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- Belfrage, Lennart, 1946-
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Clergy Existence Challenged : An Existential Psychological Exploration of Meaning-Making and Burnout Related to the Church of Sweden
- 2009
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This study explores the prevalence of stress-related burnout among clergy in the Church of Sweden in the current postmodern context. The study focuses on the seriousness of the problem and the role of burnout’s existential dimension. It involves an existential psychological approach in relation to clergy health, connecting to the area of meaning-making and existential health in psychology of religion. A mixed-method design has been used. The study’s first phase has included survey questionnaires related to the work environment of the parish priest, and a self-appraisal burnout measure. Lay members of parish councils have received a shorter questionnaire emphasizing expectations of the clergy. The second phase has included a second burnout measure and semi-structured reflective interviews with parish priests. A method for interpreting lived experience has been used Results indicate a strong connection between vocational doubt and emotional exhaustion, including items with existential themes. A particularly important category of items related to the experience of meaning has been found to have a significant relationship with questions concerning vocational doubt. The laity’s understanding of clergy identity is clearly dominated by managerial categories. It appears that the understanding and role of the minister is insufficiently distinctive. Reactions among the clergy express concern about the level of stress and the absence of dialogue and response. A strong connection between vocational doubt and emotional exhaustion points to void and lethargy. Relations between emotional exhaustion and responses relating to meaninglessness, career choice, and isolation have proven statistically significant. Existential themes related to risk areas and job resources have emerged. Results point to the need for pre-emptive measures in the parish context involving both laity and priests. A Clergy Relational Model of Burnout and Existential Quest is offered for studying mixed samples of parish priests and laity.
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- Cetrez, Önver, et al.
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Acculturation, Culture, and Religiosity : A Comparative Cultural Analysis of Swedish and U.S. Contexts for Assyrian Youth
- 2006
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Ingår i: IACCP 18th International Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP).
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Konferensbidrag (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- Beginning from the findings of two research studies within psychology and cultural psychology, Assyrian youth and religious participation in Sweden and U.S. are compared. The comparison is set against the respective cultural contexts, which differ vastly on the nature and role of religion in the host culture. Case examples are constructed from the two studies, highlighting Assyrian religiosity and culture respectively and host culture.Similar results found in both populations are higher levels of Assyrian affiliation and lower levels of host society affiliation. Both studies also indicate higher levels for the importance of marrying an ethnic Assyrian, the importance of speaking the ethnic language, and a statistically significant positive correlation between ethnic affiliation and religious participation. However, differing is the religious participation, being stronger among the Assyrian-American youth. A wider cultural analysis of the two host cultures provides a means for explaining this difference.The case example constructions of the two studies allow culture-specific analysis of how ethnic language maintenance and religious participation are important in identity formation. Identity formation is multidimensional, where both Assyrian and host culture play important roles. In both studies, identity is shown to be situational and strategic, although with different behavioural patterns related to the Swedish and American cultural contexts.
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- Cetrez, Önver, et al.
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En kulturell anpassning av Örebro preventionsprogram : en utvärdering bland assyrier/syrianer i Södertälje
- 2008
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Rapport (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- Denna rapport berör implementeringen av Örebro preventionsprogram inom den assyriska/syrianska kulturella minoritetsgruppen i Södertälje. Programmet avser alkoholbruk och tar sikte på föräldrars intervention. Det främsta syftet med utvärderingens första del har dels varit att få en generell uppfattning om hur väl programmet fungerat inom en kulturell minoritetskontext och dels att, utifrån denna information, föreslå eventuella ändringar i programmet för implementering bland andra minoritetsgrupper. Vid denna undersökning har en kvalitativ metod, fokusgruppmetoden, nyttjats. Data insamlades från fyra grupper: nyckelpersoner, föräldrar, ungdomar och elever. Data från dessa grupper granskades såväl separat som gemensamt. Den allmänna slutsatsen som kan dras är att Örebro preventionsprogram är användbart inom kulturella minoritetsgrupper, förutsatt att vissa ändringar inom programmet görs. Områden där ändringar rekommenderas är: förändring/utökning av innehåll och implementering och praktiska tillämpningar.
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- Cetrez, Önver, 1970-
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Meaning-Making Variations in Acculturation and Ritualization : A multi-generational study of Suroyo migrants in Sweden
- 2005
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This dissertation focuses on how acculturation affects meaning-making among three generations of Suroye in the city of Södertälje, Sweden. Special focus is on youth. An inter-disciplinary and a mixed-model approach is used, with the purpose to contribute to research knowledge on meta, theoretical, methodological, and empirical levels. There are two different patterns of meaning-making along generation and gender, one with a stronger emphasis on rituals and symbols of religion and kinship, and the other with a stronger emphasis on issues of identification. Religious practices decrease among the adults and youth, while kinship affiliation is very strong among all three generations. Swedish affiliation, though from a low level, increases among the adults and youth. Religious rituals and symbols play a central role in Suroyo culture with a meaning-making function. However, in early youth the participation in religious rituals decreases, mainly due to other interests and to the political schism among the Suroye. Instead they search for an individual form of religiosity. The issue of identification is among the youth a disputed process, linked to issues of power, through domination, injustice, and discrimination. They use several designations to identify themselves; i.e., Aramean, Assyrian, Suroyo, Syrian, and Swedish, either separately or combined. Within the process of acculturation, the youth strategically use different identification patterns with the purpose to differentiate themselves from others and to negotiate their identity.
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- Cetrez, Önver, 1970-, et al.
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Utvärdering av Örebro preventionsprogram : Fas 1: ett assyriskt/syrianskt kulturellt perspektiv i Södertälje
- 2008
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This report deals with the implementation of Örebro prevention program among the Assyrians in Södertälje. The program focuses on the use and abuse of alcohol and targets the interventions of parents. The purpose of the first part of the evaluation of this program has been to gain a general understanding of how the program has functioned within a minority context and based on this information to contribute with possible changes in the program for implementation among other minority populations. For this study a qualitative method with focus group interviews has been used. Data from four different groups has been collected: key persons, parents, youth, and pupils. The main conclusions that can be drawn from this study is that Örebro prevention program is useful within cultural minority groups, presupposing that the proposed changes within the program are implemented. The changes being recommended are: change/increase of content and implementation of practical applications. See the whole report at: http://www.ab.lst.se/upload/dokument/publikationer/S/rapporter/2008/OPP_tryck12%20maj_webb.pdf
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- DeMarinis, Valerie, 1954-, et al.
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Cultural Analysis as a Perspective for Gender-Informed Alcohol Treatment Research in a Swedish Context
- 2009
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Ingår i: Alcohol and Alcoholism. - : Oxford University Press (OUP). - 0735-0414 .- 1464-3502. ; 44:6, s. 615-619
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- AIM: An exploratory study to investigate the role of culture in women's drinking at a clinic for women with alcohol problems in a Swedish treatment context. METHODS: A content analysis of the case journal material of 20 consecutive female patients at the EWA clinic (Early treatment of Women with Alcohol addiction) in Stockholm, Sweden, was conducted using an original instrument informed by the field of cultural psychiatry and emerging from recurrent themes in the case journals. RESULTS: The patients perceived themselves as having a sub-group status. A trajectory of ritualized actions around drinking, especially private drinking rituals, was identified. Existential components of patients' struggles with addiction in a highly secularized cultural context were identified. Multiple, contradictory explanatory frameworks for understanding drinking problems were creating cognitive dissonance. CONCLUSION: Using cultural analysis as a perspective for gaining gendered information may allow for identifying new patterns within specific cultural and subgroup contexts. It may contribute new information to the following treatment research areas: gender-appropriate measurement issues; service integration; gender-appropriate services for women; and, drinking rituals and patterns.
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- DeMarinis, Valerie
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Existential ritualising in postmodern Sweden
- 2008
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Ingår i: Twentieth-Century Global Christianity. - : Fortress Press. ; , s. 241-257
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Case studies concerning religiosity and religious/spiritual need, drawn from research studies in contemporary Sweden. Special attention is given to gender and cultural analysis.
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