Karin Brocki
Professor at Department of Psychology; Emotion Psychology
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 21 17
- Mobile phone:
- +46 73 682 43 63
- E-mail:
- Karin.Brocki@psyk.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Von Kraemers allé 1A och 1C
752 37 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Box 1225
751 42 UPPSALA
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Research
My research focuses on children’s development of self-regulation and how poor self-regulatory skills may relate to the development of common behavioral problems, such as ADHD and Autism. I would like to gain a better understanding of how early environmental factors such as attachment quality, parental sensitivity and scaffolding contribute to individual differences in the development of self-regulation and how such individual differences may contribute to later developmental problems. Of late, I am also studying genetic effects on self-regulation by examining children at risk (i.e., young siblings to children with a diagnosis) for developing ADHD and/ or Autism. My research projects are often longitudinal, which means that I follow the same children and their development in behaviors and psychological processes over time. Such design enables conclusions regarding direction of effects and how different factors interact over time to affect certain behaviors. It is my hope that my research will contribute to an enhanced understanding of early risk markers for later behavioral problems, and thus contribute to more efficient intervention methods perhaps targeting self-regulation skills.

Publications
Selection of publications
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Part of Journal of Attention Disorders, p. 496-506, 2015
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Mental Set Shifting in Childhood: The Role of Working Memory and Inhibitory Control
Part of Infant and Child Development, p. 588-604, 2014
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Early Aspects of Self-Regulation as Predictors of Adolescent ADHD Symptoms
2014
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Disorganized Attachment and Inhibitory Capacity: Predicting Externalizing Problem Behaviors
Part of Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, p. 449-458, 2012
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Part of Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, p. 38-43, 2010
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Part of European Journal of Developmental Psychology, p. 178-197, 2010
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Part of Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, p. 163-171, 2010
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The Relations between Executive Function and Language in Preschool Children
Part of Private Speech, Executive Functioning, and the Development of Verbal Self-Regulation, Cambridge University Press, 2009
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The proposed interaction between working memory and inhibition
Part of European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, p. 84-111, 2009
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Part of Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, p. 749-759, 2008
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Part of Child Neuropsychology, p. 42-59, 2008
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Part of Biological Psychology, p. 23-29, 2008
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Part of Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, p. 246-255, 2008
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Part of Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, p. 1033-1041, 2007
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Part of Child Neuropsychology, p. 1-18, 2007
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Part of Infant and Child Development, p. 19-40, 2006
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Executive functions in children aged 6-13: A dimensional and developmental study
Part of Developmental Neuropsychology, p. 571-593, 2004
Recent publications
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Part of JCPP Advances, 2026
- DOI for Examining early inhibitory control and emotion regulation as predictors of childhood internalizing and externalizing problems: A longitudinal study
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Part of Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2026
- DOI for Ability to Defer Gratification Attenuates the Negative Association Between Autistic Symptoms and Adaptive Functions in Young Children at Elevated Likelihood of Autism
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Fear extinction retention in children, adolescents, and adults
Part of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 2025
- DOI for Fear extinction retention in children, adolescents, and adults
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Part of Clinical Psychology in Europe, 2025
- DOI for The Context of COVID-19 at 18 Months in Relation to Depression, Anxiety, Insomnia: The Emerging Role of Post COVID-19 Symptoms
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Part of Developmental Psychobiology, 2024
- DOI for The influence of anterior cingulate GABA+ and glutamate on emotion regulation and reactivity in adolescents and adults
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All publications
Articles in journal
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Part of JCPP Advances, 2026
- DOI for Examining early inhibitory control and emotion regulation as predictors of childhood internalizing and externalizing problems: A longitudinal study
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Part of Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2026
- DOI for Ability to Defer Gratification Attenuates the Negative Association Between Autistic Symptoms and Adaptive Functions in Young Children at Elevated Likelihood of Autism
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Fear extinction retention in children, adolescents, and adults
Part of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 2025
- DOI for Fear extinction retention in children, adolescents, and adults
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Part of Clinical Psychology in Europe, 2025
- DOI for The Context of COVID-19 at 18 Months in Relation to Depression, Anxiety, Insomnia: The Emerging Role of Post COVID-19 Symptoms
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Part of Developmental Psychobiology, 2024
- DOI for The influence of anterior cingulate GABA+ and glutamate on emotion regulation and reactivity in adolescents and adults
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Part of Developmental Science, 2024
- DOI for A challenge to the expected: Lack of longitudinal associations between the early caregiving environment, executive functions in toddlerhood, and self-regulation at 6 years
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Part of International Journal of Behavioral Development, p. 398-410, 2024
- DOI for Predicting emotion regulation in typically developing toddlers: Insights into the joint and unique influences of various contextual predictors
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Part of Journal of autism and developmental disorders, p. 3262-3273, 2024
- DOI for Using the Infant Sibling-Design to Explore Associations Between Autism and ADHD Traits in Probands and Temperament in the Younger Siblings
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Part of Journal of Adolescence, p. 1198-1211, 2024
- DOI for Behavior problems, social relationships, and adolescents' future orientation: Links from middle to late adolescence
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Neurocognition and mean radiotherapy dose to vulnerable brain structures: new organs at risk?
Part of Radiation Oncology, 2023
- DOI for Neurocognition and mean radiotherapy dose to vulnerable brain structures: new organs at risk?
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Part of Scandinavian Journal of Pain, p. 539-545, 2023
- DOI for COVID-19 and processes of adjustment in people with persistent pain: the role of psychological flexibility
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Part of Scientific Reports, 2023
- DOI for Eye-movement indices of arousal predict ADHD and comorbid externalizing symptoms over a 2-year period
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Disrupted Attention to Other’s Eyes is Linked to Symptoms of ADHD in Childhood
Part of Child Psychiatry and Human Development, p. 973-984, 2023
- DOI for Disrupted Attention to Other’s Eyes is Linked to Symptoms of ADHD in Childhood
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Williams syndrome: reduced orienting to other's eyes in a hypersocial phenotype
Part of Journal of autism and developmental disorders, p. 2786-2797, 2023
- DOI for Williams syndrome: reduced orienting to other's eyes in a hypersocial phenotype
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Part of Behavioural Brain Research, 2023
- DOI for Pupil dilation during negative prediction errors is related to brain choline concentration and depressive symptoms in adolescents
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Neurocognitive Functions Before and After Radiotherapy in Pediatric Brain Tumor Survivors
Part of Pediatric Neurology, p. 21-29, 2022
- DOI for Neurocognitive Functions Before and After Radiotherapy in Pediatric Brain Tumor Survivors
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Part of Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, p. 187-192, 2022
- DOI for Health, well-being, and persisting symptoms in the pandemic: What is the role of psychological flexibility?
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Part of Journal of autism and developmental disorders, p. 995-1006, 2022
- DOI for How Does Temperament in Toddlers at Elevated Likelihood for Autism Relate to Symptoms of Autism and ADHD at Three Years of Age?
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Part of Infant and Child Development, 2022
- DOI for Inhibitory control and problem solving in early childhood: Exploring the burdens and benefits of high self-control
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Part of British Journal of Clinical Psychology, p. 93-111, 2022
- DOI for Can attachment predict core and comorbid symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder beyond executive functions and emotion regulation?
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Part of Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 2021
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Part of Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, p. 28-35, 2021
- DOI for The role of psychological flexibility in the context of COVID-19: Associations with depression, anxiety, and insomnia
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ADHD symptoms and callous-unemotional traits as predictors of violent media use in adolescence
Part of Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, p. 25-33, 2021
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Increased pupil dilation to happy faces in children with hyperactive/impulsive symptoms of ADHD
Part of Development and psychopathology (Print), p. 767-777, 2021
- DOI for Increased pupil dilation to happy faces in children with hyperactive/impulsive symptoms of ADHD
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Can auditory warning signals normalize eye movements in children with ADHD?
Part of European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, p. 1635-1644, 2020
- DOI for Can auditory warning signals normalize eye movements in children with ADHD?
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Part of European psychiatry, 2020
- DOI for Psychological impact of covid-19 in the Swedish population: Depression, anxiety, and insomnia and their associations to risk and vulnerability factors
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Mind-wandering in children with and without ADHD
Part of British Journal of Clinical Psychology, p. 208-223, 2020
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Part of Attachment & Human Development, p. 448-473, 2020
- DOI for Disorganized attachment representations, externalizing behavior problems, and socioemotional competences in early school-age
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Part of Journal of autism and developmental disorders, p. 4085-4105, 2020
- DOI for Atypical Development of Attentional Control Associates with Later Adaptive Functioning, Autism and ADHD Traits
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Part of Journal of Attention Disorders, p. 1291-1302, 2019
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Part of Development and psychopathology (Print), p. 619-629, 2019
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Part of Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, p. 97-105, 2019
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Part of Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, p. 1039-1051, 2019
- DOI for Cognitive and Emotional Profiles of CU Traits and Disruptive Behavior in Adolescence: a Prospective Study
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Part of Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, p. 933-945, 2019
- DOI for A multi-factorial perspective on ADHD and ODD in school-aged children: What is the role of cognitive regulation, temperament, and parental support?
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Part of Journal of Attention Disorders, p. 1656-1666, 2019
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Part of British Journal of Psychology, p. 277-298, 2018
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Part of Developmental Science, 2017
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Part of British Journal of Developmental Psychology, p. 371-387, 2016
- DOI for The Heterogeneity of ADHD Symptoms and Conduct Problems: Cognitive Inhibition, Emotion Regulation, Emotionality and Disorganized Attachment
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Individual differences in early executive functions: A longitudinal study from 12 to 36 months
Part of Infant and Child Development, p. 533-549, 2016
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Multipla orsaker till symtom på ADHD
Part of Best Practice, Uppsala, 2016
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Part of Journal of Attention Disorders, p. 496-506, 2015
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Mental Set Shifting in Childhood: The Role of Working Memory and Inhibitory Control
Part of Infant and Child Development, p. 588-604, 2014
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Disorganized Attachment and Inhibitory Capacity: Predicting Externalizing Problem Behaviors
Part of Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, p. 449-458, 2012
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Part of Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, p. 38-43, 2010
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Part of European Journal of Developmental Psychology, p. 178-197, 2010
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Part of Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, p. 163-171, 2010
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The proposed interaction between working memory and inhibition
Part of European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, p. 84-111, 2009
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Part of Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, p. 749-759, 2008
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Part of Child Neuropsychology, p. 42-59, 2008
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Part of Biological Psychology, p. 23-29, 2008
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Part of Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, p. 246-255, 2008
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Part of Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, p. 1033-1041, 2007
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Part of Child Neuropsychology, p. 1-18, 2007
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Part of Infant and Child Development, p. 19-40, 2006
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Executive functions in children aged 6-13: A dimensional and developmental study
Part of Developmental Neuropsychology, p. 571-593, 2004
Articles, review/survey
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Part of Neuroscience, p. 241-246, 2009
Chapters in book
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The Relations between Executive Function and Language in Preschool Children
Part of Private Speech, Executive Functioning, and the Development of Verbal Self-Regulation, Cambridge University Press, 2009
Comprehensive doctoral thesis
Conference papers
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2018
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2017
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2016
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Early Aspects of Self-Regulation as Predictors of Adolescent ADHD Symptoms
2014