Browsing by Author "Hytönen, Venla"

The aim of the study was to investigate the link between the nature of the level of stress-activation and the level of engagement of toddlers, 1-4-year-old children, stress reactivation and engagement. The goal approached with two research tasks. First (1) to determine whether there is a link between the levels of stress response activation and children involvement to action and second (2) whether a link between variables maintained by the cortisol daily variation after a breakdown into a typical and atypical group and do these groups differ in relation to the level of commitment Earlier studies have shown that there is a link between children's cognitive abilities, memory, and alertness at the level of children's stress response activation. Similarly, higher levels of cognitive skills are also required for involvement, which reflects children's emotional well-being, interest, and relevance. Observing involvement to children's activities gives the educator important information about the child's world, interests, skills and needs. This study assumed (H1) that with decreasing stress activation in children, the level of involvement would increase. The study focused on the calamities of kindergartens in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area. The study used the material of the University of Helsinki's LASSO project Taaperot research by analyzing the level of engagement of the children involved in the research using the LIS-YC scale and comparing the levels of engagement thus obtained to the stress response measurements from children. Stress response measurements consisted of the concentrations of alpha-amylase and cortisol collected from children, which used to determine the AOCg value of these concentrations in the final analysis. A statistically significant negative relationship found between the levels of stress in children and the level of engagement in the study. The connection was observed at the time of the stress response measurement for the target level of binding (p <0.05) and for the entire material (p <0.01). The results of the study provided indicative information on the relationship between children's stress responses and engagementt to action.