Children's living conditions and well-being (BLIVA)
About this group
Group information
In the interdisciplinary research group Children's living conditions and well-being - BLIVA - we study different types of relationships in the lives of children and young people (e.g. violent, conflict-ridden, and abusive relationships as well as supportive, helpful, and developmental relationships) and the different contexts in which these occur.
Our vision is to achieve socially relevant research for the benefit of all children and young people.
As children and young people are involved in several different relationships and interactions that are important for their development and well-being, we apply a so-called holistic perspective that focuses on the underlying processes that can explain the vulnerability or positive development of children and young people from multiple perspectives.
We aim to increase knowledge about how factors at the individual, interpersonal, and institutional levels are interrelated and promote or hinder the development of young people's self. Our research aims to be at the forefront both theoretically and practically. We want to develop socially relevant knowledge about general and specific relational factors that maintain or prevent risks for children's development, health, and well-being.
Contact:
Karin Hellfeldt
Björn Johansson
Researchers
- Sanna Aila-Gustafsson
- Erik Flygare
- Matilda Fredriksson
- Terese Glatz
- Karin Hellfeldt
- Björn Johansson
- Åsa Källström
- Anna L Jonhed
- Anna-Karin Larsson
- Camilla Pettersson
- Hanna Samzelius
- Sara Thunberg
- Gabriella Alner Knutsson, PhD student
- Frida Bood, PhD student
- Lisa Sandelin, PhD student
- Martina Vikander, PhD student
Research projects
Active projects
- Children in focus- for a sustainable integration for families with children
- Efter barnförhöret - Evaluation of an early intervention from the social services in cases of child abuse
- Exploring the Role of Pets in Children's Well-being and Mental Health
- The child welfare service's handling of child abuse in the intersection with the family law system
- Violent Girls. Girls' Violence in News Media from the 1980s to Today.
Completed projects
- Abuse and neglect in childhood - prevalence, long-term consequences and resilience factors
- Article 19: What sheltered housing means for abused children
- Evaluation of the model "Efter barnförhöret" ? A planning grant
- Parent in prison: Child-parent-relationships when a parent is in prison
- Post-Victimization Support in Sweden - The Matching between youth's need of support after victimization and the support that is available to them
- Same, same, but different
- Sense of Belonging among Youth in Kinship Care within a Transnational Space
- The effect of criminal victimization on youth's schooling
- Youth mental health problems in Swedish media and medical journals ca 1970-1990
