Coping Mechanisms among the Finland-Swedes

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ID8935090
AutoresUlrika Wolf-Knuts (autor de correspondencia)
Año2013
Volumen124
Número1
Páginas15-27
Fecha de publicación2013-03-14
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaFolklore (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0015-587X • E-ISSN: 1469-8315
EditorialRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0015587x.2013.722304
OpenAlexW2095073200
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas9

This paper demonstrates how the Finland-Swedes maintain their right to receive service in their mother tongue, Swedish, although they make up a relatively small minority in Finland. Approximately 300,000 out of five million inhabitants in Finland define themselves as Swedish speakers. This paper draws from theories of coping formulated by Kenneth I. Pargament and provides an overview of historical and recent times. The general relevant coping mechanism seems to be small-scale imitation in order to build up a miniature world

Coping (psychology · Ethnology · Clinical Psychology · History · Psychology · Research in Social Sciences · Social Psychology