Frontiers in Psychology
  • Stereotype Content at the Intersection of Gender and Sexual Orientation, 2021, Frontiers in Psychology
  • The Properties and Utility of Less Evaluative Personality Scales: Reduction of Social Desirability; Increase of Construct and Discriminant Validity, 2020, Frontiers in Psychology
  • Sure I can code (but do I want to?). Why boys' and girls' programming beliefs differ and the effects of mandatory programming education, 2022, Computers in Human Behavior
  • Tech-Savvy Men and Caring Women: Middle School Students' Gender Stereotypes Predict Interest in Tech-Education, 2023, Sex Roles

Björklund frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Martin Bäckström, Kalle Kallio Strand, Una Tellhed, Dennis T. Kahn, and Gilad Hirschberger.

Best Publications

  • Moral dumbfounding: when intuition finds no reason

    Fredrik Björklund;Jonathan Haidt;Scott Murphy

  • Five-factor inventories have a major general factor related to social desirability which can be reduced by framing items neutrally.

    Martin Bäckström;Fredrik Björklund;Magnus R. Larsson

  • Structural modeling of generalized prejudice: The role of social dominance, authoritarianism, and empathy

    Martin Bäckström;Fredrik Björklund

  • Social intuitionists answer six questions about moral psychology.

    Jonathan Haidt;Fredrik Björklund

  • Will I Fit in and Do Well? The Importance of Social Belongingness and Self-Efficacy for Explaining Gender Differences in Interest in STEM and HEED Majors.

    Una Tellhed;Martin Bäckström;Fredrik Björklund

  • Emotional reactions, perceived impact and perceived responsibility mediate the identifiable victim effect, proportion dominance effect and in-group effect respectively

    Arvid Erlandsson;Fredrik Björklund;Martin Bäckström

  • moraL concerns are greater For temporaLLy Distant eVents anD are moDerateD by VaLUe strength

    Jens Agerström;Fredrik Björklund

  • Confirming the Three-Factor Structure of the Disgust Scale—Revised in Eight Countries

    Bunmi O. Olatunji;Melanie W. Moretz;Dean Mckay;Fredrik Bjorklund

  • Social intuitionists answer six questions about morality

    Jonathan Haidt;Fredrik Bjorklund

  • Temporal Distance and Moral Concerns: Future Morally Questionable Behavior is Perceived as More Wrong and Evokes Stronger Prosocial Intentions

    Jens Agerström;Fredrik Björklund

  • Individual differences in processing styles: validity of the Rational–Experiential Inventory

    Fredrik Björklund;Martin Bäckström

  • The Effect of Response Style on Self-Reported Conscientiousness Across 20 Countries:

    Rene Mottus;Jueri Allik;Jueri Allik;Anu Realo;Jerome Rossier

  • Ambivalent stereotypes link to peace, conflict, and inequality across 38 nations

    Federica Durante;Susan T. Fiske;Michele J. Gelfand;Franca Crippa

  • Warm and Competent Hassan = Cold and Incompetent Eric: A Harsh Equation of Real-Life Hiring Discrimination

    Jens Agerström;Fredrik Björklund;Rickard Carlsson;Dan-Olof Rooth

  • Social intuitionists reason, in conversation.

    Jonathan Haidt;Fredrik Björklund

  • Differences in the justification of choices in moral dilemmas: Effects of gender, time pressure and dilemma seriousness

    Fredrik Björklund

  • Social desirability in personality inventories: symptoms, diagnosis and prescribed cure.

    Martin Bäckström;Fredrik Björklund

  • Implicit stereotype content: Mixed stereotypes can be measured with the Implicit Association Test

    Rickard Carlsson;Fredrik Björklund

  • The role of ability beliefs and agentic vs. communal career goals in adolescents' first educational choice. What explains the degree of gender-balance?

    Una Tellhed;Martin Bäckström;Fredrik Björklund

  • The perception of the poor: Capturing stereotype content with different measures

    Anna Lindqvist;Fredrik Björklund;Martin Bäckström

  • A Swedish translation and validation of the Disgust Scale: A measure of disgust sensitivity

    Fredrik Björklund;Timo J. Hursti

  • Comparability of self-reported conscientiousness across 21 countries

    Rene Mottus;Rene Mottus;Jueri Allik;Jueri Allik;Anu Realo;Helle Pullmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Bäckström
Martin Bäckström Lund University
Jonathan Haidt
Jonathan Haidt New York University
Peter Kuppens
Peter Kuppens KU Leuven
René Mõttus
René Mõttus University of Edinburgh
Sylvia Xiaohua Chen
Sylvia Xiaohua Chen Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Dean McKay
Dean McKay Fordham University
Yanjun Guan
Yanjun Guan Durham University
Peter J. de Jong
Peter J. de Jong University of Groningen
Jérôme Rossier
Jérôme Rossier University of Lausanne
A. Timothy Church
A. Timothy Church Washington State University

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