Pamela Qualter

10.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
183 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Pamela Qualter is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Pamela Qualter has authored 183 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in Social Psychology, 85 papers in Clinical Psychology and 70 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Pamela Qualter's work include Health disparities and outcomes (68 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (39 papers) and Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (36 papers). Pamela Qualter is often cited by papers focused on Health disparities and outcomes (68 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (39 papers) and Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (36 papers). Pamela Qualter collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Denmark and United States. Pamela Qualter's co-authors include Kathryn Jane Gardner, Alice M. Eccles, Rebecca Nowland, Lorraine Dacre Pool, Marlies Maes, Penny Munn, Munirah Bangee, Janne Vanhalst, Ken J. Rotenberg and Manuela Barreto and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and American Psychologist.

In The Last Decade

Pamela Qualter

175 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Loneliness Across the Life Span

2015 666 citations Pamela Qualter, Rebecca Nowland et al. profile →
Loneliness around the world: Age, gender, and cultural differences in loneliness

2020 466 citations Pamela Qualter et al. profile →
Gender Differences in Loneliness across the Lifespan: A Meta–Analysis

2019 250 citations Marlies Maes, Pamela Qualter et al. profile →
Would the Real Loneliness Please Stand Up? The Validity of Loneliness Scores and the Reliability of Single-Item Scores

2022 108 citations Marlies Maes, Pamela Qualter et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pamela Qualter United Kingdom	39	2.9k	2.9k	2.2k	1.3k	1.1k	183	6.6k
K. A. S. Wickrama United States	45	2.0k 0.7×	3.1k 1.0×	1.6k 0.7×	1.7k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	184	8.0k
Anthony D. Ong United States	47	2.8k 1.0×	3.6k 1.2×	1.8k 0.8×	1.5k 1.2×	945 0.9×	123	9.2k
Maike Luhmann Germany	40	3.0k 1.0×	2.3k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	991 0.8×	305 0.3×	102	6.1k
Elaine Wethington United States	38	2.1k 0.7×	2.0k 0.7×	1.6k 0.7×	2.1k 1.6×	354 0.3×	83	7.6k
Rena L. Repetti United States	42	2.7k 0.9×	3.3k 1.1×	953 0.4×	1.7k 1.3×	1.3k 1.2×	92	7.9k
Chris Segrin United States	45	2.8k 1.0×	2.8k 1.0×	689 0.3×	948 0.7×	695 0.7×	195	7.1k
Catherine Haslam Australia	47	2.7k 0.9×	2.3k 0.8×	2.0k 0.9×	2.3k 1.8×	315 0.3×	174	8.7k
Nancy L. Galambos Canada	42	1.9k 0.6×	2.8k 0.9×	513 0.2×	880 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	115	5.8k
Carolyn M. Aldwin United States	41	2.4k 0.8×	3.4k 1.2×	1.5k 0.7×	2.0k 1.6×	336 0.3×	113	7.5k
Patrick L. Hill United States	44	3.7k 1.3×	3.0k 1.0×	813 0.4×	476 0.4×	645 0.6×	228	7.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Bo, Anne, et al.. (2025). Detecting loneliness among late adolescents: Validation and testing of a detection tool based on the UCLA Loneliness Scale. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1548(1). 148–162. 1 indexed citations

Qualter, Pamela, et al.. (2025). Exploring child and youth understanding of loneliness through qualitative insights and evaluating loneliness measures considering those lived experiences. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1544(1). 42–54. 3 indexed citations

Lasgaard, Mathias, Pamela Qualter, Michelle H. Lim, et al.. (2025). Are loneliness interventions effective for reducing loneliness? A meta-analytic review of 280 studies.. American Psychologist. 81(1). 36–52. 2 indexed citations

Goldman, Nina, et al.. (2024). Addressing loneliness and social isolation in 52 countries: a scoping review of National policies. BMC Public Health. 24(1). 1207–1207. 24 indexed citations

Buecker, Susanne, et al.. (2024). A systematic review of longitudinal risk and protective factors for loneliness in youth. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1542(1). 620–637. 6 indexed citations

Lim, Michelle H., et al.. (2024). The KIND Challenge community intervention to reduce loneliness and social isolation, improve mental health, and neighbourhood relationships: an international randomized controlled trial. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 60(4). 931–942. 3 indexed citations

Madsen, Katrine Rich, Mogens Trab Damsgaard, Kimberly Petersen, Pamela Qualter, & Bjørn Evald Holstein. (2024). Bullying at School, Cyberbullying, and Loneliness: National Representative Study of Adolescents in Denmark. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 21(4). 414–414. 10 indexed citations

Qualter, Pamela, et al.. (2023). Barriers and facilitators to training delivery and subsequent implementation of a localised child and adolescent mental health initiative: a qualitative content analysis. BMC Medical Education. 23(1). 264–264. 2 indexed citations

Bryan, Bridget T., Gavin Andrews, Katherine Thompson, et al.. (2023). Loneliness in the workplace: a mixed-method systematic review and meta-analysis. Occupational Medicine. 73(9). 557–567. 25 indexed citations

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Bond, Caroline, et al.. (2023). User perspectives of robotic telepresence technology in schools: A systematic literature review. Educational Psychology in Practice. 39(2). 117–134. 11 indexed citations

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Wigelsworth, Michael, et al.. (2023). A Rose by any Other Name? Using Core Components to Categorize Social and Emotional Learning Provision. School Mental Health. 15(3). 710–721. 3 indexed citations

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Yang, Keming, et al.. (2022). Loneliness From the Adolescent Perspective: A Qualitative Analysis of Conversations About Loneliness Between Adolescents and Childline Counselors. Journal of Adolescent Research. 39(5). 1413–1443. 25 indexed citations

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Wigelsworth, Michael, et al.. (2022). Making a Case for Core Components: New Frontiers in SEL Theory, Research, and Practice. School Psychology Review. 53(5). 593–606. 12 indexed citations

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Hardoon, Deborah, Jo Inchley, Alastair H. Leyland, et al.. (2021). Loneliness and personal wellbeing in young people: moderating effects of individual, interpersonal, and community factors.. SocArXiv (OSF Preprints).

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Bond, Caroline, et al.. (2021). A Systematic Review of the Development and Psychometric Properties of Loneliness Measures for Children and Adolescents. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(6). 3285–3285. 33 indexed citations

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Wigelsworth, Michael, et al.. (2021). Social and emotional learning in primary schools: A review of the current state of evidence. British Journal of Educational Psychology. 92(3). 898–924. 29 indexed citations

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Majorano, Marinella, et al.. (2021). Tell Me about Loneliness: Interviews with Young People about What Loneliness Is and How to Cope with It. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(22). 11904–11904. 23 indexed citations

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Carter, Bernie, Lucy Bray, Lucy Blake, et al.. (2020). “I Don’t Like to Make a Big Thing out of It”: A Qualitative Interview-Based Study Exploring Factors Affecting Whether Young People Tell or Do Not Tell Their Friends about Their IBD. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2020. 1–11. 25 indexed citations

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Pope, Debbie, et al.. (2012). Emotional Understanding and Color-Emotion Associations in Children Aged 7-8 Years. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2012. 1–9. 22 indexed citations

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Qualter, Pamela, et al.. (2009). The role of Emotional Intelligence in the decision to persist with academic studies in HE. Research in Post-Compulsory Education. 14(3). 219–231. 31 indexed citations

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