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Finnish Health Care Professionals’ Views of Patients Who Experience Family Violence
(SAGE Publications, 2015)
The aim of this study was to examine the beliefs health care personnel have about patients who experience family violence.
This was done by analyzing the positions constructed for such patients using content analysis. The ...
The relationship between Internet use, online and printed newspaper reading in Finland: investigating the direct and moderating effects of gender
(SAGE Publications, 2013)
This article explores how the time spent on the Internet is associated with printed and online newspaper reading. The direct and moderating effects of gender are especially investigated. The survey data (N = 612) collected ...
Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation and Hume's Conception of Causality
(Vittorio Klostermann, 2013)
This article investigates the relationship between Hume’s causal philosophy and Newton’s
philosophy of nature. I claim that Newton’s experimentalist methodology in gravity research is an important
background for understanding ...
Modeling developmental processes in psychology.
(MIT Press, 2013)
In the present article I suggest first that modeling in psychology can be described as an interactive process between a phenomenon under study (reality) and different levels of theoretical conceptualizations that vary in ...
Rapid automatized naming and learning disabilities: Does RAN have a specific connection to reading or not?
(Psychlogy Press, 2009)
This work is an extension of a study by Waber, Wolff, Forbes, and Weiler (2000) in which the specificity of naming speed deficits to reading disability (RD) was examined. One hundred ninety-three children (ages 8 to 11) ...
The social significance of the Facebook Like button
(First Monday Editorial Group; University of Illinois at Chicago Library, 2015)
In this paper we study social aspects of using the Like button for purposes of impression management, identity construction, and maintenance of social ties online. On the theoretical level our investigation combines Goffman’s ...
The Developmental Dynamics between Interest, Self-concept of Ability, and Academic Performance
(Routledge, 2014)
Abstract. Only a few studies have examined the direction of associations between academic
achievement, interest, and sel
f-concept of ability simultaneously by using longitudinal
data over several school years. To ...
Physical activity, sedentary behavior, and academic performance in Finnish children
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins ; American College of Sports Medicine, 2013)
Purpose: This study aimed to determine the relationships between objectively measured and self-reported physical activity, sedentary behavior, and academic performance in Finnish children.
Methods: Two hundred and ...
Hippocampal ripple-contingent training accelerates trace eyeblink conditioning and retards extinction in rabbits
(Society for Neuroscience, 2010)
There are at least two distinct oscillatory states of the hippocampus that are related to distinct behavioral patterns. Theta (4–12 Hz) oscillation has been suggested to indicate selective attention during which the animal ...
Living on a knife's edge: Temporal conflicts in welfare service work
(Sage Publications, 2012)
This article considers the temporal variations of social and health care workers’ agency from the point of view of the social structures and practices of the contemporary Finnish public service sector. It finds that the ...