Katja Tervahartiala
M.A. (education), PhD
katja.tervahartiala@utu.fi +358 29 450 4574 +358 50 516 6186 Kiinamyllynkatu 10 Turku |
Child stress regulation; Child socio-emotional development; Early childhood education; Peer relations
Projects: Centre of Excellence for Learning Dynamics and Intervention Research (COE), FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study, Right to Belong, STEPS Study
I am interested in child stress regulation and socio-emotional development in different childhood contexts. The aim of my study is to analyze developmental pathways and mechanisms between social competence and learning abilities, peer relations and well-being.
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- Associations between cumulative family environmental stress exposures and hair cortisol concentrations among 2.5- and 5-year-olds with different social competences (2026)
- Hormones and Behavior
- Associations Between Maternal Cumulative Psychological Distress and Child Subsequent Social Competence: The Role of Early Childhood Education and Care and Social Networks (2026)
- Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
- Predicting and Explaining Parenting Stress 3 Months After Birth Using Generalized Additive Model (2026)
- CIN: Computers Informatics Nursing
- The Moderating Role of Child Temperament in the Face of Parental Distress During Covid-19: Associations with Long-Term Social-Emotional Functioning (2026)
- International Journal of Behavioral Development
- Participation in early childhood education and care in Finland mitigates the associations between maternal psychological distress and child social and emotional problems at age two (2025)
- European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Friend influence and susceptibility to influence on emotions towards math: The role of adolescent temperament (2024)
- British Journal of Educational Psychology
- Mother-Infant Interaction and Maternal Postnatal Psychological Distress Associate with Child's Social-Emotional Development During Early Childhood : A FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study (2024)
- Child Psychiatry and Human Development
- Negative associations between maternal prenatal hair cortisol and child socioemotional problems (2024)
- Psychoneuroendocrinology
- Trajectories of maternal depressive and anxiety symptoms and child's socio-emotional outcome during early childhood (2024)
- Journal of Affective Disorders
- Childcare context and socio-emotional development in toddlers - a quantitative report from the FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study, Finland (2023)
- European Early Childhood Education Research Journal
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