
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,...
School of Theology, Philosophical Faculty
suvi-maria.saarelainen@uef.fi | +358 50 467 6975
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.
Research groups
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Existential Wellbeing 01.01.2021 -
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Impact of Covid-19 to experience of meaning 01.03.2020 -
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Neuro-Ethics and Law Research Team 01.08.2020 -
Projects
Publications
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Covid-19-pandemia ja eksistentiaalinen haavoittuvuus
Ojalammi, Jonna; Peltomäki, Isto; Palmi, Noora; Saarelainen, Suvi-Maria. Teoksessa: Kallatsa, Laura; Ojalammi, Jonna(toim.) , 2023. Kokemuksia, käytäntöjä ja kohtaamisia rajoituksissa: Koronapandemia eksistentiaalisena, eettisenä ja uskonnollisena kysymyksenä. s. 10-30. Suomalainen teologinen kirjallisuusseura -
Johdanto
Mikkola, Sini; Saarelainen, Suvi-Maria. Teoksessa: Mikkola, Sini; Saarelainen, Suvi-Maria(toim.) , 2023. Millenniaalien kirkko: Kulttuuriset muutokset ja kristillinen usko. s. 5-22. Kirkon tutkimuskeskus -
Katoamaton suru
Saarelainen, Suvi-Maria. 2023. Yleislääkäri. 38: 8-11 -
Mapping Existential Loneliness: A Scoping Review on Existential Loneliness/Isolation Conceptualizations and Operationalizations
Gil Álvarez, Mar; Haugan, Gørill; Larsson, Helena; Saarelainen, Suvi-Maria; Duppen, Daan; Dezutter, Jessie. 2023. Journal of humanistic psychology. [Epub ahead of print 15 Sep 2023]: 1-25 -
Millenniaalien kirkko: Kulttuuriset muutokset ja kristillinen usko
Mikkola, Sini; Saarelainen, Suvi-Maria. 2023. Suomen ev.-lut. kirkon tutkimusjulkaisuja. . Kirkon tutkimuskeskus -
Muutoksessa ja muutoksesta elävä diakonia
Saarelainen, Suvi-Maria Katariina. 2023. Diakonian tutkimus. 1: 73-77 -
Past-Oral Care - Christian Hope in Pastoral Care and Counseling for People With Severe Dementia in Finland
Pirhonen, Jari; Saarelainen, Suvi-Maria; Peltomäki, Isto; Vähäkangas, Auli. 2023. Journal of pastoral theology. 33: 84-98 -
Religious Bodies–Lutheran Chaplains Interpreting and Asserting Religiousness of People with Severe Dementia in Finnish Nursing Homes
Pirhonen, Jari; Vähäkangas, Auli; Saarelainen, Suvi-Maria. 2023. Journal of ageing and longevity. 3: 92-106 -
Spiritual well-being correlates with quality of life of both cancer and non-cancer patients in palliative care - further validation of EORTC QLQ-SWB32 in Finnish
Goyarrola, Raimo; Lipsanen, Jari; Saarelainen, Suvi-Maria; Suviranta, Raili; Rahko, Eeva; Lamminmäki, Annamarja; Klaavuniemi, Tuula; Ahtiluoto, Satu; Ohvanainen, Antti; Metso, Pekka; Pöyhiä, Reino. 2023. Bmc palliative care. 22: . 33 -
Uskonnottomuus periytyy vahvemmin kuin uskonnollisuus – kirkon kohtalo kytkeytyy nyt millenniaalien tarpeisiin
Mikkola, Sini; Saarelainen, Suvi-Maria. 2023. MustRead. : .