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- Kjellgren, Cecilia, et al.
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How did women exposed to domestic violence experience support provided by social work and woman's shelters during the pandemic?
- 2023
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Ingår i: European Conference on Domestic Violence. - 9789935468277 ; , s. 42-43
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this study we explore to what extent COVID-19 affected victims of domestic violence regarding the quality of support received. Thirty help seeking women receiving support from a specialized department or a women's shelter were interviewed. The analysis revealed that the experiences of receiving support was dependent on access to digital solutions, treatment phase and relationship with the therapist. Varied experiences among the respondents were identified. Some experienced that contact with helpers became more distant, that trust was affected as a consequence of the pandemic, and conversely, others expressed that the quality of contact was very good and was not affected by the pandemic. Quotes from respondents will be presented and implications of the findings discussed during the session.
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- Petersén, Anna, 1981-, et al.
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Differences and similarities in cases of child abuse depending on whether one has received support or not
- 2023
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Ingår i: EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, Sept 11-13, 2023, Reykjavík Iceland. - : European conference on domestic violence. - 9789935468277 ; , s. 123-124
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- In Sweden, a child who has experienced child abuse, can be interviewed by the police without the parents’ knowledge or consent. Afterwards, the parents receive the information from both the police and the social services. About thirty percentage of the children are taken care of immediately after the interview, while the rest are going home to their parents. Social work professionals acknowledged the importance of giving support to families after the police interview, as a crisis can occur in these kinds of situations. Therefore, a model has been developed, called After the child interview [Efter barnförhöret] (ACI). This study reports the interim findings from a program-theory evaluation of ACI: what interventions have been conducted after finishing ACI and what are the characteristics of these interventions? How many children have been taken care of by the social service after finishing ACI, and how many children have been reported to the social services again after the case has been closed? Data consists of social investigations, which we analyze quantitatively and qualitatively. In all, we will collect 200 investigations; 100 where ACI has been used, and 100 where ASI has not been used. Thus, we can compare these two groups. The work of collecting and analyzing social investigations is ongoing, and there are no results yet. What we can see from early processing of data, is that many cases are very complex and the families are often known by the social services for many reasons, not just child abuse. Very few children seem to be taken care of by the authorities, while many have been reported to the social services again.
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- Sandelin, Lisa, 1982-, et al.
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Family therapists’ experiences of a model for support to families in cases of child abuse
- 2023
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Ingår i: EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, Sept 11-13, 2023, Reykjavík Iceland. - : European conference on domestic violence. - 9789935468277 ; , s. 234-235
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- In Sweden, a child who has experienced child abuse, can be interviewed by the police without the parents’ knowledge or consent. Afterwards, the parents receive the information from both the police and the social services. About thirty percentage of the children aret aken care of immediately after the interview, while the rest are going home to their parents. Social work professionals acknowledged the importance of giving support to amilies after the police interview, as a crisis can occur in these kinds of situations. Therefore, a model has been developed, called After the child interview [Efter barnförhöret] (ACI). This study reports the interim findings from a program-theory evaluation of ACI: how do family therapists experience working with ACI and how does the model meet the challenges when dealing with the complexity of child abuse? We focus on strengths and weaknesses of the ACI, as identified by the family therapists, and the potential changes the model resulted in for the families involved. The findings indicate that ACI motivates families to accept further help from the social services, and that it benefits the child’s perspective on violence. Organizational limits keep professionals from using the model to the extent they desire, and there are also several local adaptions made, which may influence the outcome of the model. Practical implications for the model as well as practice will be presented as well.
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- Skillmark, Mikael, et al.
(författare)
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Balancing in the pandemic – how social workers respond to new risks when supporting clients who experience domestic violence
- 2023
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Ingår i: European Conference on Domestic Violence. - 9789935468277 ; , s. 42-42
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper investigates the challenges domestic violence social workers face when balancing between protecting themselves, their co-workers, and clients from sickness while at the same time providing support. Drawing on interviews with eleven professionals and theories of discretion we analyzed how and why responses to COVID-19 restrictions were formed. Three responses were revealed. First, professionals complied with pandemic restrictions. Second, professionals negotiated practices to counter the negative effects of restrictions. Third, professionals also resisted restrictions altogether – i.e., they claimed to break the rules for a higher moral purpose. Awareness of the three different positions social workers occupy and their need to balance different demands provides insight into the negotiations that the work entails. Managers directives seem to be transformed into negotiations to protect interests of the social workers or of their clients.
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- Svalin, Klara, et al.
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Attitudes regarding intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) among university students in Sweden
- 2023
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Ingår i: European Conference on Domestic Violence, September 11-13, 2023, Reykjavik Iceland. - Reykjavik : University of Iceland Press. - 9789935468277 ; , s. 148-
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Intimate partner violence towards women (IPVAW) is a global problem, also prevalent in the Nordic countries including Sweden. Attitudes regarding IPVAW are important for the addressing and prevention of the issue. At the individual level, a tolerate attitude towards violence against women has shown to be related to IPV perpetration, while a permissive public view of the issue can have a negative impact on the help-seeking behavior of exposed women. More knowledge regarding IPV attitudes can therefore contribute to the development of preventive measures. The current study investigates University students’ attitudes regarding intimate partner violence towards women (IPVAW). Students responded to a survey covering four different aspects of attitudes to IPVAW: perceived severity and acceptability of IPVAW, victim-blaming and willingness to intervene in cases of IPVAW, usinga validated questionnaire. The respondents (n=656, ≥18 years old) represented different scientific fields (e.g. behavioral, technical, and social sciences) at three different universitiesin Sweden. 81% of them were women and most were undergraduate students. While the results point to low victim-blaming and acceptability of IPVAW overall, differences between female and male students and other student groups were identified, with implications forfuture research, policy and practice.
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- Thulin, Johanna, et al.
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How did people engaged at woman’s shelters respond to the new times of uncertainty when supporting clients during the pandemic?
- 2023
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Ingår i: European Conference on Domestic Violence. - 9789935468277 ; , s. 42-42
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- When the COVID-19 pandemic broke out there was an expressed concern for women and children exposed to interpersonal violence. U.N. testified that violence against women, was highly intensified during this time, and described the situation as a shadow pandemic. A concern expressed was that abused women’s possibilities to reach out for help and support now were being limited. We have interviewed volunteers and staff at women’s shelter, to create a picture of how they navigated in the silence that arose in the wake of the pandemic. We are particularly interested in how they understood and acted in relation to this situation of uncertainty. We will present how uncertainty is transformed to risk and how risk is managed when giving support to women exposed to violence during the pandemic.
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- Wemrell, Maria
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Paradox and complexity : intimate partner violence against women and gender (in)equality in Sweden
- 2023
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Ingår i: European Conference on Domestic Violence, September 11-13, 2023, Reykjavik Iceland. - Reykjavik : University of Iceland Press. - 9789935468277 ; , s. 51-52
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The perhaps puzzling co-existence of highly rated country-level gender equality and survey reported experiences of intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) in Sweden and neighboring Nordic countries has been referred to as a Nordic paradox. Hypothetical partial explanations for this apparent paradox have pointed to backlash effects, i.e., resistance from individuals in positions of relative privilege to changes resulting in their loss of power, and to the complex or multidimensional nature of gender in/equality. Based on qualitative in-depth interviews with 23 women exposed to IPVAW in Sweden, analyzed thematically, this presentation will discuss the participant’s narrated experiences of gender in/equality and of backlash dynamics in their violent intimate relationships.
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