A5088529118- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Deception detection and forensic psychology
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Memory Processes and Influences
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
- Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
- Migration, Refugees, and Integration
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Sexual function and dysfunction studies
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Face Recognition and Perception
Åbo Akademi University
2016-2025
Institute of Psychology
2020
Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
2020
Jagiellonian University
2020
New York University
2019
University of Turku
2018
New York University Shanghai
2018
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
2018
SDS Life Science (Sweden)
2018
Middle East Liver Disease Center
2018
As studies indicate that people perceive COVID-19 as a threatening disease, the demand for vaccine against disease could be expected to high. Vaccine safety concerns might nevertheless outweigh perceived risks when an individual decides whether or not accept vaccine. We investigated role of risk (i.e., likelihood infection, severity, and disease-related worry) prospective in predicting intentions Three Finnish samples were surveyed: 825 parents small children, 205 individuals living area...
Concerns about the veracity of psychological research have been growing. Many findings in science are based on studies with insufficient statistical power and nonrepresentative samples, or may otherwise be limited to specific, ungeneralizable settings populations. Crowdsourced research, a type large-scale collaboration which one more projects conducted across multiple lab sites, offers pragmatic solution these other current methodological challenges. The Psychological Science Accelerator...
Information and assurance from healthcare workers (HCWs) is reported by laypeople as a key factor in their decision to get vaccinated. However, previous research has shown that, the general population, hesitancy towards vaccines exists among HCWs well. Previous studies further suggest that with higher confidence vaccinations vaccine providers are more willing take themselves recommend patients. In present study 2962 Finnish (doctors, head nurses, practical nurses), we explored associations...
Abstract Background We investigated if people’s response to the official recommendations during COVID-19 pandemic is associated with conspiracy beliefs related COVID-19, a distrust in sources providing information on and an endorsement of complementary alternative medicine (CAM). Methods The sample consisted 1325 Finnish adults who filled out online survey marketed Facebook. Structural regression analysis was used investigate whether: 1) beliefs, sources, CAM predict non-pharmaceutical...
Childhood maltreatment increases the risk of subsequent depression, anxiety and alcohol abuse, but rate resilient victims is unknown. Here, we investigated that do not suffer from clinical levels these problems after severe in a population-based sample 10980 adult participants. Compared to men, women reported more emotional sexual as well neglect. For both genders, abuse (OR = 3.80 [2.22, 6.52]); physical 3.97 [1.72, 9.16]); neglect 3.36 [1.73, 6.54]); 11.90 [2.66, 53.22]) were associated...
Concerns have been growing about the veracity of psychological research. Many findings in science are based on studies with insufficient statistical power and nonrepresentative samples, or may otherwise be limited to specific, ungeneralizable settings populations. Crowdsourced research, a type large-scale collaboration which one more research projects conducted across multiple lab sites, offers pragmatic solution these other current methodological challenges. The Psychological Science...
Executive tasks are important instruments for neuropsychological and cognitive research, but only a limited number of studies have investigated the test-retest reliability these tasks. Such information is needed optimizing task usage, example, in longitudinal intervention studies. In this study with healthy adults, we temporal stability five executive tasks: Simon task, visuoverbal N-back visuospatial running memory Number-letter task. These frequently used previously published data very or...
Familicides have received relatively little attention and are mostly discussed in studies with broader aims. Here, we reviewed 67 from 18 countries on familicides, which an offender killed or attempted to kill their current former spouse/intimate partner one more of biological stepchildren. We conducted a systematic literature search PubMed, PsycINFO, Google Scholar. Eight investigated familicide specifically, while the remaining reported cases as subsample. retrieved data offenders' gender,...
Abstract The pursuit of justice increasingly relies on productive interactions between witnesses and investigators from diverse cultural backgrounds during investigative interviews. To date, the role context has largely been ignored by researchers in field interviewing, despite repeated requests practitioners policymakers for evidence‐based guidance conduct interviews with people different cultures. Through examining differences human memory communication considering specific contextual...
Objective The aim of the present study was to investigate whether anti-vaccination attitudes and behavior, positive complementary alternative medicine (CAM), are driven by trait reactance a distrust in medical doctors. Methods sample consisted 770 Finnish parents who filled out an online survey. Structural equation modeling (SEM) used examine if plays role vaccination decisions, vaccine attitudes, use CAM, that relationship is mediated trust Results Parents with higher had lower doctors,...
Abstract The current study sought to determine whether public perceptions of other vaccines and diseases than COVID-19 have been impacted by the pandemic. We longitudinally examined there had a change from before pandemic during in: (a) influenza vaccination behaviour intentions; (b) perceived benefit childhood vaccines; (c) safety (d) severity measles influenza; (e) trust in healthcare professionals two samples Finnish adults ( N = 205 Study 1 197 2). findings showed that pandemic, more...
In a study of 1,310 Finnish adult male twins we found that sexual interest in children aged 12 or younger was reported by 0.2% the sample. Sexual 15 3.3%. Participants reporting were younger, stronger desire, and had experienced more childhood nonsexual abuse. The present is first to give population-based estimate incidence among men. 12-month below age 16 years roughly comparable one-year major depression lifetime prevalence transvestitic fetishism.
Abstract The forms of many species’ vocal signals are shaped by their functions 1–15 . In humans, a salient context signaling is infant care, as human infants altricial 16, 17 Humans often alter vocalizations to produce “parentese”, speech and song produced for that differ acoustically from ordinary 18–35 in fashions have been proposed support parent-infant communication language learning 36–39 ; modulate affect 33, 40–45 and/or coordinate communicative interactions with 46–48 These theories...
Simulated interviews in alleged child sexual abuse (CSA) cases with computer-generated avatars paired feedback improve interview quality. In the current study, we aimed to understand better effect of different types this context. Feedback was divided into regarding conclusions about what happened avatar (outcome feedback) and appropriateness question-types used by interviewer (process feedback). Forty-eight participants each interviewed four avatars. Participants were groups (no feedback,...
Ethnic and gender discrimination in a variety of markets has been documented several populations. We conducted an online field experiment to examine ethnic the private rental housing market Finland. sent 1459 inquiries regarding 800 apartments. compared responses standardized apartment including fictive Arabic-sounding, Finnish-sounding or Swedish-sounding female male names. found evidence against Arabic-sounding names Inquiries had lowest probability receiving response, response about 16%...
Recent research has questioned the accuracy of asylum decisions, as officials only partly follow evidence-based interviewing methods and hold assumptions regarding human memory behavior that are not supported by psychological science. To correctly effectively adjudicate claims, need more training in decision-making methods. We developed a novel 75-hour-long hybrid programme legal psychology for evaluated its effectiveness quasi-experimental pretest-posttest study with waitlist control group....
Purpose Recent legal psychological research has highlighted shortcomings in asylum interviews; however, few studies have examined how the interview participants (interviewer, interpreter and seeker) experience perceive interviews. The purpose of this study was to explore these rapport communication within interviews, as well investigate interviewers’ interpreters’ views align with empirical evidence regarding best-practice interviewing. Design/methodology/approach Interviewers ( n = 62),...
Asylum applicants’ delayed disclosure of their sexual orientation in the asylum procedure is often considered to undermine credibility claim, although legitimate reasons can explain delay. In this study, we analyzed reported for delaying interviews conducted within 53 Finnish cases, and consequences on decision. Half applicants were unaware that was relevant Approximately one third cited either concerns about confidentiality interview or discomfort with disclosure. One five referred a...