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Martin Bäckström

Martin Bäckström

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Psychology

D-Index
34
Citations
4491
World Ranking
10258
National Ranking
105

Overview

Martin Bäckström is affiliated with Lund University in Sweden and has contributed extensively to research in psychology and health professions. Their work spans various subfields including general health professions, clinical psychology, social psychology, sociology and political science, and applied psychology.

The scientist's research interests cover key topics such as personality traits and psychology, health policy implementation science, occupational health and safety research, workplace violence and bullying, psychological well-being and life satisfaction, optimism, hope, and well-being, and primary care and health outcomes.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Martin Bäckström include:

  • "Exploring mediators of the recovery process over time among mental health service users, using a mixed model regression analysis based on cluster RCT data" (2020, BMC Psychiatry)
  • "Confirmatory factor analysis of the Evidence-Based Practice Attitude Scale (EBPAS) in a large and representative Swedish sample: is the use of the total scale and subscale scores justified?" (2020, BMC Medical Research Methodology)
  • "The Properties and Utility of Less Evaluative Personality Scales: Reduction of Social Desirability; Increase of Construct and Discriminant Validity" (2020, Frontiers in Psychology)
  • "Longitudinal Outcomes of Witnessed Workplace Incivility: a Three-Wave Full Panel Study Exploring Mediators and Moderators" (2021, Occupational Health Science)
  • "Workplace incivility as a risk factor for workplace bullying and psychological well-being: a longitudinal study of targets and bystanders in a sample of Swedish engineers" (2022, BMC Psychology)

Frequent co-authors in Martin Bäckström's research include:

  • Fredrik Björklund
  • Anna Helena Elisabeth Santesson
  • Håkan Jarbin
  • Robert Holmberg
  • Sean Perrin

Key publication venues for Martin Bäckström's work are:

  • Psychology Archives
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Journal of Individual Differences
  • PsycTESTS Dataset
  • BMC Medical Research Methodology

Best Publications

  • 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

  • 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

  • Measuring adult attachment: a construct validation of two self-report instruments.

    Martin Bäckström;Bjarne M Holmes

  • Personality traits and general intelligence as predictors of academic performance: A structural equation modelling approach

    Pia Rosander;Martin Bäckström;Georg Stenberg

  • Factors contributing to the perpetration of workplace incivility: the importance of organizational aspects and experiencing incivility from others

    Eva Torkelson;Kristoffer Holm;Martin Bäckström;Elinor Schad

  • Higher-Order Factors in a Five-Factor Personality Inventory and its Relation to Social Desirability

    Martin Bäckström

  • Models of Workplace Incivility: The Relationships to Instigated Incivility and Negative Outcomes.

    Kristoffer Holm;Eva Torkelson;Martin Bäckström

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

    Fredrik Björklund;Martin Bäckström

  • Psychometric properties and factor structure of the Swedish version of the Perceived Stress Scale

    Mona Eklund;Martin Bäckström;Hanna Tuvesson

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

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

  • Personality and self-variables: important determinants of subjective quality of life in schizophrenia out-patients

    Mona Eklund;Martin Bäckström;Lars Hansson

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

    Martin Bäckström;Fredrik Björklund

  • Substance abuse and psychiatric co-morbidity as predictors of premature mortality in Swedish drug abusers a prospective longitudinal study 1970 - 2006

    Anna Nyhlén;Mats Fridell;Martin Bäckström;Morten Hesse

  • A model of subjective quality of life for outpatients with schizophrenia and other psychoses.

    Mona Eklund;Martin Bäckström

  • Vulnerable adolescent participants’ experience in surveys on sexuality and sexual abuse: Ethical aspects

    Gisela Priebe;Martin Bäckström;Mare Ainsaar

  • The Unique Contribution of Learning Approaches to Academic Performance, after Controlling for IQ and Personality: Are There Gender Differences?.

    Pia Rosander;Martin Bäckström

  • Prediction of psychiatric comorbidity on premature death in a cohort of patients with substance use disorders : A 42-year follow-up

    Mats Fridell;Martin Bäckström;Morten Hesse;Peter Krantz

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Fredrik Björklund
Fredrik Björklund Lund University
Peter Kuppens
Peter Kuppens KU Leuven
Lars-Gunnar Lundh
Lars-Gunnar Lundh Lund University
René Mõttus
René Mõttus University of Edinburgh
David Matsumoto
David Matsumoto San Francisco State University
A. Timothy Church
A. Timothy Church Washington State University
Sylvia Xiaohua Chen
Sylvia Xiaohua Chen Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Yanjun Guan
Yanjun Guan Durham University
Jérôme Rossier
Jérôme Rossier University of Lausanne
Sean Perrin
Sean Perrin Lund University

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