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Markström, A., Andersson, C., Björkhagen Turesson, A. & Plantin, L. (2025). A collaborative process: child participation in interventions provided by Swedish child and family welfare services. Nordic Social Work Research, 15(1), 153-166
Open this publication in new window or tab >>A collaborative process: child participation in interventions provided by Swedish child and family welfare services
2025 (English)In: Nordic Social Work Research, ISSN 2156-857X, E-ISSN 2156-8588, Vol. 15, no 1, p. 153-166Article in journal (Refereed) Epub ahead of print
Abstract [en]

The right of children to express their views on matters concerning them is a core principle of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, as defined in Article 12. However, research shows that interventions provided by Swedish child and family welfare services are planned and based on parents' perspectives even though research suggests that child participation results in welfare service provision that is better matched to the children's needs. The aim of this study is to explore how child participation is constructed in interventions provided by Swedish child and family welfare services and to study which elements are of importance to this process. The article is based on a qualitative interview study with 14 family social workers and 11 children aged 7-16 with experience of family interventions provided by the child and family welfare services. The results suggest that child participation is a collaborative process in which both the child and the FSW have an active role to play. Participation is constructed through a series of seemingly small, everyday actions in the meeting between the child and the FSW. By actively asking questions and allowing the child to practice participation and influence the process, the FSW can, together with the child, work towards increased child participation in interventions.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Taylor & Francis, 2025
Keywords
Child participation, family social work, family social worker, family intervention, collaboration
National Category
Social Work
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-66546 (URN)10.1080/2156857X.2024.2317217 (DOI)001171638100001 ()2-s2.0-85186171085 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2024-03-28 Created: 2024-03-28 Last updated: 2025-02-07Bibliographically approved
Plantin, L. (2024). Kunskap i socialtjänsten. Lund
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Kunskap i socialtjänsten
2024 (Swedish)Report (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Lund: , 2024. p. 163
National Category
Social Work
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-72313 (URN)978-91-8039-629-5 (ISBN)
Available from: 2024-11-21 Created: 2024-11-21 Last updated: 2025-01-24Bibliographically approved
Petersson, C. C. & Plantin, L. (2024). Overcoming Challenges of Intimacy: Male Child Sexual Abuse Survivors’ Experiences of Achieving Healthy Romantic Relationships in Sweden. Journal of family Violence, 39(6), 1107-1120
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Overcoming Challenges of Intimacy: Male Child Sexual Abuse Survivors’ Experiences of Achieving Healthy Romantic Relationships in Sweden
2024 (English)In: Journal of family Violence, ISSN 0885-7482, E-ISSN 1573-2851, Vol. 39, no 6, p. 1107-1120Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Purpose: Studies on sexual health following male child sexual abuse (CSA) have identified the negative effects of such experienceson body functioning, but little is known about male CSA survivors’ ability to create emotional and physical closenessin romantic relationships. The purpose of this article is to explore how male CSA survivors perceive, experience and developintimacy in romantic relationships, including both the challenges they face and the positive changes that enable them to growand achieve healthy relationships.

Method: The study has employed a qualitative research approach and is based on in-depth interviews conducted among adultmale CSA survivors residing in Sweden. Participants were recruited through civil society organizations and an ad in a dailynewspaper. Using reflexive thematic analysis, the results are presented in relation to two themes: (a) challenges of intimacy;and (b) building trust and close relationships.

Results: The results show that participants desired couple relationships that included both sexual and emotional intimacy.The challenges of intimacy were related to compromised sexual identity, sexual dysfunctions and compulsions, emotionaldysregulation, and body shame. Efforts to achieve intimacy were facilitated by disclosing abuse experiences, developingemotional bonds or awareness, embracing sensitivity, and having an empathetic and supportive partner.

Conclusions: Reconstructions of abuse histories were both challenged and facilitated by the accessibility of various and shiftingideas about masculinities that co-exist in Sweden, which were important sources for meaning making and assisted themen in developing positive valuations of themselves as men.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Springer Nature, 2024
Keywords
Child sexual abuse, Intimacy, Masculinity, Sexual health, Romantic relationships
National Category
Gender Studies Social Work
Research subject
Health and society studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-59657 (URN)10.1007/s10896-023-00576-w (DOI)000993876700001 ()2-s2.0-85160267658 (Scopus ID)
Funder
The Swedish Crime Victim Compensation and Support Authority, 2371Malmö University
Available from: 2023-05-24 Created: 2023-05-24 Last updated: 2025-01-23Bibliographically approved
Grönte, M., Mattsson, T. & Plantin, L. (2024). Strategies to increase fathers' engagement in child protection investigations due to domestic partner abuse in Sweden. Child & Family Social Work, 29(3), 669-678
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Strategies to increase fathers' engagement in child protection investigations due to domestic partner abuse in Sweden
2024 (English)In: Child & Family Social Work, ISSN 1356-7500, E-ISSN 1365-2206, Vol. 29, no 3, p. 669-678Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Social workers often fail to engage fathers in child protection investigations (CPIs), especially when they involve domestic abuse (DA) by fathers. The aim of this study is to examine the strategies used by social workers to achieve cooperation with fathers in CPIs that involve the father being suspected of DA against the child's mother. With the use of qualitative methods, we conducted 31 semi-structured interviews with 15 social workers during their work on 12 CPI cases. Through thematic analysis, two main strategies for achieving cooperation were created: (1) Securing an Initial Bond, which involved reducing the tension in CPI proceedings and affirming the father; (2) Maintaining the Bond while addressing the father's abusive behaviour, which involved negotiating with fathers about the DA and helping them shift their perspective on how their behaviour has impacted the victims. This analysis is rooted in the framework of shame, guilt and social bonds. However, there is a risk that these strategies may lead to the DA being minimized or overlooked. Striking a balance between building a bond and addressing abuse is crucial, and the timing of addressing DA plays a central role. 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
John Wiley & Sons, 2024
Keywords
child protection, cooperation, domestic abuse, fathers, social workers, strategies
National Category
Social Work
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-66828 (URN)10.1111/cfs.13126 (DOI)001133098900001 ()2-s2.0-85180895889 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2024-04-22 Created: 2024-04-22 Last updated: 2024-07-31Bibliographically approved
Plantin, L. (2023). ”Familj är ju bara en av många faser i livet….”: Om att vara ensamstående förälder i vår tids familjefixering. In: Wahlström Henriksson, Helena; Bergnehr, Disa (Ed.), Enförälderfamiljen: om ensamstående föräldrar, singelföräldrar och soloföräldrar. Göteborg: Makadam Förlag
Open this publication in new window or tab >>”Familj är ju bara en av många faser i livet….”: Om att vara ensamstående förälder i vår tids familjefixering
2023 (Swedish)In: Enförälderfamiljen: om ensamstående föräldrar, singelföräldrar och soloföräldrar / [ed] Wahlström Henriksson, Helena; Bergnehr, Disa, Göteborg: Makadam Förlag, 2023Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Göteborg: Makadam Förlag, 2023
Keywords
familj, föräldraskap
National Category
Ethnology Gender Studies Cultural Studies
Research subject
Health and society
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-72312 (URN)9789170614330 (ISBN)
Available from: 2024-11-21 Created: 2024-11-21 Last updated: 2024-11-22Bibliographically approved
Bodin, M., Plantin, L., Schmidt, L., Ziebe, S. & Elmerstig, E. (2023). The pros and cons of fertility awareness and information: a generational, Swedish perspective. Human Fertility, 26(2), 216-225
Open this publication in new window or tab >>The pros and cons of fertility awareness and information: a generational, Swedish perspective
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2023 (English)In: Human Fertility, ISSN 1464-7273, E-ISSN 1742-8149, Vol. 26, no 2, p. 216-225Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Being aware of factors that affect fertility can help people make informed decisions about their reproductive futures. To some, however, fertility information leads to worry and self-blame. In this paper, we explore how people from different generations discuss fertility and reproductive decision-making, along with their perceptions of fertility information. The study was conducted in southern Sweden with 26 focus-group discussions that included a total of 110 participants aged 17-90 years. The material was analysed thematically. Our results show that fertility knowledge and openness to talking about fertility problems have increased over generations. Participants who were assigned female at birth were more often concerned about their fertility than those who were not, and fertility concerns were transferred from mothers to daughters. While age-related fertility concerns had been uncommon in older generations, participants aged 25-40 often expressed these concerns. Young adults appreciated being knowledgeable about fertility but simultaneously expressed how fertility information could lead to distress. Our conclusion is that fertility information was best received by high-school students, and efforts to improve fertility education in schools are therefore recommended.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Taylor & Francis, 2023
Keywords
Fertility awareness, reproductive decision-making, generations, focus group discussions
National Category
Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-45816 (URN)10.1080/14647273.2021.1968045 (DOI)000687543600001 ()34423731 (PubMedID)2-s2.0-85113809500 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2021-09-15 Created: 2021-09-15 Last updated: 2025-02-11Bibliographically approved
Holmström, C., Plantin, L. & Elmerstig, E. (2022). Complexities of sexual consent: Young people's reasoning in a Swedish context. In: Malachi Willis (Ed.), Nuances of Sexual Consent: (pp. 77-92). Routledge
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Complexities of sexual consent: Young people's reasoning in a Swedish context
2022 (English)In: Nuances of Sexual Consent / [ed] Malachi Willis, Routledge, 2022, p. 77-92Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Although previous research and public debate argue that partnered sexual activity is construed in terms of being consensual or not, we know little about young people’s own reasoning on sexual consent. This study aimed to investigate how sexual consent and sexual negotiations are interpreted by young people in Sweden. Forty-four female and male participants, ranging from 18–21 years old, took part in 12 focus groups, organised according to a set of vignettes. All focus groups were analysed using inductive thematic analysis. The findings illustrate the complexity of the interpretation of sexual consent. There was a clear perception among the participants that sex between two individuals is a mutual process, and that sex should be consensual, expressed either through words, body language, or both. They all stated clearly that a ‘No’ has to be respected, independently of context. However, at the same time participants expressed contradictory norms and expectations in relation to the described situations, that showed an ambivalence concerning sexual scripts and consequences of challenging these in specific situations. Reasoning concerning discrepancy between ideals and actual possibilities to act in sexual encounters indicates differences in relation to gender, age and educational background and pathways.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Routledge, 2022
National Category
Law and Society
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-63383 (URN)10.4324/9781003276180-6 (DOI)9781003276180 (ISBN)9781032231860 (ISBN)
Note

Previously published as Charlotta Holmström, Lars Plantin & Eva Elmerstig (2020) Complexities of sexual consent: young people’s reasoning in a Swedish context, Psychology & Sexuality, 11:4, 342-357, DOI: 10.1080/19419899.2020.1769163

Available from: 2023-11-02 Created: 2023-11-02 Last updated: 2023-11-02Bibliographically approved
Plantin, L. & Wissö, T. (2022). David Morgan : Om familjepraktiker och att ”göra” familj (1ed.). In: Mattsson, Tina & Andersson, Em (Ed.), Teorier för Socialt arbete: Del 2, Normalitet, förkroppsligad erfarenhet och motstånd. Lund: Gleerups förlag
Open this publication in new window or tab >>David Morgan : Om familjepraktiker och att ”göra” familj
2022 (Swedish)In: Teorier för Socialt arbete: Del 2, Normalitet, förkroppsligad erfarenhet och motstånd / [ed] Mattsson, Tina & Andersson, Em, Lund: Gleerups förlag , 2022, 1Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Lund: Gleerups förlag, 2022 Edition: 1
Keywords
Familj
National Category
Social Work
Research subject
Health and society
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-72311 (URN)9789151107639 (ISBN)
Available from: 2024-11-21 Created: 2024-11-21 Last updated: 2024-11-22Bibliographically approved
Grönvall, Y., Holmström, C. & Plantin, L. (2022). The construction of intimacy in long-term commercial relationships in Sweden. Culture, Health and Sexuality, 24(4), 451-465
Open this publication in new window or tab >>The construction of intimacy in long-term commercial relationships in Sweden
2022 (English)In: Culture, Health and Sexuality, ISSN 1369-1058, E-ISSN 1464-5351, Vol. 24, no 4, p. 451-465Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Previous research on commercial sex has described fluidity between different forms of relationships, whereby commercial sexual relationships can be both long-term and viewed as intimate from the buyer's perspective. This article explores the construction of intimacy in long-term commercial relationships. More specifically, it examines the meaning of transactions in long-term paid sexual relationships in Sweden. Interviews were conducted with 23 Swedish men with experience purchasing sex as 'regulars'. An inductive thematic analysis was conducted. Findings show that the emotional experience is a key focus for these men when they purchase sex. The emotions involved are not delimited in time and space but are experienced both within and outside of the actual sexual encounter. Such emotions can be understood as the very precondition for the experiences of intimacy, while at the same time they create difficulties for the men who purchase sex. Experiences of intimacy are experienced in the ambiguity between unbounded and bounded authenticity and by not drawing a clear line between emotional subjectivity and consumer subjectivity.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Taylor & Francis, 2022
Keywords
Buying sex, emodities, emotional labour, intimacy, purchase of sex
National Category
Social Work
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-39074 (URN)10.1080/13691058.2020.1857844 (DOI)000605381600001 ()33404353 (PubMedID)2-s2.0-85099108890 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2021-01-12 Created: 2021-01-12 Last updated: 2024-02-07Bibliographically approved
Hjortsjö, M. & Plantin, L. (2022). Unaccompanied minors and their everyday life in Kinship Care: An example from Sweden. In: Irena Dychawy Rosner; Krzysztof Sawicki (Ed.), Youth Work Reader: Issues and Contexts (pp. 102-112). Toruń: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Unaccompanied minors and their everyday life in Kinship Care: An example from Sweden
2022 (English)In: Youth Work Reader: Issues and Contexts / [ed] Irena Dychawy Rosner; Krzysztof Sawicki, Toruń: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek , 2022, p. 102-112Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

The chapter sheds light on the everyday lives of unaccompanied minors. A lit- erature review and a questionnaire answered by the social workers in charge of unaccompanied children’s placement in kinship care constitute the empirical foundation. In addition, a small pilot study has been conducted with some unac- companied minors to get their point of view. A core question is whether these unaccompanied minors in kinship care are more vulnerable than other groups of children in Sweden? On the one hand, yes, as the conditions for placement in kin- ship care have not always been optimal. On the other hand, the results suggest that placement with relatives often are better than other placements. Minors in kinship care have ordinary better health, and kinship care is more stable than other place- ments. The interviewed minors also convey a great sense of security in the kin families as the connection with their ethnic background is so stated. Behind the general picture of kinship care, the minors’ own stories also show a large variation concerning opportunities and conditions for unaccompanied living like this.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Toruń: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek, 2022
Keywords
unaccompanied minors, foster home placement, kinship care, everyday life expe- rience, vulnerability, social work.
National Category
Social Work
Research subject
Health and society
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-64483 (URN)978-83-8180-595-7 (ISBN)
Available from: 2023-12-14 Created: 2023-12-14 Last updated: 2023-12-20Bibliographically approved
Projects
Blurred situations; young people’s reasoning on conflictual sexual boundaries; Malmö University; Publications
Holmström, C. (2023). Sexuellt samtycke - om unga människors resonemang kring gråzoner och gränsdragningar i sexuella möten. In: Holmström, Charlotta ; de Cabo, Annelie; Ouis Pernilla (Ed.), Perspektiv på sexualitet i socialt arbete: (pp. 186-194). LiberHolmström, C., Plantin, L. & Elmerstig, E. (2022). Complexities of sexual consent: Young people's reasoning in a Swedish context. In: Malachi Willis (Ed.), Nuances of Sexual Consent: (pp. 77-92). RoutledgeHolmström, C., Plantin, L. & Elmerstig, E. (2020). Complexities of sexual consent: young people's reasoning in a Swedish context. Psychology & Sexuality, 11(4), 342-357
Men’s experiences of sexual violence; Malmö University, Centre for Sexology and Sexuality Studies (CSS); Publications
Petersson, C. C. & Plantin, L. (2024). Overcoming Challenges of Intimacy: Male Child Sexual Abuse Survivors’ Experiences of Achieving Healthy Romantic Relationships in Sweden. Journal of family Violence, 39(6), 1107-1120
The Purchase of Sex – Meanings, Vulnerabilities and Welfare Initiatives; Malmö UniversityReflections on fertility and family planning in different stages of life; Malmö UniversityFatherhood following experiences of child sexual abuse; Malmö University
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