Kirsi Peltonen
PhD
child mental health; intervention effectiveness; RCT; immigrants; psychological trauma
Professor of Psychology at INVEST Research Flagship Centre, University of Turku.
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.
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.
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.
- 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.
- 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 PsychotraumatologyJournal of Research in Personality
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
- Sotakokemukset, lapsen haavoittuvuus ja resilienssi (2024) Peltonen, Kirsi
- The effect of teacher multicultural attitudes on self-efficacy and wellbeing at work (2024)
- Social Psychology of EducationPsychological Assessment
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
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- Attachment orientation and dynamics of negative and positive emotions in daily life (2023) Tammilehto Jaakko, Kuppens Peter, Bosmans Guy, Flykt Marjo, Peltonen Kirsi, Vänskä Mervi, Lindblom Jallu
- 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
- 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
