Kati Heinonen
Biographic Data
| ID | 4233117 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kati Heinonen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kati |
| FAMILY NAME | Heinonen |
| SIGNATURE | HEINONEN K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Helsinki |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1262-5599 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Latent Temperament Profiles Across Cultures
This study sought to leverage latent profile analysis (LPA) to examine temperament differences and similarities between cultures, considering cultural orientation and parenting/socialization dimensions relations to profile membership. Parents of 910 children between 17 and 40 months of age from the United States, Brazil, Spain, Mexico, Italy, Russia, Finland, Romania, Belgium, the Netherlands, China, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Chile w…
Vitamin D supplementation in the first 2 years and autism spectrum traits at 6–8 years – a randomized clinical trial
Background Early life vitamin D levels may be associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and related traits, but causality is unknown. We examine whether higher‐than‐standard vitamin D 3 supplementation during the first 2 years, as well as higher pregnancy and childhood 25‐hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) levels and their trajectories, are associated with lower ASD trait scores at ages 6–8 years in a non‐clinical cohort. Methods This secondary anal…
Positive maternal mental health during pregnancy and mental and behavioral disorders in children
BACKGROUND: The role of positive maternal mental health during pregnancy in child mental health remains largely unknown. We investigated whether positive maternal mental health during pregnancy is associated with lower hazards of mental and behavioral disorders in children and mitigates the adverse effects of negative maternal mental health. METHODS: Among 3,378 mother-child dyads of the Prediction and Prevention of Preeclampsia and Intrauterine …
The association of early regulatory problems with behavioral problems and cognitive functioning in adulthood
BACKGROUND: Regulatory problems (RPs; excessive crying, sleeping, or feeding difficulties) that co-occur (i.e., multiple) or are persistent have been associated with cognitive and behavioral problems in childhood. However, it remains unknown if multiple or persistent RPs are associated with cognitive and behavioral problems in adulthood. METHODS: This large prospective longitudinal study (N = 759) was conducted in two cohorts in Germany (N = 342)…
Understanding developmental language disorder - the Helsinki longitudinal SLI study (HelSLI)
The project aims to increase our understanding of the multiple interactive risk and protective factors that affect the developing heterogeneous cognitive and behavioral profile of DLD, including factors affecting literacy development. This accumulated knowledge will form a heuristic basis for the development of new interventions targeting linguistic and non-linguistic aspects of DLD
Sleep Problems and Cardiovascular Function in Children
OBJECTIVE: To assess the associations of sleep problems with 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure and cardiovascular reactivity in children. METHODS: Sleep problems in 285 term-born, healthy 8-year-olds (mean [standard deviation] = 8.1 [0.3] years) were measured with a parent-rated Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children. Ambulatory blood pressure (n = 241) was measured for 24 hours (41% nonschool days) with an oscillometric device. The children (n = 2…
Trajectories of physical growth and personality dimensions of the Five-Factor Model
Although physical growth in early life is associated with the risk of somatic illnesses and psychological disorders in adulthood, few studies have focused upon the associations between growth and dimensional personality traits. We examined the associations between pre- and postnatal growth in height, weight, and body mass index (BMI) and Five-Factor Model dimensions in adulthood. From the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study, 1,682 participants completed …
Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality in Finnish Men and Women Separated Temporarily From Their Parents in Childhood—A Life Course Study
Objective Early-life stress may influence health later in life. We examined morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular disease over 60 years in individuals separated temporarily from their parents in childhood due to World War II. Methods We studied 12,915 members of the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study born from 1934 to 1944, of whom 1726 (13.4%) had been evacuated aboard without their parents to temporary foster families for an average of 1.8 (stan…
Childhood socioeconomic status modifies the association between intellectual abilities at age 20 and mortality in later life
BACKGROUND: People who score poorly in intellectual ability tests have shorter life expectancy. A study was undertaken to determine whether this association is different in people from different socioeconomic backgrounds. METHODS: The mortality of 2786 men born in Helsinki, Finland during 1934-1944 who, as military conscripts, underwent a standardised intellectual ability test comprising verbal, visuospatial and arithmetic reasoning subtests was …
Reproductive traits following a parent–child separation trauma during childhood
Given the ethical limitations of exposing children to experimentally manipulated adverse experiences, evidence of the effects of childhood traumas on subsequent life history are based mostly on women's retrospective reports and animal studies. Only a few prospective studies have assessed the life‐long consequences of childhood trauma. We asked whether a traumatic separation from both parents during childhood is associated with reproductive and ma…
Infant Growth and Hostility in Adult Life
OBJECTIVE: Hostility may confer a risk of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality, but why is uncertain. A common origin in suboptimal fetal and early postnatal life may lie beneath. This study tested whether prenatal and postnatal growth predicts hostility in adult life. METHODS: Women (n = 939) and men (n = 740) born in Helsinki, Finland, from 1934 through 1944 filled out the Cook-Medley Hostility Scale at an average age of 63.4 years. G…
A Transactional Model of Temperamental Development
Although there is growing consensus that parental stress is a risk factor in child development, longitudinal studies of its effects are few. This study tested a sample of 231 mother–child dyads in terms of whether the relations between the global experience of stress in mothers (perceived stress scale) and child temperamental characteristics (infant behavior questionnaire and child behavior questionnaire) could be conceptualized through transacti…
Socioeconomic Status in Childhood and Adulthood
We examined whether dispositional optimism and pessimism (overall LOT‐R and optimism and pessimism component scores) of 694 adults aged 24 and 27 were associated with socioeconomic status (SES) measured concurrently and in childhood at ages 3 and 6. SES measures included education, occupational status and unemployment, and income. Concurrent adulthood SES was associated with the overall LOT‐R and optimism and the pessimism component scores. Child…
A Transactional Model of Temperamental Development
Although there is growing consensus that parental stress is a risk factor in child development, longitudinal studies of its effects are few. This study tested a sample of 231 mother–child dyads in terms of whether the relations between the global experience of stress in mothers (perceived stress scale) and child temperamental characteristics (infant behavior questionnaire and child behavior questionnaire) could be conceptualized through transacti…
Trajectories of physical growth and personality dimensions of the Five-Factor Model
Although physical growth in early life is associated with the risk of somatic illnesses and psychological disorders in adulthood, few studies have focused upon the associations between growth and dimensional personality traits. We examined the associations between pre- and postnatal growth in height, weight, and body mass index (BMI) and Five-Factor Model dimensions in adulthood. From the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study, 1,682 participants completed …
Childhood socioeconomic status modifies the association between intellectual abilities at age 20 and mortality in later life
BACKGROUND: People who score poorly in intellectual ability tests have shorter life expectancy. A study was undertaken to determine whether this association is different in people from different socioeconomic backgrounds. METHODS: The mortality of 2786 men born in Helsinki, Finland during 1934-1944 who, as military conscripts, underwent a standardised intellectual ability test comprising verbal, visuospatial and arithmetic reasoning subtests was …
Socioeconomic Status in Childhood and Adulthood
We examined whether dispositional optimism and pessimism (overall LOT‐R and optimism and pessimism component scores) of 694 adults aged 24 and 27 were associated with socioeconomic status (SES) measured concurrently and in childhood at ages 3 and 6. SES measures included education, occupational status and unemployment, and income. Concurrent adulthood SES was associated with the overall LOT‐R and optimism and the pessimism component scores. Child…
Reproductive traits following a parent–child separation trauma during childhood
Given the ethical limitations of exposing children to experimentally manipulated adverse experiences, evidence of the effects of childhood traumas on subsequent life history are based mostly on women's retrospective reports and animal studies. Only a few prospective studies have assessed the life‐long consequences of childhood trauma. We asked whether a traumatic separation from both parents during childhood is associated with reproductive and ma…
Infant Growth and Hostility in Adult Life
OBJECTIVE: Hostility may confer a risk of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality, but why is uncertain. A common origin in suboptimal fetal and early postnatal life may lie beneath. This study tested whether prenatal and postnatal growth predicts hostility in adult life. METHODS: Women (n = 939) and men (n = 740) born in Helsinki, Finland, from 1934 through 1944 filled out the Cook-Medley Hostility Scale at an average age of 63.4 years. G…
A Transactional Model of Temperamental Development
Although there is growing consensus that parental stress is a risk factor in child development, longitudinal studies of its effects are few. This study tested a sample of 231 mother–child dyads in terms of whether the relations between the global experience of stress in mothers (perceived stress scale) and child temperamental characteristics (infant behavior questionnaire and child behavior questionnaire) could be conceptualized through transacti…
Childhood socioeconomic status modifies the association between intellectual abilities at age 20 and mortality in later life
BACKGROUND: People who score poorly in intellectual ability tests have shorter life expectancy. A study was undertaken to determine whether this association is different in people from different socioeconomic backgrounds. METHODS: The mortality of 2786 men born in Helsinki, Finland during 1934-1944 who, as military conscripts, underwent a standardised intellectual ability test comprising verbal, visuospatial and arithmetic reasoning subtests was …
Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality in Finnish Men and Women Separated Temporarily From Their Parents in Childhood—A Life Course Study
Objective Early-life stress may influence health later in life. We examined morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular disease over 60 years in individuals separated temporarily from their parents in childhood due to World War II. Methods We studied 12,915 members of the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study born from 1934 to 1944, of whom 1726 (13.4%) had been evacuated aboard without their parents to temporary foster families for an average of 1.8 (stan…
Sleep Problems and Cardiovascular Function in Children
OBJECTIVE: To assess the associations of sleep problems with 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure and cardiovascular reactivity in children. METHODS: Sleep problems in 285 term-born, healthy 8-year-olds (mean [standard deviation] = 8.1 [0.3] years) were measured with a parent-rated Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children. Ambulatory blood pressure (n = 241) was measured for 24 hours (41% nonschool days) with an oscillometric device. The children (n = 2…
Trajectories of physical growth and personality dimensions of the Five-Factor Model
Although physical growth in early life is associated with the risk of somatic illnesses and psychological disorders in adulthood, few studies have focused upon the associations between growth and dimensional personality traits. We examined the associations between pre- and postnatal growth in height, weight, and body mass index (BMI) and Five-Factor Model dimensions in adulthood. From the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study, 1,682 participants completed …
Understanding developmental language disorder - the Helsinki longitudinal SLI study (HelSLI)
The project aims to increase our understanding of the multiple interactive risk and protective factors that affect the developing heterogeneous cognitive and behavioral profile of DLD, including factors affecting literacy development. This accumulated knowledge will form a heuristic basis for the development of new interventions targeting linguistic and non-linguistic aspects of DLD
Positive maternal mental health during pregnancy and mental and behavioral disorders in children
BACKGROUND: The role of positive maternal mental health during pregnancy in child mental health remains largely unknown. We investigated whether positive maternal mental health during pregnancy is associated with lower hazards of mental and behavioral disorders in children and mitigates the adverse effects of negative maternal mental health. METHODS: Among 3,378 mother-child dyads of the Prediction and Prevention of Preeclampsia and Intrauterine …
The association of early regulatory problems with behavioral problems and cognitive functioning in adulthood
BACKGROUND: Regulatory problems (RPs; excessive crying, sleeping, or feeding difficulties) that co-occur (i.e., multiple) or are persistent have been associated with cognitive and behavioral problems in childhood. However, it remains unknown if multiple or persistent RPs are associated with cognitive and behavioral problems in adulthood. METHODS: This large prospective longitudinal study (N = 759) was conducted in two cohorts in Germany (N = 342)…
Latent Temperament Profiles Across Cultures
This study sought to leverage latent profile analysis (LPA) to examine temperament differences and similarities between cultures, considering cultural orientation and parenting/socialization dimensions relations to profile membership. Parents of 910 children between 17 and 40 months of age from the United States, Brazil, Spain, Mexico, Italy, Russia, Finland, Romania, Belgium, the Netherlands, China, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Chile w…
Vitamin D supplementation in the first 2 years and autism spectrum traits at 6–8 years – a randomized clinical trial
Background Early life vitamin D levels may be associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and related traits, but causality is unknown. We examine whether higher‐than‐standard vitamin D 3 supplementation during the first 2 years, as well as higher pregnancy and childhood 25‐hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) levels and their trajectories, are associated with lower ASD trait scores at ages 6–8 years in a non‐clinical cohort. Methods This secondary anal…
Psychology (9 works) · Developmental psychology (8 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works) · Demography (6 works) · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (4 works) · Population (4 works) · Pregnancy (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Birth, Development, and Health (3 works)