SKIDI-KIDS research projects

Research projects January 1, 2010 – December 31, 2013

Sleep for cognitive, social and emotional development (CHILD-SLEEP)
Paunio Tiina
Paavonen Juulia
Pölkki Pirjo
Saarenpää-Heikkilä Outi

Interactions between adipose tissue, muscle, and bone during growth - Role of adiposity-related low-grade inflammation (AMB-study)
Cheng Sulin
Lahesmaa Riitta
Väänänen Kalervo
Yli-Harja Olli

Preterm birth and childhood trajectories leading to marginalisation or social coping (FINCAN)
Kajantie Eero
Andersson Sture
Eriksson Johan
Laivuori Hannele
Räikkönen-Talvitie Katri
Schmidt Louis A.

Stress, attachment and the developing brain (FinnBrain)
Karlsson Hasse
Huotilainen Minna
Paunio Tiina

Towards children's efficacious agency in formal and informal contexts (AGENTS)
Kumpulainen Kristiina
Järvelä Sanna

Children tell of their well-being - who listens? (TelLis)
Syrjälä Leena
Karlsson Liisa

Disparities in health and wellbeing among children in Finland: Ethnic background, social contexts of development and health-related lifestyles (ETNOKIDS)
Laatikainen Tiina
Söderling Ismo

Strong Families Finland Canada - Family-based prevention and treatment program of early childhood disruptive behaviour (SFFC)
Sourander Andre
McGrath Patrick

Preventing children's marginalization through place-based participation
Häkli Jouni

Intergenerational partnerships: Emergent forms for promoting children's wellbeing
Alanen Leena

Longitudinal study on children taken into care in Finland
Heino Tarja

Educational outcomes and health of children - Does increased segregation of schools and areas in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area produce poorer health and learning among children?
Rimpelä Matti

Pathways to positive youth development: A large-scale interdisciplinary international consortium
Salmela-Aro Katariina

School bullying: Intervention effects and their mechanisms at the individual, dyadic, classroom and school levels
Salmivalli Christina

Children's emotional security in multiple family relations
Jokinen Kimmo

Integrating health and social services into the environments of childhood growth from birth to starting school: the development and evaluation of a family services model by means of a cluster controlled trial design
Perälä Marja-Leena 

Kids Out! - Urban environments and physical activity among children an adolescents
Hynynen Ari
Kyttä Marketta
Vasankari Tommi
(funded by the Ministry of Education)

Research projects January 1, 2011 – December 31, 2014

Genetic and environmental predictors of tobacco, drug and alcohol addiction in adolescence and young adulthood - a lifecourse twin and population approach (addictgene)
Kaprio Jaakko, University of Helsinki
Raitakari Olli, University of Turku
Tyndale Rachel, University of Toronto
O'Loughlin Rachel, University of Montreal

Programming the Brain across Generations: How early environment and genes shape vulnerability to addiction (ADDICTOR)
Veijola Juha, University of Oulu
Paus Tomas, University of Toronto

Research projects January 1, 2013 – December 31, 2015

The intertwined development of cognitive and psychosocial functioning from birth to age 20: risk and protective factors related to educational marginalization
Ahonen Timo, University of Jyväskylä
487 634 EUR

Self-efficacy and learning disability interventions (SELDI consortium)
Aro Mikko, University of Jyväskylä
Aro Tuija, Niilo Mäki Institute
520 400 EUR

From exclusion to belonging: developing narrative practices in day care centers and schools (BELONG)
Estola Eila Kaarina, University of Oulu
463 296 EUR

Perceptions and Constructions of Marginalisation and Belonging in Education: negotiating possibilities for actions and change between pupils and school staff
Holm Gunilla, University of Helsinki
562 600 EUR

Early recognition in curbing the marginalization risk of children and youth
Häkli Jouni, University of Tampere
359 336 EUR

Indicators of marginalization – Role of cognition, substance use and mental health disorders: Longitudinal studies from childhood to end of adolescence
Kaprio Jaakko, University of Helsinki
333 970 EUR

Quality of day care and the risk of social exclusion in early childhood (FinnBrain-LASSO consortium)
Karlsson Hasse, University of Turku
Sajaniemi Nina Kristiina, University of Helsinki
570 150 EUR

Accumulation of social disadvantage over the life-course and aross generations in youth (ACCUMU consortium)
Karvonen, Sakari, National Institute for Health and Welfare
Martikainen Pekka, University of Helsinki
651 971 EUR

Preventing disengagement in classroom context: Classroom processes fostering student engagement
Poikkeus Anna-Maija, University of Jyväskylä
556 979 EUR

Child welfare care orders as interventions – a process view from the inside
Pösö Tarja, University of Tampere
493 664 EUR