Shared parenting in Sweden and elsewhere
Transcription
Shared parenting in Sweden and elsewhere
Shared parenting in Sweden and elsewhereare kids different? Malin Bergström Agenda • Are Swedish kids different? • Shared parenting for Swedish school children • Shared parenting for babies and preschoolers The Elvis-project • Since 2011 • 7 published studies on school children • 2 manuscripts under review • 3 manuscripts on preschoolers • Report and review • Next step: babies and preschoolers Publications Bergström, M. (2012). Barn med växelvis boende. I Berlin, M (red) Skolans betydelse för barns och ungas psykiska hälsa – en studie baserad på den nationella totalundersökningen i årskurs 6 och 9 hösten 2009. Socialstyrelsen. (In Swedish) Bergström, M., B. Modin, E. Fransson, L. Rajmil, M. Berlin, P. A. Gustafsson and A. Hjern (2013). "Living in two homes-a Swedish national survey of wellbeing in 12 and 15 year olds with joint physical custody." BMC Public Health 13(1): 868. Bergström, M., E. Fransson, A. Hjern, L. Köhler and Wallby, T. (2014). "Mental health in Swedish children living in joint physical custody and their parents' life satisfaction: A cross-sectional study." Scandinavian Journal of Psychology 55(5): 433-439. Låftman, S. B., M. Bergström, B. Modin and V. Östberg (2014). "Joint physical custody, turning to parents for emotional support, and subjective health: A study of adolescents in Stockholm, Sweden." Scand J Public Health. Fransson, E., L. Folkesson, M. Bergström, V. Östberg and P. Lindfors (2014). "Exploring salivary cortisol and recurrent pain in mid-adolescents living in two homes." BMC Psychology 2(46). Bergström, M., E. Fransson, B. Modin, M. Berlin, P. A. Gustafsson and A. Hjern (2015). "Fifty moves a year: is there an association between joint physical custody and psychosomatic problems in children?" Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. Fransson, E., Turunen, J. Hjern, A., Östberg, V. and Bergström, M. (2015). "Psychological complaints among children in joint physical custody and other family types: considering parental factors.” Scand J Public Health (e-pub ahead of print). Fransson, E., Hjern A., Bergström M. (2015). “Barn I växelvis boende-en forskningsöversikt”. CHESS, Stockholms Universitet & Karolinska Institutet. (In Swedish) Bergström, M., Hjern, A., Fransson, E. (2015). Växelvis boende – ett socialt experiment eller tryggast för barnen? Länsförsäkringsbolagens Forskningsfond. (In Swedish) Fransson, E., Sarkadi, A., Hjern,, A., Bergström, M.(under review at Journal of child and family studies) .“Why should they live more with one of us when they are children to us both?” - Parents’ experiences and practical solutions of equal joint physical custody for children 0-4 years of age. Fransson, E., Brolin Låftman, S., Bergström, M., Hjern, A., & Östberg, V. (Manuscript). ”Children’s living conditions in joint physical custody – the Swedish example”. Turunen, J., Bergström, M. & Fransson, E. (Manuscript). "Children’s self-esteem in relation to living arrangements after a parental separation.” Bergström M, Hjern A, Fransson E. (Manuscript) Children with two families-psychological problems in relation to living arrangements in Nordic 2-7 year olds. Bergström, M, Sarkadi, A, Hjern, A, Fransson, E. (Manuscript) “We also communicate through a book in the diaper bag”separated parents´ways of arranging shared parenting for their 0-4 year olds Societal level • Dual incomes • Women’s paid labour Parental leave • Gender neutral since 1974 • Legal right to stay home until child age 18 months • 16 months paid parental leave • 8 for one parent, 8 for the other • 2-3 months excusive for each parent • Legal right to work part-time until child age 8 years • Sick leave until child age 12 yrs Preschool Relationship level Separation • 500.000 (25%) children have separated parents • 14% of children 05 years of age • 14% of parents in mediation • 2 % custody disputes in court A majority lives with both parents % Bergström M, Modin B, Fransson E, Rajmil L, Berlin M, Gustafsson PA, Hjern A. Living in two homes-a Swedish national survey of wellbeing in 12 and 15 year olds with joint physical custody. BMC Public Health. 2013 Sep 22;13:868. Co-parenting as a norm It said click! Satisfaction in Swedish parents with children 0-18 år, N=1444 Child level Shared parenting for the youngest our next step Preliminary analyses of 2-7 year olds Study population 2767 Nordic children 2-7 years. Shared parenting 3,7% n=99 (22 age 2-3 years) Single care 6,8 % n=187 Nuclear family 89,7% n=2767 No statistically significant difference in mean SDQ scores between nuclear and shared. Single care-more problems Thanks! [email protected] www.chess.su.se/elvis