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Raija-Leena Punamäki

Raija-Leena Punamäki

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
67
Citations
16913
World Ranking
2591
National Ranking
24

Raija-Leena Punamäki 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 Raija-Leena Punamäki sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 238 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Raija-Leena Punamäki 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 Raija-Leena Punamäki sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 67 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Raija-Leena Punamäki is affiliated with Tampere University in Finland. The primary field of study is psychology, with a specific focus on clinical psychology, supported by publications in related subfields including sociology and political science, social psychology, public health and environmental health, as well as experimental and cognitive psychology.

The research topics covered by Punamäki include:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
  • Family Support in Illness

Frequent co-authors include Mervi Vänskä, Marjo Flykt, Jallu Lindblom, Kirsi Peltonen, and Safwat Y. Diab.

Publications have appeared repeatedly in venues such as Infant Behavior and Development, Frontiers in Psychology, Trials, Heliyon, and the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Selected recent papers include:

  • "Emotional intelligence and cognitive skills protecting mental health from stress and violence among Ghanaian youth" (2020, Heliyon)
  • "War trauma and infant motor, cognitive, and socioemotional development: Maternal mental health and dyadic interaction as explanatory processes" (2021, Infant Behavior and Development)
  • "Adolescent Attachment Profiles Are Associated With Mental Health and Risk-Taking Behavior" (2021, Frontiers in Psychology)
  • "Early life stress is associated with the default mode and fronto-limbic network connectivity among young adults" (2022, Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience)
  • "The content and meaning of war experiences: A qualitative study of trauma and resilience among Liberian young refugees in Ghana" (2020, Transcultural Psychiatry)

Best Publications

  • Use of information and communication technology (ICT) and perceived health in adolescence: the role of sleeping habits and waking-time tiredness.

    Raija-Leena Punamäki;Marjut Wallenius;Clase-Håkan Nygård;Lea Saarni

  • Resiliency factors predicting psychological adjustment after political violence among Palestinian children

    Raija-Leena Punamäki;Samir Qouta;Eyad El-Sarraj

  • Children's mental health in times of economic recession: replication and extension of the family economic stress model in Finland.

    Tytti Solantaus;Jenni Leinonen;Raija-Leena Punamaki

  • Prevalence and determinants of PTSD among Palestinian children exposed to military violence.

    Samir Qouta;Raija-Leena Punamäki;Eyad El Sarraj

  • Can Ideological Commitment Protect Children's Psychosocial Well‐Being in Situations of Political Violence?

    Raija-Leena Punamäki

  • Child development and family mental health in war and military violence: The Palestinian experience

    Samir Qouta;Raija-Leena Punamäki;Eyad El Sarraj

  • Parental mental health and children's adjustment: the quality of marital interaction and parenting as mediating factors

    Jenni A. Leinonen;Tytti S. Solantaus;Raija-Leena Punamäki

  • TENTS guidelines: development of post-disaster psychosocial care guidelines through a Delphi process

    Jonathan I. Bisson;Behrooz Tavakoly;Anke B. Witteveen;Dean Ajdukovic

  • Preventive interventions in families with parental depression: children’s psychosocial symptoms and prosocial behaviour

    Tytti Solantaus;Tytti Solantaus;E. Juulia Paavonen;Sini Toikka;Raija-Leena Punamäki

  • Substance‐abusing mothers in residential treatment with their babies: Importance of pre‐ and postnatal maternal reflective functioning

    Marjukka Pajulo;Nina Pyykkönen;Mirjam Kalland;Jari Sinkkonen

  • Models of Traumatic Experiences and Children's Psychological Adjustment: The Roles of Perceived Parenting and the Children's Own Resources and Activity.

    Raija-Leena Punamäki;Samir Qouta;Eyad El Sarraj

  • The threat simulation theory of the evolutionary function of dreaming: Evidence from dreams of traumatized children

    Katja Valli;Antti Revonsuo;Outi Pälkäs;Kamaran Hassan Ismail

  • Focused psychosocial interventions for children in low-resource humanitarian settings: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis.

    Marianna Purgato;Marianna Purgato;Marianna Purgato;Alden L. Gross;Theresa Betancourt;Paul Bolton

  • Adult attachment, posttraumatic growth and negative emotions among former political prisoners

    Jari A. Salo;Samir Qouta;Raija-Leena Punamäki

  • Intervention effectiveness among war-affected children: A cluster randomized controlled trial on improving mental health†

    Samir R. Qouta;Esa Palosaari;Marwan Diab;Raija-Leena Punamäki;Raija-Leena Punamäki

  • Infertility treatment and marital relationships: a 1-year prospective study among successfully treated ART couples and their controls

    Leena Repokari;R.-L Punamäki;Leila Unkila-Kallio;Sirpa Vilska

  • The Role of Peritraumatic Dissociation and Gender in the Association Between Trauma and Mental Health in a Palestinian Community Sample

    Raija-Leena Punamäki;Ivan H. Komproe;Samir Qouta;Mustafa Elmasri

  • Predictors and effectiveness of coping with political violence among Palestinian children

    Raija-Leena Punamäki;Ramzi Suleiman

  • Preventive interventions among children exposed to trauma of armed conflict: a literature review

    Kirsi Peltonen;Raija-Leena Punamäki

  • Does war beget child aggression? Military violence, gender, age and aggressive behavior in two Palestinian samples

    Samir Qouta;Raija-Leena Punamäki;Thomas Miller;Eyad El-Sarraj

  • Mother-Child Expression of Psychological Distress in War Trauma

    Samir Qouta;Raija-Leena Punamäki;Eyad El Sarraj

Frequent Co-Authors

Samir Qouta
Samir Qouta Doha Institute for Graduate Studies
Asko Tolvanen
Asko Tolvanen University of Jyväskylä
Arja Rimpelä
Arja Rimpelä Tampere University
Samuli I. Saarni
Samuli I. Saarni Tampere University
Mauri Marttunen
Mauri Marttunen University of Helsinki
Joop T. V. M. de Jong
Joop T. V. M. de Jong University of Amsterdam
Olli Kiviruusu
Olli Kiviruusu Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Kaija Puura
Kaija Puura Tampere University
Miranda Olff
Miranda Olff University of Amsterdam
Ulrich Schnyder
Ulrich Schnyder University of Zurich

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