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- Jansson, Peter M., Filosofie Doktor, 1965-, et al.
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An Explorative Study of Men's Masculinity Constructions and Proximity to Violence Against Women
- 2020
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Ingår i: Masculinities and Social Change. - Spain : Hipatia Press. - 2014-3605. ; 6:3, s. 284-309
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This explorative study aimed to develop an understanding of how a sample of two groups of men, considered to be situated at different ends of Connell’s masculinity continuum, construct their masculinity, and how these constructions relate to their proximity to violence against women (VAW). One group consisted of five men incarcerated for violent crimes (MIVC) that had previously used VAW. The other included five participants in the pro-feminist group Men Against Violence (MAV), without prior VAW. An abductive approach, using qualitative interviews, was employed. Results show that the MIVC participants appeared ambivalent, unreflective, and inconsistent in their masculinity constructions, and used VAW as part of their problem-solving repertoire. The MAV participants appeared to have a reflexive stance towards gender equality and consistently adopted inclusive ways of enacting masculinity and preventing VAW. The study can only provide some support to the postulated relationship between men’s masculinity positions and their attitudes toward VAW.
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- Jansson, Peter M., 1965-
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Exploring pathways related to men’s violence : A qualitative exploration of the relationship between violent men’s violence and their masculinities, childhood, and emotions
- 2019
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Ingår i: Deviant behavior. - Philadelphia, USA : Taylor & Francis Group. - 0163-9625 .- 1521-0456. ; 40:10, s. 1171-1186
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study explored new ways of finding knowledge about violent men’s pathways toward their status as violent criminals and the mechanisms that underlie their violent behavior. The empirical data were gathered through biographical interviews with 10 men sentenced to therapy against violence and drugs at a Swedish treatment center. The men who had experienced violence and childhood maltreatment tended to bypass shame with uncontrolled anger and violence when reliving childhood traumas. Conversely, men without extreme childhood experiences seemed to exhibit more controlled violence mechanisms. Two men who had experienced brutal physical school bullying might have been expected to bypass shame with immediate violence; however, these men described their violence as controlled, suggesting that they had learnt to take cognitive control over their bypass mechanisms in order to escape the bullying.
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- Jansson, Peter M., Filosofie Doktor, 1965-, et al.
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The Interaction of Ideology and Institutions in Treating Violent Men in Sweden
- 2022
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Ingår i: Social Work & Social Sciences Review. - London : Whiting & Birch, Ltd.. - 0953-5225 .- 1746-6105. ; 22:3, s. 23-35
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Since Sweden has a reputation for having a pragmatic, technocratic approach to solving social problems, the question arises as to why the country uses different methods at the national and the local level for treating violent men. If studies show that one method is superior to others, we would expect both levels of government to use similar treatment methods. Despite the emphasis on pragmatic solutions, ideology plays an important role, as the Swedish government in recent decades has largely accepted the New Public Management approach to governance. However, because of differences in institutional arrangements, it becomes logically appropriate for the national level to utilize a different type of therapy (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) than the local level (Psycho Dynamic Therapy among others). Thus, a combination of an ideological shift to New Public Management and institutional differences can explain the differences in therapeutic approaches, rather than reliance on scientific studies.
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- Jansson, Peter M., 1965-, et al.
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Ambivalent attitudes towards equality and violence against women among men in a pro-feminist network
- 2017
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- AbstractThere is a great need for more knowledge on how a pro-feminist masculinity that challenges the normative hegemonic masculinity can be developed. To achieve this, it is important to gain more knowledge on how pro-feminist men relate to gender quality, violence in general and violence against women in particular, and when and why their reasoning points to ambivalence.The study was based on secondary analyzes of qualitative interviews done with five men active in a pro-feminist network in Sweden. The research questions applied spanned over several areas: socioeconomic status, masculinity construction and the men’s proximity to violence. Data analysis method used was content analysis, and as a means of increasing the reliability, member-check was used. The study was approved by the Regional Ethical Review Board.On a general level, the results show that the men’s masculine construction towards gender equality corresponded with their privileged position as regards to their socioeconomic status, as regards to educational level and job career. The men were positive to gender equality and opposed both men’s control of woman and violence against women. More in-depth analysis thus shows that the interviewed men acknowledged using some forms of less overt control over women and thus in some sense showed ambivalent attitude to gender equality. The men also, somewhat paradoxically, accepted some conventional forms of men’s violence.A conclusion from the study is that the conditions that the results highlights may pose problems for the development of gender equality and the ending of violence against women. This is because to make violence against women end all men, and particularly pro-feminist men, need to renounce all forms of violence and be aware of how gender equality can be weakened or strengthened by all different forms of gender interaction.
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- Jansson, Peter M., Filosofie Doktor, 1965-
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Avhandlingspresentation; Våldets onda cirklar
- 2018
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Ingår i: Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift. - Stockholm. - 0037-833X. ; 95:1, s. 108-108
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Recension (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Jansson, Peter M., Filosofie Doktor, 1965-, et al.
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Working with emotions in social work practice : A pride-building model for institutional care of young people
- 2024
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Ingår i: Children and youth services review. - : Elsevier. - 0190-7409 .- 1873-7765. ; 161
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this article we point out why social workers and treatment staff must have knowledge of how to identify emotions, understand their own emotions and understand the emotions they elicit in others as a prerequisite for successful rehabilitation. In particular, the emotions of shame and pride play a crucial role in the interaction between social workers and clients. There is currently a need for empirically applicable models that facilitate social workers and therapists in institutional care to identify shame and pride in the interaction with clients. Here we provide a model that can be used to analyze the quality of the social bonds between treatment staff and young clients in institutional care. Institutionalized treatment of young people is often based on an asymmetrical power relationship and the transformation of deviant young people's identity into normal ones. This is fraught with risks, as the power imbalance can preserve and reinforce deviant identities. To encourage the emergence of a normalized identity, the client's good qualities must form the basis of treatment. Greater understanding of the emotions evoked in a treatment situation is necessary for successful rehabilitation.
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- Kullberg, Christian, Professor, 1957-, et al.
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I'm just a soul whose intentions are good - narratives in applications for debt reconstruction in Sweden
- 2022
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Ingår i: European Journal of Social Work. - : ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. - 1369-1457 .- 1468-2664.
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of the present study is to deepen the understanding of over-indebted persons' ways of describing the causes of their debts and the part they and others played in the emergence of the problematic situation, in their written communications with public authorities with influence over the debt-reconstruction process. The method was a qualitative multiple-case-study design with a purposive, cross-sectional sample consisting of personal letters attached to debt reconstruction applications submitted to the Swedish Enforcement Agency. The results reveal three main ways that applicants present their cases: Attributing responsibility to oneself, Avoiding the question of responsibility, and Attributing responsibility to others. The authors suggest that the results can be used in social work to help over-indebted people to understand and present their problems in a way that restores their vulnerable identity and allows them to counteract interpretations of them as having acted irresponsibly regarding their finances.
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- Jansson, Peter M., 1965-
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An explorative single case study of the therapist's perspectives on power, emotions and identity changes in cognitive behavior therapy against men's violence in Sweden
- 2013
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Ingår i: Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracovensis. Studia Sociologica. - Krakow. - 2081-6642. ; 5:2, s. 117-134
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study starts from Retzinger (1995), Retzinger & Scheff (2000) and Scheff & Retzinger's (2000, 2001), micro-sociological perspective on social bonds. The general aim is to test a new model of operationalized sub-indicators that allows for a simplified ability to analyze the relationship between power relations and the social bond between therapist and clients in cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) for violent men. CBT-therapy often achieves positive effects by giving clients the knowledge and ability to talk about their problems instead of using aggression and drugs as defenses. The therapists make in this case many efforts to balance the relationship between them and the clients, but, there is still a tendency that therapy alienates them from each other and prevents the development of a solidarity social bond, which assuming that the theoretical premise is true, is the prerequisite for a client to build a positive self-image and become reintegrated into society.
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- Jansson, Peter M., 1965-, et al.
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Are assymetrical power relations a hidden obstacle to successful rehabilitation of violent men? : An explorative study on the methodology to investigate shame
- 2013
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Ingår i: Aggression and Violent Behavior. - : Elsevier. - 1359-1789 .- 1873-6335. ; 18:6, s. 745-752
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The study starts from Retzinger (1995), Retzinger and Scheff (2000) and Scheff and Retzinger's (2000, 2001) micro-sociological perspective on social bonds, with the general aim of constructing a model consisting of operationalized indicators that opens for a simplified ability to analyze the relationship between power relations and emotions in private and institutionalized meetings. Scheff & Retzinger have provided a comprehensive guide to how the state of the social bond can be decoded by the direct access to non-verbal data. But since this type of data is both difficult to obtain, difficult to analyze and time consuming, therapists need simplified methods that can provide insight into the state of social bonds. We also need a method that takes into account the issue of power relations — both power relations in society and power relations between the client and the therapist. The treatment of men with violence problems provides an example of how our model can be applied to therapeutic activity. The examination shows that it is possible to construct a model with operationalized indicators that facilitate visualization of the relationship between power and the quality of social bonds.
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