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- Ellonen, N, et al.
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Current parantal attitudes towards upbringing practices in Finland and Sweden thirty years afer the ban on corporal punishment
- 2015
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Ingår i: Child Abuse Review. - : Wiley. - 0952-9136 .- 1099-0852. ; 24:6, s. 409-417
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Thirty years have now passed since Sweden and Finland, as the first countries in the world, enacted national legislation against corporal punishment. This study examines the current attitudes towards corporal punishment among Finnish and Swedish parents of newborn to 12-year-old children. Differences between the countries in parents’ attitudes towards upbringing practices in relation to socio-demographic background factors were also analysed. The study was based on identical survey data collected separately in Finland and Sweden in 2011 and later merged for analysis. The survey included questions regarding parental behaviour and attitudes towards upbringing practices. Data were analysed using univariate tests (chi-2) and logistic regression. The analysis showed that a significantly larger proportion of Finnish parents approved of slapping or hitting their children compared to Swedish parents (OR = 6.20). Swedish parents, on the other hand, approved of shaking more than Finnish parents (OR = 0.54). Furthermore, a larger proportion of Finnish parents had positive attitudes towards non-violent types of punishments compared to Swedish parents. The socio-demographic background factors did not explain the differences between the countries. Cultural factors that may plausibly influence these attitudes are discussed.
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- Ellonen, Noora, et al.
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Current Parental Attitudes Towards Upbringing Practices in Finland and Sweden 30 Years after the Ban on Corporal Punishment
- 2015
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Ingår i: Child Abuse Review. - : Wiley. - 0952-9136 .- 1099-0852. ; 24:6, s. 409-417
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Thirty years have now passed since Sweden and Finland, as the first countries in the world, enacted national legislation against corporal punishment. This study examines the current attitudes towards corporal punishment among Finnish and Swedish parents of newborn to 12-year-old children. Differences between the countries in parents' attitudes towards upbringing practices in relation to socio-demographic background factors were also analysed. The study was based on identical survey data collected separately in Finland and Sweden in 2011 and later merged for analysis. The survey included questions regarding parental behaviour and attitudes towards upbringing practices. Data were analysed using univariate tests (chi-2) and logistic regression. The analysis showed that a significantly larger proportion of Finnish parents approved of slapping or hitting their children compared to Swedish parents (OR = 6.20). Swedish parents, on the other hand, approved of shaking more than Finnish parents (OR = 0.54). Furthermore, a larger proportion of Finnish parents had positive attitudes towards non-violent types of punishments compared to Swedish parents. The socio-demographic background factors did not explain the differences between the countries. Cultural factors that may plausibly influence these attitudes are discussed. Copyright (c) 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Ellonen, Noora, et al.
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Parents' Self-Reported Use of Corporal Punishment and Other Humiliating Upbringing Practices in Finland and Sweden : A Comparative Study
- 2017
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Ingår i: Child Abuse Review. - Hoboken, USA : John Wiley & Sons. - 0952-9136 .- 1099-0852. ; 26:4, s. 289-304
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Sweden and Finland were the first countries to ban corporal punishment 30years ago. Since then, the prevalence of attitudes supporting the use of corporal punishment and the practice itself have decreased. This study examines the current frequencies of corporal punishment and other humiliating upbringing practices in Finnish and Swedish families. The analysis is based on survey data among 3170 Finnish and 1358 Swedish parents with children from newborn to 12years of age. Data were analysed using univariate tests (chi-square) and logistic regression. According to the analysis, a larger proportion of Finnish parents, and especially mothers, use humiliating upbringing practices compared to Swedish parents. This difference is not found with regard to corporal punishment. A larger proportion of Finnish parents push their children compared to Swedish parents, while a larger proportion of Swedish parents shake their children. In both countries, corporal punishment is more frequently used by fathers, boys are more often victimised than girls, toddlers are more often exposed to corporal punishment and school-age children are more often subjected to psychologically abusive practices. Corporal punishment and other humiliating upbringing practices are strongly correlated in both countries. The differences found between countries were not explained by socio-demographic factors.
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- Haraldsson, Johanna, et al.
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Confidentiality matters! Adolescent males’ views of primary care in relation to psychosocial health : a structural equation modelling approach
- 2022
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care. - : Taylor & Francis Group. - 0281-3432 .- 1502-7724. ; 40:4, s. 438-449
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Objective: To investigate to what degree adolescent males (1) value confidentiality, (2) experience confidentiality and are comfortable asking sensitive questions when visiting a general practitioner (GP), and (3) whether self-reported symptoms of poor mental health and health-compromising behaviours (HCB) affect these states of matters.Design: Cross-sectional.Setting: School-based census on life, health and primary care in Region Sörmland, Sweden.Subjects: 2,358 males aged 15–17 years (response rate 84%).Main outcome measures: The impact of poor mental health and HCBs on adolescent males’ valuing and experiencing private time with the GP, having professional secrecy explained, and being comfortable asking about the body, love and sex, analysed with structural equation modelling.Results: Almost all respondents valued confidentiality regardless of their mental health or whetherthey engaged in HCBs: 86% valued spending private time with the GP, and 83% valued receivinga secrecy explanation. Among those who had visited a GP in the past year (n¼1,200), 74% had experienced private time and 42% a secrecy explanation. Three-quarters were at least partly comfortable asking sensitive questions. Adolescent males with HCBs were more likely to experience a secrecy explanation (approximative odds ratio [appOR] 1.26;p¼0.005) and to be comfortable asking about sex than their peers (appOR 1.22;p¼0.007). Respondents reporting experienced confidentiality were more comfortable asking sensitive questions (appOR 1.25–1.54;p0.010).Conclusion: Confidentiality matters regardless of poor mental health or HCBs and makes adolescent males more comfortable asking sensitive questions. We suggest that GPs consistently offerprivate time and explain professional secrecy.KEY POINTSConfidentiality for adolescent males has been scantily studied in relation to mental healthand health-compromising behaviours.In this study, most adolescent males valued confidentiality, regardless of their mental healthand health-compromising behaviours.Health-compromising behaviours impacted only slightly, and mental health not at all, on experiences of confidentiality in primary care.When provided private time and an explanation of professional secrecy, adolescent males were more comfortable asking the GP sensitive questions.
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- Haraldsson, Johanna, 1976-
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Exploring adolescent males’ consultations with general practitioners in the context of psychosocial health
- 2024
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This thesis aimed to explore adolescent males’ experiences of consultations with general practitioners (GPs) with a particular focus on confidentiality in relation to poor mental health and health-compromising behaviours.First, a model describing the covariation of poor mental-health symptoms, associated somatic symptoms, and health-compromising behaviours was developed through explorative and confirmative factor analysis (paper I). The model was then applied in a structural equation modelling approach to study whether these symptoms and behaviours influenced how adolescent males valued and experienced confidentiality as well as whether they were comfortable asking sensitive questions during their GP consultations (paper II).Next, to gain a deeper understanding, adolescent males’ experiences with GP consultations were further explored through a qualitative lifeworld-based approach. Interviews were analysed with thematic analysis (paper III) and video observations with a phenomenological–hermeneutical method (paper IV). The findings revealed that by providing confidentiality, here defined as private time without parents and explaining the meaning and boundaries of professional secrecy, GPs can facilitate discussions on sensitive topics and make adolescent males feel more comfortable to raise their own concerns. This might be a fruitful approach to address any unmet health needs, which can be achieved through the split-visit consultation model.Another finding was that the studied consultations were very complex. Due to their ongoing development, inexperience with GP consultations, and notions of masculinity, the adolescent males struggled with cognitive, emotional, and relational difficulties while negotiating their right to define the problem and be responsible for their health. The adolescent males emphasized the importance of being listened to and taken seriously, which entails that all aspects of the consultation must be adapted to their individual needs and to their lifeworld. This aligns with Larsen’s consultation model, where the GP strives to understand the patient’s experience and to connect their medical findings to the patient’s lifeworld. Given that both the split-visit consultation model and Larsen’s consultation model offer valuable frameworks for addressing essential, but different, aspects in adolescent males’ GP consultations, the thesis proposes a synthesis of the two approaches.
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- Haraldsson, Johanna, et al.
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Understanding adolescent males' poor mental health and health-compromising behaviours : A factor analysis model on Swedish school-based data
- 2022
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. - : Sage Publications. - 1403-4948 .- 1651-1905. ; 50:2, s. 232-244
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- AIM: The aim was to develop a factor model of the clustering of poor mental-health symptoms and health-compromising behaviours (HCBs) in adolescent males.METHODS: The study was based on two cross-sectional school-based Swedish surveys in 2011 (response rate 80%, N=2823) and 2014 (response rate 85%, N=2358), both of which comprised questionnaires from males aged 15-16 and 17-18 years. A factor model was developed by exploratory factor analysis on the 2011 survey and validated by confirmatory factor analysis on the 2014 survey.RESULTS: Four aspects of poor mental health and HCBs emerged in the exploratory factor analysis: (a) deviancy as a tendency to substance use and delinquency, (b) unsafety as an inclination towards feelings of unsafety in different environments, (c) gloominess as a tendency towards pessimism and feeling unwell and (d) pain as an inclination to experience physical pain. The model was validated with good model fit. Age did not affect the model structure, but older adolescent males were more influenced by deviancy and gloominess and less by unsafety compared to their younger peers.Conclusions: Separating symptoms of poor mental health and HCBs into four areas - deviancy, unsafety, gloominess and pain - brings new perspectives to the understanding of adolescent males' health. To the best of our knowledge, our factor model is the first to include unsafety and pain in this context. Whenever a comprehensive approach to the health of adolescent males is needed in the clinic or in the field of public health, this factor model may provide guidance.
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- Jernbro, Carolina, et al.
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Disclosure of Child Physical Abuse and Perceived Adult Support among Swedish Adolescents
- 2017
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Ingår i: Child Abuse Review. - : Wiley. - 0952-9136 .- 1099-0852. ; 26:6, s. 451-464
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Compared to child sexual abuse (CSA), little is known about disclosure of child physical abuse (CPA). Enhancing the understanding of the characteristics of disclosure is necessary for improved child protection. The aim of the present study was to examine disclosure of CPA and perceived adult support using both quantitative and qualitative data from a survey of child maltreatment carried out among a nationally representative sample of Swedish adolescents (n = 3202). We found that adolescents who experienced any child maltreatment (CPA, emotional abuse, neglect and witnessing intimate partner violence) were less likely to be able to identify an adult confidant compared to those without a history of abuse. Among the adolescents who reported severe CPA, 52 per cent had disclosed the abuse and the most frequent recipient of disclosure was a peer or sibling. Eleven per cent had disclosed to professionals within school, child protective services or law enforcement. Lack of trust in adults appeared to be the most prominent reason for non- disclosure. Several adolescents who had disclosed abuse to professionals perceived an ineffective response, primarily because of professionals' lack of a child perspective. Some respondents experienced supportive interventions, specifically from school social workers. These patterns showed close similarity to disclosure of CSA.
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- Jernbro, Carolina, 1976-, et al.
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Disclosure of maltreatment and perceived adult support among Swedish adolescents
- 2017
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Ingår i: Child Abuse Review. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 0952-9136 .- 1099-0852. ; 26:6, s. 451-464
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Compared to child sexual abuse (CSA), little is known about disclosure of child physical abuse (CPA). Enhancing the understanding of the characteristics of disclosure is necessary for improved child protection. The aim of the present study was to examine disclosure of CPA and perceived adult support using both quantitative and qualitative data from a survey of child maltreatment carried out among a nationally representative sample of Swedish adolescents (n = 3202). We found that adolescents who experienced any child maltreatment (CPA, emotional abuse, neglect and witnessing intimate partner violence) were less likely to be able to identify an adult confidant compared to those without a history of abuse. Among the adolescents who reported severe CPA, 52 per cent had disclosed the abuse and the most frequent recipient of disclosure was a peer or sibling. Eleven per cent had disclosed to professionals within school, child protective services or law enforcement. Lack of trust in adults appeared to be the most prominent reason for non- disclosure. Several adolescents who had disclosed abuse to professionals perceived an ineffective response, primarily because of professionals' lack of a child perspective. Some respondents experienced supportive interventions, specifically from school social workers. These patterns showed close similarity to disclosure of CSA.
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