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Cognitive Development of Very Low Birth Weight Children from Infancy to Pre-school Age
(Turun yliopisto, 2012-06-09)
The survival of preterm born infants has increased but the prevalence of long-term morbidities has still remained high. Preterm born children are at an increased risk for various developmental impairments including both ...
IN DUBIO PRO NATURA? A Philosophical Analysis of the Precautionary Principle in Environmental and Health Risk Governance
(Turun yliopisto, 2008-06-10)
In this book, I apply a philosophical approach to study the precautionary principle in environmental (and health) risk decision-making. The principle says that unacceptable environmental and health risks should be anticipated, ...
Queering bioethics: a queer feminist framework for vulnerability and principles
(Turun yliopisto, 2021)
Gender and sexual variance invite a cornucopia of philosophically salient inquiries. My dissertation considers them in the realm of bioethics. Bioethics can be defined as a field of philosophy that interrogates ethical, ...
Mental Well-being at Work. A Sign of a Healthy Organisation and a Necessary Precondition for Organisational Development
(Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, 1999-09-24)
One of the aims of the study was to clarify the reliability and validity of the Job Diagnostic Survey (JDS) and the Eigenzustand (EZ) method as measures of the objective characteristics of work and short-term mental work ...
Same- and Other-Sex Victimization : Risk Factors, Consequences, and Protection by Peers
(Turun yliopisto, 2013-09-20)
Bullying can be viewed as goal-oriented behavior in the strive for dominance and prestige in the peer group (Salmivalli, 2010). To ensure the effectiveness of their power demonstrations, bullies often choose targets from ...
Mechanisms in health and socioeconomic wellbeing – The role of parental resources, early-life experiences, and their accumulation
(Turun yliopisto, 2021-12-10)
Wellbeing is one of the most studied topics in social sciences. Previous empirical findings suggest that particularly severe, repeated, or multiple negative exposures threaten wellbeing. Social scientific research on ...
Luottamuksen lähteet. Vertaileva tutkimus yleistynyttä luottamusta synnyttävistä mekanismeista
(Annales Universitatis Turkuensis C 381Turun yliopisto, 2014-04-25)
Tutkimuksen aiheena on yleistynyt luottamus. Väitöskirjassa tutkitaan mistä tuntemattomien kansalaisten toisiinsa kohdistama luottamus kumpuaa ja haetaan vastauksia tähän kysymykseen sekä maakohtaisen että vertailevan ...
The effects of mindfulness and self-compassion on the well-being of upper secondary education students
(Turun yliopisto, 2021-01-22)
Mindfulness practice is empirically linked to beneficial effects on adults and increasingly on children and adolescents. A common definition of mindfulness is self-regulation of attention in a curious, open, and accepting ...
Among friends and strangers: The influence of residential context on attitudes and deliberation on immigration
(Turun yliopisto, 2021-12-10)
This dissertation analyzes how living environment influences the majority population’s attitudes toward immigration and the way they deliberate on the issue in small groups. It examines the potential of established theories ...
Like parent, like child? : The role of resources and life events from an intergenerational perspective
(Turun yliopisto, 2021-02-19)
Intergenerational transmission occurs in most aspects of life, influencing our life events and future achievements. This dissertation examines how different resources and life events are related to the individual’s outcomes ...