This paper describes the development of a psychometric instrument to measure children's experience of relational participation in voluntary sports organizations. The method followed psychometric principles of measurement construction. The construction followed six steps: (1) Defining children's experiences of participation in sports, (2) Construction of items, (3) Determination of sample size, (4) Examination of data quality, including verification of factorability, (5) Determination of the number off actors, and (6) Validation of the scale. Based on previous research, children's experience of participation in sports was defined as composed of relations between the children and their trainer and also between children and their peers. Forty‐four constructed items based on the relational concept underwent two tests with 162 sporting children (10 + 152) aged between 13 and 17. Reliability testing was conducted using item analysis with Cronbach's alpha, factor analysis, and inter‐item analysis. Seven items remained in two confirmed dimensions: participation between children and trainers (CPIT) and participation between peers (CPIP). Additional validity analysis using linear regressions showed that the CERSPS instrument, in part, could explain children's satisfaction with how their sport is organized.

The purpose of the study was to do a pilot evaluation of “All Children in Focus 0–2 years” (in Swedish: ABC 0–2), which isa Swedish 4-session universal health-promoting parenting program aimed at parents with children 0–2 years, using a randomized control trial design. It was 324 parents who were randomized into the study. After a few early dropouts, the intervention group contained 150 persons and the control group 153 persons on a waiting list. The final data set analyzed consisted of 125 parents in the intervention group, and 141 in the control group. The intervention- and control group were systematically compared as regards to pre- and post-tests of parent's self-reported self-efficacy, emotional regulation, stress and depressive symptoms as well as co-parenting and support controlling for demographic differences. Descriptive-, cluster and ANCOVA analysis were used. As one could expect in a universal preventive intervention the effects are mainly in the small range but still promising and encourage further exploration and examining of ABC 0–2 on a larger scale.

Purpose: To be subjected to sexual violence by an intimate partner as a child or young person can have a negative impact on development and may cause severe consequences. This study aimed to explore the prevalence and characteristics of youth intimate partner sexual violence in Sweden. To achieve this aim, youth intimate partner sexual violence (YIPSV) was examined in relation to other forms of sexual violence that children and youth are subjected to.

Methods: The current study explored lifetime experiences of sexual violence in intimate partnerships in a representative sample of 3,282 Swedish youth aged 16–23 years (M = 18.2, SD = 0.61).

Results: The results showed that a majority of youth subjected to sexual violence by an intimate partner were female, and the majority of perpetrators were male. One key finding was that youth intimate partner sexual violence was particularly severe compared to sexual violence perpetrated by a person or persons other than an intimate partner. Furthermore, the results showed that when youth were subjected to sexual violence by both an intimate partner and other persons, they were more often polyvictimized, with experiences of physical and psychological violence, bullying, and sexual violence online. Youth subjected to sexual violence by an intimate partner and other persons also reported the highest level of post-traumatic stress symptoms.

Conclusions: The study calls attention to the importance of addressing youth intimate partner sexual violence as a serious and gendered issue, highlighting girls in particular as a vulnerable and potentially polyvictimized group requiring extra attention from practitioners and scholars.

Denna rapport redovisar resultaten av en utvärdering av det våldsförebyggande programmet Viktig Intressant Person (VIP), som riktar sig till vuxna med intellektuell funktionsnedsättning (IF). Forskning och erfarenhet visar att personer med IF utsätts för våld i högre utsträckning än den övriga befolkningen och att det förekommer att personer med IF själva utövar våld.

Att leva med IF innebär i många fall att man behöver olika former av stöd i sitt vardagsliv. Det medför att man ofta har relationer med många olika personer (närstående, vänner, personal, medboende mfl) och därmed en potentiell utsatthet för situationer där våld kan förekomma. Personer med IF kan ha svårigheter att bedöma risker, vilket medför att det kan vara svårt att skydda sig och att anmäla utsatthet för våld. Bland individer varierar graden av IF och därmed förmågan att freda sig eller att ge samtycke till relationer. Tecken på våldsutsatthet kan även likna symtom som kan kopplas till själva funktionsnedsättningen, därför kan omgivningen lätt missa att en person med IF är utsatt för våld.

VIP-programmet, som vänder sig till personer med IF, syftar till att främja god hälsa, jämlika relationer och en känsla av sammanhang. Detta uppnås genom att programmet ska ge deltagarna ökad självkännedom, kunskap om våld, insikt i livsvillkor för personer med funktionsnedsättning, förståelse för makt och rättigheter, samt verktyg för kommunikation och samtycke. Genom att utbyta åsikter och erfarenheter i gruppen ska deltagarna få insikter om sina egna och andras livssituationer, vilket antas vara avgörande för att deltagarna ska finna sin egen styrka.

VIP-programmet bygger på 12 träffar och utbildningsmetodiken består av upplevelsebaserat lärande och kreativa metoder. Upplevelsebaserat lärande handlar om att använda upplevelser för att skapa lärande och innehåller fyra steg: egna erfarenheter genom nya upplevelser, reflektion över det som har upplevts, hjälp med att bearbeta upplevelsen genom att lägga till ny kunskap, och tillämpning av den nya kunskapen genom test av nya upplevelser.

Programmet har använts i mer än tio år i Sverige och cirka 50 kommuner har handledare som är utbildade i VIP-programmet. I denna rapport redovisas resultaten av en utvärdering av VIP-programmet i åtta kommuner.  

Forskningsprojektet Utsatthet för svåra barndomserfarenheter bland våldsutövande barn och unga vuxna, som redovisas i denna rapport, studerade utsatthet för svåra barndomserfarenheter (Adverse Childhood Experiences) bland barn och unga vuxna som systematiskt använder våld och har pågående socialtjänstinsatser på grund av detta. I studien undersöktes dels unga våldsutövares egen utsatthet, både i närtid och under uppväxten, dels hur socialarbetare bemöter och arbetar med utsatthet och bristande hemförhållanden i denna målgrupp. Forskningsprojektet en del av det sexåriga forskningsprogrammet Samordnade interventionssystem mot våld i nära relationer (SIVIN) som genomförs på Marie Cederschiöld högskola mellan åren 2019 och 2025. Studien bestod av an enkätstudie riktat till unga våldsutövare och en intervjustudie riktad till professionella i socialtjänsten. Enkätstudien visar på en sammantaget svår uppväxt bland de undersökta ungdomarna, med utsatthet för en hög andel svåra barndomserfarenheter (ACEs). Studien visar exempelvis att 14 procent har utsatts för nio ACEs under sin uppvxät. Sammantaget visar intervjustudien på obalansen mellan ett stort behov av bearbetande insatser och en samtidigt låg mottaglighet för studiens målgrupp. Den visar således på vikten av att motivera till och förklara nyttan av sådana insatser, det vill säga att skapa en brukarrationalitet hos målgruppen för att ta emot behandling och bearbetande insatser. Studiens resultat reflekteras kring tidigare forskning om hur man kan öka brukarrationaliteten och motivationen till behandling hos målgruppen.

Background: Physical activity is important for all children's health, but it has become something exclusive with demands for membership, transportation options, organized forms, at given places and times. Physical activity is often equated with sports, where groups of children who are not sports-active are rarely given a voice in either research or public debate.

Aim: The aim was to analyze how girls from a multi-ethnic area, not doing sports, reason about their wellbeing during leisure time, and how they think about physical activities, social relations, and their near future.

Methods: The project utilized a longitudinal, visual, and participatory approach, tracking a cohort of non-sportactive girls over three years. Data collection involved the girls taking photos of their daily lives, which formed the basis for interviews in focus groups (photo-elicitation) with girls aged 9-12. Additionally, a follow-up study employed a photo-voice method, with girls aged 12-15 collectively analyzing photos and determining new discussion themes. Focus areas encompassed physical activity, leisure, and health. The photo-voice method also facilitated engagement with society, including a public photo exhibition where girls presented their photos and posed questions to decision-makers in politics, education, andcivil society. This exhibition garnered attention from radio and newspapers.

Results: The project found that girls doubted the feasibility of meeting the WHO's one-hour daily physical activity goal. Boys were seen as more active than girls in leisure time, breaks, and physical education classes. Girls believed increased school physical education classes would benefit already active students, feeling sidelined by more competitive peers, often boys. Resistance to getting sweaty at school hindered increased physical activity. Ideally, girls wanted to be active with family, mainly on special occasions.

Conclusion: The study concludes that equating physical activity with sports participation makes it difficult for groups unable or unwilling to participate in organized sports to maintain healthy levels of physical activity. This affects equal health opportunities as sedentary lifestyles become more common, emphasizing the need to prioritize physical activity amid competing interests.

Previous research indicates that child welfare services reach out to children exposed to violence unequally depending on the child’s social background, living conditions and violence type, and that once children are investigated by the child welfare services, inequalities in access to interventions prevail (e.g. Kalin et al. 2022; Knezevic 2021; Persdotter & Andersson 2020; Quarles van Ufford et al. 2022). There is a lack of systematic knowledge about the long term outcomes for children investigated by the child welfare services. The current study explores different childhood trajectories in the aftermath of a child welfare investigation initiated due to children’s exposure to violence. A register was set up including all children (n= 1 764) between 7-12 years that were investigated by child welfare services in Stockholm in 2019 for suspected exposure to violence. As a baseline this cohort was systematically compared to demographic data and a national self-report prevalence study to explore possible biases regarding which children the child welfare services investigates (Kassman et al. 2023). In the current paper, the study group development in the first three years following upon the child welfare investigation was explored as regards living conditions, out of home care, health care consumption and school grades. The development of the study group was also systematically compared to a comparison group of children (n=5 000). Descriptive analysis, cluster analysis and logistic regressions were used. 

Objective: Based on the notion of selective recognition of vulnerability and risk, this study explores which children CWS pursue to a complete child welfare investigation.

Methods: A register was set up including all children (n= 1 764) between 7-12 years that were investigated for suspected exposure to violence by CWS in Sweden in 2019. This cohort was systematically compared to demographic data and a national self-report prevalence study. 

Results: Children exposed to violence have reduced access to material resources and inferior living conditions compared to non-exposed children. Physical abuse was more prevalent among boys of foreign backgrounds in stable, two-parent families residing in higher-status suburbs. Conversely, neglect was more common among children of Swedish backgrounds in low-income, single-parent households living in low-status suburbs. In comparison with self-reported prevalence studies, sexual and psychological abuse seem underrepresented in the study group.

Conclusions: The results indicate that CWS should develop its methods to reach certain vulnerable groups that are underrepresented for safeguarding and support, for example, girls exposed to sexual abuse.

There is a renewed interest in third sector organizations with hope for contributions to systems of new public governance and welfare services. This study is based on a survey to the local authorities in Sweden and aims to analyze how collaboration between public and third sector organizations occurs at the local level. A special focus for the study is idea-driven public partnerships (IOPs). The results indicate that collaboration mainly occurs outside of the core fields of welfare and also that the national level agreements set standards to be used in especially the larger local authorities who are more in need of formalized policies to handle the local relations. The institutionalized collaborative relations are diverse and mainly meant to promote a thriving third sector for its democratic values, but there are also certain welfare fields with less local remit such as sports, leisure time activities, and homelessness where NPOs are not crowded out by the public sector. Collaboration with IOPs are more common in larger local authorities and places with a larger proportion of immigrants.