Publications
2025
Koivula, A., Laaninen, M. & Niemelä, M. Changes in Subjective Well-Being and its Mechanisms during Times of Crises in Finland. Social Indicators Research (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-025-03594-x
Mesiäislehto, M.; Salin, M. & Hakovirta, M. (2025). Gender, family policies and the gendered impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Finland. In Sung, Sirin (Ed.) Gender, Family and Policy: International Perspectives, (pp. 60-76), Edward Elgar Publishing.
Repo, J., Smith, E., Reimer, D. et al. Persistent Trends or Pandemic Effects? A Multi-Cohort Longitudinal Study on Student Well-being, Inequality, and Educational Transitions. Social Indicators Research (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-025-03617-7
Repo, J., Reimer, D. & Kilpi-Jakonen, E. Stability in student well-being and educational disparities across the pandemic: a latent profile analysis of PISA 2018 and 2022 in Finland, Sweden, and Iceland. Large-scale Assessments in Education 13, 16 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40536-025-00251-0
2024
Hakovirta, M., Nygård, M., Niemelä, M. & Lindberg, M. (2024). Pohjoismaisen perhepolitiikan ja lapsiperheiden toimeentulon muutokset 2000-luvulla (Economic wellbeing among families with children from the Nordic perspective, 2004-2022). In A. Rajavuori (Ed.) Eriarvoisuuden tila Suomessa 2024 (State of Inequality in Finland 2024) (pp. 47 –72), Kalevi Sorsa -säätiö.
Kujala, P. & Niemelä, M. (2024). Mental well-being and fear: Examining the association between affective well-being and affective fear of crime in Finland. Finnish Journal of Social Research 17 (2024), 5–21. https://doi.org/10.51815/fjsr.128746
Lahtinen, O., Kangaslampi, S., Aalto, S., Soosalu, J., & Peltonen, K. (2024). Cognitive, social, and mental health functions of refugee children – screening and supportive actions at school: a study protocol. BMC Psychology, 12(1), 251. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-024-01752-3
Lindberg, M., Nygård, M., Sarkia, A., Hakovirta, M. & Vuorenlinna, E. (2024). Suomalaislasten taloudellinen stressi ja subjektiivinen hyvinvointi covid-19 pandemian aikana (Economic stress and subjective well-being of children during the covid-19 pandemic in Finland). Janus 32 (4), 341–357. https://doi.org/10.30668/janus.141128
Niemelä, M. & Laaninen, M. (2024). Suomalaisten koettu hyvinvointi kriisien aikana (Subjective wellbeing in Finland during time of crises, 2016-2023). In A. Rajavuori (Ed.) Eriarvoisuuden tila Suomessa 2024 (State of Inequality in Finland 2024) (pp. 19–46), Kalevi Sorsa -säätiö.
Niemelä, M. & Laaninen, M. (2024). Suomalaisten kokema hyvinvointi on romahtanut koronaviruspandemian jälkeen. Policy Briefing Report 19.4.2024. INVEST Research Flagship Centre.
Nygård, M., Hakovirta, M., Lindberg, M., Sarkia, A. & Vuorenlinna, E. (2024). Covid-19, financial stress and mental wellbeing of Finnish adolescents. Finnish Journal of Social Research 17 (2024), 77–94. https://doi.org /10.51815/f jsr.142735
Peltonen, K. (2024). Children and war – vulnerability and resilience. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/17405629.2024.2382410
Repo, J. (2024). Worst of times, best of times: Assessing pandemic impact on adolescents (Article dissertation). Turun yliopiston julkaisuja – Annales Universitatis B: Humaniora. Sarja B, Osa 707. Turku 2024.
Repo, J., Herkama, S., & Salmivalli, C. (2024). Equitable shifts in youth resilience? Distinguishing normative changes and pandemic effects on academic self-efficacy and cognitive reappraisal. Developmental Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001913
2023
Lindberg, Marja; Nygård, Mikael; Hakovirta, Mia & Sarkia, Aino (2023). Lasten selviytymisstrategiat koronapandemian aikana. Yhteiskuntapolitiikka 4 (88), 412-419.
Salin, Milla; Hakovirta, Mia; Kaittila, Anniina & Raivio, Johanna (2023). Single earners and carers during lockdown: everday challenges faced by Finnish single mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy 43 (13/14), 146-160.
Vuorenlinna, Emily; Välimäki, Sanni; Lindberg, Marja; Sarkia, Aino; Hakovirta, Mia & Nygård, Mikael (2023). Poverty as a Driver of Stigma among Finnish Children during the Covid-19 Pandemic – Evidence from the 2021 Children´s Voice Survey. Child Indicators Research 16 (2023), 2631-2652.