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Liisa Keltikangas-Järvinen

Liisa Keltikangas-Järvinen

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Psychology

D-Index
75
Citations
20114
World Ranking
1795
National Ranking
14

Overview

Liisa Keltikangas-Järvinen is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland and has contributed extensively to research in psychology and related fields. Their work spans several subfields, including clinical psychology, social psychology, genetics, molecular biology, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

The research topics covered by Liisa Keltikangas-Järvinen include child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, genetic associations and epidemiology, adolescent and pediatric healthcare, mindfulness and compassion interventions, schizophrenia research and treatment, stress responses and cortisol, and bioinformatics and genomic networks.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Liisa Keltikangas-Järvinen are:

  • Evolution of genetic networks for human creativity, 2021, Molecular Psychiatry
  • Genetic association study of childhood aggression across raters, instruments, and age, 2021, Translational Psychiatry
  • Genome-wide Association Meta-analysis of Childhood and Adolescent Internalizing Symptoms, 2022, Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Adult Attachment System Links With Brain Mu Opioid Receptor Availability In Vivo, 2020, Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging
  • Early Adversity and Emotion Processing From Faces: A Meta-analysis on Behavioral and Neurophysiological Responses, 2021, Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Liisa Keltikangas-Järvinen include:

  • Terho Lehtimäki
  • Aino Saarinen
  • Olli T. Raitakari
  • Mika Kähönen
  • Mirka Hintsanen

Liisa Keltikangas-Järvinen's publications are frequently found in the following venues:

  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Translational Psychiatry
  • Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging
  • PLoS ONE

Best Publications

  • Genetic variants associated with subjective well-being, depressive symptoms, and neuroticism identified through genome-wide analyses

    Aysu Okbay;Bart M L Baselmans;Jan-Emmanuel De Neve;Patrick Turley

  • Cohort profile: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

    Olli T Raitakari;Markus Juonala;Tapani Rönnemaa;Liisa Keltikangas-Järvinen

  • Workplace bullying and the risk of cardiovascular disease and depression

    M Kivimäki;M Virtanen;M Vartia;M Elovainio

  • The psychophysiology of James Bond: phasic emotional responses to violent video game events

    Niklas Ravaja;Marko Turpeinen;Timo Saari;Sampsa Puttonen

  • Meta-analysis of Genome-wide Association Studies for Neuroticism, and the Polygenic Association With Major Depressive Disorder

    Marleen H.M. De Moor;Stéphanie M. Van Den Berg;Karin J.H. Verweij;Karin J.H. Verweij;Robert F. Krueger

  • Psychosocial work characteristics and incidence of newly diagnosed depression: a prospective cohort study of three different models.

    Jaana Ylipaavalniemi;Mika Kivimäki;Mika Kivimäki;Marko Elovainio;Marianna Virtanen

  • Maturity and change in personality: developmental trends of temperament and character in adulthood.

    Kim Josefsson;Markus Jokela;C. Robert Cloninger;Mirka Hintsanen

  • Psychosocial stress and the insulin resistance syndrome

    Katri Räikkönen;Liisa Keltikangas-Järvinen;Herman Adlercreutz;Aarno Hautanen

  • Socioeconomic status in childhood and adulthood: associations with dispositional optimism and pessimism over a 21-year follow-up.

    Kati Heinonen;Katri Räikkönen;Karen A. Matthews;Michael F. Scheier

  • Work stress and incidence of newly diagnosed fibromyalgia: prospective cohort study.

    Mika Kivimaki;Päivi Leino-Arjas;Marianna Virtanen;Marko Elovainio

  • A Genome-Wide Approach to Children's Aggressive Behavior: The EAGLE consortium

    Irene Pappa;Beate St Pourcain;Kelly Benke;Alana Cavadino;Alana Cavadino

  • Maintenance of genetic variation in human personality: testing evolutionary models by estimating heritability due to common causal variants and investigating the effect of distant inbreeding.

    Karin J.H. Verweij;Jian Yang;Jari Lahti;Juha Veijola

  • Personality and having children: a two-way relationship.

    Markus Jokela;Mika Kivimäki;Marko Elovainio;Liisa Keltikangas-Järvinen

  • Meta-analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies for Extraversion: Findings from the Genetics of Personality Consortium

    Stephanie M. van den Berg;Marleen H. M. de Moor;Karin J. H. Verweij;Karin J. H. Verweij;Robert F. Krueger

  • Age and gender differences in adolescents’ reactions to conflict situations: Aggression, prosociality, and withdrawal

    Marjaana Lindeman;Tuija Harakka;Liisa Keltikangas-Järvinen

  • Association of age at menarche with cardiovascular risk factors, vascular structure, and function in adulthood: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns study.

    Mika Kivimäki;Debbie A Lawlor;George Davey Smith;Marko Elovainio

  • Associations of personality profiles with various aspects of well-being: A population-based study

    Kim Josefsson;Kim Josefsson;C. Robert Cloninger;Mirka Hintsanen;Markus Jokela

  • Harmonization of neuroticism and extraversion phenotypes across inventories and cohorts in the Genetics of Personality Consortium: An application of item response theory

    Stéphanie M. Van Den Berg;Marleen H.M. De Moor;Matt McGue;Matt McGue;Erik Pettersson

  • Work stress, poor recovery and burnout in teachers.

    Kia Gluschkoff;Marko Elovainio;Ulla Kinnunen;Sari Mullola

  • BIS/BAS sensitivity and self-rated affects during experimentally induced stress

    Tarja Heponiemi;Liisa Keltikangas-Järvinen;Sampsa Puttonen;Niklas Ravaja

  • Does neuregulin-1 play a role in Type A behavior? The cardiovascular risk in young Finns study.

    Mirka Hintsanen;Taina Hintsa;Terho Lehtimäki

  • Genetic variants associated with subjective well-being, depressive symptoms, and neuroticism identified through genome-wide analyses

    Aysu Okbay;Bart M. L. Baselmans;Jan-Emmanuel De Neve;Patrick Turley

  • MAINTENANCE OF GENETIC VARIATION IN HUMAN PERSONALITY: TESTING EVOLUTIONARY MODELS BY ESTIMATING HERITABILITY DUE TO COMMON CAUSAL VARIANTS AND INVESTIGATING THE EFFECT OF DISTANT INBREEDING

    Karin J. H. Verweij;Jian Yang;Jari Lahti;Juha Veijola

Frequent Co-Authors

Marko Elovainio
Marko Elovainio University of Helsinki
Mirka Hintsanen
Mirka Hintsanen University of Oulu
Laura Pulkki-Råback
Laura Pulkki-Råback University of Helsinki
Markus Jokela
Markus Jokela University of Helsinki
Katri Räikkönen
Katri Räikkönen University of Helsinki
Niklas Ravaja
Niklas Ravaja University of Helsinki
Jari Lipsanen
Jari Lipsanen University of Helsinki
Aarno Palotie
Aarno Palotie University of Helsinki
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin Imperial College London
Nicholas G. Martin
Nicholas G. Martin QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute

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