Mirja Hirvensalo

ORCID link: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4841-2250

No active affiliation

Research interests

My latest research project is 'The role of physical activity in healthy behavior'- study project. It is a part of the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study, that is one of the largest follow-up studies from childhood to adulthood in the world.

Fields of science

315 Sport and fitness sciences (Medical and Health sciences)
516 Educational sciences (Social sciences)

Follow-up groups

Sport Pedagogy (Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences LTK, SPORT) LPE

Projects as Principal investigator

Development of Assesment knowledge in physical and health education
- Ministry of Education and Culture
01/08/2018-31/05/2021
The role of fysical acivity in healthy behavior
- Ministry of Education and Culture
01/04/2016-31/12/2018

Projects as Team Member

Development of active transport and sport participation from childhood to adulthood and their intergenerational transmission
- - Salin, Kasper
- Ministry of Education and Culture
01/04/2020-30/06/2024

Publications and other outputs

1 of 15

Predicting Adolescents’ Physical Activity Intentions : Testing an Integrated Social Cognition Model (2024) Balla, Jessica; et al.; A1; OA
Associations of active commuting to school in childhood and physical activity in adulthood (2023) Kaseva, Kaisa; et al.; A1; OA;
In memoriam: Risto Telama : ensimmäinen Suomessa väitellyt liikuntatieteiden tohtori (2023) Laakso, Lauri; et al.; D1; OA
Jaksaminen ei ole iästä kiinni! (2023) Lipponen, Henry; et al.; D1; OA
Lasten ja nuorten liikuntakäyttäytyminen Suomessa : LIITU-tutkimuksen tuloksia 2022 (2023) Kokko, Sami; et al.; D4; OA; 978-952-263-943-1
Merkittävä liikunnanopettajakoulutuksen kehittäjä ja liikuntakasvatuksen tutkija (2023) Laakso, Lauri; et al.; D1; OA
Parenthood and changes in physical activity from early adulthood to mid‐life among Finnish adults (2023) Palomäki, Sanna; et al.; A1; OA
Participation in organized and unorganized sports in adolescence: associations with physical activity levels in adulthood (2023) Suominen, Tuuli; et al.; O1; OA
Associations of parental physical activity trajectories with offspring's physical activity patterns from childhood to middle adulthood : The Young Finns Study (2022) Yang, Xiaolin; et al.; A1; OA
Health Education Teachers’ Assessment Conceptions and Practices : Identifying Assessment Profiles (2022) Paakkari, Olli; et al.; A1; OA
Liikunta (2022) Hirvensalo, Mirja; et al.; D2; 978-952-360-301-1
Longitudinal associations between parental and offspring’s leisure‐time physical activity : The Young Finns Study (2022) Yang, Xiaolin; et al.; A1; OA
Mistä liikunnan arvosanat muodostuvat? : liikunnanopettajien käsityksiä arvioinnin kriteereistä ja haasteista perusopetuksessa (2022) Palomäki, Sanna; et al.; A1; OA
Older Physical Education Teachers’ Wellbeing at Work and Its Challenges (2022) Lipponen, Henry; et al.; A1; OA
Organized Youth Sports Trajectories and Adult Health Outcomes : The Young Finns Study (2022) Yang, Xiaolin; et al.; A1; OA