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Timo Ahonen is affiliated with the University of Jyväskylä in Finland. Their research intersects various areas within psychology and social sciences, with particular attention to clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, education, developmental and educational psychology, and social psychology.

The scientist's work addresses a range of topics related to childhood and adolescent development, education, and cognitive processes. Central themes in their research include early childhood education and development, education, achievement, and giftedness, as well as child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development. Other areas covered involve reading and literacy development, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), motivation and self-concept in sports, and cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills.

Among recent publications authored or coauthored by Timo Ahonen are:

  • The Youth Compass -the effectiveness of an online acceptance and commitment therapy program to promote adolescent mental health: A randomized controlled trial (2021) in Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science
  • Unveiling the Mysteries of Dyslexia-Lessons Learned from the Prospective Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Dyslexia (2021) in Brain Sciences
  • The dynamics of motivation, emotion, and task performance in simulated achievement situations (2020) in Learning and Individual Differences
  • Learning Disabilities Elevate Children's Risk for Behavioral-Emotional Problems: Differences Between LD Types, Genders, and Contexts (2021) in Journal of Learning Disabilities
  • Adolescents' Academic Emotions and Academic Achievement Across the Transition to Lower Secondary School: The Role of Learning Difficulties (2020) in Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research

Frequent coauthors in Ahonen's collaborative work include Kenneth Eklund, Noona Kiuru, Riikka Hirvonen, Tuija Aro, and Anna-Kaija Eloranta.

The venues where Ahonen has published cover a range of journals focused on behavioral science, learning disabilities, brain sciences, and educational research:

  • Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science
  • Journal of Learning Disabilities
  • Brain Sciences
  • Learning and Individual Differences
  • Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research

The main fields of study for Ahonen are psychology with 23 publications, and social sciences with 9 publications. Within these fields, specific subfields include clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, education, developmental and educational psychology, and social psychology, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach.

Best Publications

  • Clumsiness in Adolescence: Educational, Motor, and Social Outcomes of Motor Delay Detected at 5 Years

    Marja H. Cantell;Mary M. Smyth;Timo P. Ahonen

  • Very early phonological and language skills: estimating individual risk of reading disability

    Anne Puolakanaho;Timo Ahonen;Mikko Aro;Kenneth Eklund

  • Two distinct pathways for developmental coordination disorder: persistence and resolution.

    Marja H Cantell;Mary M Smyth;Timo P Ahonen

  • Predicting Delay in Reading Achievement in a Highly Transparent Language

    Leena Holopainen;Timo Ahonen;Heikki Lyytinen

  • Computer-Assisted Remedial Reading Intervention for School Beginners at Risk for Reading Disability

    Nina L. Saine;Marja-Kristiina Lerkkanen;Timo Ahonen;Asko Tolvanen

  • heterogeneity in adult dyslexic readers: Relating processing skills to the speed and accuracy of oral text reading.

    Seija Leinonen;Kurt Müller;Paavo H.T. Leppänen;Mikko Aro

  • Developmental pathways of children with and without familial risk for dyslexia during the first years of life.

    Heikki Lyytinen;Timo Ahonen;Kenneth Eklund;Tomi K. Guttorm

  • Cognitive predictors of single-digit and procedural calculation skills and their covariation with reading skill.

    Tuire Koponen;Kaisa Aunola;Timo Ahonen;Jari-Erik Nurmi

  • Physical activity and obesity mediate the association between childhood motor function and adolescents’ academic achievement

    Marko T. Kantomaa;Emmanuel Stamatakis;Anna Kankaanpää;Marika Kaakinen

  • The associations of objectively measured physical activity and sedentary time with cognitive functions in school-aged children

    Heidi J. Syväoja;Tuija H. Tammelin;Timo Ahonen;Anna Kankaanpää

  • A dominant gene for developmental dyslexia on chromosome 3

    Jaana Nopola-Hemmi;Birgitta Myllyluoma;Tuomas Haltia;Mikko Taipale

  • Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Academic Performance in Finnish Children

    Heidi J. Syväoja;Marko T. Kantomaa;Timo Ahonen;Harto Hakonen

  • Early development of children at familial risk for dyslexia--follow-up from birth to school age.

    H. Lyytinen;T. Ahonen;K. Eklund;T. Guttorm

  • Developmental Links of Very Early Phonological and Language Skills to Second Grade Reading Outcomes: Strong to Accuracy but Only Minor to Fluency

    Anne Puolakanaho;Timo Ahonen;Mikko Aro;Kenneth Eklund

  • Associations between Adolescents’ Interpersonal Relationships, School Well-being, and Academic Achievement during Educational Transitions

    Noona Kiuru;Ming-Te Wang;Katariina Salmela-Aro;Lasse Kannas

  • Speech and language development of children born at 32 weeks' gestation: a 5‐year prospective follow‐up study

    Laila Luoma;Eila Herrgård;Anneli Martikainen;Timo Ahonen

  • Reading comprehension, word reading and spelling as predictors of school achievement and choice of secondary education

    Hannu Savolainen;Timo Ahonen;Mikko Aro;Asko Tolvanen

  • Neurocognitive functioning in children with type-1 diabetes with and without episodes of severe hypoglycaemia

    Riitta Hannonen;Sarimari Tupola;Timo Ahonen;Raili Riikonen

  • Early motor development and later language and reading skills in children at risk of familial dyslexia.

    Helena Viholainen;Timo Ahonen;Paula Lyytinen;Marja Cantell

  • Borderline intellectual functioning: a systematic literature review.

    Minna Peltopuro;Timo Ahonen;Jukka Kaartinen;Heikki Seppälä

  • The effects of a psychomotor training programme on motor skill development in children with developmental language disorders

    P Rintala;K Pienimäki;T Ahonen;M Cantell

Frequent Co-Authors

Heikki Lyytinen
Heikki Lyytinen University of Jyväskylä
Asko Tolvanen
Asko Tolvanen University of Jyväskylä
Kenneth Eklund
Kenneth Eklund University of Jyväskylä
Anna-Maija Poikkeus
Anna-Maija Poikkeus University of Jyväskylä
Noona Kiuru
Noona Kiuru University of Jyväskylä
Mikko Aro
Mikko Aro University of Jyväskylä
Jari-Erik Nurmi
Jari-Erik Nurmi University of Jyväskylä
Marja-Kristiina Lerkkanen
Marja-Kristiina Lerkkanen University of Jyväskylä
Kaisa Aunola
Kaisa Aunola University of Jyväskylä
Pekka Niemi
Pekka Niemi University of Turku

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