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- Svensson, Robert, et al.
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Does gender matter? The association between different digital media activities and adolescent well-being
- 2022
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Ingår i: BMC Public Health. - : BioMed Central. - 1471-2458. ; 22, s. 1-10
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background:Previous research on the relationship between social media use and well-being in adolescents has yielded inconsistent results. We addressed this issue by examining the association between various digital media activities, including a new and differentiated measure of social media use, and well-being (internalizing symptoms) in adolescent boys and girls.Method:The sample was drawn from the four cross-sectional surveys from the Öckerö project (2016–2019) in eight municipalities in southern Sweden, consisting of 3957 adolescents in year 7 of compulsory education, aged 12–13. We measured the following digital media activities: playing games and three different activities of social media use (chatting, online sociability, and self-presentation). Our outcome measure was internalizing symptoms. Hypotheses were tested with linear regression analysis.Results:Social media use and playing games were positively associated with internalizing symptoms. The effect of social media use was conditional on gender, indicating that social media use was only associated with internalizing symptoms for girls. Of the social media activities, only chatting and self-presentation (posting information about themselves) were positively associated with internalizing symptoms. Self-presentation was associated with internalizing symptoms only for girls.Conclusion:Our study shows the importance of research going beyond studying the time spent on social media to examine how different kinds of social media activities are associated with well-being. Consistent with research in psychology, our results suggest that young girls posting information about themselves (i.e. self-presentation) might be especially vulnerable to display internalizing symptoms.
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| 18092. |
- Svensson, Robert, et al.
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Does it matter in what family constellations adolescents live? Reconsidering the relationship between family structure and delinquent behaviour.
- 2022
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Ingår i: PLOS ONE. - : PLoS. - 1932-6203. ; 17:4
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- OBJECTIVES: This study examines the associations between ten family structure types and delinquency, including four groups of symmetrical and asymmetrical living arrangements. We also adjust for attachment to parents and parental monitoring.METHODS: Data are drawn from four cross-sectional surveys conducted between 2016 and 2019 in southern Sweden. The sample consists of 3,838 adolescents, aged 14-15. Negative binomial models were used to calculate the associations between family structure and delinquency.RESULTS: The results show that those living in single-father, single-mother, father-stepmother, mother-stepfather families report significantly more delinquency than adolescents living with both their parents. Adolescents living in "symmetrical" family arrangements, i.e. both parents are single or have a new partner, reported lower levels of delinquency, whereas adolescents living in "asymmetrical" family arrangements, i.e. where either the mother or the father, but not both, have a new partner, reported higher levels of delinquency. Most of the associations between family structure and delinquency decline when adjusted for attachment to parents and parental monitoring.DISCUSSION: This study shows that it is important to move on to the use of more detailed categorisations of family structure in relation to delinquency. We need to increase our knowledge about the group of adolescents that moves between parents and especially about the different constellations of asymmetrical and symmetrical living arrangements.
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| 18093. |
- Svensson, Robert, et al.
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Does the effect of self-control on adolescent offending vary by level of morality? A test in three countries
- 2010
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Ingår i: Criminal justice and behavior. - : Sage Publications. - 0093-8548 .- 1552-3594. ; 37:6, s. 732-743
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study examines whether morality and self-control have an interactional effect on offending. Drawing from the situational action theory, the authors hypothesize that self-control has a more important effect on offending for individuals with low levels of morality than for individuals with high levels of morality. To test this hypothesis, self-report data were used from three independent samples of young adolescents in Antwerp, Belgium (N = 2,486); Halmstad, Sweden (N = 1,003); and South-Holland, the Netherlands (N = 1,978). The findings provide strong support for the hypothesis that the effect of self-control on offending is dependent on the individual’s level of morality. The similarity of the results across three independent samples suggests that the findings are robust among different cultural backgrounds and among studies with different operationalizations of the central concepts of interest.
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| 18094. |
- Svensson, Robert, et al.
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Does the effect of self-control on adolescent offending vary by level of morality? A test in three countries
- 2015
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Ingår i: Developmental and Life-course Criminological Theories. - : Routledge. - 9781315094908 - 9780754629641 ; , s. 315-326
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study examines whether morality and self-control have an interactional effect on offending. Drawing from the situational action theory, the authors hypothesize that self-control has a more important effect on offending for individuals with low levels of morality than for individuals with high levels of morality. To test this hypothesis, self-report data were used from three independent samples of young adolescents in Antwerp, Belgium (N = 2,486); Halmstad, Sweden (N = 1,003); and South-Holland, the Netherlands (N = 1,978). The findings provide strong support for the hypothesis that the effect of self-control on offending is dependent on the individual’s level of morality. The similarity of the results across three independent samples suggests that the findings are robust among different cultural backgrounds and among studies with different operationalizations of the central concepts of interest.
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| 18095. |
- Svensson, Robert, et al.
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Explaining individual changes in moral values and moral emotions among adolescent boys and girls : A fixed-effects analysis
- 2017
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Ingår i: European Journal of Criminology. - : Sage Publications. - 1477-3708 .- 1741-2609. ; 14:3, s. 290-308
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this study we examine to what extent within-individual changes in parental monitoring, bonds with parents and school, and rule-breaking peers can explain within-individual changes in morality. We distinguish between three key dimensions of morality: moral values, anticipated shame, and anticipated guilt. We use data from the SPAN project, a two-wave panel study among 616 adolescents (ages 12–19) from secondary schools in The Hague, The Netherlands. Employing a fixed-effects model, we found that within-individual changes in parental monitoring, bonds with parents and school, and rule-breaking peers are significantly related to within-individual changes in moral values, anticipated shame, and anticipated guilt. These findings emphasize the important role of family, school, and the peer group in the development of morality during adolescence. Implications of these findings are discussed.
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| 18096. |
- Svensson, Robert, et al.
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For Whom Do Unstructured Activities Matters? The Interaction Between Unstructured and Structured Activities in Delinquency and Cannabis Use : A National Self-Report Study
- 2023
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Ingår i: Crime and delinquency. - : Sage Publications. - 0011-1287 .- 1552-387X. ; 69:10, s. 2022-2045
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study examines whether unstructured and structured activities interact in their association with delinquency and cannabis use. We hypothesize that unstructured activities are more strongly associated with delinquency and cannabis use for those who are less engaged in structured activities. Data are drawn from three nationally representative self-report studies conducted between 2005 and 2011 in Sweden, and include 19,644 adolescents. The results support the hypothesis that unstructured activities interact with structured activities in the association with delinquency and cannabis use. The association between unstructured activities and these outcomes is stronger for those with lower levels of structured activities. Sporting activities constitute the structured activity that most clearly interacts with unstructured activities in the association with delinquency and cannabis use.
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| 18097. |
- Svensson, Roger
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Här fanns massor att göra
- 2011
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Ingår i: Tandläkartidningen. - : Sveriges tandläkarförbund. - 0039-6982. ; 13:103, s. 71-72
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Tidskriftsartikel (populärvet., debatt m.m.)
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| 18098. |
- Svensson, Robert, et al.
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Immigrant background and crime among young people : An examination of the importance of delinquent friends based on national self-report data
- 2021
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Ingår i: Youth & society. - : Sage Publications. - 0044-118X .- 1552-8499. ; 53:8, s. 1335-1355
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this article we examine whether different agents of socialization—family, school, and peers—are differentially associated with offending among different immigrant groups. Our expectation is to find that the association between delinquent friends and offending is stronger for first- and second-generation immigrants than for youths of native Swedish background. We use data from four nationally representative self-report studies of 21,504 adolescents with an average age of 15 years in Sweden. The results show that both first- and second-generation immigrants report committing more offenses than natives. The association is rather weak and the two predictors account for only a marginal amount of the variance in total offending. The results also show that the association between delinquent friends and offending is stronger for both first- and second-generation immigrants than for natives.
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| 18099. |
- Svensson, Robert, et al.
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Internet use and adolescent drinking : Does it matter what young people do online?
- 2020
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Ingår i: Drug And Alcohol Dependence. - : Elsevier. - 0376-8716 .- 1879-0046. ; 213, s. 1-6
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- BackgroundIn this study we examine whether the association between internet use and drinking could be different for different types of internet activities among adolescents. We also adjust for a number of theoretically relevant factors such as peer influence, unstructured activities, impulsivity and parental monitoring.MethodThe data are drawn from four cross-sectional surveys from the years 2016–2019 in eight municipalities in southern Sweden. The sample consist of 3733 adolescents in year 9 of compulsory education, aged 14–15.ResultsThe results show that there is an association between internet activities and drinking and that there are differences depending on what young people do online. Self-presentation and online sociality are both positively associated with drinking, whereas news consumption and playing games are negatively associated with drinking. The results also show that the association between the different internet activities and drinking becomes weaker when adjusting for the control variables.ConclusionThis study suggests that more research is needed to examine the correlations between different forms of internet activities and drinking among adolescents in more detail.
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| 18100. |
- Svensson, Robert, et al.
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Is a risky lifestyle always "risky"? The interaction between individual propensity and lifestyle risk in adolescent offending : A test in two urban samples
- 2010
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Ingår i: Crime & Delinquency. - : Sage Publications. - 0011-1287 .- 1552-387X. ; 56:4, s. 608-626
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study examines the effects on adolescent offending of lifestyle risk and the individual propensity to offend. It is assumed that lifestyle risk will have a more important effect on offending for those individuals with high levels of individual propensity, whereas for individuals with low levels of individual propensity it is assumed that a risky lifestyle will not, or will only marginally, influence their involvement in offending. The data are drawn from two different samples of young adolescents in Antwerp, Belgium (N = 2,486), and Halmstad, Sweden (N = 1,003). The data provide strong support for the hypothesis that the effect of lifestyle risk is dependent on the strength or weakness of individual propensity, indicating that lifestyle risk has a stronger effect on delinquency for individuals with a high propensity to offend. The similarity of the results across two independent samples suggests the findings are stable.
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