Joona Muotka
Biographic Data
| ID | 2747026 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joona Muotka |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joona |
| FAMILY NAME | Muotka |
| SIGNATURE | MUOTKA J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Jyväskylä |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7113-903X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 26 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Conflict Resolution Styles and Attitudes Towards Intimate Partner Violence
Child Maltreatment Profiles of Finnish Parents and Their Association With Parental Burnout During Covid-19-Lockdown
Although it has been proposed that the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the risk of parental burnout and child maltreatment in families, parent-reported empirical evidence is scarce. Furthermore, it is unknown whether different profiles of maltreatment can be identified among parents based on physical violence, emotional violence, and neglect, and how these profiles differ based on family-related background variables. We adopted a person-oriented …
The associations between teachers' lesson-specific emotions and observed teacher-student interactions and student engagement
BackgroundTeachers' emotions while teaching are associated to how they teach. Prior research has evidenced such associations mostly based on teacher or student ratings of different teaching behaviours.AimsThis study examined the extent to which teachers' self-rated lesson-specific positive and negative emotions are associated with the observed quality of teacher-student interactions in terms of emotional support, classroom organization and instru…
Parents’ perceptions of their child’s school adjustment during the Covid-19 pandemic
The present study examined the profiles of parental perceptions of their child’s school adjustment in terms of learning loss and school well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic in Finland. Furthermore, the extent to which the profiles differed with respect to the different children and their family characteristics, as well as their parents’ stress about their child’s schooling, were examined. Parents ( N = 26,313) completed a questionnaire in spri…
The effectiveness of a five-session workshop on the distress of international students in Finland – a pilot study
The mental health of international students has become a concern, as they face high levels of psychological distress. We designed a five-week acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) workshop with two additional individual assessment meetings. The intervention aimed at helping international students attending a Finnish university to reduce their symptoms of stress, depression, and anxiety, and enhance skills of psychological flexibility. The post-…
Adolescents' stress and depressive symptoms and their associations with psychological flexibility before educational transition
INTRODUCTION: Relatively little is known about individual differences in adolescent psychological flexibility and its associations with symptoms of stress and depression. This study examined different profiles of adolescent stress and depressive symptoms and their associations with developing psychological flexibility before the critical educational transition. METHODS: = 15.7 years, 57% female) who were assessed twice during the final grade of t…
Examining coaches' asynchronous written feedback in two blended ACT-based interventions for enhancing university students' wellbeing and reducing psychological distress
Internet-delivered cognitive and behavioral interventions have been shown to be effective in enhancing university students' well-being and reducing symptoms of stress and depression. However, few studies have examined the active components that may contribute to their effectiveness. The present study aimed to explore what kind of online written coach feedback would be useful on participants’ outcomes and satisfaction in two Acceptance and Commitm…
Profiles of Depression and Restoration in Nature-Based Group Therapy
This study focuses on a nature-based group treatment ( Flow with Nature [FWN] treatment) for working-age adults diagnosed with clinical depression. We searched for different subgroups of depression and restoration levels to see who, in particular, benefits from FWN treatment. In total, 108 people participated in the study at various locations in Finland. The participants were 44.8 years old on average (range = 19–64), and most were female (81.5%)…
Profiles of early career insecurity and its outcomes in adolescence
This study investigated the developmental profiles of perceived early career insecurity (ECI) and their outcomes among adolescents (n = 1416) during a critical educational transition from basic education to upper secondary education. We found three distinct latent profiles with varying amounts of ECI: Profile 1: Moderate and decreasing ECI before the transition (57%); Profile 2: Low-decreasing ECI before the transition but increasing ECI after th…
Ethical dilemmas and well-being in teachers’ work
The aim of the present longitudinal study was two-fold: First, to explore what kinds of ethical dilemma groups can be identified among Finnish teachers (n = 310) and second, to examine how these groups differ from each other with respect to occupational well-being and recovery from job strain over the two-year follow-up. Using Latent Profile Analysis, three ethical dilemma prevalence groups were identified: rare (27%), occasional (51%), and frequ…
Longitudinal Patterns of Ethical Organisational Culture as a Context for Leaders’ Well-Being
The aim of this longitudinal study was to investigate the temporal dynamics of ethical organisational culture and how it associates with well-being at work when potential changes in ethical culture are measured over an extended period of 6 years. We used a person-centred study design, which allowed us to detect both typical and atypical patterns of ethical culture stability as well as change among a sample of leaders. Based on latent profile anal…
In the shadow of Covid-19
Active use of an ACT-based online intervention under adverse circumstances may decrease symptoms of anxiety and increase psychological flexibility skills in adolescents
Acceptance and commitment therapy group intervention for adolescents with type 1 diabetes
Multiple mini-interviews as a selection tool for initial teacher education admissions
This study investigates the reliability of multiple mini interviews (MMIs) to select students for classroom and special education teacher programs (n = 418) using intraclass correlations and cross-classified multilevel modeling. The results indicated mostly small effects of clustering of applicants to different interviewers and five-station circuits. The largest variance components in the MMI total score were for applicants (63.3%) and measuremen…
Effectiveness of a web-based acceptance and commitment therapy program for adolescent career preparation
The Youth Compass -the effectiveness of an online acceptance and commitment therapy program to promote adolescent mental health
Can peer-tutored psychological flexibility training facilitate physical activity among adults with overweight
An increase in psychological flexibility has been found to be associated with health behavior changes. Peer-led interventions have been advantageous in improving physical activity among individuals at health risk. This study aimed to discover whether an ACT-based peer-tutored online intervention can increase self-reported physical activity participation and psychological flexibility among adults with overweight. The study was a non-randomized lon…
Intra-individual dynamics of lesson-specific engagement
BackgroundStudent engagement denotes active participation in academic work through commitment and involvement in learning tasks (Appleton et al., 2006, Journal of School Psychology, 44, 427). This study looks at questions such as whether engagement experiences in one lesson have an effect on the next lesson. In the present study, process-oriented analyses were conducted to examine lower secondary school students' engagement experiences and the st…
Adolescents with poorly controlled type 1 diabetes
ACT for sleep - Internet-delivered self-help ACT for sub-clinical and clinical insomnia
Associations between identity processes and success in developmental tasks during the transition from emerging to young adulthood
Little is yet known of how personal identity processes of exploration and commitment develop beyond adolescence and how they interact with developmental tasks of young adulthood. Employing the DIDS (The Dimensions of Identity Development Scale; commitment making, identification with commitment, exploration in breadth, exploration in depth and ruminative exploration) in a longitudinal sample of Finnish young adults (measurement at age 24 and 29; N…
Reducing Stress and Enhancing Academic Buoyancy among Adolescents Using a Brief Web-based Program Based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Acceptance and commitment therapy programs have rarely been used as preventive tools for alleviating stress and enhancing coping skills among adolescents. This randomized controlled trial examined the efficacy of a novel Finnish web- and mobile-delivered five-week intervention program called Youth COMPASS among a general sample of ninth-grade adolescents (n= 249, 49% females). The intervention group showed a small but significant decrease in over…
Teacher-student interaction and lower secondary school students' situational engagement
BackgroundPrior research has shown that engagement plays a significant role in students' academic learning.AimsThe present study sought to expand the current understanding of students' engagement by examining how situational engagement during a particular lesson is associated with the observed teacher-student classroom interactions (i.e., emotional support, instructional support, and classroom organization) in the same lesson.SampleThe participan…
Identity profiles and digital engagement among Finnish high school students
Developing a stable personal identity is considered a more precarious task in today’s society than hitherto. Skilful digital engagement may, however, constitute a valuable asset in necessary identity exploration and commitment. Applying a person-oriented approach, we examined for the first time how identity profiles are associated with digital engagement, operationalized as digital competence, gaming seriousness, type of internet activity and exc…
A brief Acceptance and Commitment Therapy intervention for depression
Teacher-student interaction and lower secondary school students' situational engagement
BackgroundPrior research has shown that engagement plays a significant role in students' academic learning.AimsThe present study sought to expand the current understanding of students' engagement by examining how situational engagement during a particular lesson is associated with the observed teacher-student classroom interactions (i.e., emotional support, instructional support, and classroom organization) in the same lesson.SampleThe participan…
The associations between teachers' lesson-specific emotions and observed teacher-student interactions and student engagement
BackgroundTeachers' emotions while teaching are associated to how they teach. Prior research has evidenced such associations mostly based on teacher or student ratings of different teaching behaviours.AimsThis study examined the extent to which teachers' self-rated lesson-specific positive and negative emotions are associated with the observed quality of teacher-student interactions in terms of emotional support, classroom organization and instru…
Associations between identity processes and success in developmental tasks during the transition from emerging to young adulthood
Little is yet known of how personal identity processes of exploration and commitment develop beyond adolescence and how they interact with developmental tasks of young adulthood. Employing the DIDS (The Dimensions of Identity Development Scale; commitment making, identification with commitment, exploration in breadth, exploration in depth and ruminative exploration) in a longitudinal sample of Finnish young adults (measurement at age 24 and 29; N…
Reducing Stress and Enhancing Academic Buoyancy among Adolescents Using a Brief Web-based Program Based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Acceptance and commitment therapy programs have rarely been used as preventive tools for alleviating stress and enhancing coping skills among adolescents. This randomized controlled trial examined the efficacy of a novel Finnish web- and mobile-delivered five-week intervention program called Youth COMPASS among a general sample of ninth-grade adolescents (n= 249, 49% females). The intervention group showed a small but significant decrease in over…
Profiles of teaching practices and reading skills at the first and third grade in Finland and Estonia
Intra-individual dynamics of lesson-specific engagement
BackgroundStudent engagement denotes active participation in academic work through commitment and involvement in learning tasks (Appleton et al., 2006, Journal of School Psychology, 44, 427). This study looks at questions such as whether engagement experiences in one lesson have an effect on the next lesson. In the present study, process-oriented analyses were conducted to examine lower secondary school students' engagement experiences and the st…
Profiles of teaching practices and reading skills at the first and third grade in Finland and Estonia
Identity profiles and digital engagement among Finnish high school students
Developing a stable personal identity is considered a more precarious task in today’s society than hitherto. Skilful digital engagement may, however, constitute a valuable asset in necessary identity exploration and commitment. Applying a person-oriented approach, we examined for the first time how identity profiles are associated with digital engagement, operationalized as digital competence, gaming seriousness, type of internet activity and exc…
A brief Acceptance and Commitment Therapy intervention for depression
ACT for sleep - Internet-delivered self-help ACT for sub-clinical and clinical insomnia
Associations between identity processes and success in developmental tasks during the transition from emerging to young adulthood
Little is yet known of how personal identity processes of exploration and commitment develop beyond adolescence and how they interact with developmental tasks of young adulthood. Employing the DIDS (The Dimensions of Identity Development Scale; commitment making, identification with commitment, exploration in breadth, exploration in depth and ruminative exploration) in a longitudinal sample of Finnish young adults (measurement at age 24 and 29; N…
Reducing Stress and Enhancing Academic Buoyancy among Adolescents Using a Brief Web-based Program Based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Acceptance and commitment therapy programs have rarely been used as preventive tools for alleviating stress and enhancing coping skills among adolescents. This randomized controlled trial examined the efficacy of a novel Finnish web- and mobile-delivered five-week intervention program called Youth COMPASS among a general sample of ninth-grade adolescents (n= 249, 49% females). The intervention group showed a small but significant decrease in over…
Teacher-student interaction and lower secondary school students' situational engagement
BackgroundPrior research has shown that engagement plays a significant role in students' academic learning.AimsThe present study sought to expand the current understanding of students' engagement by examining how situational engagement during a particular lesson is associated with the observed teacher-student classroom interactions (i.e., emotional support, instructional support, and classroom organization) in the same lesson.SampleThe participan…
Adolescents with poorly controlled type 1 diabetes
Effectiveness of a web-based acceptance and commitment therapy program for adolescent career preparation
The Youth Compass -the effectiveness of an online acceptance and commitment therapy program to promote adolescent mental health
Can peer-tutored psychological flexibility training facilitate physical activity among adults with overweight
An increase in psychological flexibility has been found to be associated with health behavior changes. Peer-led interventions have been advantageous in improving physical activity among individuals at health risk. This study aimed to discover whether an ACT-based peer-tutored online intervention can increase self-reported physical activity participation and psychological flexibility among adults with overweight. The study was a non-randomized lon…
Intra-individual dynamics of lesson-specific engagement
BackgroundStudent engagement denotes active participation in academic work through commitment and involvement in learning tasks (Appleton et al., 2006, Journal of School Psychology, 44, 427). This study looks at questions such as whether engagement experiences in one lesson have an effect on the next lesson. In the present study, process-oriented analyses were conducted to examine lower secondary school students' engagement experiences and the st…
Longitudinal Patterns of Ethical Organisational Culture as a Context for Leaders’ Well-Being
The aim of this longitudinal study was to investigate the temporal dynamics of ethical organisational culture and how it associates with well-being at work when potential changes in ethical culture are measured over an extended period of 6 years. We used a person-centred study design, which allowed us to detect both typical and atypical patterns of ethical culture stability as well as change among a sample of leaders. Based on latent profile anal…
In the shadow of Covid-19
Active use of an ACT-based online intervention under adverse circumstances may decrease symptoms of anxiety and increase psychological flexibility skills in adolescents
Acceptance and commitment therapy group intervention for adolescents with type 1 diabetes
Multiple mini-interviews as a selection tool for initial teacher education admissions
This study investigates the reliability of multiple mini interviews (MMIs) to select students for classroom and special education teacher programs (n = 418) using intraclass correlations and cross-classified multilevel modeling. The results indicated mostly small effects of clustering of applicants to different interviewers and five-station circuits. The largest variance components in the MMI total score were for applicants (63.3%) and measuremen…
The effectiveness of a five-session workshop on the distress of international students in Finland – a pilot study
The mental health of international students has become a concern, as they face high levels of psychological distress. We designed a five-week acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) workshop with two additional individual assessment meetings. The intervention aimed at helping international students attending a Finnish university to reduce their symptoms of stress, depression, and anxiety, and enhance skills of psychological flexibility. The post-…
Adolescents' stress and depressive symptoms and their associations with psychological flexibility before educational transition
INTRODUCTION: Relatively little is known about individual differences in adolescent psychological flexibility and its associations with symptoms of stress and depression. This study examined different profiles of adolescent stress and depressive symptoms and their associations with developing psychological flexibility before the critical educational transition. METHODS: = 15.7 years, 57% female) who were assessed twice during the final grade of t…
Examining coaches' asynchronous written feedback in two blended ACT-based interventions for enhancing university students' wellbeing and reducing psychological distress
Internet-delivered cognitive and behavioral interventions have been shown to be effective in enhancing university students' well-being and reducing symptoms of stress and depression. However, few studies have examined the active components that may contribute to their effectiveness. The present study aimed to explore what kind of online written coach feedback would be useful on participants’ outcomes and satisfaction in two Acceptance and Commitm…
Profiles of Depression and Restoration in Nature-Based Group Therapy
This study focuses on a nature-based group treatment ( Flow with Nature [FWN] treatment) for working-age adults diagnosed with clinical depression. We searched for different subgroups of depression and restoration levels to see who, in particular, benefits from FWN treatment. In total, 108 people participated in the study at various locations in Finland. The participants were 44.8 years old on average (range = 19–64), and most were female (81.5%)…
Profiles of early career insecurity and its outcomes in adolescence
This study investigated the developmental profiles of perceived early career insecurity (ECI) and their outcomes among adolescents (n = 1416) during a critical educational transition from basic education to upper secondary education. We found three distinct latent profiles with varying amounts of ECI: Profile 1: Moderate and decreasing ECI before the transition (57%); Profile 2: Low-decreasing ECI before the transition but increasing ECI after th…
Ethical dilemmas and well-being in teachers’ work
The aim of the present longitudinal study was two-fold: First, to explore what kinds of ethical dilemma groups can be identified among Finnish teachers (n = 310) and second, to examine how these groups differ from each other with respect to occupational well-being and recovery from job strain over the two-year follow-up. Using Latent Profile Analysis, three ethical dilemma prevalence groups were identified: rare (27%), occasional (51%), and frequ…
Parents’ perceptions of their child’s school adjustment during the Covid-19 pandemic
The present study examined the profiles of parental perceptions of their child’s school adjustment in terms of learning loss and school well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic in Finland. Furthermore, the extent to which the profiles differed with respect to the different children and their family characteristics, as well as their parents’ stress about their child’s schooling, were examined. Parents ( N = 26,313) completed a questionnaire in spri…
Child Maltreatment Profiles of Finnish Parents and Their Association With Parental Burnout During Covid-19-Lockdown
Although it has been proposed that the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the risk of parental burnout and child maltreatment in families, parent-reported empirical evidence is scarce. Furthermore, it is unknown whether different profiles of maltreatment can be identified among parents based on physical violence, emotional violence, and neglect, and how these profiles differ based on family-related background variables. We adopted a person-oriented …
The associations between teachers' lesson-specific emotions and observed teacher-student interactions and student engagement
BackgroundTeachers' emotions while teaching are associated to how they teach. Prior research has evidenced such associations mostly based on teacher or student ratings of different teaching behaviours.AimsThis study examined the extent to which teachers' self-rated lesson-specific positive and negative emotions are associated with the observed quality of teacher-student interactions in terms of emotional support, classroom organization and instru…
Psychology (25 works) · Clinical Psychology (18 works) · Medicine (17 works) · Clinical Psychology (13 works) · Psychiatry (13 works) · Developmental psychology (9 works) · Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions (9 works) · Randomized controlled trial (9 works) · Acceptance and commitment therapy (8 works) · Intervention (counseling (8 works)