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- Rudolfsson, Lisa, 1980, et al.
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“It’s Almost Impossible to Speak about It”: Sexual Abuse, Forgiveness, and the Need for Restitution Rituals
- 2018
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Ingår i: Religions. - 2077-1444. ; 9:12, s. 1-18
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The focus of this research was on ways in which Christian congregations can address the concept of forgiveness when caring for victims of sexual abuse, and to make suggestions for a restitution mass as a possible way for congregations to work with these victims. Interviews with seven women and one man, who were victims of sexual abuse, were analyzed according to inductive thematic analysis. Our focus was on abuse that had occurred outside Church, i.e., not perpetrated by representatives for the Church. The informants described how attending services in Church could trigger their memories of sexual abuse, and they struggled to understand the concept of forgiveness; who they were to forgive and what made their forgiveness good enough. They expressed a need for the Church to offer them a safe space, rituals where their experiences would be acknowledged, and to meet with other victims of sexual abuse. We argue that representatives for the Church need to acquire knowledge about sexual abuse and its consequences before offering care. Further, the presence of victims of sexual abuse in a congregation demands that the congregation create appropriate conditions where the victim’s needs and concerns are put into focus. Addressing forgiveness and offering rituals must be done in such a way that it does not consolidate the victim’s feelings of exclusion, guilt, and shame.
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- Hagger, Martin S., et al.
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Predicting alcohol consumption and binge drinking in company employees: An application of planned behaviour and self-determination theories
- 2012
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Ingår i: British Journal of Health Psychology. - : Wiley. - 1359-107X. ; 17, s. 379-407
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Objectives. This study tested an integrated model of the psychosocial determinants of alcohol-related behaviour among company employees from four nations. A motivational sequence was proposed in which motivational orientations from selfdetermination theory influenced intentions to consume alcohol within guideline limits and alcohol-related behaviour via the mediation of the theory of planned behaviour variables of attitude, subjective norms, and perceived behavioural control (PBC). Design. A three-wave prospective design using self-reported psychological and behavioural measures. Methods. Company employees (N = 486, males = 225, females = 261; M age = 30.41, SD = 8.31) from four nations (Estonia, Finland, Sweden, and UK) completed measures of autonomous and controlled motivation from self-determination theory,attitudes, subjective norms, PBC, intentions from the theory of planned behaviour, and self-reported measures of past alcohol consumption and binge-drinking occasions at the first time point (time 1). Follow-up psychological and behavioural measures were taken one month later (time 2) and follow-up behavioural measures taken a further 2 months later (time 3). Results. Path analyses supported the motivational sequence with identified regulation (time 1), predicting intentions (time 1), and alcohol units consumed (time 2). The effects were indirect via the mediation of attitudes and PBC (time 1). A similar pattern of effects was found for the effect of time 2 psychological variables on time 3 units of alcohol consumed. There was little support for the effects of the psychological variables on binge-drinking behaviour. Conclusions. Findings provide new information on the psychosocial determinants of alcohol behaviour in company employees and the processes involved. Results may provide impetus for the development of interventions to reduce alcohol consumption.
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- Rudolfsson, Lisa, 1980
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“At Least I Tried”: Swedish Police Officers’ Experiences of Meeting with Women Who Were Raped.
- 2022
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Ingår i: Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0882-0783 .- 1936-6469. ; 37, s. 365-376
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Interactions with police officers are of great importance as to how the reporting raped woman continues to process what has happened. The focus of this study was on police officers’ experiences regarding contact with women who report rape. Sixteen officers participated in focus groups, and the data were subjected to inductive thematic analysis. Participants stressed their wish to be supportive and empathic, but also their lack of support and prerequisites, e.g., lack of amenities in interrogation rooms. They felt frustrated and described their work as “trying” rather than succeeding. If unaddressed, such shortcomings risk negatively affecting both police officers and victims.
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- Rudolfsson, Lisa, 1980, et al.
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Clergy and mental health clinician collaboration in Sweden: Pilot Survey of COPE
- 2019
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Ingår i: Mental Health, Religion & Culture. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1367-4676 .- 1469-9737. ; 22:8, s. 805-818
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- People often seek counsel from clergy before they seek help frommental health professionals. There is a need for clergy to have away to make referrals to clinicians, and for clinicians to have afamiliarity with the multiple roles of clergy and religion. Collaborationbetween clinicians and religious congregations provides a way toinitiate and sustain continuities of mental health care. As a pilotstudy for a project on applying the Clergy Outreach and ProfessionalEngagement (COPE) model in Sweden, a focus group with licencedpsychologists and pastoral care givers was conducted. Transcriptwas analysed using inductive thematic analysis. Findings includeda need for knowledge and a need for collaboration. Barriers forcollaboration concerned ministers’vow of silence and a lack ofresources within primary care and psychiatry. There is a need tofurther discussion regarding confidentiality withinthe Church, and toaddress structural barriers within mental health care
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- Rudolfsson, Lisa, 1980, et al.
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I have cried to Him a thousand times, but it makes no difference: sexual abuse, faith, and images of god
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Ingår i: Mental Health, Religion & Culture. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1367-4676 .- 1469-9737.
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Experiences of sexual abuse may lead to religious struggles and affect a person’s faith. This study focused on how victims of sexual abuse describe their relationships with God and with other parishioners. Our interest was in sexual abuse that had occurred outside the religious congregation, not abuse perpetrated by a minister or any other representative of the church. Interviews conducted with seven women and one man were analysed using inductive thematic analysis. The informants described a wavering relationship with God and with the congregation. They felt that God had betrayed and abandoned them, and they struggled with different aspects of anger. These emotions made the informants feel different from, and sometimes excluded from, the Christian community. Along with these feelings, however, the informants expressed a strong longing for God and a need to feel protected by the congregation. All informants described the effect the abuse had on their faith as essential to their trauma, and as an issue they needed to work through to learn how to live with their experiences.
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- Rudolfsson, Lisa, 1980, et al.
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I stay and I follow – Clerical reflections on pastoral care for victims of sexual abuse.
- 2013
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Ingår i: Journal of Pastoral Care and Counseling. - : SAGE Publications. - 1542-3050 .- 2167-776X. ; 67:2, s. 1-14
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this focus group study with clerics from the Church of Sweden, the Catholic Church, and the Free Church Movement, experiences of pastoral care for victims of sexual abuse were explored. The material was analyzed using thematic analysis. Our participants expressed a wish to offer the best care possible. However, insecurity, a perceived lack of psychological competences, and restrictions imposed by the vow of silence provoked self-protective strategies that may affect both clerics and confidants.
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