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- Hydén, Margareta, et al.
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Applying Narrative Analysis to the Process of Confirming or Disregarding Cases of Suspected Sexual Abuse
- 2005
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Ingår i: Child & Family Work. - : Wiley. - 1356-7500 .- 1365-2206. ; 10:1, s. 57-65
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article analyses discourse about sexual abuse at a detention home for young women. At the centre of attention is staff members' struggle with the process of confirming or disregarding cases of alleged sexual abuse. The determining factor for establishing an act as sexual abuse was whether or not the act involved a person who was defined as a victim. A core issue in the process was an evaluation of the credibility of the alleged abused girl and the degree of consent. The unintended result was that many of the girls' narratives were never confirmed. The article argues that there is no objective 'given' regarding the definition of sexual abuse. To be involved in the process of understanding and establishing an act as sexual abuse means being involved in a process of social definition. To be able to handle such involvement constitutes a fundamental professional issue in social work. Adopting a narrative approach to the process of confirming or disregarding cases of suspected sexual abuse shifts the focus from developing categories of social problems and work on the basis of them to developing ways of listening to young people and allowing their narratives to provide a point of departure.
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- Thoresen, Siri, et al.
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Trauma Victim: Yes or No? : Why It May Be Difficult to Answer Questions Regarding Violence, Sexual Abuse, and Other Traumatic Events
- 2009
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Ingår i: Violence against Women. - : SAGE Publications. - 1077-8012 .- 1552-8448. ; 15:6, s. 699-719
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of this study is to explore the reasons why it may be difficult to answer questions regarding violence, sexual abuse, and other potentially traumatic events (PTEs). Qualitative and quantitative methods are used with a nonrepresentative community sample of 628 women who respond to a Web survey. Altogether, 65% do not find it difficult to answer any PTE questions. Difficulties in answering occur more frequently with violence and sexual abuse items and are associated with exposure. Reasons for difficulties in answering include “event fit” (severity, frequency, force), “me as a victim” (responsibility, reactions, protection, memory), and “you as abuser” (intention, protection).
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- Överlien, Carolina, 1970-
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Barn som upplever pappas våld mot mamma - vad säger forskningen?
- 2007
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Ingår i: Nordisk sosialt arbeid. - 0333-1342 .- 1504-3037. ; 27:4
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of this review article is to present an overview of the, in the Nordic countries, relatively new research area ’children exposed to domestic violence’, and to discuss the implications of this research. The overview shows that the international research is primarily quantitative, focusing on children’s symptoms. Only a small part of the published research studies are qualitative. These studies use the term ‘experience’, rather than ‘exposed’, stressing the child’s subject status. The Nordic research is qualitative, and in line with early North-American studies, uses the term ‘to witness’. Although the field has greatly expanded, the field still have many unanswered questions concerning for example recilience, gender and ethnicity, and lack un understanding of the relational and contextual aspects from the child’s perspective.
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- Överlien, Carolina, et al.
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Children’s actions when experiencing domestic violence
- 2009
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Ingår i: Childhood. - : Sage Publications. - 0907-5682 .- 1461-7013. ; 16:4, s. 479-496
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of this article is, by analysing childrens discourses, to investigate their actions or absence of actions during a domestic violence episode. The empirical data are recorded group therapy sessions and individual interviews with children who have grown up experiencing their fathers violence against their mothers. The analysis shows that the childrens stories contain two aspects of actions: one related to the actions during the ongoing episode, and one the child perceives as possible/desirable for the future. The findings are discussed in the light of Lazarus and Folkmans theory of coping.
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- Överlien, Carolina, 1970-
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Institutionen som arena för skapandet av sexuell identitet. Samtal från ett särskilt ungdomshem
- 2006
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Ingår i: Socialvetenskaplig tidskrift. - 1104-1420 .- 2003-5624. ; 13:2, s. 164-178
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Syftet med denna samtalsanalytiska studie är att studera hur institutionen kan vara en arena för skapandet av sexuell identitet, genom att analysera tal om sexualitet vid ett särskilt ungdomshem för unga kvinnor, 14 - 20 år. Studien visar hur frågan om sexualitet genomsyrar arbetet i vardagen på insti-tutionen och fungerar som en organisatorisk princip. Studien visar vidare hur personalen talar om de omhändertagna unga kvinnorna som asexuella och som offer för sexuella övergrepp.
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- Överlien, Carolina, et al.
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The Focus Group Method as an In-depth Method? : Young Women Talking About Sexuality
- 2005
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Ingår i: International Journal of Social Research Methodology. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1364-5579 .- 1464-5300. ; 8:4, s. 331-344
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article discusses whether the focus group method can be employed with troubled groups and for the discussion of high-involvement topics. It analyses focus groups' discourse of high-involvement topics, such as 'the body', 'relationships', and 'sexuality', conducted with female adolescents aged 15-20 years at a detention home. Contrary to the traditional belief that the focus group method is designed for low-involvement topics and mainstream groups, our analyses of the discursive devices employed suggest that the method can indeed be used for high-involvement topics. We also argue that other methods would not have given us 'deeper' insights and that the focus group method can be seen as a less intrusive method to be used in this setting.
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