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Overview

Pekka Santtila is affiliated with New York University Shanghai in China. Their research contributions are primarily situated within the field of psychology, with a focus on multiple subfields including clinical psychology, cognitive neuroscience, social psychology, sociology and political science, and psychiatry and mental health.

The scientist has a significant publication record across several topics, notably in:

  • Memory Processes and Influences
  • Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
  • Sexual function and dysfunction studies
  • Deception detection and forensic psychology
  • Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Child Abuse and Trauma

Santtila's recent papers exhibit a strong interest in behavioral and social responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Their recent publications include:

  • "Politicization of COVID-19 health-protective behaviors in the United States: Longitudinal and cross-national evidence" (2021), published in PLoS ONE
  • "Intergenerational conflicts of interest and prosocial behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic" (2020), published in Personality and Individual Differences
  • "Predictors of adherence to public health behaviors for fighting COVID-19 derived from longitudinal data" (2022), published in Scientific Reports
  • "Intentions to be Vaccinated Against COVID-19: The Role of Prosociality and Conspiracy Beliefs across 20 Countries" (2022), published in Health Communication
  • "Lives versus Livelihoods? Perceived economic risk has a stronger association with support for COVID-19 preventive measures than perceived health risk" (2021), published in Scientific Reports

Research dissemination frequently appears in venues such as PLoS ONE, Psychology Crime and Law, Frontiers in Psychology, Sexes, and Applied Cognitive Psychology. The scientist has multiple publications spanning these journals, indicating an engagement with both psychological science and interdisciplinary fields related to behavior and law.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Santtila include:

  • Shumpei Haginoya
  • Georgios Abakoumkin
  • Edward P. Lemay
  • Maximilian Agostini
  • Jannis Kreienkamp

The breadth of Santtila's work covers theoretical and empirical aspects, with a sustained interest in social and clinical psychological processes, addressing both fundamental psychological functions and applied topics such as trauma and public health behaviors. Their collaborations and publication venues highlight an interdisciplinary approach combining psychology with social and political analyses.

Best Publications

  • Trust in government regarding COVID-19 and its associations with preventive health behaviour and prosocial behaviour during the pandemic: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study.

    Qing Han;Bang Zheng;Mioara Cristea;Maximilian Agostini

  • The adult body: how age, gender, and body mass index are related to body image

    Monica Ålgars;Pekka Santtila;Markus Varjonen;Katarina Witting

  • ORIGINAL RESEARCH—COUPLES' SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS: Female Sexual Dysfunction, Sexual Distress, and Compatibility with Partner

    Katarina Witting;Pekka Santtila;Markus Varjonen;Patrick Jern

  • Discrepancies between Sexual Desire and Sexual Activity: Gender Differences and Associations with Relationship Satisfaction

    Pekka Santtila;Ingrid Wager;Katarina Witting;Nicole Harlaar

  • Disordered eating and gender identity disorder: a qualitative study.

    Monica Ålgars;Katarina Alanko;Pekka Santtila;N Kenneth Sandnabba

  • Premature and Delayed Ejaculation: Genetic and Environmental Effects in a Population-Based Sample of Finnish Twins

    Patrick Jern;Pekka Santtila;Katarina Witting;Katarina Alanko

  • Female Sexual Function and Its Associations with Number of Children, Pregnancy, and Relationship Satisfaction

    Katarina Witting;Pekka Santtila;Katarina Alanko;Nicole Harlaar

  • Behavioural linking of stranger rapes

    Pekka Santtila;Jenny Junkkila;N. Kenneth Sandnabba

  • Common genetic effects of gender atypical behavior in childhood and sexual orientation in adulthood: a study of Finnish twins.

    Katarina Alanko;Pekka Santtila;Nicole Harlaar;Katarina Witting

  • Conflicted Gender Identity, Body Dissatisfaction, and Disordered Eating in Adult Men and Women

    Monica Ålgars;Pekka Santtila;N. Kenneth Sandnabba

  • Sexual behavior and social adaptation among sadomasochistically‐oriented males

    N. Kenneth Sandnabba;Pekka Santtila;Niklas Nordling

  • Sadomasochistically oriented behavior: diversity in practice and meaning.

    L Alison;P Santtila;N K Sandnabba;N Nordling

  • Variants of psychopathy in adult male offenders: A latent profile analysis.

    Andreas Mokros;Robert D. Hare;Craig S. Neumann;Pekka Santtila

  • Dynamics of verbal interaction between interviewer and child in interviews with alleged victims of child sexual abuse

    Julia Korkman;Pekka Santtila;N. Kenneth Sandnabba

  • Demographics, sexual behaviour, family background and abuse experiences of practitioners of sadomasochistic sex: a review of recent research

    N. Kenneth Sandnabba;Pekka Santtila;Laurence Alison;Niklas Nordling

  • Gender and Visibility of Sexual Cues Influence Eye Movements While Viewing Faces and Bodies

    Lauri Nummenmaa;Jari K. Hietanen;Pekka Santtila;Jukka Hyönä

  • Classifying homicide offenders and predicting their characteristics from crime scene behavior

    Pekka Santtila;Helinä Häkkänen;David Canter;Thomas Elfgren

  • Experiences of severe childhood maltreatment, depression, anxiety and alcohol abuse among adults in Finland

    Wail Rehan;Jan Antfolk;Ada Johansson;Ada Johansson;Patrick Jern;Patrick Jern

  • Politicization of COVID-19 health-protective behaviors in the United States: Longitudinal and cross-national evidence.

    Wolfgang Stroebe;Michelle R vanDellen;Georgios Abakoumkin;Edward P Lemay

  • Sexual Function and Attitudes Toward Surgery After Feminizing Genitoplasty

    Riitta Fagerholm;Pekka Santtila;Päivi J. Miettinen;Aino Mattila

  • Evaluation of the female sexual function index in a population based sample from Finland.

    Katarina Witting;Pekka Santtila;Patrick Jern;Markus Varjonen

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick Jern
Patrick Jern Åbo Akademi University
N. Kenneth Sandnabba
N. Kenneth Sandnabba Åbo Akademi University
Pekka Niemi
Pekka Niemi University of Turku
Nicole Harlaar
Nicole Harlaar University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Jukka Corander
Jukka Corander University of Oslo
Elias Eriksson
Elias Eriksson University of Gothenburg
Laurence Alison
Laurence Alison University of Liverpool
Debra Lieberman
Debra Lieberman University of Miami
Niklas Långström
Niklas Långström Karolinska Institute
Niklas Sandler
Niklas Sandler Åbo Akademi University

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