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Jaakko Tammilehto

Grant Holder, Doctoral Research
Tampere University
jaakko.tammilehto [at] tuni.fi (jaakko[dot]tammilehto[at]tuni[dot]fi)

About me

I am Jaakko Tammilehto, PhD in Psychology and post-doctoral researcher in the Miracles of Development Research Project. You can find my CV below.

My special interests include:

Emotion regulation

Attachment theory

Psychological dynamics

Psychotherapy

Evolutionary–developmental theory

Novel models of psychopathology (HiTOP, Network theory, Evolutionary Psychopathology, Research Domain Criteria)

Psychometrics

Statistical modeling

Open Science

Good scientific practices

Top achievements

The Best Health Psychology Master's Thesis Award 2017, The Finnish Psychological Society, Division of Health Psychology 

Mission statement

Member of the Test Board of the Finnish Psychology Association 2023–2025

Member of the Board of the Finnisch Psychological Society, 2023–

Research topics

Emotion regulation, Psychological dynamics, Attachment theory, Psychotherapy, Family relations, Cognitive self-control, Evolutionary-developmental theory, Sensitive periods, Intensive longitudinal data

Research fields

Personality Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Emotions, Clinical Psychology

Funding

Eino Jutikkala Foundation, Finnish Cultural Foundation, Otto A. Malm Foundation, Alfred Kordelin Foundation, Wihuri Foundation

Selected publications

Tammilehto, J., Kaurin, A., Bosmans, G., Kuppens, P., Flykt, M., Vänskä, M., Peltonen, K., & 
Lindblom, J. Everyday state attachment: Dynamic features and role of trait attachment 
(2024). Journal of Personality. https://doi.org/10.1016/10.1111/jopy.12975 

Tammilehto, J., Kuppens, P., Bosmans, G., Flykt, M., Peltonen, K., Vänskä, M., & Lindblom, J. Attachment orientation and dynamics of negative and positive emotions in daily life. Journal of Research in Personality. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2023.104398

Tammilehto, J., Flykt, M., Peltonen, Kuppens, P., Bosmans, G., & Lindblom, J. Roles of recalled parenting experiences and effortful control in adult daily emotion regulation. Cognition and Emotion, 37(4), 795–817. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2023.2209711

Tammilehto, J., Bosmans, G., Kuppens, P., Flykt, M., Peltonen, K., Kerns, K., & Lindblom, J. (2022). Dynamics of attachment and emotion regulation in daily life: Uni- and bidirectional associations. Cognition and Emotion, 36(6), 1109–1131. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2022.2081534

Tammilehto, J., Punamäki, R.-L., Flykt, M., Vänskä, M., Heikkilä, L. M., Lipsanen, J., Poikkeus, P., Tiitinen, A., & Lindblom, J. (2021). Developmental stage-specific effects of parenting on adolescents’ emotion regulation: A longitudinal study from infancy to late adolescence. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 1572. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.582770

Peltonen, K., Tammilehto, J., Flykt, M., Vänskä, M., Kuppens, P., Bosmans, G., Vänskä, M., 
Flykt, M., & Lindblom, J (2024). Adverse childhood experiences and emotion dynamics 
in daily life: A two sample study. Cognition and Emotion.

Punamäki, R. L., Tammilehto, J., Flykt, M., Vänskä, M., Tiitinen, A., Poikkeus, P., & Lindblom, J. (2022). Determinants of adolescent sleep: Early family environment, obstetric factors, and emotion regulation. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 80, 101420. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2022.101420

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