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Gadin, Katja Gillander – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
The aim of this study was to enhance the understanding of young girls' experiences of peer sexual harassment in elementary school and of normalizing processes of school-related sexualized violence. Six focus group interviews with girls in Grade 1 through 6 were carried out in an elementary school in the northern part of Sweden. A content analyses…
Descriptors: Females, Age, Foreign Countries, Sexual Abuse
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Frisen, Ann; Wangqvist, Maria – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2011
In this study, the identity formation of emerging adults in Sweden was investigated in order to discover how identity issues concerning love, work and family are handled. The study group comprised 136 24- to 26-year-olds. The results revealed differences between men and women with regard to their position in the identity formation process. While…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Gender Differences, Foreign Countries, Intimacy
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Edin, Kerstin E.; Lalos, Ann; Hogberg, Ulf; Dahlgren, Lars – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2008
This article deals with discourses of intimate partner violence and is based on interviews with professionals who meet violent men. The professionals emphasized the importance of men taking unreserved responsibility for their violent behavior. Intimate partner violence was viewed not only as "power and control" but as the result of…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Intimacy, Males, Counseling