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Gender differences in the behaviour and life circumstances of alcoholic's spouses
- Authors:
- ZETTERLAND U., BERGLUND M.
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 7(3), July 1998, pp.204-210.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
Describes how ten spouses of female alcoholics and nineteen spouses of male alcoholics were studied concerning coping behaviour, hardship and psychiatric symptoms. Finds that female spouses had a tendency towards more avoidant coping behaviour and more reported symptoms of depression, obsession/compulsion and hostility.
Relationships between traumatic life events, symptoms and Sense of Coherence subscale meaningfulness in a group of refugee and immigrant patients referred to a psychiatric outpatient clinic in Stockholm
- Authors:
- EKBLAD S., WENNSTROM C.
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 6(4), October 1997, pp.279-285.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
Describes a study which aimed to test the long version of the Sense of Coherence (SOS) questionnaire and its relationship to other mental symptom questionnaires, in a multicultural immigrant and refugee sample of volunteer patients at a psychiatric outpatient clinic in Sweden. Implications of the findings are presented, as are methodological issues.
The effects of poverty on sleep problems in Sweden
- Authors:
- BLANK N., DIDERICHSEN F.
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 6(2), April 1997, pp.91-98.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
Looks at whether there is a relationship between poverty and health. These are measured in terms of self-reported sleep problems from a survey of living conditions in Sweden. Reports on findings.
Young immigrants on long-term sick-leave
- Authors:
- LOVFANDER M., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 6(1), January 1997, pp.54-60.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
Sickness certification data for all immigrants 16-45 years of age on long-term sick-leave enlisted at a local health insurance office were studied. The diagnostic pattern was remarkably homogenous, characterised by imprecise pain and/or imprecise mental disorders. Clinical data were provided by a multiaxial evaluation of 52 people (mean age 38 years, mean length of sick-leave 1 year, full-time). Ratings of pain behaviour and functional ability regarding occupational duties were also included. Reports on findings. Argues that the study this illustrates the ease with which a vicious circle of pain behaviour and further sickness certification could be created. Concludes that social distress and iatrogenic factors may have played an important part in the sock-leave pattern seen in this group of young immigrants.
Youth unemployment and mental health - gender differences and economic stress
- Authors:
- HAGQUIST C., STARRIN B.
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 5(4), October 1996, pp.215-228.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
Accounts for a study among unemployed people under 25 years of age and youth trainees in central Sweden. The results show an explicit relationship between unemployment and mental ill health in young people. One unemployed man of four and every second unemployed woman feels that the mental well-being grew worse when they became unemployed. The opposite is experienced by one male youth trainee of four and four female youth trainees of ten, who state that their mental well-being improved when they got into a youth training programme after earlier having been unemployed. The results also show that young people with poor finances on the whole have more mental troubles and anxiety about the future than young people with good finances have. The article discusses possible explanations for the patterns with respect to gender and private financial situations that appear in the results.
Stress experienced by informal caregivers: on conflicting demands in everyday life
- Authors:
- JOHANSSON S., AHLFELDT J.
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 5(2), April 1996, pp.83-96.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
Stress was defined as a conflict experienced between the contradictory demands on the disposition of time and space in the life situation of caregivers. The following questions were asked: are there any family or gender related patterns to be found in the individual expressions of stress experiences? How can differences in stress experiences be explained in terms of work load, sociocultural demands related to gender and family relations, or lack of control in everyday life? What are the effects of a well developed welfare system. What are the differences between a rural and an urban setting and how do different life modes influence sociocultural demands and individual decision latitudes, creating and limiting different contributions of care? How are cultural characteristic reflected in stress experiences? The sample consisted of 99 care recipients, all in intense formal care, and the person identified by the care recipient as the person in the informal network who contributed most or took most responsibility in caregiving. Stress experience among helpers is related to area of living, main helper's gender, kin relation to the care recipient and lack of a shared responsibility within the informal network.
Social change and stress in Estonia
- Author:
- KUTSAR D.
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 4(2), April 1995, pp.94-107.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
This article attempts to assess social stress in Estonia at this time of transformation. The hypothesized model of social stress is based on the stress and coping model of Lazarus & Folkman and Borden as is applied as a frame of reference to the investigation. One thousand adult respondents from the Household Budget Survey were involved in the survey in March and April 1993. The factor analysis revealed 4 factors that determined coping with stress: frustration, passivity, happiness and future orientation. Cluster analysis of the respondents confirmed that 41% of the men's and 30% of the women's samples represented groups of risk of higher levels of distress. The findings provide support for the hypothesized model of social stress and indicate that multiple social change is the central source of stress for people living in Estonia.