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- Adolfsson, Päivi, 1956-, et al.
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A father nevertheless : Self-confident but resigned fathers with children in foster care
- 2023
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In: Journal of Intellectual Disabilities. - : Sage Publications. - 1744-6295 .- 1744-6309.
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This qualitative study aimed to explore the experiences of nine fathers with neurodevelopmental disabilities with children in foster care, including their fathering role, visits and formal and informal support. Systematic text condensation was the analysis method used. The respondents’ experience of fatherhood revealed two categories: I accept my situation and I am frustrated. Though self-confident, the fathers expressed ambivalence between acceptance and frustration with their role. The study shows that more should be done to provide adapted support for these vulnerable fathers with children in foster care, although they seldom demand such support. Social workers and professionals from the rehabilitation team within the healthcare service should be aware of gendered settings, specifically norms of masculinity. Increased efforts from the social workers may reduce the risks of detachment in parenthood because engaged and informed fathers are in the children’s best interests.
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- Adolfsson, Päivi, et al.
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How people with cognitive disabilities experience electronic planning devices
- 2015
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In: NeuroRehabilitation (Reading, MA). - 1053-8135 .- 1878-6448. ; 37:3, s. 379-392
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- BACKGROUND: People with cognitive disabilities have difficulties in accomplishing everyday tasks. Electronic planning devices (EPDs) may compensate for the gap between a person’s capacity and everyday challenges. However, the devices are not always used as intended. Despite that, cognitive assistive technology has been investigated in several studies, knowledge regarding when and what makes adults decide to use EPDs is incomplete. People with cognitive disabilities have difficulties in accomplishing everyday tasks. Electronic planning devices (EPDs) may compensate for the gap between a person’s capacity and everyday challenges. However, the devices are not always used as intended. Despite that, cognitive assistive technology has been investigated in several studies, knowledge regarding when and what makes adults decide to use EPDs is incomplete. OBJECTIVE: The aim was to explore the subjective experiences of people with cognitive disabilities in relation to the use of EPDs. The aim was to explore the subjective experiences of people with cognitive disabilities in relation to the use of EPDs. METHODS: A qualitative approach was applied with a qualitative content analysis. Twelve respondents were interviewed with support from a study specific guide. A qualitative approach was applied with a qualitative content analysis. Twelve respondents were interviewed with support from a study specific guide. RESULTS: A model representing the respondents’ experiences in the use of EPDs, comprising one theme, Possibility to master my daily life , four categories, Degree of fit to my needs, I am aware of my cognitive disability, I get help to structure my everyday life and The EPD improves my volition and ten subcategories, was developed. A model representing the respondents’ experiences in the use of EPDs, comprising one theme, Possibility to master my daily life , four categories, Degree of fit to my needs, I am aware of my cognitive disability, I get help to structure my everyday life and The EPD improves my volition and ten subcategories, was developed. CONCLUSIONS: EPDs allow people with cognitive disabilities the possibility to deal with daily challenges; those who find EPDs beneficial tend to use them. EPDs can help people with cognitive disabilities in organisation, managing time and improve volition. EPDs allow people with cognitive disabilities the possibility to deal with daily challenges; those who find EPDs beneficial tend to use them. EPDs can help people with cognitive disabilities in organisation, managing time and improve volition.
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- Adolfsson, Päivi, 1956-, et al.
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Mothers with cognitive limitations who have children in placement benefit from intervention
- 2021
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In: Child & Family Social Work. - : Wiley. - 1356-7500 .- 1365-2206. ; 26:1, s. 79-88
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Mothers with cognitive limitations who have children in placement need to be listened to and to receive help in understanding and dealing with their situation. A support programme for this group was developed in Australia and then adapted for use in a Swedish context and named 'Mamma Trots Allt' (MTA). The aim was to examine the experiences of these mothers regarding their mothering role after participation in MTA. An explorative and qualitative design was used. Inclusion criteria were mothers with cognitive limitations, a child in placement and participation in MTA. Nine mothers, eight of them from a previous study, gave their informed consent to participate. A study-specific interview guide was adapted to people with cognitive limitations. The interviews took place after the final MTA session. The qualitative analyses resulted in a description of the mothers' experiences and how they changed after MTA, resulting in an overall theme, two subthemes, four categories and 11 subcategories. MTA facilitated the mothers' maturation and broadened their earlier, stereotypic life expectations. Offering a support programme benefits not only the mother but most likely the child as well.
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- Adolfsson, Päivi, et al.
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Perception of the influence of environmental factors in the use of electronic planning devices in adults with cognitive disabilities
- 2016
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In: Disability and Rehabilitation. - : Taylor & Francis. - 1748-3107 .- 1748-3115. ; 11:6, s. 493-500
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Background: Adults with cognitive disabilities often have difficulties in dealing with the complexity of everyday life. With cognitive assistive technology (e.g. electronic planning devices [EPDs] and individual support), they can bring order to their often chaotic life. Assumptions are that environmental factors influence with non-use of EPDs.Objective: To explore how adults with cognitive disabilities perceive the influence of environmental factors in the use of EPDs.Methods: A reference group with experience of use of EPDs assisted the researchers. Twelve adults with cognitive disabilities and experience of using EPDs participated. An interview guide was implemented covering environmental factors according to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. Qualitative content analysis was applied in the analyses.Results: Five categories and two themes emerged, which were integrated into a model of facilitating factors influencing the use of EPDs. Measures to prevent or eliminate negative influences of the device use are important to be taken.Conclusions: Professionals need more knowledge about EPDs, while users need individual adaption of the EPDs. EPDs need to be user-friendly, manageable and work in any seasons.
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- Blomberg, Helena, 1970-, et al.
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Children helping to co-construct a digital tool that is designed to increase children’s participation in child welfare investigations in Sweden.
- 2022
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In: Qualitative Social Work. - : SAGE Publications. - 1473-3250 .- 1741-3117. ; 21:2, s. 367-392
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- How do children (aged 6-12 years) understand and make use of a digital tool that is under development? This article builds on an ongoing interdisciplinary research project in which children, social workers (the inventers of this social innovation) and researchers together develop an interactive digital tool (application) to strengthen children's participation during the planning and process of welfare assessments. Departing from social constructionism, and using a discursive narrative approach with visual ethnography, the aim of the article is to display how the children co-construct the application and contribute with "stories of life situations" by drawing themselves as characters and the places they frequent. The findings show that the children improved the application by suggesting more affordances so that they could better create themselves/others, by discovering bugs, and by showing how it could appeal to children of various ages. The application helped the children to start communicating and bonding when creating themselves in detail, drawing places/characters and describing events associated with them, and sharing small life stories. The application can help children and social workers to connect and facilitate children's participation by allowing them to focus on their own perspectives when drawing and sharing stories.
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- Boman, I-L, et al.
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Cognitive training in home environment
- 2004
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In: Brain Injury. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0269-9052 .- 1362-301X. ; 18:10, s. 985-995
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: To examine the efficacy of cognitive rehabilitation in the patient's home or vocational environment. Research design: Pre-post-follow-up design. METHODS AND PROCEDURES: Ten outpatients with acquired attention and memory problems received cognitive training three times weekly, for 3 weeks. They received individual attention training with Attention Process Training, training for generalization for everyday activities and education in compensatory strategies for self-selected cognitive problems. Treatment effects were evaluated with neuropsychological and occupational therapy instruments before and after the training and after 3 months on impairment, activity and participation levels. MAIN OUTCOMES AND RESULTS: The results indicated a positive effect on some measures on impairment level, but no differences on activity or participation levels at follow-up. CONCLUSIONS: The study indicates that home-based cognitive training improves some attentional and memory functions and facilitates learning of strategies. Future controlled studies are needed to confirm the results and analyse the efficacy of different aspects of home-based training.
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- Eklund, Mona, et al.
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Construct and discriminant validity and dimensionality of the Interview Schedule for Social Interaction (ISSI) in three psychiatric samples
- 2007
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In: Nordic Journal of Psychiatry. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0803-9488 .- 1502-4725. ; 61:3, s. 182-188
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This study was aimed at investigating the psychometric properties of the Interview Schedule for Social Interaction (ISSI), in terms of construct and discriminant validity and unidimensionality, in three psychiatric samples with varying prerequisites for social interaction: 1) an outpatient sample of working age with mixed diagnoses, 2) an outpatient sample with schizophrenia, and 3) an inpatient sample composed of mentally ill, male offenders. The target constructs were psychosocial functioning and satisfaction in different life domains. It was hypothesized that the ISSI would mainly be related to psychosocial functioning and life domains characterized by social interaction, such as friends and family. A second hypothesis was that the ISSI ratings would discriminate between the three samples. The first hypothesis was confirmed, but the pattern of relationships was somewhat different between the groups. Whereas family contacts were of great importance for social integration in Samples 1 and 2, friends seemed more important for the mentally ill offenders. The second hypothesis was partly confirmed: three ISSI sub-scales out of four discriminated between the samples. Moreover, the ISSI proved to be a unidimensional construct. The support for the four proposed sub-scales was not unanimous, however, and the sub-scales targeting attachment constituted less stable factors. This study demonstrated the construct and discriminant validity of the ISSI when applied to samples with various mental disorders. The fact that similar results were obtained in all three samples, despite varying prerequisites for social interaction, strongly supports the validity of the ISSI. Providing the sub-scales are used with caution, the ISSI seems to be a reliable tool for use with patients with severe mental disorders.
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- Ivarsson, Ann-Britt, 1949-, et al.
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The development of the Self Assessment of Occupational Ability : a tool to measure occupation as a medium in therapy among persons with mental disability
- 2014
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- To add knowledge on how occupations contribute to health and wellbeing and to explicit describe thetherapeutic potential in occupations deeper knowledge is needed. One way is to ground the knowledgeon narratives from people’s experiences. In consequence a questionnaire was constructed based onnarratives from persons with mental disorders who have taken part in occupational therapy. A new version of the questionnaire was developed and as the items have been reformed a new underlying structure was expected.The aim of the present study was to investigate the construct validity and the internal consistency of the questionnarie in a new sample of individuals with severe mental disorders. Persons (n=106) with mental disorders participated in the study by answering the questionnarie after performing an occupation in therapy. The correlation between each of the 35 items was analyzed and items with high correlation were excluded from further analysis. Twenty-five items were left to explorethe underlying factor structure of the questionnarie.A principal component analysis with varimaxrotation resulted in the five factors, “Ability to perform occupation”, “Feeling of belongingness”, “Engaging in occupation”, “Influencing on occupation” and “Insight into ability”. A second order factoranalysis resulted in a three component structure explaining 79 % of the variance. In summery, a pattern of occupation as a therapeutic medium was found and gave a ground for the construction of the questionnaire Self Assessment of Occupational Ability (SAO).The pattern found is constructed by the three components, “Sense of competence, “Feeling of belongingness” and “Insight into ability”including the five factors and 25 items. The SAO will be presented the first time in the WFOT 2014, a tool to bee used by occupational therapist in their cooperation with persons with mental disability to find out how occupation can be of help in their recovery.
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