Selected Publications

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  1. Törrönen, M. (2021) Social relationships and their connection to mental health for young people who have been in the care system. The British Journal of Social Work, 00 (18 pages). https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcab028
  2. Kokko, R-L., Hänninen, K. & Törrönen, M. (2020) Social Rehabilitation Through a Community-Based Rehabilitation Lens: Empowerment, Participation and Inclusion of the Elderly Long-Term Unemployed in the Re-employment Process. Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health, (28 pages). https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/fi/publications/social-rehabilitation-through-a-community-based-rehabilitation-le
  3. Törrönen, M., Munn-Giddings, C., C. Gavriel & D. Morris (2018) Emotional Participation of Young Adults Starting their Independent Living. Nordic Social Work Research, (21 pages). https://doi.org/10.1080/2156857X.2018.1489883
  4. Törrönen, M. (2018) “Hyvinvointia luova vastavuoroisuus”. Teologinen Aikakauskirja 2 [Finnish Journal of Theology], special issue, 113–123.
  5. Törrönen, M. & Munn-Giddings, C. (2018) Sijaishuollosta itsenäistyvien nuorten emotionaalinen kiintymys [Emotional attachment of young adults starting their independent living]. Nuorten elinolot –kirja [The Living Conditions of Youth]. Helsinki: Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitos THL [National Institute of Health and Welfare], 147–157.
  6. Törrönen, M., Munn-Giddings, C., & Tarkiainen, L. (2018) Reciprocal relationships and well-being: Implications for Social Work and Social Policy. London and New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis.
  7. Törrönen, M. (2018) Creating Well-being Through Reciprocal Relationships. In M. Törrönen, M., C. Munn-Giddings, & L. Tarkiainen (eds.) Reciprocal relationships and well-being: Implications for social work and social policy. London and New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis, 26–45.
  8. Törrönen, M., Hänninen, K., Jouttimäki, P., Lehto-Lundén, T., Salovaara, P., & Veistilä, M. (2016) Vastavuoroinen sosiaalityö [Reciprocal Social Work]. Helsinki: Gaudeamus.
  9. Törrönen, M., Borodgina, O., Samoylova, V., Juvonen, T. & Heino, E. (Eds.) (2015) Turbulence and Challenging Transitions of Everyday Life. Thematic Issue of the Journal of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Volume XVII, No 5 (82).
  10. Törrönen, M., Vornanen, R. & Saurama, E. (2016) Out-of-Home Care for Children and Young People in Finland. In Islam, T. & Fulcher, L. (Eds.), Residential Child and Youth Care in a developing world 1. Cape Town: The CYC-Net Press, 247−265.
  11. Törrönen, M. (2015) Toward a Theoretical Framework for Social Work – Reciprocity: The Symbolic Justification for Existence. Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics, 67 (Vol. 12, No. 2, Copyright ASWB), 77–88.
  12. Törrönen, M., Seppänen, M., Haapola, I. & Vauhkonen, T. (2015). Exhaustion among Elderly Informal Caregivers – A Gender Sensitive Approach. The Journal of Sociology and Social Anthropology, 67 (5), 58–77.
  13. Törrönen, M., & Vornanen, R. (2014). Young people leaving care: Participatory research to improve child welfare practices and the rights of children and young People. Australian Social Work, 67(1), 135–150. (http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0312407X.2013.868012)
  14. Törrönen, M. (2014). Everyday happiness (Peer-reviewed monograph in English). Helsinki: UniGrafia. (https://helda.helsinki.fi/handle/10138/44672)
  15. Törrönen, M., & Vornanen, R. (2013). Young people leaving care: Participatory research to improve child welfare practices and the rights of children and young people. Australian Social Work, 67(1), 135–150. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0312407X.2013.868012)
  16. Törrönen, M., Borodkina, O., & Samoylova, V. (2013). Trust in reciprocal relationships: The construction of well-being. In M. Törrönen, O. Borodgina, V. Samoylova, & E. Heino (Eds.), Empowering social work: Research and practice (pp. 8–19). Kotka: Palmenia Centre for Continuing Education, University of Helsinki, Kotka Unit. (https://helda.helsinki.fi/bitstream/handle/10138/41105/empowering_social_work.pdf?sequence=1)
  17. Törrönen, M., Borodkina, O., Samoylova, V., & Heino, E. (Eds.). (2013). Empowering Social Work: Research and Practice. Kotka: University of Helsinki, Lahden tutkimus- ja koulutuskeskus Palmenia. (https://helda.helsinki.fi/bitstream/handle/10138/41105/empowering_social_work.pdf?sequence=1)
  18. Vornanen, R., Törrönen, M., Miettinen, J., & Niemelä, P. (2012). The conceptualisation of insecurity from the perspective of young people. In A. López-Varela (Ed.), Social Sciences and Cultural Studies: Issues of Language, Public Opinion, Education and Welfare (pp. 281−297). Rijeka, Croatia: INTECH. (http://cdn.intechopen.com/pdfs-wm/39092.pdf)
  19. Vornanen, R., Törrönen, M., & Niemelä, P. (2009). Insecurity of young people. Young, 17(4), 399–419. (http://you.sagepub.com/content/17/4/399.short)
  20. Törrönen, M. (2008). Everyday well-being in connection with health in immigrant families with children: A study on the everyday lives of families with Russian backgrounds in Finland. Forum on Public Policy: A Journal of the Oxford Round Table, 1–10. Available from http:/forumonpublicpolicy.com/archivespring08/torronen.pdf
  21. Törrönen, M. (2006). Community in a children’s home. Child & Family Social Work, 11, 129–137. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2206.2006.00396.x
    (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2206.2006.00396.x/abstract)
  22. Törrönen, M. (1999). Lasten arki laitoksessa – Elämistila lastenkodissa ja sairaalassa [Everyday life in institutions: Lived space in a children’s home and hospital] (Doctoral thesis on social work). Helsinki: Helsinki University Press, (173 pages). (https://helda.helsinki.fi/handle/10138/16176)