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Suvi-Maria Saarelainen
Deputy Head of School
Associate Professor
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 distress, sources of meaning, and crisis of meaning in the Finnish context
Ojalammi, Jonna; Peltomäki, Isto; Palmi, Noora; Saarelainen, Suvi-Maria. 2024. Mental health, religion and culture. 27: 71-86 -
Diakonian näkökulma ikäihmisten eksistentiaalisiin kysymyksiin: Åsta Marie Olafsson. Existential Issues and Existential Conversations in Old Age: A Diaconal Approach
Saarelainen, Suvi-Maria. 2024. Diakonian tutkimus. 1: 81 -
Eksistentiaalisia kysymyksiä maallistumisen paineessa – narratiivinen analyysi pappien työstä hoivakodeissa
Pirhonen, Jari; Saarelainen, Suvi-Maria; Vähäkangas, Auli; Hautsalo, Katja; Pietilä, Ilkka. 2024. Gerontologia. 38: 52-70 -
Existential loneliness and meaning-in-life in the lived experience of nursing home residents
Larsson, Helena; Saarelainen, Suvi-Maria; Sjöberg, Marina; Dezutter, Jessie; Haugan, Gørill. 2024. International journal of care and caring. [Epub ahead of print 03 June 2024]: 1-19 -
Koronapandemian ja Venäjän Ukrainaan hyökkäämisen merkitykset ikäihmisille
Ojalammi, Jonna; Saarelainen, Suvi-Maria. 2024. Gerontologia. 38: 34-51 -
Meaning in Late Life: A Scoping Review
Vissers, Julie; Peltomäki, Isto; Duppen, Daan; Haugan, Gørill; Larsson, Helena; Saarelainen, Suvi-Maria; Dezutter, Jessie. 2024. Journal of happiness studies. 25: . 21 -
Nuorten pappien työhyvinvointi ja -uupumus – sukupuolisidonnaista vai ei?
Palmi, Noora; Tervo-Niemelä, Kati; Saarelainen, Suvi-Maria. Teoksessa: Tervo-Niemelä, Kati; Salminen, Veli-Matti; Palmi, Noora(toim.) , 2024. Opinnoista pappisuralle: Pappeuteen kasvu, haasteet ja muutokset. s. 339-379. Kirkon tutkimuskeskus -
The Sources of Meaning and Meaning in Life (SoMe) questionnaire in Finnish: Sociodemographic findings of meaningfulness and crisis of meaning in the Finnish context
Peltomäki, Isto; Ojalammi, Jonna; Palmi, Noora; Saarelainen, Suvi-Maria; Sorensen, Torgeir. 2024. Scandinavian journal of psychology. [Epub ahead of print 08 April 2024]: 1-10 -
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 -
Diakonian teologian tulkinta 2020-luvun kontekstissa
Saarelainen, Suvi. 2023. Diakonia+. : .