School of Educational Sciences and Psychology - News

Syyt lasten ja nuorten digitaalisen pelaamisen yhteydessä ilmeneviin raivonpuuskiin ovat hyvin monitahoisia, ja lapset osaavat nimetä niitä hyvin.

The University of Eastern Finland (UEF) and the University of Namibia (UNAM) have renewed their partnership and expanded it to include the social sciences, as well as activities that support corporate social responsibility of UNAM and global development activities of UEF.

Mental stress factors at work and in private life are associated with sleep problems among older employees. As sleep and sleep quality are of key importance for recovery, disturbances in sleep and recovery may affect not only the quality of life, but also health as well as work and functional capacity more broadly. 

Research called “Reactions to war in Ukraine in university students” will be implemented at University of Eastern Finland. Students will be approached with an electronic questionnaire that deals with reactions to war in Ukraine.

The task values for school and sports among sports upper secondary school students are strongly related to each other. In other words, students with high motivation for school also have high motivation for sports.

Flipping has become increasingly popular internationally in recent years. However, this is the first time that the success of the flipped classroom approach has been studied from the perspective of student satisfaction.

Doctor of Education Anniina Kämäräinen, Doctor of Agriculture and Forestry Tuomas Yrttimaa, Doctor of Health Sciences Siiri-Liisi Kraav, and Doctor of Philosophy Niko Vartiainen have been recognised with the University of Eastern Finland’s Young Researcher Award 2021.

Sanna Vehviläinen started as Professor of Career Counselling on 1 January 2022.

A study conducted with university students uncovered new information about students prone to perfectionism and the impact of remote learning on students’ well-being.

"Providing schools with tools that they can use to create a safe environment and curb behavioural problems is an effective approach in practice,” says Hannu Savolainen.