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Christina Salmivalli

Christina Salmivalli

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Psychology
Finland
2026

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Psychology

D-Index
84
Citations
33571
World Ranking
1214
National Ranking
9

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in Finland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in Finland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Psychology in Finland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Psychology in Finland Leader Award

Overview

Christina Salmivalli is affiliated with the University of Turku in Finland and has contributed extensively to the fields of psychology and social sciences, focusing primarily on bullying, victimization, and aggression.

Their research spans several subfields of study including social psychology, clinical psychology, education, safety research, and developmental and educational psychology. Their main areas of work deal with topics such as bullying, victimization, and aggression; child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development; youth development and social support; child development and digital technology; behavioral and psychological studies; education discipline and inequality; and plant virus research studies.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Journal of Youth and Adolescence
  • Prevention Science
  • European Journal of Developmental Psychology
  • Journal of Research on Adolescence
  • International Journal of Behavioral Development

Salmivalli's recent significant papers include:

  • "Bullying Prevention in Adolescence: Solutions and New Challenges from the Past Decade" (2021) published in Journal of Research on Adolescence
  • "Effects of the KiVa Anti-Bullying Program on Affective and Cognitive Empathy in Children and Adolescents" (2021) published in Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology
  • "Classroom Status Hierarchy Moderates the Association between Social Dominance Goals and Bullying Behavior in Middle Childhood and Early Adolescence" (2020) published in Journal of Youth and Adolescence
  • "What Works for Whom in School-Based Anti-bullying Interventions? An Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis" (2022) published in Prevention Science
  • "Validation of the Revised Olweus Bully/Victim Questionnaire (OBVQ-R) Among Adolescents in Chile" (2021) published in Frontiers in Psychology

Their network of frequent co-authors consists of Claire F. Garandeau, Tiina Turunen, Sarah T. Malamut, Lydia Laninga-Wijnen, and Takuya Yanagida, reflecting sustained collaborative efforts across multiple projects.

Best Publications

  • Bullying as a group process: Participant roles and their relations to social status within the group

    Christina Salmivalli;Kirsti Lagerspetz;Kaj Björkqvist;Karin Österman

  • Bullying and the peer group: A review

    Christina Salmivalli;Christina Salmivalli

  • Connections between attitudes, group norms, and behaviour in bullying situations:

    Christina Salmivalli;Marinus Voeten

  • Participant role approach to school bullying: implications for interventions

    Christina Salmivalli

  • The relationships between social intelligence, empathy, and three types of aggression

    Ari Kaukiainen;Kaj Björkqvist;Kirsti Lagerspetz;Karin Österman

  • A large-scale evaluation of the KiVa antibullying program: grades 4-6.

    Antti Kärnä;Marinus Voeten;Todd D. Little;Elisa Poskiparta

  • Bullying in schools: the state of knowledge and effective interventions.

    Ersilia Menesini;Christina Salmivalli

  • Proactive and reactive aggression among school bullies, victims, and bully‐victims

    Christina Salmivalli;Eija Nieminen

  • Bystanders Matter: Associations Between Reinforcing, Defending, and the Frequency of Bullying Behavior in Classrooms

    Christina Salmivalli;Marinus Voeten;Elisa Poskiparta

  • Unique and Interactive Effects of Empathy and Social Status on Involvement in Bullying

    Simona Carla Silvia Caravita;Paola Di Blasio;Christina Salmivalli

  • Self-Evaluated Self-Esteem, Peer-Evaluated Self-Esteem, and Defensive Egotism as Predictors of Adolescents’ Participation in Bullying Situations

    Christina Salmivalli;Ari Kaukiainen;Leena Kaistaniemi;Kirsti M. J. Lagerspetz

  • Peer networks and bullying in schools

    Christina Salmivalli;Arja Huttunen;Kirsti M. J. Lagerspetz

  • Counteracting bullying in Finland: The KiVa program and its effects on different forms of being bullied

    Christina Salmivalli;Antti Kärnä;Elisa Poskiparta

  • Stability and change of behavior in connection with bullying in schools: A two‐year follow‐up

    Christina Salmivalli;Miia Lappalainen;Kirsti M. J. Lagerspetz

  • Empirical test of bullies' status goals: assessing direct goals, aggression, and prestige

    Jelle J. Sijtsema;Rene Veenstra;Siegwart Lindenberg;Christina Salmivalli

  • Anti-bullying intervention: implementation and outcome.

    Christina Salmivalli;Ari Kaukiainen;Marinus Voeten

  • Prospective relations among victimization, rejection, friendlessness, and children's self- and peer-perceptions.

    Christina Salmivalli;Jenny Isaacs

  • Feeling good about oneself, being bad to others? Remarks on self-esteem, hostility, and aggressive behavior

    Christina Salmivalli

  • Aggression and sociometric status among peers: do gender and type of aggression matter?

    Christina Salmivalli;Ari Kaukiainen;Kirsti Lagerspetz

  • Victims and their defenders: A dyadic approach

    Miia Sainio;René Veenstra;Gijs Huitsing;Christina Salmivalli

Frequent Co-Authors

Elisa Poskiparta
Elisa Poskiparta University of Turku
Marinus Voeten
Marinus Voeten Radboud University
Kirsti M. J. Lagerspetz
Kirsti M. J. Lagerspetz University of Turku
Todd D. Little
Todd D. Little Texas Tech University
Jaana Juvonen
Jaana Juvonen University of California, Los Angeles
Kaj Björkqvist
Kaj Björkqvist Åbo Akademi University
Siegwart Lindenberg
Siegwart Lindenberg University of Groningen
Donna Cross
Donna Cross Telethon Kids Institute
Ersilia Menesini
Ersilia Menesini University of Florence
Noona Kiuru
Noona Kiuru University of Jyväskylä

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