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Overview

Gerry Larsson is affiliated with the Swedish Defence University in Sweden. The primary area of research focuses on psychology, with 54 publications contributing to this field. Within psychology, Larsson's work spans several subfields including clinical psychology, organizational behavior and human resource management, social psychology, behavioral neuroscience, and gender studies.

Key topics in Larsson's research include job satisfaction and organizational behavior, posttraumatic stress disorder research, resilience and mental health, stress responses and cortisol, migration, health and trauma, gender diversity, and inequality, as well as emotional intelligence and performance.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Larsson are Alicia Ohlsson, Sofia Nilsson, Anna-Carin Lundell, Rasa Smaliukienė, and Asta Mažeikienė.

Larsson's research has been published in several recurring academic venues, notable among them are:

  • Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
  • International Journal of Organizational Analysis
  • Nordic Psychology
  • Management Research Review
  • Arthritis Research & Therapy

Recent scholarly articles featuring Larsson's authorship include:

  • "Age and leadership: comparisons of age groups in different kinds of work environment" (2020), published in Management Research Review
  • "Activated low-density granulocytes in peripheral and intervillous blood and neutrophil inflammation in placentas from SLE pregnancies" (2021), published in Lupus Science & Medicine (co-authored)
  • "Hair Cortisol, Perceived Stress, and the Effect of Group Dynamics: A Longitudinal Study of Young Men during Compulsory Military Training in Lithuania" (2022), published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (co-authored)
  • "Three-Faceted Approach to Perceived Stress: A Longitudinal Study of Stress Hormones, Personality, and Group Cohesion in the Real-Life Setting of Compulsory Basic Military Training" (2022), published in Sustainability (co-authored)
  • "The Association between Endogenous Hair Steroid Hormones and Social Environmental Factors in a Group of Conscripts during Basic Military Training" (2021), published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (co-authored)

The body of work reflects Larsson's engagement with various aspects of psychological research, particularly focusing on stress, leadership, and military training contexts. The combination of clinical and organizational perspectives offers insights across individual mental health and group dynamics in professional environments.

Best Publications

  • Quality of care. Development of a patient-centred questionnaire based on a grounded theory model.

    Bodil Wilde;Gerry Larsson;Mayethel Larsson;Bengt Starrin

  • The genetic basis of entrepreneurship: Effects of gender and personality

    Zhen Zhang;Michael J. Zyphur;Jayanth Narayanan;Richard D. Arvey

  • Quality of care from a patient perspective : A grounded theory study

    Bodil Wilde;Bengt Starrin;Gerry Larsson;Mayethel Larsson

  • Sense of coherence, socioeconomic conditions, and health : Interrelationships in a nation-wide Swedish sample

    Gerry Larsson;Kjell O. Kallenberg

  • Development of a short form of the Quality from the Patient's Perspective (QPP) questionnaire

    Bodil Wilde Larsson;Gerry Larsson

  • Leadership, psychological capital and safety research: Conceptual issues and future research questions

    Jarle Eid;Kathryn J. Mearns;Gerry Larsson;Jon Christian Laberg

  • The Stress Profile: a psychosocial approach to measuring stress

    Sven Setterlind;Gerry Larsson

  • Along the path of discovery : Qualitative methods and grounded theory

    B. Starrin;L. Dahlgren;Gerry Larsson;S. Styrborn

  • DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS OF SENSE OF COHERENCE USING STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING

    Gerry Larsson;Kjell Kallenberg

  • Authentic leadership and its relationship with risk perception and safety climate

    Morten Birkeland Nielsen;Jarle Eid;Kathryn Mearns;Gerry Larsson

  • The heritability of emergent leadership: Age and gender as moderating factors

    Sankalp Chaturvedi;Michael J. Zyphur;Richard D. Arvey;Bruce J. Avolio

  • Refinement of the questionnaire 'quality of care from the patient's perspective' using structural equation modelling.

    Gerry Larsson;Bodil Wilde Larsson;Ingrid M. E. Munck

  • Internal Service Quality and the Psychosocial Work Environment: An Empirical Analysis of Conceptual Interrelatedness

    Bo Edvardsson;Gerry Larsson;Sven Setterlind

  • A Comprehensive system for leader evaluation and development

    Gerry Larsson;Leif Carlstedt;Jens Andersson;Lars Andersson

  • Psychosocial aspects of health in adolescence: the influence of gender, and general self-concept.

    Lena K.A. Räty;Gerry Larsson;Birgitta A. Söderfeldt;Bodil M. Wilde Larsson

  • Pain and distress among elderly intensive care unit patients: comparison of patients' experiences and nurses' assessments

    Marie Louise Hall-Lord;Gerry Larsson;Bertil Steen

  • International comparisons of patients’ views on quality of care

    Bodil Wilde Larsson;Gerry Larsson;Marie Wickman Chantereau;Karin Staël von Holstein

  • Serum lipids and mood in working men and women in Sweden.

    G. Lindberg;Gerry Larsson;S. Setterlind;L. Råstam

  • Health effects on leaders and co-workers of an art-based leadership development program.

    Julia Romanowska;Gerry Larsson;Maria Eriksson;Britt-Maj Wikström

  • Situation Awareness and Transformational Leadership in Senior Military Leaders: An Exploratory Study

    Jarle Eid;Bjørn H. Johnsen;Wibecke Brun;Jon Chr. Laberg

  • The genetic basis of entrepreneurship : Effects of gender and personality

    Z. Zhang;M. J. Zyphur;J. Nareayanan;R. D. Arvey

Frequent Co-Authors

Jarle Eid
Jarle Eid University of Bergen
Bruce J. Avolio
Bruce J. Avolio University of Washington
Richard D. Arvey
Richard D. Arvey National University of Singapore
Töres Theorell
Töres Theorell Karolinska Institute
Bjørn Helge Johnsen
Bjørn Helge Johnsen University of Bergen
Morten Birkeland Nielsen
Morten Birkeland Nielsen National Institute of Occupational Health
Paul T. Bartone
Paul T. Bartone National Defense University
Remus Ilies
Remus Ilies National University of Singapore

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