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D-Index
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Laura Di Giunta publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Laura Di Giunta sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 135 publications — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Laura Di Giunta D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Laura Di Giunta sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Laura Di Giunta is affiliated with Sapienza University of Rome in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and social sciences, with a significant focus on clinical psychology, social psychology, and education. Their work delves into various subfields including sociology and political science, as well as experimental and cognitive psychology.

Their research is concentrated on topics related to child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, early childhood education and development, and attachment and relationship dynamics. Other notable themes in their work include cultural differences and values, psychological well-being and life satisfaction, bullying, victimization and aggression, and the mental health impacts of COVID-19.

Some recent papers by Laura Di Giunta include:

  • Longitudinal associations between mothers' and fathers' anger/irritability expressiveness, harsh parenting, and adolescents' socioemotional functioning in nine countries. (2020, Developmental Psychology)
  • Effects of Parental Warmth and Behavioral Control on Adolescent Externalizing and Internalizing Trajectories Across Cultures. (2020, Journal of Research on Adolescence)
  • Effects of Parental Acceptance-Rejection on Children's Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors: A Longitudinal, Multicultural Study. (2021, Journal of Child and Family Studies)
  • Cross-Cultural Examination of Links between Parent-Adolescent Communication and Adolescent Psychological Problems in 12 Cultural Groups. (2020, Journal of Youth and Adolescence)
  • Parent-adolescent relationship quality as a moderator of links between COVID-19 disruption and reported changes in mothers' and young adults' adjustment in five countries. (2021, Developmental Psychology)

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Laura Di Giunta often works with Jennifer E. Lansford, Dario Bacchini, Kenneth A. Dodge, Concetta Pastorelli, and Liliana María Uribe Tirado.

Their work is regularly published in the following venues:

  • Journal of Research on Adolescence
  • Journal of Youth and Adolescence
  • International Journal of Psychology
  • Child Development
  • PLoS ONE

In addition to journal articles, Laura Di Giunta has published a book titled Motivation and Success in 2022 through IntechOpen.

Best Publications

  • Empathy-Related Responding: Associations with Prosocial Behavior, Aggression, and Intergroup Relations

    Nancy Eisenberg;Natalie D. Eggum;Laura Di Giunta

  • Assessing regulatory emotional self-efficacy in three countries.

    Gian Vittorio Caprara;Laura Di Giunta;Nancy Eisenberg;Maria Gerbino

  • Around the world, adolescence is a time of heightened sensation seeking and immature self-regulation.

    Laurence Steinberg;Laurence Steinberg;Grace Icenogle;Elizabeth P. Shulman;Kaitlyn Breiner

  • Academic Achievement: The Unique Contribution of Self-Efficacy Beliefs in Self-Regulated Learning beyond Intelligence, Personality Traits, and Self-Esteem.

    Antonio Zuffianò;Guido Alessandri;Maria Gerbino;Bernadette Paula Luengo Kanacri

  • Age Patterns in Risk Taking Across the World

    Natasha Duell;Laurence Steinberg;Grace Icenogle;Jason Chein

  • Boys’ and Girls’ Relational and Physical Aggression in Nine Countries

    Jennifer E. Lansford;Ann T. Skinner;Emma Sorbring;Laura Di Giunta

  • Corporal punishment, maternal warmth, and child adjustment: a longitudinal study in eight countries

    Jennifer E. Lansford;Chinmayi Sharma;Patrick S. Malone;Darren Woodlief

  • The determinants of scholastic achievement: The contribution of personality traits, self-esteem, and academic self-efficacy

    Laura Di Giunta;Guido Alessandri;Maria Gerbino;Paula Luengo Kanacri

  • Corporal Punishment of Children in Nine Countries as a Function of Child Gender and Parent Gender

    Jennifer E Lansford;Liane Peña Alampay;Suha M Al-Hassan;Dario Bacchini

  • The association between parental warmth and control in thirteen cultural groups.

    Kirby Deater-Deckard;Jennifer E. Lansford;Patrick S. Malone;Liane Peña Alampay

  • The Contribution of Agreeableness and Self-efficacy Beliefs to Prosociality.

    Gian Vittorio Caprara;Guido Alessandri;Laura Di Giunta;Laura Panerai

  • Hostile attributional bias and aggressive behavior in global context.

    Kenneth A. Dodge;Patrick S. Malone;Jennifer E. Lansford;Emma Sorbring

  • Positive parenting and children’s prosocial behavior in eight countries.

    Concetta Pastorelli;Jennifer E. Lansford;Bernadette Paula Luengo Kanacri;Patrick S. Malone

  • Perceived mother and father acceptance-rejection predict four unique aspects of child adjustment across nine countries.

    Diane L. Putnick;Marc H. Bornstein;Jennifer E. Lansford;Patrick S. Malone

  • Assessing perceived empathic and social self-efficacy across countries

    Laura Di Giunta;Nancy Eisenberg;Anne Kupfer;Patrizia Steca

  • Mother and father socially desirable responding in nine countries: Two kinds of agreement and relations to parenting self-reports.

    Marc H. Bornstein;Diane L. Putnick;Jennifer E. Lansford;Concetta Pastorelli

  • Agreement in Mother and Father Acceptance-Rejection, Warmth, and Hostility/Rejection/Neglect of Children across Nine Countries.

    Diane L. Putnick;Marc H. Bornstein;Jennifer E. Lansford;Lei Chang

  • Longitudinal Associations between Parenting and Youth Adjustment in Twelve Cultural Groups: Cultural Normativeness of Parenting as a Moderator.

    Jennifer E. Lansford;Jennifer Godwin;Suha M. Al-Hassan;Dario Bacchini

  • The Factor Structure of Effortful Control and Measurement Invariance Across Ethnicity and Sex in a High-Risk Sample

    Michael J. Sulik;Snjezana Huerta;Argero A. Zerr;Nancy Eisenberg

  • Counteracting depression and delinquency in late adolescence: The role of regulatory emotional and interpersonal self-efficacy beliefs

    Gian Vittorio Caprara;Maria Gerbino;Marinella Paciello;Laura Di Giunta

  • Adolescents' cognitive capacity reaches adult levels prior to their psychosocial maturity: Evidence for a "maturity gap" in a multinational, cross-sectional sample.

    Grace Icenogle;Laurence Steinberg;Natasha Duell;Jason Chein

  • Environmental harshness and unpredictability, life history, and social and academic behavior of adolescents in nine countries

    Lei Chang;Hui Jing Lu;Jennifer E. Lansford;Ann T. Skinner

Frequent Co-Authors

Concetta Pastorelli
Concetta Pastorelli Sapienza University of Rome
Suha M. Al-Hassan
Suha M. Al-Hassan Abu Dhabi Early Childhood Authority
Jennifer E. Lansford
Jennifer E. Lansford Duke University
Kenneth A. Dodge
Kenneth A. Dodge Duke University
Ann T. Skinner
Ann T. Skinner Duke University
Sombat Tapanya
Sombat Tapanya Chiang Mai University
Lei Chang
Lei Chang University of Macau
Laurence Steinberg
Laurence Steinberg Temple University
Kirby Deater-Deckard
Kirby Deater-Deckard University of Massachusetts Amherst
Liane Peña Alampay
Liane Peña Alampay Ateneo de Manila University

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