Marjaterttu Pajulo
MD, PhD, Adj. Professor in Early Childhood Psychiatry
Areas of expertise
Infant psyhiatry; early parenthood; parenting and substance abuse; early parent-child interaction; parenting-focused interventions and prevention; family health promotion; salutogenic approach; parental mentalization; prenatal interventions
Infant psyhiatry; early parenthood; parenting and substance abuse; early parent-child interaction; parenting-focused interventions and prevention; family health promotion; salutogenic approach; parental mentalization; prenatal interventions
Publications 
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- The effect of unintended pregnancy on the development of parental-fetal attachment: a prospective cohort study (2025)
- BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - "Vain hyviä ykkössijoja kannattaa tavoitella" (2024)
- Turun Sanomat
(E1 Popularised article) - Editorial: Parental mentalization: New frontiers (2023)
- Frontiers in Psychology
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Alexithymic traits and parental postpartum bonding: Findings from the FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study (2022)
- Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Early pathways of maternal mentalization: Associations with child development in the FinnBrain birth cohort study (2022)
- Frontiers in Psychology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Married and Cohabiting Finnish First-Time Parents: Differences in Wellbeing, Social Support and Infant Health (2022)
- Social Sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Parental relationship satisfaction, reflective functioning, and toddler behavioral problems: A longitudinal study from pregnancy to 2 years postpartum (2022)
- Frontiers in Psychology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Prenatal Reflective Functioning as a Predictor of Substance-Using Mothers' Treatment Outcome: Comparing Results From Two Different RF Measures (2022)
- Frontiers in Psychology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A New Parental Mentalization Focused Ultrasound Intervention for Substance Using Pregnant Women. Effect on Self-reported Prenatal Mental Health, Attachment and Mentalization in a Randomized and Controlled Trial (2021)
- International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - "A Window of Opportunity": Parenting and Addiction in the Context of Pregnancy (2021)
- Current Addiction Reports
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Design of a prospective follow-up study on early parenthood and smoking behaviour during pregnancy in Finnish primary healthcare (2021)
- Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Isien ja äitien reflektiivinen kyky: seurantatutkimus raskauden ajalta kahteen ikävuoteen (2021)
- Psykologia
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Parent Relationship Satisfaction and Reflective Functioning as Predictors of Emotional Availability and Infant Behavior (2021)
- Journal of Child and Family Studies
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The association of maternal-fetal attachment with smoking and smoking cessation during pregnancy in The FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study (vol 20, 741, 2020) (2021)
- BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
(Other publication) - Association between parental alexithymic traits and self-reported postnatal reflective functioning in a birth cohort population Findings from the FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study (2020)
- Psychiatry Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Maternal Anxiety Symptoms and Self-Regulation Capacity Are Associated With the Unpredictability of Maternal Sensory Signals in Caregiving Behavior (2020)
- Frontiers in Psychology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The association of maternal-fetal attachment with smoking and smoking cessation during pregnancy in The FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study (2020)
- BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Infants born to women with substance use: Exploring early neurobehavior with the Dubowitz neurological examination (2019)
- Early Human Development
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The effectiveness of Nurture and Play: a mentalisation-based parenting group intervention for prenatally depressed mothers (2019)
- Primary Health Care Research and Development
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Aito vuorovaikutus ja kontakti: uhanalainen laji (2018)
- Turun Sanomat
(E1 Popularised article)
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