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The School as Crime Scene: Discourses on Degrading Treatment in Swedish Schools
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Hammarén, Nils; Lunneblad, Johannes; Johansson, Thomas; Odenbring, Ylva – Power and Education, 2015
There is a strong case for stating that during the past decades there has been a shift in perspective when addressing questions of how to handle and preserve social order in Swedish schools. As an institution that has focused on social order and education since the 1990s, the Swedish school system has also become an institution that focuses on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Environment, Educational Policy, Bullying
Doing Masculinity in School-Age Child-Care: An Ethnographic Study
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Ljusberg, Anna-Lena – International Journal for Research on Extended Education, 2018
This article is based on data from a two-year ethnographic study on children in school-age child-care in Sweden. It describes a boy's way from positioning himself as a "boy who does not fight" to a "boy who fights". In Sweden, independence is viewed as paramount. Fostering children to independence can be seen from different…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Males, Social Development, Social Influences
Teenagers' Explanations of Bullying
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Thornberg, Robert; Knutsen, Sven – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2011
The aim of the present study was to explore how teenagers explain why bullying takes place at school, and whether there were any differences in explaining bullying due to gender and prior bullying experiences. One hundred and seventy-six Swedish students in Grade 9 responded to a questionnaire. Mixed methods (qualitative and quantitative methods)…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Bullying, Adolescents, Peer Groups
Low Social Inclusion in Childhood: Adjustment and Early Predictors
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Nyberg, Lillianne; Henricsson, Lisbeth; Rydell, Ann-Margaret – Infant and Child Development, 2008
The principal aim of the present study was to obtain a deeper understanding than hitherto of the concurrent correlates and prospective predictors of loneliness and poor peer acceptance, both falling under the umbrella term low social inclusion. Problematic and socially competent behaviours were investigated as possible predictors of low social…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Grade 1, Peer Acceptance, Psychological Patterns
The Influence of Environmental Factors on Behavioural Problems in 8-Year-Old Children Exposed to Amphetamine during Fetal Life.
Billing, Lars; And Others – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1994
Sixty-five children born to Swedish women who used amphetamines during pregnancy were followed to the age of eight years. Statistical correlations were seen between the extent of amphetamine exposure and psychometric tests, aggressive behavior, adjustment, and general assessment. Alcohol use during pregnancy and attitude toward pregnancy also…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Aggression, Behavior Problems, Congenital Impairments
Mass Media in Society: The Need of Research. Reports and Papers on Mass Communication, Number 59.
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1970
More and better research should be undertaken, nationally and internationally, on the effect of mass media upon society. Prior to such research, there needs to be an awareness of the realities of society today and of broadcasting structure. There should also be an understanding of the research that has already been done and of the gaps in that…
Descriptors: Aggression, Broadcast Industry, Communications, Communications Satellites