Saana Myllyntausta
dosentti, FT
saakar@utu.fi +358 29 450 3783 +358 50 326 2152 Assistentinkatu 7 Turku |
Sleep; sleep research; work stressors, retirement; ageing; accelerometer; longitudinal research
MA, psychology, University of Turku 2016
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Turku 2020
I work as a university lecturer in the field of psyhology at the Department of Psychology and Speech-Language Pathology of University of Turku. In my research, I examine sleep among older employees. In my PhD thesis, I examined changes in sleep during the transition to retirement.
I teach quantitative research methods and statitsics as well as sleep-related topics to students of psychology and speech-language pathology.
- Koulupoissaolo-ongelmat masentuneilla kouluikäisillä nuorilla (2026)
- Psykologia
- Changes in hair cortisol during retirement transition: the Finnish retirement and aging study (2025)
- Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology
- Concurrent changes in sleep and cognitive function during retirement transition: the Finnish retirement and aging study (2025)
- European Journal of Ageing
- Are changes in sleep problems associated with changes in life satisfaction during the retirement transition? (2024)
- European Journal of Ageing
- Sex-related differential item functioning of the Jenkins Sleep Scale : a cross-sectional study among 77 967 employees in the Finnish public sector (2024)
- BMJ Open
- Association of working hours with accelerometer-based sleep duration and sleep quality on the following night among older employees (2023)
- Sleep epidemiology
- Do Sleep Problems Explain the Association Between Work Stress and the Trajectories of Work Ability From Midlife to Pensionable Age? (2023)
- Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
- Finnish Retirement and Aging Study: a prospective cohort study (2023)
- BMJ Open
- The association of previous night's sleep duration with cognitive function among older adults: a pooled analysis of three Finnish cohorts (2023)
- European Journal of Ageing
- Association of job strain with accelerometer-based sleep duration and timing of sleep among older employees (2022)
- Journal of Sleep Research



