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Konopkina, K., Hirvaskoski, H., Hietanen, J. K. & Saarimäki, H. (2025). Multicomponent approach reveals differences in affective responses among children and adolescents. Sci Rep 15, 10179.
Saarimäki, H., Nummenmaa, L., Volynets, S., Santavirta, S., Aksiuto, A., Sams, M., Jääskeläinen, I.P. & Lahnakoski, J. M. (2025). Cerebral Topographies of Perceived and Felt Emotions. Imaging Neuroscience.
Ollas-Skogster, D., Korja, R., Yada, A., Mainela-Arnold, E., Karlsson, H., Bridgett, D. J., Rautakoski, P., Karlsson, L. & Nolvi, S. (2025). Maternal Emotional Availability Supports Child Communicative Development Regardless of Child Temperament—Findings From the FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study. Infancy, 30(1).
Abdulhamed, R., Hietajärvi, L., Klemetti, R., & Lonka, K. (2025). A Whole-population comparative study of the school experience and its association with depressive symptoms among immigrant origin and native preadolescents. Psychology in the Schools.
Kaarakainen, S.-S., Helenius, J., & Laakso, M. (2025). Exploring Loneliness Among Young People: Thematic Analysis of Loneliness Experiences on Finnish YouthNet Discussion Forum. Youth & Society, 0(0).
Luotola, A., Korja, R., Leppänen, J., Yada, A., Eskola, E., Häikiö, T., Lahtela, H., Holmberg, E., Nordenswan, E., Nolvi, S., Karlsson, H., Karlsson, L., & Kataja, E.-L. (2024). Reciprocal relationships between a child’s engagement with faces and mother–child interaction at 8, 30, and 60 months. Developmental Psychology.
Valtonen, V. (2024). Children’s agency in Finnish schools: How the pupil’s right to be heard is regulated by the Basic Education Act. Teoksessa H. Eklund, V. Enkvist, S. Hallsén (toim.), Barnet i skolan: Om rättigheter, aktörskap och tillgänglighet (p. 125-143). IfU – Institutet för utbildningsrätt nr 9.
Mondolin, V., Karlsson, H., Perasto, L., Tuulari, J., Karlsson, L., Kataja, E.-L. (2024). Understanding Resilience in Parents: Longitudinal Examination of Trait Resilience, Stressful Life Events, and Psychological Distress Symptoms—Insights From the FinnBrain Study. Stress and Helath, 40(6).
Isosävi, S., Westerlund-Cook, S. Riekki, T., Airo, ., Grym, K., Henttonen, T., Krogell, J., Kurttila, T., Oinonen, P., Ruismäki, M. & Stolt, S. (2024). Traumatietoisuuden merkitys ja mahdolliset esteet raskaus-, synnytys- ja vauva-ajan palveluissa. Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitos THL.
Sarvimäki, M., Silliman, M., Sahlström, E. & Nurkka, N. (2024). Pienituloisten perheiden lapset joutuvat kiusatuksi muita useammin. Karvi, Tiivistelmät 4:2024.
Virmasalo, I., Kaarakainen, S.-S., & Kyösti, A. (2024). Nuorten näkemyksiä yksinäisyyden ratkaisuista. Kasvun tuki -aikakauslehti, 4(2).
Beattie, M., Kiuru, N., & Salmela-Aro, K. (2024). Belongingness to groups, adolescent loneliness trajectories, and their consequences. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 0(0).
Abdulhamed, R., Hietajärvi, L., Skogberg, N., Klemetti, R. & Lonka, K. (2024). Sense of belongingness, discrimination, and mental health: Associations and buffering effects of sense of belonging on mental health among Finnish native and immigrant-origin youth. International Journal of Intercultural Relations.
Meskanen, E., Peltonen, S., Lyyra, N., Sorkkila, M., Kokko, S. & Kiuru, N. (2024). Toisen asteen opiskelijoiden yksinäisyyden kokemukset koronapandemian poikkeusolojen aikana. Oppimisen ja oppimisvaikeuksien erityislehti NMI-Bulletin, 34(2), 10-34.
Read, S., Salmela-Aro, K., Kiuru, N., Helenius, J., & Junttila, N. (2024). The cohort trends of social connectedness in secondary school students in Finland between 2017 and 2021. PloS ONE. 19(10).
Abdulhamed, R., Lonka, K. (2024). Acculturation Orientations Among Immigrant-Origin Youth: How is Acculturation Associated with Self-Esteem, Sense of Belonging, and Discrimination? Int. Migration & Integration.
Eskola, E., Kataja, E.-L., Hyönä, J., Hakanen, H., Nolvi, S., Häikiö, T., Pelto, J., Karlsson, H., Karlsson, L., Korja. R. (2024). Lower maternal emotional availability is related to increased attention toward fearful faces during infancy. Infant Behavior and Development, 74.
Abdulhamed, R. & Beattie, M. (2024). The link between teacher–student relations and sense of school belonging is not equal for all: The moderating role of immigrant status. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 34(6).
Lindstedt, J., Ahlqvist-Björkroth, S., Junttila, N. & Korja, R. (2024). Latent profiles of dyadic parent–child interaction and associations with triadic family interaction in early childhood. Family Relations.
Putnam, S. P., Sehic, E., French, B. F., Gartstein, M. A., Lira Luttges, B., & 486 Additional Partners in the Global Temperament Project. (2024). The Global Temperament Project: Parent-reported temperament in infants, toddlers, and children from 59 nations. Developmental Psychology, 60(5), 916–941.
Puolakanaho, A., Kaipainen, K., Keinonen, K., Lappalainen, P., Lappalainen, R. & Kiuru, N. (2024). Factors anticipating adolescents’ dropout from the online ACT during the COVID-19 pandemic. Child & Family Behavior Therapy.
Steenberghs, N., Lavrijsen, J., Kiuru, N., & Verschueren, K. (2024). Peer influences on (dis)engagement in early adolescence: The role of friendship, social status, and academic status. Journal of Youth and Adolescence.
Tunkkari, M., Hirvonen, R., Vasalampi, K. & Kiuru, N. (2024). Bidirectional associations between parental homework involvement, adolescent academic motivation, and school well-being during educational transitions. Journal of Family Psychology.
Salo, A.-E. & Kajamies, A. (2024). Teacher candidates’ preparedness to address diverse situations that can threaten pupils’ well-being. Teaching and Teacher Education, 140.
Kiuru, N., Salmela-Aro, K., Laursen, B., Beattie, M., Vasalampi, K., Tunkkari, M., & Junttila, N. (2024). Profiles of loneliness and ostracism during adolescence: Consequences, antecedents, and protective factors. Child Psychiatry & Human Development.
Mustonen P., Kortesluoma S., M. Scheinin N., Perasto L., Kataja E.-L., Tervahartiala K., J. Tuulari J., Coimbra B., S.Carter A., Rodrigues A. J., Sousa N., Paavonen E. J., Korja R., Karlsson H.,& Karlsson L. (2024). Negative associations between maternal prenatal haircortisol and child socioemotional problems. Psychoneuroendocrinology 162.
Salomäki, S., Junttila, N., Setänen, S., Rautava, P., Huhtala, M., Leppänen, M., … Korja, R. (2023). Longitudinal associations between parental early psychological distress and children’s emotional and behavioural problems during early childhood and self-reported social functioning in 11-year-old children born very preterm. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 21(2), 155–170.
Salomäki, S., Junttila, N., Setänen, S., Rautava, P., Huhtala, M., Leppänen, M., Lehtonen L. & Korja, R. (2023). Longitudinal associations between parental early psychological distress and children’s emotional and behavioural problems during early childhood and self-reported social functioning in 11-year-old children born very preterm. European Journal of Developmental Psychology.
Eskola, E., Kataja, E.-L., Hyönä, J., Nolvi, S., Häikiö, T., Carter, A.-S., Karlsson, H., Karlsson, L. & Korja, R. (2023). Higher attention bias for fear at 8 months of age is associated with better socioemotional competencies during toddlerhood. Infant Behavior and Development, 71.
Tervahartiala K., Nolvi, S., Kataja, E.-L., Seppälä, M., Autere, T.-A., Hakanen, H., Karlsson, H., Carter, A., Karlsson, L. & Korja, R. (2023). Childcare context and socio-emotional development in toddlers – a quantitative report from the FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study, Finland. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal.
Tervahartiala, K., Perasto L., Kortesluoma, S., Korja, R., Karlsson, H., Nolvi, S. & Karlsson, L. (2023). Latent profile analysis of diurnal cortisol patterns at the ages of 2, 3.5, and 5 years: Associations with childcare setting, child individual characteristics, and maternal distress. Psychoneuroendocrinology 156.
Jaruseviciute, V., Silinskas, G., & Kiuru, N. (2023). Socioemotional functioning across the transition to lower secondary school: The role of temperament and relationships with mothers and teachers. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 00, 1–21.
Stenvall, E., Kurki, M., & Virtanen, P. (2023). Is there a place for children in the making of public policy? Insights from the research evidence. Journal of Childhood, Education & Society, 4(1), 16–28.