Saana
Myllyntausta
University Lecturer, Psychology
PhD
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Areas of expertise
Sleep
sleep research
work stressors, retirement
ageing
accelerometer
longitudinal research
Biography
MA, psychology, University of Turku 2016
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Turku 2020
Teaching
I teach quantitative research methods and statitsics as well as sleep-related topics to students of psychology and speech-language pathology.
Research
I work as a university lecturer in the field of psyhology at the Department of Psychology and Speech-Language Pathology of University of Turku. In my research, I examine sleep among older employees. In my PhD thesis, I examined changes in sleep during the transition to retirement.
Publications
Sex-related differential item functioning of the Jenkins Sleep Scale : a cross-sectional study among 77 967 employees in the Finnish public sector (2024)
BMJ Open
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Are changes in sleep problems associated with changes in life satisfaction during the retirement transition? (2024)
European Journal of Ageing
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Association of working hours with accelerometer-based sleep duration and sleep quality on the following night among older employees (2023)
Sleep epidemiology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Finnish Retirement and Aging Study: a prospective cohort study (2023)
BMJ Open
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
The association of previous night's sleep duration with cognitive function among older adults: a pooled analysis of three Finnish cohorts (2023)
European Journal of Ageing
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Associations of sleep and individual characteristics with accelerometer-measured catch-up sleep among older employees (2022)
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))Changes in the 24-h movement behaviors during the transition to retirement: compositional data analysis (2022)
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Trajectories of Worktime Control From Midlife to Retirement and Working Beyond Retirement Age (2022)
Work, Aging and Retirement
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Why do men extend their employment beyond pensionable age more often than women? a cohort study (2022)
European Journal of Ageing
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Changes in life satisfaction during the transition to retirement: findings from the FIREA cohort study (2022)
European Journal of Ageing
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))