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Katja Kokko is affiliated with the University of Jyväskylä in Finland. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and medicine, focusing especially on subfields such as clinical psychology, physiology, health, social psychology, and applied psychology.

The scientist's work addresses several key topics including:

  • Physical Activity and Health
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Aging and Gerontology Research
  • Resilience and Mental Health

Katja Kokko has contributed to notable publication venues with multiple papers, such as:

  • Aging & Mental Health
  • BMC Public Health
  • Psychology and Health
  • The Journals of Gerontology Series A
  • European Journal of Ageing

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by the scientist include:

  • Life-Space Mobility and Active Aging as Factors Underlying Quality of Life Among Older People Before and During COVID-19 Lockdown in Finland-A Longitudinal Study (2020, The Journals of Gerontology Series A)
  • The role of physical activity in the link between menopausal status and mental well-being (2020, Menopause The Journal of The North American Menopause Society)
  • Accelerometer-measured and self-reported physical activity in relation to extraversion and neuroticism: a cross-sectional analysis of two studies (2020, BMC Geriatrics)
  • Physical Performance During the Menopausal Transition and the Role of Physical Activity (2020, The Journals of Gerontology Series A)
  • Personality, motivational, and social cognition predictors of leisure-time physical activity (2022, Psychology of sport and exercise)

Frequent collaborators in Katja Kokko's research include:

  • Tiia Kekäläinen
  • Sarianna Sipilä
  • Milla Saajanaho
  • Taina Rantanen
  • Erja Portegijs

Best Publications

  • Trajectories of Prosocial Behavior and Physical Aggression in Middle Childhood: Links to Adolescent School Dropout and Physical Violence

    Katja Kokko;Richard E. Tremblay;Eric Lacourse;Daniel S. Nagin

  • Aggression in childhood and long-term unemployment in adulthood: a cycle of maladaptation and some protective factors.

    Katja Kokko;Lea Pulkkinen

  • Long-term stability in the Big Five personality traits in adulthood.

    Johanna Rantanen;Riitta-Leena Metsäpelto;Taru Feldt;Lea Pulkkinen

  • A developmental approach to alcohol drinking behaviour in adulthood: a follow‐up study from age 8 to age 42

    Tuuli Pitkänen;Katja Kokko;Anna-Liisa Lyyra;Lea Pulkkinen

  • Identity Processes in Adulthood: Diverging Domains

    Paivi Fadjukoff;Lea Pulkkinen;Katja Kokko

  • Development trajectories of Finnish managers' work ability over a 10-year follow-up period.

    Taru Feldt;Katriina Hyvönen;Anne Mäkikangas;Ulla Kinnunen

  • Selection into long-term unemployment and its psychological consequences:

    Katja Kokko;Lea Pulkkinen;Minna Puustinen

  • Associations between personality traits and psychological well-being across time in middle adulthood

    Katja Kokko;Asko Tolvanen;Lea Pulkkinen

  • Middle childhood and adolescent contextual and personal predictors of adult educational and occupational outcomes: a mediational model in two countries.

    Eric F. Dubow;L. Rowell Huesmann;Paul Boxer;Lea Pulkkinen

  • The Role of Family Background, School Success, and Career Orientation in the Development of Sense of Coherence

    Taru Feldt;Katja Kokko;Ulla Kinnunen;Lea Pulkkinen

  • Life success of males on nonoffender, adolescence-limited, persistent, and adult-onset antisocial pathways: follow-up from age 8 to 42.

    Lea Pulkkinen;Anna-Liisa Lyyra;Katja Kokko

  • Prosocial development from childhood to adolescence: a multi-informant perspective with Canadian and Italian longitudinal studies

    Amélie Nantel-Vivier;Katja Kokko;Gian Vittorio Caprara;Concetta Pastorelli

  • Identity Formation in Adulthood: A Longitudinal Study from Age 27 to 50

    Päivi Fadjukoff;Lea Pulkkinen;Katja Kokko

  • Personality profiles and health: longitudinal evidence among Finnish adults.

    Marja-Liisa Kinnunen;Riitta-Leena Metsäpelto;Taru Feldt;Katja Kokko

  • Effects of a 9-month resistance training intervention on quality of life, sense of coherence, and depressive symptoms in older adults : randomized controlled trial

    Tiia Kekäläinen;Katja Kokko;Sarianna Sipilä;Simon Walker

  • Unemployment and psychological distress: Mediator effects.

    Katja Kokko;Lea Pulkkinen

  • Life-Space Mobility and Active Aging as Factors Underlying Quality of Life Among Older People Before and During COVID-19 Lockdown in Finland-A Longitudinal Study.

    Taina Rantanen;Johanna Eronen;Markku Kauppinen;Katja Kokko

  • Stability of aggressive behavior from childhood to middle age in women and men

    Katja Kokko;Lea Pulkkinen

  • Identity Development in Adulthood: A Longitudinal Study

    Lea Pulkkinen;Katja Kokko

  • Life-space mobility and dimensions of depressive symptoms among community-dwelling older adults.

    Hannele Polku;Tuija M. Mikkola;Erja Portegijs;Merja Rantakokko

  • Work strain in midlife and 28-year work ability trajectories.

    Monika E von Bonsdorff;Katja Kokko;Jorma Seitsamo;Mikaela B von Bonsdorff

  • Intensity of aggression in childhood as a predictor of different forms of adult aggression: A two-country (Finland and the United States) analysis.

    Katja Kokko;Lea Pulkkinen;L. Rowell Huesmann;Eric F. Dubow

Frequent Co-Authors

Lea Pulkkinen
Lea Pulkkinen University of Jyväskylä
Taru Feldt
Taru Feldt University of Jyväskylä
Ulla Kinnunen
Ulla Kinnunen Tampere University
Asko Tolvanen
Asko Tolvanen University of Jyväskylä
Eric F. Dubow
Eric F. Dubow Bowling Green State University
Paul Boxer
Paul Boxer Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
L. Rowell Huesmann
L. Rowell Huesmann University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Alexandra M. Freund
Alexandra M. Freund University of Zurich
Richard E. Tremblay
Richard E. Tremblay University of Montreal
Miia Kivipelto
Miia Kivipelto University of Eastern Finland

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