

SUVI-MARIA SAARELAINEN
University Lecturer
ThD Suvi-Maria Saarelainen, Practical Theology, Psychology of Religion, Meaning in Life, Crises, COVID, Coping, Emerging Adulthood, Old Age, Palliative care & End-of-Life Care, Spirituality in Nursing, Qualitative & Narrative studies, ..
My research interest is focused on the experience of meaning during/in life changes and transitions of life. My doctoral thesis focused on how emerging adults with cancer appraised their life as meaningful. In addition, I was interested to study the role of spirituality in the coping process. During the post doctoral phase, I am studying meaning in life among the elderly; furthermore, I am scrutinizing how they see gerontechonlgy as part of their care. In our Meaningful Relations -project, the focus is in the experiences of patients and carers going through palliative care at home.
While working as a post doc at the department of applied psychology, Univ. of Huddersfield, UK, I worked in two (ongoing) project. In the first project we are analysing the dyadic interviews of patient and carer during the end-of-life care. Second, we launched a new project focusing on well-being of the post graduate students (PGR).
Visual research methods I found very intriguing. In all of my studies, I have employed visual elements.
Contact info
Organization
School of Theology, Western Theology
suvi-maria.saarelainen@uef.fi
Phone
+358 50 467 6975
Keywords
Teaching Activities
My teaching is focused on work-life skills of theologians; I teach applied studies for students aiming to become ordained ministers at the Lutheran church, pastoral care and counseling as well as multi-professional applies studies.
Societal Activities
Author in the following blogs:
Elämää kuoleman äärellä (https://blogs.helsinki.fi/elamaa-kuoleman-aarella/)
Akatemian jalkaväki. Kirjoituksia tieteen ruohonjuuritasolta (http://akatemianjalkavaki.fi/)
Column author in Kirkkotie 2020-2022 (https://kirkkotie.net/category/kolumni/)
Research groups and research projects
Meaningful relations; Patient and family carer encountering death at home (MeRela, https://www.uef.fi/en/web/oikeustieteet/merela)
The number of patients in home-based end-of-life care in Finland is increasing. However, the shift in balance from institution-centred care to a relationship-centred ideal have not been well studied. As a concept, meaningful relations stems from theories of meaning in life and relationality. In order to test the topic and methods we conducted a pilot study which later resulted in the MeRela project (2017-2020). Part of the testing and development of the method was conducted by utilizing Pictor technique.
Releases in SoleCRIS
Research groups - UEF
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Live Meaningfully – Toward Existential Wellbeing of the Older People
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Neuro-Ethics and Law Research Team
PROJECTS - UEF
Links
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Twitter @Twitter
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LinkedIn LinkedIn
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WordPress Elämää kuoleman äärellä-blog
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Research gate Reseach Gate
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Orcid ORCID
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Link Akatemian jalkaväki-blog
Publications
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Anthony, Francis-Vincent; Saarelainen, Suvi-Maria Katariina; Inkilä, Hilla; Oviedo, Lluis; Torralba Albaladejo, Josefa; Roszak, Piotr; Seryczynska, Berenika. 2021. Models of Cosmotheandric Life-experience in the Face of Coronavirus Pandemic: Empirical Research in the European Context Salesianum 83 3: 551-579. 2021
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Saarelainen, Suvi-Maria; Inkilä, Hilla; Oviedo, Lluis; Anthony, Francis-Vincent; Seryczynska, Berenika; Roszak, Piotr; Torralba Albaladejo, Josefa. 2021. Koronaviruspandemian vaikutukset elämän merkityksellisyyden kokemuksiin keväällä 2020 Diakonian tutkimus 2: 7-34. 2021
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Vähäkangas, Auli; Saarelainen, Suvi-Maria; Ojalammi, Jonna. 2021. The Search for Meaning in Life Through Continuing and/or Transforming the Bond to a Deceased Spouse in Late Life Pastoral psychology 2022; 71: 43-59. 2021
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Uskonto - yhteisö - yksilö: Uskonnollinen kehitys moninaistuvassa yhteiskunnassa. Saarelainen, Suvi-Maria; Kimanen, Anuleena; Innanen, Tapani. 2021 2021
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Uskonnollinen kehitys ja moninaistuva yhteiskunta: tutkimuksellisia näkökulmia 2020-luvulla. Saarelainen, Suvi-Maria; Kimanen, Anuleena; Innanen, Tapani / Uskonto - yhteisö - yksilö: Uskonnollinen kehitys moninaistuvassa yhteiskunnassa. 2021. 2021
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Syöpä nuorten aikuisten elämän merkityslähteiden haastajana. Saarelainen, Suvi-Maria / Sielunhoidon teologia. 2021. 2021
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Sielunhoidon teologia. Peltomäki, Isto; Saarelainen, Suvi-Maria; Salminen, Joona. 2021 2021
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Seryczynska, Berenika; Oviedo, Lluis; Roszak, Piotr; Saarelainen, Suvi-Maria Katariina; Inkilä, Huila; Torralba Albaladejo, Josefa; Anthony, Francis-Vincent. 2021. Religious capital as a central factor in coping with the covid-19: clues from an international survey European journal of science and theology 17 2: 67-82. 2021
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Saarelainen, Suvi. 2021. Yksityiskohdat kuntoon! Eettisen ennakkoarvioinnin prosessi Akatemian jalkaväki. Kirjoituksia tieteen ruohonjuuritasolta-blogi 14.5.2021: -. 2021
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Saarelainen, Suvi. 2021. Vuosi 2020 - mitä piditkään sisälläsi? Akatemian jalkaväki. Kirjoituksia tieteen ruohonjuuritasolta-blogi 22.1.2021: -. 2021