Kirsi Peltonen
PhD
Areas of expertise
child mental health; intervention effectiveness; RCT; immigrants; psychological trauma
Research community or research topic
Professor of Psychology at INVEST Research Flagship Centre, University of Turku.
Biography
I am a Professor of Psychology at INVEST Research Flagship Centre, University of Turku, Finland. My research has focused on the impact of war and violence on child and adolescent development. My main interest is on the effectiveness of interventions supporting mental health and treating trauma symptoms. Implementing research into society has been an important part of my work. I have trained professionals in multiple fields to support traumatized children and she holds several positions of trust in the field of mental health both nationally and internationally.
Research
My research has focused on the impact of war and violence on child and adolescent development. My main interest is on the effectiveness of interventions supporting mental health and treating trauma symptoms. Implementing research into society has also been an important part of my work.
Teaching
I am one of the three lead instructors in the Specialist Training Program for Child and Adolescent Psychologists (Lasten ja Nuorten erikosipsykologkoulutus, LaNu)
I teach at INVEST Master and Doctoral programs about prevention and intervention, migration and ethnicity etc. I also supervise master- and doctoral thesis in the field of child mental health, trauma and cognitions.
Publications
- Migrant students’ self-reported executive function skills in relation to mental health, postmigration stress, and positive appraisals of self and the social context (2024)
- European Journal of Psychotraumatology
Opaas, Marianne; Wentzel-Larsen, Tore; Nissen, Alexander; Hilden, Per Kristian; Punamäki, Raija-Leena; Spaas, Caroline; Jervelund Smith, Signe; Kankaanpää, Reeta; Skovdal, Morten; Peltonen, Kirsi; De Haene, Lucia; de Smet, Sofie; Verelst, An; Derluyn, Ilse; Andersen, Arnfinn J.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
- Psychometric properties of the Children's Revised Impact of Event Scale (CRIES-8) among refugee adolescents from Afghanistan, Syria, and Somalia (2024)
- European Journal of Psychotraumatology
Kankaanpää, Reeta; Vänskä, Mervi; Opaas, Marianne; Spaas, Caroline; Derluyn, Ilse; Jervelund, Signe Smith; Skovdal, Morten; Durbeej, Natalie; Osman, Fatumo; De Haene, Lucia; de Smet, Sofie; Andersen, Arnfinn J.; Hilden, Per Kristian; Verelst, An; Peltonen, Kirsi
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
- Sotakokemukset, lapsen haavoittuvuus ja resilienssi (2024) Peltonen, Kirsi
(D1 Article in a professional journal)
- The effect of teacher multicultural attitudes on self-efficacy and wellbeing at work (2024)
- Social Psychology of Education
Aalto, Sanni; Kankaanpaa, Reeta; Peltonen, Kirsi; Derluyn, Ilse; Szelei, Nikolett; Verelst, An; De Haene, Lucia; de Smet, Sofie; Spaas, Caroline; Jervelund, Signe Smith; Skovdal, Morten; Andersen, Arnfinn J.; Hilden, Per Kristian; Opaas, Marianne; Durbeej, Natalie; Osman, Fatumo; Sarkadi, Anna; Soye, Emma; Vanska, Mervi
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
- The Expressed Worries of Ukrainian Adolescents: A Quantitative Analysis of Chat Conversations During Active War (2024) Peltonen, Kirsi; Hakala, Venla; Laajasalo, Taina; Stenvall, Elina; Mielityinen, Laura; Ellonen, Noora
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
- The Human Affectome (2024)
- Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews
Schiller, Daniela; Yu, Alessandra N. C.; Alia-Klein, Nelly; Becker, Susanne; Cromwell, Howard C.; Dolcos, Florin; Eslinger, Paul J.; Frewen, Paul; Kemp, Andrew H.; Pace-Schott, Edward F.; Raber, Jacob; Silton, Rebecca L.; Stefanova, Elka; Williams, Justin H. G.; Abe, Nobuhito; Aghajani, Moji; Albrecht, Franziska; Alexander, Rebecca; Anders, Silke; Aragon, Oriana R.; Arias, Juan A.; Arzy, Shahar; Aue, Tatjana; Baez, Sandra; Balconi, Michela; Ballarini, Tommaso; Bannister, Scott; Banta, Marlissa C.; Barrett, Karen Caplovitz; Belzung, Catherine; Bensafi, Moustafa; Booij, Linda; Bookwala, Jamila; Boulanger-Bertolus, Julie; Boutros, Sydney Weber; Braescher, Anne-Kathrin; Bruno, Antonio; Busatto, Geraldo; Bylsma, Lauren M.; Caldwell-Harris, Catherine; Chan, Raymond C. K.; Cherbuin, Nicolas; Chiarella, Julian; Cipresso, Pietro; Critchley, Hugo; Croote, Denise E.; Demaree, Heath A.; Denson, Thomas F.; Depue, Brendan; Derntl, Birgit; Dickson, Joanne M.; Dolcos, Sanda; Drach-Zahavy, Anat; Dubljevic, Olga; Eerola, Tuomas; Ellingsen, Dan-Mikael; Fairfield, Beth; Ferdenzi, Camille; Friedman, Bruce H.; Fu, Cynthia H. Y.; Gatt, Justine M.; de Gelder, Beatrice; Gendolla, Guido H. E.; Gilam, Gadi; Goldblatt, Hadass; Gooding, Anne Elizabeth Kotynski; Gosseries, Olivia; Hamm, Alfons O.; Hanson, Jamie L.; Hendler, Talma; Herbert, Cornelia; Hofmann, Stefan G.; Ibanez, Agustin; Joffily, Mateus; Jovanovic, Tanja; Kahrilas, Ian J.; Kangas, Maria; Katsumi, Yuta; Kensinger, Elizabeth; Kirby, Lauren A. J.; Koncz, Rebecca; Koster, Ernst H. W.; Kozlowska, Kasia; Krach, Soeren; Kret, Mariska E.; Krippl, Martin; Kusi-Mensah, Kwabena; Ladouceur, Cecile D.; Laureys, Steven; Lawrence, Alistair; Li, Chiang-shan R.; Liddell, Belinda J.; Lidhar, Navdeep K.; Lowry, Christopher A.; Magee, Kelsey; Marin, Marie-France; Mariotti, Veronica; Martin, Loren J.; Marusak, Hilary A.; Mayer, Annalina V.; Merner, Amanda R.; Minnier, Jessica; Moll, Jorge; Morrison, Robert G.; Moore, Matthew; Mouly, Anne-Marie; Mueller, Sven C.; Muehlberger, Andreas; Murphy, Nora A.; Muscatello, Maria Rosaria Anna; Musser, Erica D.; Newton, Tamara L.; Noll-Hussong, Michael; Norrholm, Seth Davin; Northoff, Georg; Nusslock, Robin; Okon-Singer, Hadas; Olino, Thomas M.; Ortner, Catherine; Owolabi, Mayowa; Padulo, Caterina; Palermo, Romina; Palumbo, Rocco; Palumbo, Sara; Papadelis, Christos; Pegna, Alan J.; Pellegrini, Silvia; Peltonen, Kirsi; Penninx, Brenda W. J. H.; Pietrini, Pietro; Pinna, Graziano; Lobo, Rosario Pintos; Polnaszek, Kelly L.; Polyakova, Maryna; Rabinak, Christine; Richter, S. Helene; Richter, Thalia; Riva, Giuseppe; Rizzo, Amelia; Robinson, Jennifer L.; Rosa, Pedro; Sachdev, Perminder S.; Sato, Wataru; Schroeter, Matthias L.; Schweizer, Susanne; Shiban, Youssef; Siddharthan, Advaith; Siedlecka, Ewa; Smith, Robert C.; Soreq, Hermona; Spangler, Derek P.; Stern, Emily R.; Styliadis, Charis; Sullivan, Gavin B.; Swain, James E.; Urben, Sebastien; Van den Stock, Jan; vander Kooij, Michael A.; van Overveld, Mark; Van Rheenen, Tamsyn E.; VanElzakker, Michael B.; Ventura-Bort, Carlos; Verona, Edelyn; Volk, Tyler; Wang, Yi; Weingast, Leah T.; Weymar, Mathias; Williams, Claire; Willis, Megan L.; Yamashita, Paula; Zahn, Roland; Zupan, Barbra; Lowe, Leroy
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
- Victimization, immigration status, and psychosocial well-being: A representative study among finnish adolescents (2024) Lahti, Katri; Laajasalo, Taina; Backman, Heidi; Peltonen, Kirsi; Kaakinen, Markus; Aronen, Eeva T.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
- Attachment orientation and dynamics of negative and positive emotions in daily life (2023)
- Journal of Research in Personality
Tammilehto Jaakko, Kuppens Peter, Bosmans Guy, Flykt Marjo, Peltonen Kirsi, Vänskä Mervi, Lindblom Jallu
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
- Emotional Awareness and Internalizing Problems: A Preliminary Test of State and Trait Associations among Adolescents (2023)
- European Journal of Mental Health
Ghafaryan Shirazi Yasaman, Lindblom Jallu, Punamäki Raija-Leena, Yli-Peltola Marianna, Peltonen Kirsi
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
- Is It Time to Revise the SDQ? The Psychometric Evaluation of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (2023) Kankaanpää Reeta, Töttö Pertti, Punamäki Raija-Leena, Peltonen Kirsi
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
