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  1. The relationship of socioeconomic status in childhood and adulthood with compassion: A study with a prospective 32-year follow-up

    Article • PLoS ONE, March 2021, PLOS

    Aino Saarinen

  2. Does compassion protect against raised blood pressure and hypertension?

    Article • International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, April 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Aino Saarinen, Professor Mirka Hintsanen

  3. Somatic complaints may predict a delay in compassion development

    Article • Journal of Psychosomatic Research, April 2020, Elsevier

    Aino Saarinen

  4. Breastfeeding does not predict the development of compassion in adulthood

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, December 2019, Wiley

    Aino Saarinen, Professor Mirka Hintsanen

  5. Compassion for others predicts better psychological well-being of the self

    Article • The Journal of Positive Psychology, September 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Aino Saarinen, Liisa Keltikangas-Järvinen, Claude Cloninger, Marko Elovainio, Professor Mirka Hintsanen

  6. High compassion for others may protect from depressive symptoms

    Article • Journal of Affective Disorders, May 2019, Elsevier

    Aino Saarinen, Professor Mirka Hintsanen

  7. Warm Parenting Predicts Child's Compassion Decades Later in Adulthood

    Article • Developmental Psychology, November 2018, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Mirka Hintsanen, Aino Saarinen, Claude Cloninger, Kia Gluschkoff