S. Suominen

Liability to anxiety and severe life events as predictors of new-onset sleep disturbances (2007)

Vahtera, J., Kivimäki, M., Hublin, C., Korkeila, K., Suominen, S., Paunio, T., ...

Study Objectives: This study examined the effects of liability to anxiety and stressful life events on the onset of sleep disturbances. Design: A 5-year longitudinal observational cohort study....

Job strain, life events, and sickness absence: a longitudinal cohort study in a random population sample (2007)

Suominen, S., Vahtera, J., Korkeila, K., Helenius, H., Kivimäki, M., Koskenvuo, M.

OBJECTIVE: To examine job strain, adverse life events, and their co-occurrence as predictors of sickness absence. METHODS: Random sample-based mail survey data on 1806 Finns in gainful employment...

Structural validity and temporal stability of the 13-item sense of coherence scale: prospective evidence from the population-based HeSSup study (2007)

Feldt, T., Lintula, H., Suominen, S., Koskenvuo, M., Vahtera, J., Kivimäki, M.

Study objective: To investigate whether the structure of Antonovsky’s [Unraveling the Mystery of Health. How People Manage Stress and Stay Well. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1987] 13-item Sense of...

Childhood adversities as a predictor of disability retirement (2007)

Harkonmäki, K., Korkeila, K., Vahtera, J., Kivimäki, M., Suominen, S., Sillanmäki, L., ...

BACKGROUND: There is a large body of research on adulthood risk factors for retirement due to disability, but studies on the effect of adverse childhood experiences are scarce. AIM: To examine...

Childhood adversities, parent-child relationships and dispositional optimism in adulthood (2004)

Korkeila, K., Suominen, S., Vahtera, J., Kivimäki, M., Sundell, J., ...

Background: Studies exploring the effects of childhood adversities and parent-child relationship on adulthood dispositional optimism are rather rare, have been performed on small, selected samples...

Social support, early retirement, and a retirement preference: a study of 10,489 Finnish adults (2003)

Elovainio, M., Kivimäki, M., Vahtera, J., Ojanlatva, A., Korkeila, K., Suominen, S., ...

The aim of the study was to examine associations of social support with early retirement and reported retirement preference. Logistic regression analyses of early retirement (retired before the age...

Sense of coherence and disability pensions. A nationwide, register based prospective population study of 2196 adult Finns

Suominen, S., Gould, R., Ahvenainen, J., Vahtera, J., Uutela, A., Koskenvuo, M.

Background: Strong sense of coherence (SOC) has been shown to be associated with good, perceived health both in cross sectional and longitudinal studies.

The MDM2 promoter polymorphism SNP309T→G and the risk of uterine leiomyosarcoma, colorectal cancer, and squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck

Alhopuro, P, Ylisaukko-oja, S, Koskinen, W, Bono, P, Arola, J, Jarvinen, H, ...

Background: MDM2 acts as a principal regulator of the tumour suppressor p53 by targeting its destruction through the ubiquitin pathway. A polymorphism in the MDM2 promoter (SNP309) was recently...