J Lind
Biographic Data
| ID | 15716 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J Lind |
| GIVEN NAMES | J |
| FAMILY NAME | Lind |
| SIGNATURE | LIND J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Linköping University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7553-5788 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Relatability, consumerism, and legitimated advice: Mental health talk by female social media influencers
Social media influencers (SMIs) who publish content on mental health play a vital role in the lives of teenage girls. To examine what kind of mental health advice SMIs give, we interviewed teenage girls and identified SMIs who regularly post content on mental health. The indexing of their YouTube videos (n = 234) shows that the advice includes calls to self-improvement; work on the body; and seeking help. Our analysis demonstrates that working st…
‘Who Wants to See Someone Eating Salad?’ Teenage Girls Discuss Representations of Food and Health on Social Media
This article examines how teenage girls in Sweden interpret and negotiate food‐ and health‐related content on social media, paying particular attention to the intersections between eating practices, health, body ideals and femininity. It takes inspiration from feminist theoretical perspectives and is based on eight group interviews with 18 participants. The study explores how teenage girls interpret and negotiate such content and how they perceiv…
“I think you’d rather listen to an influencer than a doctor”: How teenage girls make meaning of influencers’ mental health advice’
The article takes inspiration from childhood studies and child audience research to examine teenage girls’ meaning-making of popular female social media influencers’ videos in which they advise their followers on mental health issues. Using the methodology ethnography for the internet and analysing girls’ reactions to video clips, the study demonstrates that they construct influencers’ mental health content both as relatable, authentic experience…
Is There an Unrecognized Potential Pool of Foster Carers
There is a shortage of foster carers in many countries, which means that, in addition to retaining active foster carers, social services must strive to recruit new ones. This study examines how great the interest in becoming foster carers is amongst the general public and what characterizes people who express such an interest. Data were collected through a survey responded to by 2106 members of the Swedish citizen panel, aged 25–64, and recruited…
What prevents people from becoming foster carers
For children identified by social services as needing out-of-home placements, foster care is the preferred option. However, the number of people engaging in fostering is insufficient, which creates a shortage in many countries. Using a community sample survey with approximately 2000 Swedish respondents aged 25–64, this article addresses the question what prevents people from becoming foster carers. Overall, respondents reported a generally positi…
Adoption from care, the reunification principle and consensual placements: The political promotion of a controversial child protection measure in Sweden
Swedish child welfare policies have traditionally been family-centred, and great importance has been placed on consensual measures and the reunification of children in care with their birth families. Adoptions of children from care are rare. Thus, when the government commissioned the Swedish Board of Health and Welfare (NBHW) to improve social services' knowledge about adoption, it seemed to indicate an ideological shift in Swedish child protecti…
Representations of mental health and mental health problems in content published by female social media influencers
When social media influencers (SMIs) describe their experiences of mental health problems, they contribute to the circulation of representations of mental health. The aim of this article is to analyse the ways of talking about mental health problems that are made accessible to a wider audience through the YouTube videos published by four Swedish female SMIs. Our analysis shows that much content related to mental health contains traces of, and con…
Child welfare assessments and the regulation of access to publicly funded fertility treatment
Family memory trips – children's and parents’ planning of adoption return trips
It can be argued that adoption return trips are a new travel industry. Today, transnational adoptive families make adoption return trips while their children are very young. The aim of such trips is to create positive links between the child and their birth country. Based on interviews with ten Swedish transnational adoptive families, this qualitative and interdisciplinary study sets out to explore how adopted children and their parents plan retu…
The rights of intended children: The best interests of the child argument in assisted reproduction policy
Assisted reproduction policies constitute a particularly interesting case for the study of child rights governance as the child here is an intended child. The child's rights are in potential conflict not with the parental, but the reproductive rights of adults. The article aims to analyse the mobilisation of the best interests of the child principle as a rhetorical resource in Swedish assisted reproduction policies and to trace the limits of gove…
Negotiating Parenting Support: Welfare Politics in Sweden between the 1960s and the 2000s
Parent education surfaced as a political question in Sweden in the 1960s and support for parents has since remained on the political agenda. Despite different views on the ideal relationship between the welfare state, the family and children, support for parents has been advocated by parties from all over the political spectrum. By tracing the political debate, this article addresses the question of how the notion of support for parents was adapt…
Between zero tolerance and damage control: Policy and parental strategies concerning teenagers and alcohol
This article focuses on the distribution of responsibility between teenagers and parents in relation to teenagers’ alcohol consumption. It does so by contrasting the way in which responsibility is ascribed to parents in public guidelines on underage drinking with parents’ posts made to an online discussion board. In Swedish alcohol policy on underage drinking, to a large extent the replacement of state control over the accessibility of alcohol wi…
Displays of parent suitability in adoption assessment reports
Through adoption, the state actively contributes to creating families. It therefore also assumes the role of guarantor of the child's best interests in the adoption process, which entails assessing the suitability of presumptive adoptive parents. In the present paper, we use the concluding sections of assessment reports on applicants for intercountry adoption in Sweden to answer the following question: what must be said about an individual or a c…
As Swedish as Anybody Else’ or ‘Swedish, but Also Something Else’: Discourses on Transnational Adoptee Identities in Sweden
The consequences of looking visibly ‘non-white’ are a recurrent theme in the accounts of many transnational adoptees in Sweden, who frequently find their Swedishness challenged in everyday life. The guidance and education material published by the Swedish Intercountry Adoption Authority (MIA) suggests a strategy of dealing with this by developing pride in the adoptees' non-Swedish origin. The implicit message is that the Swedishness they are excl…
Roots, origins and backgrounds: An analysis of their meanings in the creation of adoptive families in Sweden
In international conventions as well as in the national discourses of many countries, children who do not grow up with their biogenetic parents have the right to receive information about their origin. The meaning of origin in intercountry adoption, however, is not necessarily the same as in artificial donor insemination (AID). Through an analysis of the material published by the Swedish Intercountry Adoption Authority from 1972 to 2004 and by di…
Preservation of the Child's Background in In- and Intercountry Adoption
The point of departure of the present article is the child's right to preservation of her/his ethnic, religious, cultural and linguistic background in adoption, as stipulated in the CRC and the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption. The article seeks to analyse the various meanings attributed to preservation of the child's background in in- and intercountry adoption and in different national contexts. The main focus is on the seldom-studied p…
Quality of life during rehabilitation after coronary artery bypass surgery
Two-sample T–2 procedure and the assumption of homogeneous covariance matrices
Two-sample T-2 procedure and the assumption of homogeneous covariance matrices
First mothers rooming-in with their newborns: Its impact upon the mother
A study of first mothers Rooming-in with their newborns in a Swedish hospital was completed by comparing fifty Rooming-in mothers with fifty Non-Rooming-in mothers. There was complete randomization in the selection procedure. Rooming-in mothers judged themselves to be more confident and competent in baby care, thought they would need less help in caring for their infants at home, and could attribute more to their babies' cries than the Non-Roomin…
Is There an Unrecognized Potential Pool of Foster Carers
There is a shortage of foster carers in many countries, which means that, in addition to retaining active foster carers, social services must strive to recruit new ones. This study examines how great the interest in becoming foster carers is amongst the general public and what characterizes people who express such an interest. Data were collected through a survey responded to by 2106 members of the Swedish citizen panel, aged 25–64, and recruited…
Negotiating Parenting Support: Welfare Politics in Sweden between the 1960s and the 2000s
Parent education surfaced as a political question in Sweden in the 1960s and support for parents has since remained on the political agenda. Despite different views on the ideal relationship between the welfare state, the family and children, support for parents has been advocated by parties from all over the political spectrum. By tracing the political debate, this article addresses the question of how the notion of support for parents was adapt…
As Swedish as Anybody Else’ or ‘Swedish, but Also Something Else’: Discourses on Transnational Adoptee Identities in Sweden
The consequences of looking visibly ‘non-white’ are a recurrent theme in the accounts of many transnational adoptees in Sweden, who frequently find their Swedishness challenged in everyday life. The guidance and education material published by the Swedish Intercountry Adoption Authority (MIA) suggests a strategy of dealing with this by developing pride in the adoptees' non-Swedish origin. The implicit message is that the Swedishness they are excl…
Roots, origins and backgrounds: An analysis of their meanings in the creation of adoptive families in Sweden
In international conventions as well as in the national discourses of many countries, children who do not grow up with their biogenetic parents have the right to receive information about their origin. The meaning of origin in intercountry adoption, however, is not necessarily the same as in artificial donor insemination (AID). Through an analysis of the material published by the Swedish Intercountry Adoption Authority from 1972 to 2004 and by di…
What prevents people from becoming foster carers
For children identified by social services as needing out-of-home placements, foster care is the preferred option. However, the number of people engaging in fostering is insufficient, which creates a shortage in many countries. Using a community sample survey with approximately 2000 Swedish respondents aged 25–64, this article addresses the question what prevents people from becoming foster carers. Overall, respondents reported a generally positi…
Child welfare assessments and the regulation of access to publicly funded fertility treatment
The rights of intended children: The best interests of the child argument in assisted reproduction policy
Assisted reproduction policies constitute a particularly interesting case for the study of child rights governance as the child here is an intended child. The child's rights are in potential conflict not with the parental, but the reproductive rights of adults. The article aims to analyse the mobilisation of the best interests of the child principle as a rhetorical resource in Swedish assisted reproduction policies and to trace the limits of gove…
Displays of parent suitability in adoption assessment reports
Through adoption, the state actively contributes to creating families. It therefore also assumes the role of guarantor of the child's best interests in the adoption process, which entails assessing the suitability of presumptive adoptive parents. In the present paper, we use the concluding sections of assessment reports on applicants for intercountry adoption in Sweden to answer the following question: what must be said about an individual or a c…
Preservation of the Child's Background in In- and Intercountry Adoption
The point of departure of the present article is the child's right to preservation of her/his ethnic, religious, cultural and linguistic background in adoption, as stipulated in the CRC and the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption. The article seeks to analyse the various meanings attributed to preservation of the child's background in in- and intercountry adoption and in different national contexts. The main focus is on the seldom-studied p…
Adoption from care, the reunification principle and consensual placements: The political promotion of a controversial child protection measure in Sweden
Swedish child welfare policies have traditionally been family-centred, and great importance has been placed on consensual measures and the reunification of children in care with their birth families. Adoptions of children from care are rare. Thus, when the government commissioned the Swedish Board of Health and Welfare (NBHW) to improve social services' knowledge about adoption, it seemed to indicate an ideological shift in Swedish child protecti…
First mothers rooming-in with their newborns: Its impact upon the mother
A study of first mothers Rooming-in with their newborns in a Swedish hospital was completed by comparing fifty Rooming-in mothers with fifty Non-Rooming-in mothers. There was complete randomization in the selection procedure. Rooming-in mothers judged themselves to be more confident and competent in baby care, thought they would need less help in caring for their infants at home, and could attribute more to their babies' cries than the Non-Roomin…
Two-sample T–2 procedure and the assumption of homogeneous covariance matrices
Two-sample T-2 procedure and the assumption of homogeneous covariance matrices
Quality of life during rehabilitation after coronary artery bypass surgery
Preservation of the Child's Background in In- and Intercountry Adoption
The point of departure of the present article is the child's right to preservation of her/his ethnic, religious, cultural and linguistic background in adoption, as stipulated in the CRC and the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption. The article seeks to analyse the various meanings attributed to preservation of the child's background in in- and intercountry adoption and in different national contexts. The main focus is on the seldom-studied p…
As Swedish as Anybody Else’ or ‘Swedish, but Also Something Else’: Discourses on Transnational Adoptee Identities in Sweden
The consequences of looking visibly ‘non-white’ are a recurrent theme in the accounts of many transnational adoptees in Sweden, who frequently find their Swedishness challenged in everyday life. The guidance and education material published by the Swedish Intercountry Adoption Authority (MIA) suggests a strategy of dealing with this by developing pride in the adoptees' non-Swedish origin. The implicit message is that the Swedishness they are excl…
Roots, origins and backgrounds: An analysis of their meanings in the creation of adoptive families in Sweden
In international conventions as well as in the national discourses of many countries, children who do not grow up with their biogenetic parents have the right to receive information about their origin. The meaning of origin in intercountry adoption, however, is not necessarily the same as in artificial donor insemination (AID). Through an analysis of the material published by the Swedish Intercountry Adoption Authority from 1972 to 2004 and by di…
Between zero tolerance and damage control: Policy and parental strategies concerning teenagers and alcohol
This article focuses on the distribution of responsibility between teenagers and parents in relation to teenagers’ alcohol consumption. It does so by contrasting the way in which responsibility is ascribed to parents in public guidelines on underage drinking with parents’ posts made to an online discussion board. In Swedish alcohol policy on underage drinking, to a large extent the replacement of state control over the accessibility of alcohol wi…
Displays of parent suitability in adoption assessment reports
Through adoption, the state actively contributes to creating families. It therefore also assumes the role of guarantor of the child's best interests in the adoption process, which entails assessing the suitability of presumptive adoptive parents. In the present paper, we use the concluding sections of assessment reports on applicants for intercountry adoption in Sweden to answer the following question: what must be said about an individual or a c…
Negotiating Parenting Support: Welfare Politics in Sweden between the 1960s and the 2000s
Parent education surfaced as a political question in Sweden in the 1960s and support for parents has since remained on the political agenda. Despite different views on the ideal relationship between the welfare state, the family and children, support for parents has been advocated by parties from all over the political spectrum. By tracing the political debate, this article addresses the question of how the notion of support for parents was adapt…
Family memory trips – children's and parents’ planning of adoption return trips
It can be argued that adoption return trips are a new travel industry. Today, transnational adoptive families make adoption return trips while their children are very young. The aim of such trips is to create positive links between the child and their birth country. Based on interviews with ten Swedish transnational adoptive families, this qualitative and interdisciplinary study sets out to explore how adopted children and their parents plan retu…
The rights of intended children: The best interests of the child argument in assisted reproduction policy
Assisted reproduction policies constitute a particularly interesting case for the study of child rights governance as the child here is an intended child. The child's rights are in potential conflict not with the parental, but the reproductive rights of adults. The article aims to analyse the mobilisation of the best interests of the child principle as a rhetorical resource in Swedish assisted reproduction policies and to trace the limits of gove…
Child welfare assessments and the regulation of access to publicly funded fertility treatment
Representations of mental health and mental health problems in content published by female social media influencers
When social media influencers (SMIs) describe their experiences of mental health problems, they contribute to the circulation of representations of mental health. The aim of this article is to analyse the ways of talking about mental health problems that are made accessible to a wider audience through the YouTube videos published by four Swedish female SMIs. Our analysis shows that much content related to mental health contains traces of, and con…
Adoption from care, the reunification principle and consensual placements: The political promotion of a controversial child protection measure in Sweden
Swedish child welfare policies have traditionally been family-centred, and great importance has been placed on consensual measures and the reunification of children in care with their birth families. Adoptions of children from care are rare. Thus, when the government commissioned the Swedish Board of Health and Welfare (NBHW) to improve social services' knowledge about adoption, it seemed to indicate an ideological shift in Swedish child protecti…
Is There an Unrecognized Potential Pool of Foster Carers
There is a shortage of foster carers in many countries, which means that, in addition to retaining active foster carers, social services must strive to recruit new ones. This study examines how great the interest in becoming foster carers is amongst the general public and what characterizes people who express such an interest. Data were collected through a survey responded to by 2106 members of the Swedish citizen panel, aged 25–64, and recruited…
What prevents people from becoming foster carers
For children identified by social services as needing out-of-home placements, foster care is the preferred option. However, the number of people engaging in fostering is insufficient, which creates a shortage in many countries. Using a community sample survey with approximately 2000 Swedish respondents aged 25–64, this article addresses the question what prevents people from becoming foster carers. Overall, respondents reported a generally positi…
Relatability, consumerism, and legitimated advice: Mental health talk by female social media influencers
Social media influencers (SMIs) who publish content on mental health play a vital role in the lives of teenage girls. To examine what kind of mental health advice SMIs give, we interviewed teenage girls and identified SMIs who regularly post content on mental health. The indexing of their YouTube videos (n = 234) shows that the advice includes calls to self-improvement; work on the body; and seeking help. Our analysis demonstrates that working st…
‘Who Wants to See Someone Eating Salad?’ Teenage Girls Discuss Representations of Food and Health on Social Media
This article examines how teenage girls in Sweden interpret and negotiate food‐ and health‐related content on social media, paying particular attention to the intersections between eating practices, health, body ideals and femininity. It takes inspiration from feminist theoretical perspectives and is based on eight group interviews with 18 participants. The study explores how teenage girls interpret and negotiate such content and how they perceiv…
“I think you’d rather listen to an influencer than a doctor”: How teenage girls make meaning of influencers’ mental health advice’
The article takes inspiration from childhood studies and child audience research to examine teenage girls’ meaning-making of popular female social media influencers’ videos in which they advise their followers on mental health issues. Using the methodology ethnography for the internet and analysing girls’ reactions to video clips, the study demonstrates that they construct influencers’ mental health content both as relatable, authentic experience…
Psychology (14 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Political science (11 works) · Law (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (7 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Business (5 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Social media (4 works)