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Håkan Stattin

Håkan Stattin

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Psychology

D-Index
68
Citations
25156
World Ranking
2441
National Ranking
20

Overview

Håkan Stattin is affiliated with Uppsala University in Sweden and conducts research primarily within the fields of Social Sciences and Psychology. Their work engages extensively with subfields such as Communication, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Education, and Safety Research.

The scientist's recent scholarly output includes several papers focusing on adolescent mental health, social development, and political behavior. Notable publications include:

  • Person-Oriented Profiles Can Clarify Variable-Oriented Associations: The Example of Communication with Parents and Adolescents' Mental Health Problems, 2024, Youth
  • Secular trends in mental health profiles among 15-year-olds in Sweden between 2002 and 2018, 2023, Frontiers in Public Health
  • Mental-health profiling with person-centred analysis: A study of adolescents in Sweden, 2023, Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
  • Youth's own political interest can explain their political interactions with important others, 2022, International Journal of Behavioral Development

Stattin's research addresses a range of topics related to youth development and well-being, including:

  • Social Media and Politics
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Youth Development and Social Support
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Child Development and Digital Technology
  • Parental Involvement in Education

Collaborations feature prominently in Stattin's work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Charli Eriksson
  • Silvia Russo
  • Erik Amnå
  • Liliia Korol
  • Pia Enebrink

The scientist has contributed articles to a variety of academic journals. Most frequent publication venues are:

  • BMC Public Health
  • Frontiers in Public Health
  • Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
  • International Journal of Behavioral Development
  • Journal of Youth and Adolescence

The scope of Stattin's investigations spans several important societal and psychological concerns. Key research areas include examination of trends in adolescent mental health, communication dynamics between parents and children, the influence of political interest on youth behavior, and the social factors contributing to violent behaviors among immigrant adolescents.

Best Publications

  • Parental monitoring: a reinterpretation.

    Häkan Stattin;Margaret Kerr

  • What parents know, how they know it, and several forms of adolescent adjustment: further support for a reinterpretation of monitoring.

    Margaret Kerr;Håkan Stattin

  • Leisure activities and adolescent antisocial behavior: The role of structure and social context.

    Joseph L. Mahoney;Håkan Stattin

  • Psychopathic traits in non-referred youths : a new assessment tool

    Henrik A. Andershed;Margaret Kerr;Håkan Stattin;Sten Levander

  • Parenting styles and adolescents' achievement strategies.

    Kaisa Aunola;Håkan Stattin;Jari-Erik Nurmi

  • Pubertal Maturation in Female Development

    Håkan Stattin;David Magnusson

  • A Reinterpretation of Parental Monitoring in Longitudinal Perspective

    Margaret Kerr;Håkan Stattin;William J. Burk

  • Person-context interaction theories

    David Magnusson;Håkan Stattin

  • To know you is to trust you: parents' trust is rooted in child disclosure of information.

    Margaret Kerr;Håkan Stattin;Kari Trost

  • The role of early aggressive behavior in the frequency, seriousness, and types of later crime.

    Håkan Stattin;David Magnusson

  • Parenting of adolescents: Action or reaction?

    Margaret Kerr;Håkan Stattin

  • Structured after‐school activities as a moderator of depressed mood for adolescents with detached relations to their parents

    Joseph L. Mahoney;Amanda E. Schweder;Håkan Stattin

  • Biological maturation and social development: A longitudinal study of some adjustment processes from mid-adolescence to adulthood

    David Magnusson;Håkan Stattin;Vernon L. Allen

  • The protective role of supportive friends against bullying perpetration and victimization

    Kristin Kendrick;Göran Jutengren;Håkan Stattin

  • Perceived parenting style and adolescent adjustment: Revisiting directions of effects and the role of parental knowledge.

    Margaret Kerr;Håkan Stattin;Metin Özdemir

  • Antisocial development: A holistic approach.

    Håkan Stattin;David Magnusson

  • The Person in Context: A Holistic-Interactionistic Approach.

    David Magnusson;Håkan Stattin

  • Adolescents' achievement strategies, school adjustment, and externalizing and internalizing problem behaviors

    Kaisa Aunola;Håkan Stattin;Jari-Erik Nurmi

  • Early language and intelligence development and their relationship to future criminal behavior

    Håkan Stattin;Ingrid Klackenberg-Larsson

  • Alcohol use and friendship dynamics: selection and socialization in early-, middle-, and late-adolescent peer networks

    William J. Burk;Haske van der Vorst;Margaret Kerr;Håkan Stattin

  • Open Up or Close Down: How Do Parental Reactions Affect Youth Information Management?.

    Lauree Tilton-Weaver;Margaret Kerr;Vilmante Pakalniskeine;Ana Tokic

Frequent Co-Authors

Margaret Kerr
Margaret Kerr Örebro University
David Magnusson
David Magnusson Stockholm University
Rutger C. M. E. Engels
Rutger C. M. E. Engels Erasmus University Rotterdam
William J. Burk
William J. Burk Radboud University
Brett Laursen
Brett Laursen Florida Atlantic University
Henrik Andershed
Henrik Andershed Örebro University
Jari-Erik Nurmi
Jari-Erik Nurmi University of Jyväskylä
Geertjan Overbeek
Geertjan Overbeek University of Amsterdam
Ad A. Vermulst
Ad A. Vermulst Radboud University
Wim Meeus
Wim Meeus Utrecht University

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