Denna studie syftar till att undersöka hur individer upplever att det ökade skilsmässotalet i samhället påverkar deras attityd till långa parrelationer. Empirin har samlats in genom semistrukturerade intervjuer med fyra unga vuxna kvinnor som delat med sig av tankar och känslor kring äktenskap, parrelationer och separationer. Studien tar avstamp i teorier kring modernitet och individualism i dagens samhälle, författade av Beck, Beck-Gernsheim och Giddens. Vidare analyseras det empiriska materialet även med hjälp av Giddens teori om det rena förhållandet och hans teori om ontologisk trygghet. Socialisationsteorin används också tillsammans med Bourdieus begrepp habitus. Studiens resultat visar att individer med skilda föräldrar är medvetna om skilsmässans utbredning i samhället och att det påverkar deras attityd till långa parrelationer. Detta kan förklaras av framförallt socialisationsteorin och habitusbegreppet. Den respondent i studien vars föräldrar fortfarande lever ihop ansåg sig skyddad från det ökade skilsmässotalet och upplevde därför inte att attityden till långa parrelationer påverkas av detta. Den mer djupgående analysen visar dock att samtliga respondenter påverkas av det ökade skilsmässotalet i samhället, även om respondenten med icke-skilda föräldrar inte själv var medveten om det. Detta genom den ökade individualismen och det moderna samhällets reflexiva natur. Resultatet utkristalliserade sig trots att studien på förhand inte avsåg göra skillnad på individer med eller utan separerade föräldrar. / This study aims to examine if individuals feel that increased divorce rates impact their attitude towards long-term relationships. The empirical data was collected through semi-structured interviews with four young women who shared their thoughts and feelings about marriage, relationships and divorces. The study is based on theories about reflexive modernity and individualization (see Beck, Beck-Gernsheim and Giddens). The empirical data is also analyzed by Giddens’ theory of the pure relationship and his theory about the ontological security. The theory of socialization is also used along with Bourdieu’s concept of habitus. The result of the study shows that individuals with divorced parents are aware of the increased divorce rates in society and that it affects their attitude to long-term relationships. This can be explained primarily by using the theory of socialization and the concept of habitus. The respondent in the study whose parents still lived together considered herself protected from the increased divorce rates and experienced therefore that this did not affect her attitude to long-term relationships. The more thorough analysis nevertheless shows that all respondents are affected by the increased divorce rates in society, even if the respondent with non-divorced parents was not aware of it herself. The increased individualism and modern societies reflexive nature can explain this. This result appeared even though the study in advance did not intend to distinguish between individuals who have been through a parental divorce and individuals who have not.

115 undergraduate students were surveyed to see if attributional style would be different for individuals with alcoholic parents, depressed parents, or neither factor. Subjects were sorted into the three groups based on their responses to a family history questionnaire. Each subject filled out two attributional style questionnaires, the Attributional Style Questionnaire (ASQ) and the Attributional Style Assessment Test (ASAT-II). The three groups did not differ on attributional style for interpersonal, noninter- personal, or general situations. Within the adult children of alcoholics group, subjects reported that their successes in interpersonal situations were due to their strategy and effort, rather than ability, more so than for noninterpersonal successes.

Befolkningen blir allt äldre och fler riskerar att drabbas av demenssjukdom. Anhöriga till personer med demenssjukdom behöver i dagens samhälle ta ett större ansvar för vård och omsorg. Ett ökat ansvar leder till att det dagliga livet förändras och att anhöriga kan drabbas av ohälsa. I Sverige är den mest förekommande informella vårdgivaren make eller maka, men vuxna barn tar även ett allt större ansvar kring omsorgen. Syftet med examensarbetet var att beskriva upplevelsen av att vara informell vårdgivare till en förälder med demenssjukdom och hur det påverkar det dagliga livet. Metoden som användes var en scoping review och 20 artiklar inkluderades i studien. Inklusionskriterier gällande artiklarna var publicering efter år 2007, skrivna på engelska, kvalitativa studier, vuxna barn som var informell vårdgivare samt att föräldern bodde i ordinärt boende. Resultatet visade upplevelser av förändrade roller, bristfällig aktivitetsbalans och förändrad social delaktighet. Både positiva och negativa upplevelser av att vara informell vårdgivare framkom. Slutsatsen är att arbetsterapeuten kan hjälpa anhöriga att finna strategier för att på ett långsiktigt sätt kunna hantera vardagen. Arbetsterapeutens yrkeskompetens kan användas i ett förebyggande arbete för att minska risken för begränsad aktivitet och delaktighet bland vuxna barn som vårdar en förälder med demenssjukdom. / The population is getting older and more people are likely to suffer from dementia. In society of today relatives of people with dementia need to take a greater responsibility for the care. Increased responsibility leads to changes in everyday life and can contribute to ill health. In Sweden the most common informal caregivers are husbands or wives, but adult children are taking an increased responsibility for the care. The aim of this study was to describe the experiences of being an informal caregiver to a parent with dementia and how it affects daily living. A scoping review was used as a method and 20 articles were included in this study. Inclusion criteria for the articles were publication after year 2007, written in English, qualitative studies, adult children who were informal caregivers, and that the parent was living in regular housing. The results showed experiences of changed roles, insufficient occupational balance and changed social participation. Both positive and negative experiences of being an informal caregiver emerged. The conclusion is that the overall perspective of the occupational therapist can help relatives to find strategies to manage their daily living in a long-term perspective. The occupational therapist's competence can be utilized in preventive work to reduce the risk of limited activity and participation among adult children who take care of a parent with dementia.

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Examing the antecedents and outcomes of elder care based work-family conflict, - presenting family interference with work and work interference with family as major components.

The aim of this study was to examine how adult children of parents with substance abuse describe their agency during childhood. The study was conducted by examining podcasts on substance abuse using qualitative content analysis. Eight different podcast episodes were included in which adult children describe their experiences of growing up in a family environment with alcohol and/or drugs. The focus of the analysis was how the adult children position themselves in their story in terms of agency and constraint. The main findings of the study was that the adult children described a range of experiences but with a focus on their vulnerability. The adult children described how they were subjected to uncertainty, neglect and sometimes violence throughout their childhood. At the same time they also positioned themselves as competent agents in their recounts. In their narratives they described how they used different strategies to control their situation and  complex process of disclosure. The strategies were also described as meaningful and used for a specific purpose even though they were sometimes understood as problematic later on. However  the adult children also positioned themselves as powerless in their narratives as they often experienced that their agency was constrained by their subordinated position as a child. An important recurrent experience was that despite their attempts to tell of their situation, it rarely led to a change. The adult children described several barriers to disclosure and how they often felt that nobody listened to them.

Combining psychology literature, social media platforms and collaboration with online communities, this visual communication project explores the experiences and struggles of people that have grown up in dysfunctional households. The intent of this project is to share stories from people who struggle with feeling mentally stuck, in order to fight the stigma surrounding mental health related issues.

In this study, the nature of a current social problem is explored: the provision of services to elderly parents by their adult daughters - a part of the informal system of social support for the elderly. In particular, the influence of the caregiver's construction of old age on their assessment of parental autonomy is examined.

This study is an investigation of the long-term care planning entered into by 170 adult children who had independent parents. A decision-making process with four stages was hypothesized. Sons and daughters entered into planning activities primarily at the "consideration" and "discussion" stages. This involvement proceeds along a sequence of stages with lower stage activities being completed before entering into more advanced stages. Minimal involvement from adult children in "preliminary planning" and "making final decisions" suggests the process does not continue unless independence is threatened. Age and family stressors positively influenced the likelihood that respondents gave consideration to future needs of their parents. The likelihood that discussion occurs between the generations was influenced negatively by family stressors and positively by personal authority. No variables were significant for the "preliminary planning" and "final decision" stages. Application is made to educational and clinical practice. / Ph. D.

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