Intimate partner violence is one of the most common forms of violence againstwomen and is a widespread social problem that affects women among allsocioeconomic, religious and cultural groups. It is the social services responsibilityto meet these women and to especially consider the well-being of women who havebeen exposed to violence or abuse by a partner. Research within the field shows thatthere are several reasons why it may be difficult for abused women to break therelationship with the abuser. One reason is the feelings of guilt and shame thatcommonly submerge in an abusive relationship. Research suggests that women whohave been victims to domestic abuse may need informal support before they seekfurther support from professionals. How this first uncovering of the violence isreceived may be crucial to the woman's further actions and reasoning about hersituation. In today's society we live a big part of our lives online where we interactwith each other on a daily basis. Several people turn to digital platforms to receiveadvice and support for their real issues when they may feel like they can't turn topeople around them in real life. These digital platforms have been seen gettingincreasingly used by survivors of intimate partner violence to share theirexperiences as well as seek support and advice. This study is a netnographic study about women exposed to intimate partnerviolence and their help seeking behaviors on the Swedish online forums Flashbackand Familjeliv. The aim of this study is to explore the responses these women getwhen they seek support and advice about their situation online. The results of thisstudy shows that women who seek support online receive a wide range of responseswhere we could identify stigmatizing as well as destigmatizing elements. Thestigmatizing responses consisted mainly of victim blaming where the woman wastold she had herself to blame whereas the destigmatizing responses consisted ofemotional support and practical advice.

Mäns våld mot kvinnor kan ses som ett problem som ger konsekvenser på både individ- och samhällsnivå. Det språk som används i media kan ses påverka våra uppfattningar och tolkningar av det som rapporteras. Hur mäns våld mot kvinnor diskuteras i det offentliga rummet har därmed varit relevant att studera för att få en bild av hur debatten om ämnet ser ut. Studien har därmed syftat till att undersöka hur mäns våld mot kvinnor i parrelation framställs i debattartiklar under 2023 i Sverige med hjälp av en kritisk diskursanalys. För att besvara syftet har en kvalitativ dokumentstudie av svenska debattartiklar gjorts. Studiens teoretiska ramverk har varit den ekologiska förklaringsmodellen av Heise, som vidareutvecklats av UN Women, samt Faircloughs kritiska diskursanalys. Resultatet visar två gemensamma diskurser vi benämnt Mäns våld mot kvinnor som ett samhällsproblem och Mäns våld mot kvinnor bör hanteras kollektivt. Diskurserna synliggörs på olika sätt i debattartiklarna beroende på hur skribenterna har uttryckt sig vilket vi delat in i olika teman. Fokuset i vår analys har varit på ordval och modalitet vilket är den första nivån i Faircloughs kritiska diskursanalys. Vi har genom det kunnat se att skribenterna tenderar att använda ett förstärkande språk när de skriver om mäns våld mot kvinnor i parrelation. Våldet beskrivs främst som ett strukturellt problem vilket vi relaterat till den samhälleliga nivån i den ekologiska modellen och den tredje nivån i den kritiska diskursanalysen.

The diploma thesis concentrates on and deals with the attractiveness of YMCA summer camp. The aim is to find out what factors are able to influence the decisions of children and parents if they take part in this camp. The work has been bringing in the different possibilities of activities. It is expected from these activities to have the ability in infuencing the attractiveness of this characteristic the summer camp. These activities have been proved by evidence and realized on the specific cases in the practice in this diploma thesis. The answers have been looked for in the context of the basic research question and the diploma thesis has been drawing conclusions on the basic of the research result of the sample of respondents.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-12-23T14:38:06Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Luiz Gustavo Silva Souza Parte 1.pdf: 1900726 bytes, checksum: b8adc8781ae13aedfc75f94a35c9e4bb (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-05-28 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Alcohol misuse is frequent worldwide. Primary Health Care (PHC) has an important role in approaching alcohol problems and alcoholism in specific. In Brazil, the Family Health Strategy presents the possibility of enhancing care to these problems and to mental health conditions in general. It is relevant to analyze how PHC professionals construct knowledge about (and actions towards) alcoholism, alcoholic patients and associated objects. The research reported here aimed at investigating and analyzing social representations and social practices constructed by Family Health professionals working in a Brazilian Southeast municipality about alcoholism and alcoholic patients. Three studies were conducted: a participant observation carried out in one Family Health Center (FHC) for approximately eight months (84 participants); the administration of semistructured interviews (40 participants from 11 FHC) and of questionnaires with case vignettes (120 participants from 16 FHC). Content analysis was used to treat the data gathered with the observation and with the interviews. Answers of the interviewed professionals were also submitted to ALCESTE software. Data from the questionnaires were treated with analyses of variance (MANOVA, ANOVA) using SPSS. With the participant observation, it was possible to verify the contextual construction (through processes of objectification and anchoring) of five Images of alcoholic patients: the absent alcoholic ; the alcoholic as a difficult case ; the alcoholic present although absent ; the comic drunk and the problem drunk . Practices focused on the traditional cure-centered paradigm were observed as well as practices leading to physical and symbolical exclusion of the alcoholic. It was verified the emphasis on the attribution of otherness (alterity) to patients in general, alcoholics and non-alcoholics. The interviews suggested the presence of ambiguity in the perception of alcoholism, simultaneously represented as multifactorial disease demanding comprehensive care and social problem related to the poverty of the slums . In the process of attributing causes to alcoholism, it was possible to notice the coexistence of the scientific rationality and some beliefs related to the different culture of the poor neighborhoods and of their multi-problem families . Family Health Centers were represented simultaneously as important and as impotent to provide treatment to alcoholism. Data from the questionnaires indicated that the alcoholic was objectified as atypical and difficult patient, towards whom professionals held negative attitudes and socio-cognitive elements related to stigmatization. Mainly social and psychological factors were perceived as causes of alcoholism, in contrast to the lesser importance attributed to genetic (biological) factors. Female alcoholism was possibly perceived as more difficult to explain but not necessarily as more difficult to approach. Results from the three studies are integrated in analytical level, leading to a comprehension of the representational system that oriented the social practices (which were also ambiguous). The construction of the investigated social representations is analyzed from a historical perspective. The tradition of coercion and its association to historical hygienism in professionalpatient interactions are highlighted. The psychosocial determinants of difficulties faced to approach alcoholism are discussed as well as some suggestions to overcome these obstacles. The analyses lead to theoretical and methodological contributions regarding social practices and psychosocial interventions. / O uso problemático de álcool é frequente em todo o mundo. A Atenção Primária à Saúde (APS) tem importante papel na abordagem dos problemas com o álcool e do alcoolismo em específico. No Brasil, a Estratégia Saúde da Família apresenta potencial para melhorar a assistência a esses problemas e ao conjunto de questões de Saúde Mental. Torna-se relevante analisar como profissionais de APS constroem conhecimentos e condutas sobre o alcoolismo, sobre os usuários alcoolistas e sobre os objetos associados. A pesquisa relatada nesta tese teve o objetivo de investigar e analisar representações sociais e práticas sociais construídas por profissionais de Saúde da Família em um município do sudeste brasileiro sobre alcoolismo e usuários alcoolistas. Três estudos foram conduzidos: observação participante realizada em uma Unidade de Saúde da Família (USF) durante cerca de oito meses (84 participantes); entrevistas semiestruturadas (40 participantes de 11 USF); questionários com vinhetas (120 participantes de 16 USF). Dados da observação e das entrevistas foram tratados com análise de conteúdo temática. Falas dos entrevistados foram também submetidas ao programa ALCESTE. Dados dos questionários foram tratados com análises de variância (MANOVA, ANOVA) com auxílio do programa SPSS. A observação participante verificou a construção contextual de cinco Figuras do usuário alcoolista, por meio de processos de objetivação e ancoragem: alcoolista ausente; alcoolista como caso difícil; alcoolista presente e, no entanto, ausente; bêbadocômico e bêbado-problema. Foram observadas práticas centradas no paradigma biomédico tradicional e práticas com sentido geral de exclusão física e simbólica do alcoolista. Verificou-se ênfase na atribuição de alteridade aos usuários em geral, alcoolistas e não-alcoolistas. As falas em entrevistas indicaram ambiguidade da apreensão do alcoolismo, simultaneamente representado como doença multifatorial a ser tratada de forma integral e problema social, relacionado à pobreza das comunidades . Para a atribuição de causas ao alcoolismo, notou-se a coexistência da racionalidade científica e de crenças sobre a cultura diferente das comunidades pobres e sobre suas famílias desestruturadas . As Unidades de Saúde da Família foram representadas simultaneamente como importantes e como impotentes para o tratamento do alcoolismo. Resultados dos questionários indicaram que o alcoolista era objetivado como usuário atípico e difícil , ao qual se dirigiam atitudes negativas e elementos sócio-cognitivos de estigmatização. As causas do alcoolismo foram identificadas nos âmbitos psicológico e social, em contraste com menor ênfase na determinação genética (biológica). O alcoolismo feminino foi possivelmente percebido como mais difícil de explicar, mas não necessariamente como mais difícil de tratar. Os resultados dos três estudos são integrados em plano analítico, gerando compreensão sobre o sistema representacional que orientava as práticas (também ambíguas). A construção das representações é analisada sob ponto de vista histórico. Ressalta-se a tradição higienista-coercitiva na relação entre profissionais de saúde e classes populares. Reflexões são feitas sobre determinantes psicossociais dos obstáculos para tratar o alcoolismo e sobre formas de superar esses obstáculos. A partir das análises, são sugeridas contribuições teóricas e metodológicas sobre práticas sociais e intervenção psicossocia

Economic abuse does not always appear in the context of domestic abuse,there are other forms of abuse that are more mentioned in politics and inmedia, for example physical and psychological abuse. Previous researchshows that economic violence is often linked to psychological and physicalviolence and that it is mainly women who are overrepresented in terms ofvulnerability to violence. The consequences of economic violence have provento be many and big, in some terms even life-long for the women who havebeen exposed to the violence.The purpose of the study is to gain an increased understanding of socialworkers' experiences in working with women who have been exposed toeconomic violence by men they have a relationship with, as well as the socialand economic consequences the exposed women are left with. The theoriesused in the study are Yvonne Hirdman's theory of gender, as well as Goffman'stheory of stigmatization and social exclusion.Eight interviews of social workers have been conducted to get a picture ofwhat consequences women who are exposed to economic violence have andwhat obstacles and opportunities the social workers see in their work withwomen exposed to violence. The results show that men's economic violenceagainst women has major consequences for women's lives. The results alsoshow that social workers see both obstacles and opportunities in their work tohelp women exposed to economic violence.