Mirjam Kalland
Biographic Data
| ID | 2769961 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mirjam Kalland |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mirjam |
| FAMILY NAME | Kalland |
| SIGNATURE | KALLAND M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Helsinki |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6357-7884 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 54 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Linguistic diversity and social-emotional development in Finnish early childhood education and care
Early social-emotional development is crucial for children's well-being and future outcomes. Although previous work suggests that multilingual children may have advantages in social-emotional development compared to monolingual children, the Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) environment may not adequately respond to the needs of multilingual children in Finland. This study examined the association between language status and social-emotio…
Parents With Substance Use Disorder in the Holding Tight Treatment System
Parents with substance use disorder have multiple risks affecting their parenting. Mental health problems and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) with problems in emotion regulation and adult attachment insecurity may impair the early interaction with the infant. An intensive treatment programme, Holding Tight, has been developed in Finland since the 1990s. It integrates social work and psychological interventions with mental health prevention. …
Children’s health-related quality of life in early childhood education and care
Studies focusing on young children's self-reported health-related quality of life (HRQoL) are scarce.More research is needed on the reliability and validity of the methods as well as how selfreported HRQoL in early childhood is linked to other well-being factors.Using the Kiddy-KINDL questionnaire in interviews with 245 3-to 6-year-old children this study investigated how children view their quality of life in Swedish speaking early childhood edu…
Validation of the Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire in Finnish mothers and fathers of toddlers
Parental reflective functioning (PRF) is important in guiding parenting behavior. It is traditionally measured with interviews that are relatively time‐consuming. A self‐report measure of PRF, the Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (PRFQ), has been developed but has not yet been extensively validated across different sociocultural contexts. The aim of this study was to examine the factorial structure of the PRFQ in a community‐based fi…
Teacher observations of loneliness and ostracism among five-year-olds
Saga
Social–emotional development is a key factor in child well-being and development, and studying how it can be supported in early childhood is crucial. This study acted as a second trial testing the efficacy of a shared story book reading intervention combined with mentalizing discussions (SAGA), on children’s ( N = 196) social–emotional development. In contrast to the first trial, the current trial utilized a group comprised of mostly multilingual…
Work demands and work resources in Ecec – turnover intentions explored
Work climate affects the quality of early childhood education and care activities.The aim was to explore how the staff describe demands and resources in their jobs, and whether different profiles could be distinguished among those with turnover intentions and those without.The research was based on the Job Demands-Resources model [Bakker, A. B., and E. Demerouti. 2007."The Job Demands-Resources model: State of the art.' Journal of Managerial Psyc…
Finnish and Swedish riding school pupils' motivation towards participation in non-riding education
Many horse enthusiasts have insufficient knowledge about horse behavior and welfare (BW) and learning and human-horse communication (LC), which poses a risk for both horse welfare and human safety. The main objective of this study was to investigate why riding school pupils participate or do not participate in non-riding education in BW and LC, using Self-determination theory (SDT). SDT posits that the quality of motivation is related to the indi…
Saga-Supporting Social-Emotional Development in Early Childhood Education
The aim of the SAGA project is to support children’s social-emotional development and teacher mentalizing by promoting regular shared story-book reading with mentalizing dialogs in early childhood education and care (ECEC) centers. The theoretical phase, the modeling phase (Phase I), and the exploratory phase (Phase II) of the SAGA intervention, as well as the research protocol for the final trial (Phase III), are described in the present article
Married and Cohabiting Finnish First-Time Parents
Cohabitation is more common than marriage when couples are expecting their first child in Finland. However, little is known about possible differences in wellbeing between the two groups. In this study, we examined differences in parental wellbeing, relationship satisfaction, infant health outcomes, and use of social support among cohabiting and married first-time parents. Survey data was collected from 903 parents during pregnancy and at one mon…
Impact of Covid-19 Restrictions on the Social-Emotional Wellbeing of Preschool Children and Their Families
In the spring of 2020, as a result of the lockdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, many children dropped out of daycare and early education in Finland, and parents had to balance work and childcare for months. The wellbeing of families during the lockdown has been studied to some extent, but few studies have focused on children under school age. In May 2020, we sent a survey to the 82 families originally recruited in our study on supporting soci…
Substance‐abusing mothers in residential treatment with their babies
A residential treatment program has been developed specifically for substance‐abusing pregnant and parenting women in Finland, focusing on simultaneously supporting maternal abstinence from substances and the mother–baby relationship. The aims of the study are to explore maternal pre‐ and postnatal reflective functioning and its association with background factors, maternal exposure to trauma, and psychiatric symptoms, postnatal interaction, chil…
Caregiving environment and socio-emotional development of foster-placed Fasd-children
Enhancing the effectiveness of residential treatment for substance abusing pregnant and parenting women
Substance abuse during early motherhood has become a significant problem and has led to accelerated efforts to develop specific treatment facilities for these mothers and children. Despite the often intensive treatment efforts in residential settings, there is surprisingly little evidence of their efficacy for enhancing the quality of caregiving. The situation of these mother-child pairs is exceptionally complex and multilevel, and has to be take…
Substance‐abusing mothers in residential treatment with their babies
A residential treatment program has been developed specifically for substance‐abusing pregnant and parenting women in Finland, focusing on simultaneously supporting maternal abstinence from substances and the mother–baby relationship. The aims of the study are to explore maternal pre‐ and postnatal reflective functioning and its association with background factors, maternal exposure to trauma, and psychiatric symptoms, postnatal interaction, chil…
Enhancing the effectiveness of residential treatment for substance abusing pregnant and parenting women
Substance abuse during early motherhood has become a significant problem and has led to accelerated efforts to develop specific treatment facilities for these mothers and children. Despite the often intensive treatment efforts in residential settings, there is surprisingly little evidence of their efficacy for enhancing the quality of caregiving. The situation of these mother-child pairs is exceptionally complex and multilevel, and has to be take…
Caregiving environment and socio-emotional development of foster-placed Fasd-children
Enhancing the effectiveness of residential treatment for substance abusing pregnant and parenting women
Substance abuse during early motherhood has become a significant problem and has led to accelerated efforts to develop specific treatment facilities for these mothers and children. Despite the often intensive treatment efforts in residential settings, there is surprisingly little evidence of their efficacy for enhancing the quality of caregiving. The situation of these mother-child pairs is exceptionally complex and multilevel, and has to be take…
Caregiving environment and socio-emotional development of foster-placed Fasd-children
Substance‐abusing mothers in residential treatment with their babies
A residential treatment program has been developed specifically for substance‐abusing pregnant and parenting women in Finland, focusing on simultaneously supporting maternal abstinence from substances and the mother–baby relationship. The aims of the study are to explore maternal pre‐ and postnatal reflective functioning and its association with background factors, maternal exposure to trauma, and psychiatric symptoms, postnatal interaction, chil…
Impact of Covid-19 Restrictions on the Social-Emotional Wellbeing of Preschool Children and Their Families
In the spring of 2020, as a result of the lockdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, many children dropped out of daycare and early education in Finland, and parents had to balance work and childcare for months. The wellbeing of families during the lockdown has been studied to some extent, but few studies have focused on children under school age. In May 2020, we sent a survey to the 82 families originally recruited in our study on supporting soci…
Saga-Supporting Social-Emotional Development in Early Childhood Education
The aim of the SAGA project is to support children’s social-emotional development and teacher mentalizing by promoting regular shared story-book reading with mentalizing dialogs in early childhood education and care (ECEC) centers. The theoretical phase, the modeling phase (Phase I), and the exploratory phase (Phase II) of the SAGA intervention, as well as the research protocol for the final trial (Phase III), are described in the present article
Married and Cohabiting Finnish First-Time Parents
Cohabitation is more common than marriage when couples are expecting their first child in Finland. However, little is known about possible differences in wellbeing between the two groups. In this study, we examined differences in parental wellbeing, relationship satisfaction, infant health outcomes, and use of social support among cohabiting and married first-time parents. Survey data was collected from 903 parents during pregnancy and at one mon…
Finnish and Swedish riding school pupils' motivation towards participation in non-riding education
Many horse enthusiasts have insufficient knowledge about horse behavior and welfare (BW) and learning and human-horse communication (LC), which poses a risk for both horse welfare and human safety. The main objective of this study was to investigate why riding school pupils participate or do not participate in non-riding education in BW and LC, using Self-determination theory (SDT). SDT posits that the quality of motivation is related to the indi…
Saga
Social–emotional development is a key factor in child well-being and development, and studying how it can be supported in early childhood is crucial. This study acted as a second trial testing the efficacy of a shared story book reading intervention combined with mentalizing discussions (SAGA), on children’s ( N = 196) social–emotional development. In contrast to the first trial, the current trial utilized a group comprised of mostly multilingual…
Work demands and work resources in Ecec – turnover intentions explored
Work climate affects the quality of early childhood education and care activities.The aim was to explore how the staff describe demands and resources in their jobs, and whether different profiles could be distinguished among those with turnover intentions and those without.The research was based on the Job Demands-Resources model [Bakker, A. B., and E. Demerouti. 2007."The Job Demands-Resources model: State of the art.' Journal of Managerial Psyc…
Children’s health-related quality of life in early childhood education and care
Studies focusing on young children's self-reported health-related quality of life (HRQoL) are scarce.More research is needed on the reliability and validity of the methods as well as how selfreported HRQoL in early childhood is linked to other well-being factors.Using the Kiddy-KINDL questionnaire in interviews with 245 3-to 6-year-old children this study investigated how children view their quality of life in Swedish speaking early childhood edu…
Validation of the Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire in Finnish mothers and fathers of toddlers
Parental reflective functioning (PRF) is important in guiding parenting behavior. It is traditionally measured with interviews that are relatively time‐consuming. A self‐report measure of PRF, the Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (PRFQ), has been developed but has not yet been extensively validated across different sociocultural contexts. The aim of this study was to examine the factorial structure of the PRFQ in a community‐based fi…
Teacher observations of loneliness and ostracism among five-year-olds
Linguistic diversity and social-emotional development in Finnish early childhood education and care
Early social-emotional development is crucial for children's well-being and future outcomes. Although previous work suggests that multilingual children may have advantages in social-emotional development compared to monolingual children, the Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) environment may not adequately respond to the needs of multilingual children in Finland. This study examined the association between language status and social-emotio…
Parents With Substance Use Disorder in the Holding Tight Treatment System
Parents with substance use disorder have multiple risks affecting their parenting. Mental health problems and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) with problems in emotion regulation and adult attachment insecurity may impair the early interaction with the infant. An intensive treatment programme, Holding Tight, has been developed in Finland since the 1990s. It integrates social work and psychological interventions with mental health prevention. …
Psychology (12 works) · Developmental psychology (10 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Early childhood education (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works)