Katariina Salmela-Aro

Katariina Salmela-Aro is currently Research Director in the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies in the University of Helsinki and Professor in the Finnish Center of Excellence on Learning and Motivation Research. She is a Director of the FinEdu Longitudinal Research. She was a post-doc in the Max-Planck Institute, Berlin and is a member of the Academy of Finland’s Research Council for Culture and Society and several steering committees, and member of the EC of the Finnish Graduate School of Psychology. She is a Secretary General in the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development (ISSBD), member of the EC of the European Society for Developmental Psychology and a member of the International Collaborative for the Analysis of Pathways from Childhood to Adulthood (CAPCA), organized by the University of Michigan. She is an associate editor in European Psychologist, in the editorial board of European Journal of Developmental Psychology and Psykologia. She has published about 100 papers and chapters, and given several keynote presentations. She has received several research grants and led several research projects. Her main interests are motivation, critical life transitions, productive development, well-being and related interventions.

 

Recent Publications

Papers

Salmela-Aro, K., Feldt, T., Rantanen, J., Hyvönen, K. & Tilleman,K. (in press). Bergen Burnout Inventory (BBI) - Reliability and Validity among Finnish and Estonian Managers. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Salmela-Aro, K., Tolvanen, A. & Nurmi, J.-E. (in press). Social strategies during university studies predict early career work burnout and engagement: 18-year longitudinal study. Journal of Vocational Behavior.

Salmela-Aro, K., Kiuru, N., Nurmi, J.-E. & Eerola, M. (in press). Mapping Pathways to Adulthood among Finnish University Students:Sequences, Patterns and Variations in Family- and Work-related Roles. Advances in Life Course Research.

Salmela-Aro, K. & Ubadaya, K. (in press). Schoolwork engagement inventory – energy,dedication and absorption (EDA). European Journal of Psychological Assessment.

Salmela-Aro, K., Tynkkynen, L & Vuori (2011). Parents’ work burnout and adolescents’ school burnout: Are they shared? European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 8(2), 215-227

Salmela-Aro, K., Mutanen, P., Koivisto, P. & Vuori, J. (2010). Adolescents’ future education-related personal goals, concerns and internal motivation during "Towards Working Life" group intervention. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 7, 445-431. Full Text

Salmela-Aro, K., Nurmi, J. E., Saisto, T., & Halmesmaki, E. (2010) Spousal support for personal goals and relationship satisfaction among women during the transition to parenthood. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 34(3), 229-237.

Salmela-Aro, K. (2009). Personal goals and well-being during critical life transitions: The 4 C’s – channeling, choice, co-agency and compensation. Advances in Life Course Research, 14, 63-73. Full Text

Salmela-Aro, K., Kiuru, N., Leskinen, E., & Nurmi, J. E. (2009). School burnout inventory: Reliability and validity. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 25(1), 48-57. Full Text

Salmela-Aro, K., Read, S., Nurmi, J. E., Koskenvuo, M., Kaprio, J., & Rantanen, T. (2009). Personal goals of older female twins genetic and environmental effects. European Psychologist, 14(2), 160-167.

Salmela-Aro, K., Savolainen, H., & Holopainen, L. (2009). Depressive symptoms and school burnout during adolescence: Evidence from two cross-lagged longitudinal studies. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 38(10), 1316-1327. Full Text

Salmela-Aro, K., & Schoon, I. (2009). Youth development in Europe transitions and identities. European Psychologist, 14(4), 372-375. Full Text

Salmela-Aro, K., Tolvanen, A., & Nurmi, J. E. (2009). Achievement strategies during university studies predict early career burnout and engagement. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 75(2), 162-172. Full Text

Salmela-Aro, K., & Tynkkynen, L. (2009). Trajectories of life satisfaction across the transition to post-compulsory education: Do adolescents follow different pathways? Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 39(8), 870-881. Full Text

Chow, A., & Salmela-Aro, K. (in press). Task-values across subject domains: A gender comparison using a person-centred approach. International Journal of Behavioral Development.

Kiuru, N., Leskinen, E., Nurmi, J. & Salmela-Aro, K. (in press).Depressive Symptoms during Adolescence: Do Learning Difficulties Matter? International Journal of Behavioral Development.

Kiuru, N., Haverinen, K., Salmela-Aro, K., Nurmi, J-E., Savolainen, H.& Holopainen, L. (in press) Students with reading and spelling disabilities: Peer groups and educational attainment in secondary education. Journal of Learning Disabilities.

Parker, P. & Salmela-Aro, K. (in press). Developmental Processes in School Burnout: A Comparison of Major Developmental Models. Learning and Individual Differences

Rouhe, H., Salmela-Aro, K., Halmesmäki, E., Gessler, M., & Saisto,T. (in press). Mental health problems common in women with fear of childbirth. BJOG.

Tolvanen, A., Kiuru, N.,Hakkarainen, K., Lonka, K.,Inkinen, M & Salmela-Aro,K. (in press) Estimation of Nonlinear Growth Component in Multilevel Modeling: A Research Application in the Daily Dynamics of Competence, Challenge and Affects. International Journal of Behavioral Development.

Tuominen-Soini, H., Salmela-Aro, K., Niemivirta, M. (in press). Stability and change in achievement goal orientations: A person-centered approach. Contemporary Educational Psychology.

Kiuru, N., Burk, W., Laursen, B., Salmela-Aro, K. & Nurmi, J.-E. (2010). Pressure to drink but not to smoke: disentangling selection and socialization in adolescent peer networks and peer groups. Journal of Adolescence, 33 (6), 801-812.

Laursen, B., Bukowski, W., Nurmi, J.-E., Marion, D., Salmela-Aro, K. & Kiuru, N. (2010). Opposites detract: middle school peer group antipathies. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 106 (4), 240-256.

Nurmi, J. E., Salmela-Aro, K., & Aunola, K. (2009). Personal goal appraisals vary across both individuals and goal contents. Personality and Individual Differences, 47(5), 498-503.

Tuominen-Soini, H., Salmela-Aro, K., Niemivirta, M. (2010) Stability and Change in Achievement Goal Orientations: A Person-Centered Approach. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 36(2), 82-100

Tynkkynen, L., Nurmi, J. E., & Salmela-Aro, K. (2010). Career goal-related social ties during two educational transitions: Antecedents and consequences. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 76(3), 448-457.

Vasalampi, K., Salmela-Aro, K. & Nurmi, J.-E. (2010). Education-related goal appraisals and self-esteem during the transition to secondary education: a longitudinal study. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 34 (6), 481-490.

Vasalampi, K., Salmela-Aro, K., & Nurmi, J. E. (2009). Adolescents' self-concordance, school engagement, and burnout predict their educational trajectories. European Psychologist, 14(4), 332-341. Full Text

Viljaranta, J., Nurmi, J. E., Aunola, K., & Salmela-Aro, K. (2009). The role of task values in adolescents' educational tracks: A person-oriented approach. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 19(4), 786-798.

Book chapters

Salmela-Aro (2011) Stages of Adolescence. Encyclopedia of Adolescence. Elsevier.

Salmela-Aro, K. Personal goals and well-being: How do young people navigate their lives? In Schulman, S. & Nurmi, J. E. (Eds) (2010). The role of goals in navigating individual lives during emerging adulthood. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, No.130. (pp.13-26). John Wiley & Sons

Salmela-Aro, K. (2009). School-related burnout during educational tracks: Antecedents and consequences. In: Schoon, I. and Silbereisen, R. K. (Eds.), Transitions from School to Work: Globalization, Individualization, and Patterns of Diversity. (pp.293-311). New York: Cambridge University Press

 

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