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Direct linkKokkola, Lydia – Children's Literature in Education, 2019
This paper draws on two forms of cognitive studies to examine how a minority language literature cultivates feelings of in-group belonging. The minority in focus are the Tornedalingar: Swedish nationals who live near the Torne River which marks the border with Finland. The official language of the Tornedalingar is "Meänkieli" which…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Childrens Literature, Official Languages, Cultural Influences
Högman, Johan; Augustsson, Christian; Hedström, Pernilla – Sport, Education and Society, 2020
In a scientific effort to understand the reasons for low physical-activity levels among children, there is a need to consider how children perceive and interact with their complex environments holistically. This study outlines an image of the perceived landscape within which children in two lower-socioeconomic contexts engage in daily physical…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Childrens Attitudes, Children, Rural Areas
Lansford, Jennifer E.; Godwin, Jennifer; Al-Hassan, Suha M.; Bacchini, Dario; Bornstein, Marc H.; Chang, Lei; Chen, Bin-Bin; Deater-Deckard, Kirby; Di Giunta, Laura; Dodge, Kenneth A.; Malone, Patrick S.; Oburu, Paul; Pastorelli, Concetta; Skinner, Ann T.; Sorbring, Emma; Steinberg, Laurence; Tapanya, Sombat; Alampay, Liane Peña; Uribe Tirado, Liliana Maria; Zelli, Arnaldo – Developmental Psychology, 2018
To examine whether the cultural normativeness of parents' beliefs and behaviors moderates the links between those beliefs and behaviors and youths' adjustment, mothers, fathers, and children (N = 1,298 families) from 12 cultural groups in 9 countries (China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States) were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Rearing, Adjustment (to Environment), Cross Cultural Studies
Download full textKlerfelt, Anna; Haglund, Björn – International Journal for Research on Extended Education, 2014
In this article a background to the growing need of establishing school-age educare as a field of research in Sweden is presented. Firstly a short review of the history of the school-age educare is given, followed by a description of how the activity is organized today. Some examples of studies produced within this field are presented. Both…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, After School Programs, School Schedules, Leisure Time
Jonsson, Gunnar; Sarri, Carina; Alerby, Eva – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2012
In this paper, we focus attention on the issue of the future by listening to the voices of Indigenous children in the far north of Sweden--the Sami children. The overall aim of the study is to explore the meaning of Sami children's visions of the future. The participants attend the same Sami School, and they were of the age of 9-12 years. Data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Indigenous Populations, Sustainable Development
Bygren, Magnus; Szulkin, Ryszard – Social Forces, 2010
We ask whether ethnic residential segregation influences the future educational careers of children of immigrants in Sweden. We use a dataset comprising a cohort of children who finished compulsory school in 1995 (n = 6,560). We follow these children retrospectively to 1990 to measure neighborhood characteristics during late childhood, and…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Residential Patterns, Educational Attainment, Children
Brostrom, Stig; And Others – 1993
An ongoing research project has been designed to study the factors that constitute quality in children's life in Danish, Swedish, and Finish day care centers. Each national group will present a number of transcripts of observations, and will then make an analysis of the observations made by the other groups. Thus, the different frames of reference…
Descriptors: Children, Cultural Influences, Day Care Centers, Day Care Effects
Peer reviewedWatson, Arden K.; And Others – Communication Quarterly, 1989
Explores levels of communication apprehension reported by 5- to 11-year-old children in the United States and Sweden. Suggests significant amounts of apprehension develop and increase in early years and indicates the need for research and educational efforts with children and communication apprehension. (SR)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Communication Apprehension, Communication Research
Gelles, Richard J.; Edfeldt, Ake W. – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1986
Interviews with nationally representative samples of American (N=1,146) and Swedish (N=1,168) families revealed no significant differences between the countries in reported severe or abusive violence toward their children, in spite of the passage of an antispanking law in Sweden. In general, Swedish parents reported using less violence than…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Children, Comparative Analysis, Corporal Punishment
Peer reviewedJones, Helen; Clark, Robin; Kufeldt, Kathleen; Norrman, Monica – Children & Society, 1998
Examined issues raised by pilot implementations of "Looking After Children" materials in social-work agencies in England, Canada, Australia, and Sweden. Found that implementation required major organizational change and new values and attitudes toward children in out-of-home care. Difficulties arose when management and monitoring systems…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Child Welfare, Children, Cultural Influences
Tulviste, Tiia; Mizera, Luule; De Geer, Boel – Journal of Child Language, 2004
The present article focused on two types of communicative intent (directing behaviour vs. eliciting talk) expressed by mothers and teenagers during everyday family interactions in Estonian, Finnish, and Swedish mono- and bicultural families. Three monocultural groups consisted of 17 Estonian, 19 Swedish, and 18 Finnish families living in their…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Intention, Parent Child Relationship, Mothers
