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Steinunn Gestsdóttir - Pro-Rector of Academic Affairs and Development
–
Senior Management
Steinunn Gestsdóttir
Íslenska
Pro-Rector of Academic Affairs and Development
Professor
Location
Aðalbygging / A-103
Phone
525 - 4047
Email
steinuge [at] hi.is
Unit
Office of the Rector
Website
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Steinunn_Gestsdottir
Published Work
Steinunn Gestsdóttir - published work
Curriculum Vitae
Steinunn Gestsdóttir - Curriculum Vitae
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3037-7939
Research portal – Steinunn Gestsdóttir
Collaboration
Sigrún Aðalbjarnardóttir
,
Háskóli Íslands
Freyja Birgisdóttir,
,
Háskóli Íslands
Antje von Suchodoletz
,
Freiburg University
Richard M. Lerner
,
Tufts University, USA
Education
2005
,
Ph.D.
,
Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA.
,
Child Development,
2001
,
M.A.
,
Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.
,
Developmental Psychology
1996
,
B.A.
,
University of Iceland
,
Psychology
Professional Experience
2016 -
,
Pro-Rector of Academic Affairs and Devlopment,
University of Iceland
2015 -
,
Professor of Psychology,
Faculty of Psychology, University of Iceland
2013 -
2015,
Accociate Professor of Psychology,
Faculty of Psychology, University of Iceland
2009 -
2013,
Associate Professor of Psychology,
School of Education
2008 -
2009,
Assistant Professor of Psychology,
School of Education
2005 -
2008,
Assistant Professor of Psychology,
Iceland University of Education
Published works
2023
How self-regulation influences academic achievement and positive youth development
European Journal of Developmental Psychology
2022
Intentional Self-Regulation and Executive Functions
Journal of Early Adolescence
2021
The end of the beginning
The development of foraging organization
Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics
2020
Age differences in foraging and executive functions
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
Early predictors of first and fourth grade reading and math
Early Childhood Research Quarterly
0337 Association Between Free-living Sleep and Memory and Attention in Healthy Adolescents
Sleep
2019
The End of the Beginning
Adolescent Research Review
Visual foraging and executive functions
Acta Psychologica
2018
School engagement and intentional self-regulation
Journal of Adolescence
Tengsl lestraráhugahvatar og lesskilnings nemenda á miðstigi grunnskóla
Icelandic Journal of Education
Studying positive youth development in different Nations
2017
Má rekja mun á lesskilningi kynjanna til mismikillar þátttöku í skólastarfi?
Tímarit um uppeldi og menntun
What Drives Positive Youth Development? Assessing Intentional Self-Regulation as a Central Adolescent Asset
International Journal of Developmental Sciences
Self-regulation
Sjálfstjórnun ungmenna og tengsl við farsælan þroska
Cumulative risk over the early life course and its relation to academic achievement in childhood and early adolescence
Preventive Medicine
2016
Understanding visual attention in childhood
Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications
A Bifactor Model of School Engagement
International Journal of Behavioral Development
Hvað ræður mishröðum framförum í textaritun barna?
Netla
2015
Self-Regulation During Adolescence
Intentional Self-Regulation in Youth: Applying Research Findings to Practice and Programs
The Role of Behavioral Self-Regulation in Learning to Read
Early Education and Development
Self-Regulation Across Adolescence
Journal of Research on Adolescence
Self-regulation among youth in four Western cultures
International Journal of Behavioral Development
Selection, optimization, and compensation
International Journal of Behavioral Development
2014
Hugmyndir barna og unglinga um ofbeldi á heimilum
Þróun og mat á réttmæti mælitækis á meðvitaðri sjálfstjórnun ungmenna
Sálfræðiritið
Early Behavioral Self-Regulation, Academic Achievement, and Gender
Applied Developmental Science
2013
Tengsl skólatengdrar hvatningar við trú ungmenna á eigin getu til sjálfstjórnunar í námi
Netla
Behavioral self-regulation and relations to emergent academic skills among children in Germany and Iceland
Early Childhood Research Quarterly
2012
Promoting positive youth development in the face of contextual changes and challenges
New directions for youth development
Sjálfstjórnun barna og ungmenna: Staða þekkingar og þýðing fyrir skólastarf
Uppeldi og menntun
2011
The role of parenting and goal selection in positive youth development
Journal of Adolescence
Intentional self-regulation, ecological assets, and thriving in adolescence
New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development
Self-regulation processes and thriving in childhood and adolescence
New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development
Developmental trajectories of intentional self regulation in adolescence
Journal of Adolescence
Formgerð sjálfstjórnar: rannsókn meðal íslenskra ungmenna
Sálfræðiritið
The development of intentional self-regulation in adolescence. Describing, explaining, and optimizing its link to positive youth development
2010
Sjálfstjórn: Forsenda farsældar á fyrstu skólaárunum
Sjálfstjórn fjögurra og sex ára barna á Íslandi: Mat á tvenns konar mælitækjum
Sálfræðiritið
Intentional self regulation in middle adolescence
Journal of Youth and Adolescence
2009
Málþroski, sjálfstjórn og læsi fjögurra og sex ára íslenskra barna: Kynning á nýrri rannsókn og fyrstu niðurstöður
The structure and function of selection, optimization, and compensation in middle adolescence
Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
2008
Positive development in adolescence
Human Development
2007
Intentional self-regulation and positive youth development in early adolescence
Developmental Psychology
Hlutverk sjálfstjórnar í æskilegum þroska barna og unglinga
Sálfræðiritið
Hugmyndir barna og unglinga um ofbeldi á heimilum: skilningur og úrræði
Developmental Systems Theories
2005
Patterns of emotional availability among young mothers and their infants
Infant Mental Health Journal
Positive youth development, participation in community youth development programs, and community contributions of fifth-grade adolescents
Journal of Early Adolescence
Towards a new vision and vocabulary about adolescence: Theoretical and empirical bases of a "positive youth development" perspective
2004
Iceland
Structural relations among spirituality, religiosity, and thriving in adolescence
Applied Developmental Science
2003
Spirituality, religiosity, and thriving among adolescents
Applied Developmental Science
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