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Töres Theorell

Töres Theorell

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Psychology
Sweden
2026

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Psychology

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Medicine

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Psychology in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Psychology in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2000 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Töres Theorell is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. Their research spans multiple fields including Health Professions, Psychology, and Neuroscience, with subfields concentrating on General Health Professions, Social Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

Their investigations primarily address several main topics, which include:

  • Workplace Health and Well-being
  • Music Therapy and Health
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Health, psychology, and well-being
  • Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Neuroscience and Music Perception

Recent scholarly publications by Töres Theorell include:

  • COVID-19 and Working Conditions in Health Care, 2020, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
  • Choir Singers Without Rehearsals and Concerts? A Questionnaire Study on Perceived Losses From Restricting Choral Singing During the Covid-19 Pandemic, 2020, Journal of Voice
  • The use of saliva steroids (cortisol and DHEA-s) as biomarkers of changing stress levels in people with dementia and their caregivers: A pilot study, 2021, Science Progress

Other recent relevant works related to or coauthored with Töres Theorell include publications in venues such as Science Progress, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, and Geriatric Nursing.

Frequent publication venues where Töres Theorell has contributed include:

  • Science Progress
  • Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
  • Journal of Voice
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Geriatric Nursing

Recurring collaborations have been established with several coauthors, notably:

  • Gabriella Engström
  • Azita Emami
  • Helena Hallinder
  • Lars Berglund
  • Hyejin Kim

Töres Theorell was recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea in the year 2000.

Best Publications

  • Healthy Work: Stress, Productivity, and the Reconstruction Of Working Life

    Robert Karasek;Töres Theorell

  • Job decision latitude, job demands, and cardiovascular disease : a prospective study of Swedish men

    R Karasek;D Baker;F Marxer;A Ahlbom

  • Current issues relating to psychosocial job strain and cardiovascular disease research.

    Töres Theorell;Robert A. Karasek

  • A systematic review including meta-analysis of work environment and burnout symptoms

    Gunnar Aronsson;Töres Theorell;Töres Theorell;Tom Grape;Anne Hammarström

  • Changes in job strain in relation to changes in physiological state. A longitudinal study.

    Töres Theorell;Aleksander Perski;Torbjörn Åkerstedt;Filis Sigala

  • Does singing promote well-being?: An empirical study of professional and amateur singers during a singing lesson.

    Christina Grape;Maria Sandgren;Lars-Olof Hansson;Mats Ericson

  • Long-term psychosocial work environment and cardiovascular mortality among Swedish men.

    Jeffrey V. Johnson;Walter Stewart;Ellen M. Hall;Peeter Fredlund

  • The psychophysiology of flow during piano playing.

    Örjan de Manzano;Töres Theorell;László Harmat;Fredrik Ullén

  • Locus of control and well-being at work: how generalizable are western findings

    Paul E. Spector;Cary L. Cooper;Juan I. Sanchez;Michael O'Driscoll

  • Decision latitude, job strain, and myocardial infarction: a study of working men in Stockholm. The SHEEP Study Group. Stockholm Heart epidemiology Program.

    Töres Theorell;Akizumi Tsutsumi;Johan Hallquist;Christina Reuterwall

  • Work-related psychosocial factors and the development of ischemic heart disease: a systematic review.

    Nanna H Eller;Bo Netterstrøm;Finn Gyntelberg;Tage S Kristensen

  • Effect of change in the psychosocial work environment on sickness absence: a seven year follow up of initially healthy employees

    Jussi Vahtera;Mika Kivimäki;Jaana Pentti;Töres Theorell

  • Body mass index and risk of dementia: Analysis of individual-level data from 1.3 million individuals

    Mika Kivimäki;Mika Kivimäki;Mika Kivimäki;Ritva Luukkonen;G. David Batty;G. David Batty;Jane E. Ferrie

  • Obesity and loss of disease-free years owing to major non-communicable diseases: a multicohort study.

    Solja T Nyberg;G David Batty;Jaana Pentti;Jaana Pentti;Marianna Virtanen

  • Association between job stress and depression among Japanese employees threatened by job loss in a comparison between two complementary job-stress models.

    Akizumi Tsutsumi;Kazunori Kayaba;Töres Theorell;Johannes Siegrist

  • High effort, low reward, and cardiovascular risk factors in employed Swedish men and women: baseline results from the WOLF Study.

    Richard Peter;Lars Alfredsson;Niklas Hammar;Johannes Siegrist

  • Mental fatigue, work and sleep.

    Torbjörn Åkerstedt;Anders Knutsson;P Westerholm;Töres Theorell

  • Type of Occupation and Near-Future Hospitalization for Myocardial Infarction and Some Other Diagnoses

    Lars Alfredsson;Curt-Lennart Spetz;Töres Theorell

  • Social Class and Cardiovascular Disease: The Contribution of Work

    Michael Marmot;Tores Theorell

  • Acoustics and psychosocial environment in intensive coronary care

    Blomkvist;Eriksen Ca;Theorell T;Ulrich R

  • "Current issues relating to psychosocial job strain and cardiovascular disease research": Correction to Theorell and Karasek (1996).

    Töres Theorell;Robert A. Karasek

Frequent Co-Authors

Hugo Westerlund
Hugo Westerlund Stockholm University
Mika Kivimäki
Mika Kivimäki University College London
Lars Alfredsson
Lars Alfredsson Karolinska Institute
Jussi Vahtera
Jussi Vahtera Turku University Hospital
G. David Batty
G. David Batty University College London
Jane E. Ferrie
Jane E. Ferrie University College London
Sakari Suominen
Sakari Suominen University of Turku
Jaana Pentti
Jaana Pentti University of Turku
Marianna Virtanen
Marianna Virtanen University of Eastern Finland

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