Francesca Lionetti

5.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
97 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Francesca Lionetti is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesca Lionetti has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Clinical Psychology, 25 papers in Social Psychology and 25 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Francesca Lionetti's work include Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (40 papers), Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (18 papers) and Early Childhood Education and Development (17 papers). Francesca Lionetti is often cited by papers focused on Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (40 papers), Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (18 papers) and Early Childhood Education and Development (17 papers). Francesca Lionetti collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and United States. Francesca Lionetti's co-authors include Massimiliano Pastore, Mirco Fasolo, Maria Spinelli, Michael Pluess, Lavinia Barone, Elaine N. Aron, Arthur Aron, Annalisa Setti, Antonio Dellagiulia and Jadzia Jagiellowicz and has published in prestigious journals such as Child Development, Scientific Reports and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Francesca Lionetti

82 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Parents' Stress and Children's Psychological Problems in Families Facing the COVID-19 Outbreak in Italy

2020 685 citations Maria Spinelli, Francesca Lionetti et al. profile →
Sensory Processing Sensitivity in the context of Environmental Sensitivity: A critical review and development of research agenda

2019 297 citations Francesca Lionetti, Elaine N. Aron et al. profile →

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Ann T. Skinner United States

James N. Kirby Australia

Arnold Lohaus Germany

Gregory M. Fosco United States

Rachel Eirich Canada

Amy H. Mezulis United States

Chad Ebesutani United States

Sherecce Fields United States

Carly Johnco Australia

Lucy A. Tully Australia

Ann T. Skinner United States

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francesca Lionetti

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20 of 20 papers shown

Aron, Elaine N. & Francesca Lionetti. (2025). Six reasons for confusion about the trait of high sensitivity. Current Psychology. 45(1).

Lionetti, Francesca, Daniel N. Klein, Elaine N. Aron, et al.. (2025). Observer-rated environmental sensitivity and its characterization at behavioral, genetic, and physiological levels. Development and Psychopathology. 37(5). 2302–2316.

Lionetti, Francesca, Maria Spinelli, Guy Bosmans, et al.. (2025). Is environmental sensitivity relevant to understand parenting? Observational studies with mothers of young children.. Journal of Family Psychology. 40(1). 12–24.

Mastrotheodoros, Stefanos, et al.. (2024). Family Functioning, Identity Commitments, and School Value among Ethnic Minority and Ethnic Majority Adolescents. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. 53(6). 1323–1340.

Sperati, Alessandra, Maria Spinelli, Mirco Fasolo, et al.. (2024). Beyond for-better-and-for-worse: expanding environmental sensitivity into a post-traumatic growth perspective. Current Psychology. 43(31). 25796–25808. 2 indexed citations

Lionetti, Francesca, et al.. (2024). Moderate cardiac vagal tone predicts more cooperation in highly sensitive individuals. Psychophysiology. 61(10). e14638–e14638.

Lionetti, Francesca, et al.. (2024). Individual traits are associated with pro‐environmental behaviour: Environmental sensitivity, nature connectedness and consideration for future consequences. People and Nature. 6(2). 586–597. 9 indexed citations

Bellia, Fabio, Loreta Cannito, Francesca Lionetti, et al.. (2024). Dopamine and Serotonin Transporter Genes Regulation in Highly Sensitive Individuals during Stressful Conditions: A Focus on Genetics and Epigenetics. Biomedicines. 12(9). 2149–2149. 1 indexed citations

Smeeth, Demelza, Fiona McEwen, Elie G. Karam, et al.. (2024). The role of environmental sensitivity in the mental health of Syrian refugee children: a multi-level analysis. Molecular Psychiatry. 29(10). 3170–3179. 5 indexed citations

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Sperati, Alessandra, et al.. (2024). Maternal dispositional mindfulness and mother–child relationship: The mediating role of emotional control during parenting. Child Care Health and Development. 50(3). 1–1423. 4 indexed citations

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Sperati, Alessandra, Rocco Palumbo, Mirco Fasolo, et al.. (2024). The role of individual differences in environmental sensitivity in teachers' stress and burnout at work. Stress and Health. 40(6). e3491–e3491. 4 indexed citations

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Spinelli, Maria, Gabrielle Coppola, Francesca Lionetti, et al.. (2023). Emotion Regulation in Toddlerhood: Regulatory Strategies in Anger and Fear Eliciting Contexts at 24 and 30 Months. Children. 10(5). 878–878. 1 indexed citations

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Leeuwen, Karla Van, Michael Pluess, Francesca Lionetti, et al.. (2021). Improving the Measurement of Environmental Sensitivity in Children and Adolescents: The Highly Sensitive Child Scale–21 Item Version. Assessment. 29(4). 607–629. 24 indexed citations

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Pastore, Massimiliano, Francesca Lionetti, Antonio Calcagnì, & Gianmarco Altoè. (2019). Power is nothing without control. Giornale italiano di psicologia. 359–378. 1 indexed citations

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Lionetti, Francesca, et al.. (2018). The development of parental monitoring during adolescence: A meta-analysis. European Journal of Developmental Psychology. 16(5). 552–580. 68 indexed citations

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Lionetti, Francesca, Stefanos Mastrotheodoros, & Benedetta Emanuela Palladino. (2017). Experiences in Close Relationships Revised Child version (ECR-RC): Psychometric evidence in support of a Security factor. European Journal of Developmental Psychology. 15(4). 452–463. 12 indexed citations

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Barone, Lavinia, Antonio Dellagiulia, & Francesca Lionetti. (2015). When the Primary Caregiver is Missing: Investigating Proximal and Distal Variables Involved in Institutionalised Children's Adjustment. Child Abuse Review. 25(6). 454–468. 23 indexed citations

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Lionetti, Francesca, Michael Pluess, & Lavinia Barone. (2014). Vulnerability, resilience or differential susceptibility? Comparing models on individualenvironment interaction. Psicologia clinica dello sviluppo. 163–182.

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Barone, Lavinia & Francesca Lionetti. (2013). Trauma, attachment disorganization cues and risk factors in the life span. Psicologia clinica dello sviluppo. 3–26.

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Barone, Lavinia & Francesca Lionetti. (2013). Adozione tardiva, attaccamento e comprensione delle emozioni. 30(1). 25–34. 2 indexed citations

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