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Sari Toivonen
Optimistic, Approach‐oriented, and Avoidance Strategies in Social Situations: Three Studies on Loneliness and Peer Relationships
The aim of the three studies was to examine the extent to which the cognitive and behavioural strategies young adults apply in social situations are associated with their subsequent feelings of loneliness, their peer relationships, and social behaviour. In Study 1, 303 young adults first filled in the Strategy and Attribution Questionnaire (SAQ) and, 1 year later, the revised UCLA Loneliness scale. In Study 2, 71 young adults filled in first the SAQ and, 4 months later, the UCLA Loneliness scale and a sociometric questionnaire measuring popularity and unpopularity. In Study 3, 35 young adults who had participated in Study 1 were rated by student tutors according to their social behaviour in…
Social strategies and loneliness.
Although substantial research has been done on loneliness, in only a few studies has the extent of its association with the cognitive and attributional strategies people apply in social situations been investigated. Two studies were carried out among Finnish students to examine this association. In Study 1, 70 men and 202 women filled in the Cartoon-Attribution-Strategy Test (CAST) and Rosenberg's Self-Esteem Scale (RSE), then 1 year later, the revised UCLA Loneliness Scale. In Study 2, 25 men and 35 women filled in the CAST and the RSE, then 4 months later, the UCLA Loneliness Scale. In both studies, a pessimistic avoidance strategy was associated with subsequent feelings of loneliness, ev…
Kasvatusyhteistyön rakentuminen pienen lapsen varhaiskasvatuksen aloituksessa : tapaustutkimus
Toivonen, Sari. 2017. Kasvatusyhteistyön rakentuminen pienen lapsen varhaiskasvatuksen aloituksessa — tapaustutkimus. Varhaiskasvatustieteen pro gradu -tutkielma. Jyväskylän yliopisto. Kasvatustieteiden laitos. 76 sivua. Tutkimuksessa tarkastellaan yksivuotiaan lapsen varhaiskasvatuksen aloituksessa rakentuvaa kasvattajien ja vanhempien välistä kasvatusyhteistyötä. Tutkimus on osa laajempaa lasten siirtymiä koskevaa seitsemän maan välistä tutkimusta. Jyväskylän yliopistossa toteutettava hanke Lasten siirtymät varhaiskasvatuksessa liittyy laajempaan Social and emotional experiences in transition through the early years -projektiin. Suomessa pienten lasten siirtymiä ei ole juurikaan tutkittu,…