Emma Sorbring

An early-response, police-social work collaborative intervention : Perspectives of young participants

For society, measures targeted at early crime prevention pose a dilemma. On the one hand, there is a risk that an early intervention can label a...

An examination of parents’ online activities and links to demographic characteristics among parents in Sweden

In this study, we examined parents’ online activities and whether engagement in specific activities attracts certain parents. Additionally, we...

Att motverka och förebygga problematisk skolfrånvaro

Community series in the consequences of COVID-19 on the mental well-being of parents, children and adolescents, volume II : Editorial

Parenting, Adolescent Sensation Seeking, and Subsequent Substance Use : Moderation by Adolescent Temperament

Although previous research has identified links between parenting and adolescent substance use, little is known about therole of adolescent...

Parents’ Feelings, Distress, and Self-Efficacy in Response to Social Comparisons on Social Media

Parents’ social comparisons on social networking sites (SNS) is a research area of growing interest. In this study, weexamined parents’ positive an...

Predicting Adolescent Mental Health Outcomes Across Cultures : A Machine Learning Approach

Adolescent mental health problems are rising rapidly around the world. To combat this rise, clinicians and policymakers need to know which risk...

Profiles of Parental Burnout Around the Globe : Similarities and Differences Across 36 Countries

Parental burnout (PB) is a pervasive phenomenon. Parenting is embedded in cultural values, and previous research has shown the role of individualis...

Socialtjänstens brottsförebyggande arbete ur ungas perspektiv

Sverige har en lång historia av brottsförebyggande initiativ för att tidigt upptäcka ungdomar som är involverade i brottslighet eller befinner sig ...

Three reasons why parental burnout is more prevalent in individualistic countries: a mediation study in 36 countries

Purpose The prevalence of parental burnout, a condition that has severe consequences for both parents and children, varies dramatically across...

A longitudinal examination of the family stress model of economic hardship in seven countries

The Family Stress Model of Economic Hardship (FSM) posits that economic situations create differences in psychosocial outcomes for parents and...

Adolescent Positivity and Future Orientation, Parental Psychological Control, and Young Adult Internalising Behaviours during COVID-19 in Nine Countries

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted many young adults’ lives educationally, economically, and personally. This study investigated associations between...

Adolescent smoking, alcohol use, inebriation, and use of narcotics during the Covid-19 pandemic.

BACKGROUND: The aim of the study was to investigate how general family relations, reported changes in family interaction and involvement with peers...

Change in Caregivers’ Attitudes and Use of Corporal Punishment Following a Legal Ban : A Multi-Country Longitudinal Comparison

We examined whether a policy banning corporal punishment enacted in Kenya in 2010 is associated with changes in Kenyan caregivers’ use of corporal...

Compliance with Health Recommendations and Vaccine Hesitancy During the COVID Pandemic in Nine Countries

Longitudinal data from the Parenting Across Cultures study of children, mothers, and fathers in 12 cultural groups in nine countries (China,...

Editorial: : The Consequences of COVID-19 on the Mental Well-Being of Parents, Children and Adolescents

Ett utvidgat hälsobegrepp i förskolan

Bokens sammanfattning: Den utbildning och fostran som barn möter under den första delen av livet har betydelse för deras utveckling, lärande och...

Is ADHD a way of conceptualizing long-term emotional stress and social disadvantage?

Background: The prevalent, neuropsychiatric, deficit perspective on childrenand youth diagnosed with ADHD prohibits a multidimensional approach...

’Mixed Blessings’ : Parental religiousness, parenting, and child adjustment in global perspective

Background: Most studies of the effects of parental religiousness on parenting and child development focus on a particular religion or cultural...

Positive parenting, adolescent adjustment, and quality of adolescent diet in nine countries

Introduction We sought to understand the relation between positive parenting and adolescent diet, whether adolescents’ internalizing and...

Predicting child aggression : The role of parent and child endorsement of reactive aggression across 13 cultural groups in 9 nations.

Parent and child endorsement of reactive aggression both predict the emergence of child aggression, but they are rarely studied together and in...

Samverkan för kvalitet i förskolan

Bokens sammanfattning: Den utbildning och fostran som barn möter under den första delen av livet har betydelse för deras utveckling, lärande och...

Study protocol for a mixed-design evaluation of self-assured parents

Background: Immigrant parents of adolescents experience challenges in their role as parents in the new country and express a need for parental...

The Intergenerational Transmission of Maladaptive Parenting and its Impact on Child Mental Health : Examining Cross-Cultural Mediating Pathways and Moderating Protective Factors.

Using a sample of 1338 families from 12 cultural groups in 9 nations, we examined whether retrospectively remembered Generation 1 (G1) parent...

Typicality and trajectories of problematic and positive behaviors over adolescence in eight countries.

In this study, we examine the predictions of a storm and stress characterization of adolescence concerning typicality and trajectories of...

Culture and social change in mothers' and fathers' individualism, collectivism and parenting attitudes

Cultures and families are not static over time but evolve in response to social transformations, such as changing gender roles, urbanization,...

Dialectical Processes in Parent-child Relationships among Somali Families in Sweden

Non-voluntary migration has been demonstrated to have an impact on family relationships as a result of children acculturating to the host country...

Effects of Parental Acceptance-Rejection on Children's Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors : A Longitudinal, Multicultural Study

Grounded in Interpersonal Acceptance-Rejection Theory, this study assessed children's (N = 1315) perceptions of maternal and paternal acceptance-re...

Four Domains Of Parenting In Sweden

This chapter focuses on parenting in Sweden. Generally, Sweden is a country where young people are seen as equal in status to older family members....

Household income loss, parental depression, and adolescent internalizing/externalizing behavior : A longitudinal study in seven countries.

A large body of previous research using the family stress model has examined relations among economic pressure, parental psychological distress, an...

Licentiandmiljön – första året : Välfärd, social innovation och hållbarhet på landsbygden

Att växa upp och verka i en landsbygdskommun kan många gånger innebära att vägen till specialistkunskap, högre utbildning och andra utbudsfrågor är...

Livet på internet : Surfa säkert och hitta rätt

En stor del av livet finns idag på internet. Det är där vi scrollar nyheter, kollar film, hänger med kompisar, betalar räkningar och shoppar. Allt ...

Longitudinal Trajectories of Four Domains of Parenting in Relation to Adolescent Age and Puberty in Nine Countries

Children, mothers, and fathers in 12 ethnic and regional groups in nine countries (N = 1,338 families) were interviewed annually for 8 years (Mage...

Parallel Growth of Children’s Internalizing Behaviors Predicted by Positive Parenting Behaviors

The global outbreak of COVID-19 has impacted all systems essential to human life and wellbeing (Masten & Motto-Stefanidi, 2020). The complex...

Parent–adolescent relationship quality as a moderator of links between COVID-19 disruption and reported changes in mothers’ and young adults’ adjustment in five countries.

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented families around the world with extraordinary challenges related to physical and mental health, economic securit...

Parental Burnout Around the Globe : a 42-Country Study.

High levels of stress in the parenting domain can lead to parental burnout , a condition that has severe consequences for both parents and children...

Parenting During Adolescence as a Moderator of Links Between COVID-19 Disruption and Reported Changes in Parents’ and Young Adults’ Adjustment in Five Countries

ntroductionThe COVID-19 pandemic has presented families around the world with extraordinary challenges related to physical and mental health,...

Positive Youth Development : Parental Warmth, Values, and Prosocial Behavior in 11 Cultural Groups

The current cross-cultural study aimed to extend research on parenting and children’s prosocial behavior by examining relations among parental...

Pre-pandemic psychological and behavioral predictors of responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in nine countries.

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, adolescents (N = 1,330; Mages = 15 and 16; 50% female), mothers, and fathers from nine countries (China, Colombia,...

Reported Changes in Adolescent Psychosocial Functioning during the COVID-19 Outbreak

What effect the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has had on adolescents’ psychosocial functioning is currently unknown. Using the data of 1767...

Ungdomars vardag och psykiska hälsa under COVID-19-pandemin

Associations Between Perceived Material Deprivation, Parents' Discipline Practices, and Children's Behavior Problems : An International Perspective.

This study investigated the association between perceived material deprivation, children's behavior problems, and parents' disciplinary practices....

Barn och unga i försörjningsstödsärenden : en studie med fokus på myndigheternas dokumentation samt barn och ungas vardag, strategier och syn på försörjningsstöd

Ett flertal studier har beskrivit de omedelbara och långsiktiga effekter som ekonomisk utsatthet har på barns och ungas livssituation och möjlighet...

Barns utsatthet för våld och konflikter på samhällsnivå

Cross-cultural effects of parent warmth and control on aggression and rule-breaking from ages 8 to 13.

We investigated whether bidirectional associations between parental warmth and behavioral control and child aggression and rule-breaking behavior...

Cross-Cultural Examination of Links between Parent-Adolescent Communication and Adolescent Psychological Problems in 12 Cultural Groups.

Internalizing and externalizing problems increase during adolescence. However, these problems may be mitigated by adequate parenting, including...

Del@ktighet på nätet : Röster från unga med intellektuell funktionsnedsättning samt föräldrar och personal

Även om ungdomar och internet är ett växande forskningsområde är det relativt fåstudier som illustrerar förhållandena för ungdomar och unga vuxna m...

Economic Support, Migration and Agency : The Experiences of Young People in Newly Arrived Families from Syria

Research on young people’s perceptions of economic disadvantage has not focused on specific groups, or adversity connected to demographic phenomena...

Effects of Parental Warmth and Behavioral Control on Adolescent Externalizing and Internalizing Trajectories Across Cultures

We investigated the effects of parental warmth and behavioral control on externalizing and internalizing symptom trajectories from ages 8 to 14 in...

Examining effects of mother and father warmth and control on child externalizing and internalizing problems from age 8 to 13 in nine countries

This study used data from 12 cultural groups in 9 countries (China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and United State...