Dagmar Kutsar
Biographic Data
| ID | 174651 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dagmar Kutsar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dagmar |
| FAMILY NAME | Kutsar |
| SIGNATURE | KUTSAR D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Tartu |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1320-3344 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 39 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Muutuvad arusaamad lastest ja laste uuenduslik energia
Understanding the child and childhood depends on the content attached to these concepts. Different images have prevailed in different times and they reflect in modern understandings of children. Drawing on Philippe Ariès’ seminal work, Centuries of Childhood, the paper offers a glimpse of images of children through time. History has portrayed the vulnerable, fragile child who needs protection and the immature child who needs to be educated and di…
Subjective Well-being of Children Left Behind by Migrant Parents in Six European Countries
This paper presents a cross-national comparison of the influence of parental migration on children’s subjective well-being (SWB). While studies often focus on the economic implications of adult migration, research on its effects on children’s well-being is scarce, particularly in Europe. Data from surveys of over 13,500 school children in six European countries with a communist legacy were analysed. These were collected as part of Children’s Worl…
Creation of child-patient's autonomy in a child-parent-doctor relationship
The present study is part of a larger research that analyses children's autonomy in healthcare settings from the perspective of doctors, children and their parents. Based on responses of 52 medical doctors in Estonia, this paper explores doctor's perspectives on how children's autonomy is exercised in a child-parent-doctor triangle and how patient's duality affects this process. The article combines relational theories of agency from childhood st…
The change in children's subjective relational social cohesion with family and friends during the Covid-19 pandemic
As a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, social-distancing measures have been implemented worldwide, including school closures. Previous studies indicated that children's relational social cohesion with family (RSC-Fa) and friends (RSC-Fr) may have decreased during the pandemic, but some children described that positive experiences were gained from the confinement measures of social distancing. Mostly, these studies are qualitative or capture a si…
Family Type Differences in Children’s Satisfaction with People They Live with and Perceptions about Their (Step)parents’ Parenting Practices
Family complexity is increasing in Europe, experienced by a significant proportion of children. More evidence is needed in Europe how children’s family type influences their well-being, especially their family-related subjective well-being, and to what extent parenting practices are playing a role in these relationships. The aim of the paper is to study perceptions of children who live with two biological parents, with a biological and a steppare…
Client Agency in Child Protection Work in Estonia
The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Families
This articles reflects the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the everyday lives of children and their families in Estonia during lockdown in spring 2020 and 2021. The data corpus is based on diaries compiled by children during the first lockdown in 2020 for a collection at the Estonian Literary Museum, and on a series of semi-structured interviews with children documenting their experiences during lockdown in spring 2021. The study draws on lit…
On Major Conceptual Shifts within Research on Child Well-Being in Estonia
The aim of this paper is to highlight major shifts in research regarding children and childhood as a narrative of the author. Then it revisits main shifts in theory and methodology of childhood research and reaches international comparative approaches to child subjective and relational well-being
Minu lapsepõlve ‘õnn’ ja ‘õnnetus’ seoses hariduse ja õppimisega
This article focuses on young adults’ autobiographical memories of childhood. The aim was to explore which lucky and unlucky events students recollected concerning school attendance, how they presented themselves and other important persons and which meanings these memories had for narrators. The data consisted of 70 memories. In 2015–2017, the undergraduate students, who participated in the course “Children and Childhoods”, were asked to write t…
Social Ecological Measures of Interpersonal Destructiveness Impacting Child Subjective Mental Well-Being
Does the Realisation of Children’s Rights Determine Good Life in 8-Year-Olds’ Perspectives? A Comparison of Eight European Countries
Compulsory intergenerational family solidarity shaping choices between work and care
Estonians are obliged by law to provide maintenance for family members who are unable to cope by themselves. As a result, 80% of fragile older people receive informal care. Whether this is because the carers themselves feel solidarity and choose informal caring or because they lack alternatives is the question. We applied the cultural approach for explaining the construction of compulsory family solidarity in care provision to older people throug…
Training research-minded social workers
Social work education in its modern sense started to develop after Estonia regained independence from the collapsing Soviet Union. The aim of this article is to introduce good practices of teaching research-mindedness, this being one of the main principles in teaching social workers-to-be in the University of Tartu in Estonia. We have been inspired by the academic tradition of university teaching in general, the new international definition of so…
Do children like school – Crowding in or out? International comparison of children's perspectives
A Two-Dimensional Two-Layered Societal Index of Interpersonal Destructiveness
Local Welfare Policy Making in European Cities
Local Welfare Policy Making in European Cities
Using evidence to reconstruct second-language learning policies in Estonia
This paper exploits framing analysis to examine how evidence from research and public consultations plays out in the process of public policy formation, as exemplified by the case of the Estonian Government's new integration strategy for ethnic minorities. The strategy uses ‘culture steering’ to address a horizontal policy area, namely second-language learning (SLL) policies for adults. The authors draw on diverse forms of evidence from contrasti…
Intergenerational relations
Dilemmas Related to the Professional Self-Identity of Russian-Speaking Teachers in Estonia
Inspired by the ecological model of human development and inter-subjectivist perspective of identity formation, the article addresses the complexity of professional interactions and highlights the spectrum of possible reactions of Russian-speaking teachers in Estonia to changes in the domain of language-in-education. The qualitative research demonstrates different models of the teachers’ self-views that are constructed and practiced in the intera…
When language becomes power
After the re-establishment of independent Estonian statehood in 1991, Russian lost its privileges as the dominant and official language in Estonia, and Estonian continued as the only official language. This paper attempts to map the position of a Russian-speaking teacher within the sociological categories of power and language, based on the analysis of legislative acts and strategic documents within the domain of language policy and language legi…
Patterns Behind Unmarried Cohabitation Trends in Europe
The current paper is aimed at contributing to the ongoing debate about divergence and convergence of family patterns in Europe. By adding several Eastern European countries and using several additional background indicators of cohabiting unions, the paper explores previous considerations of unmarried cohabitation. The main conclusion is that, as a universal trend, cohabitation is spreading across Europe and that while acquiring a normative value …
L'enfant et la politique familiale en Estonie
Cet article s’intéresse à l’enfant comme acteur du jeu intergénérationnel. Après quelques données statistiques sont abordées les politiques familiales et leurs conséquences sur le bien-être des enfants. L’auteur évoque la solidarité intergénérationnelle et revient sur les débats qui ont entouré l’allocation familiale universelle (adoptée en 1992) et l’allocation de congé parental (adoptée en janvier 2004). Il conclut que les enfants sont les “par…
Patterns Behind Unmarried Cohabitation Trends in Europe
The current paper is aimed at contributing to the ongoing debate about divergence and convergence of family patterns in Europe. By adding several Eastern European countries and using several additional background indicators of cohabiting unions, the paper explores previous considerations of unmarried cohabitation. The main conclusion is that, as a universal trend, cohabitation is spreading across Europe and that while acquiring a normative value …
Does the Realisation of Children’s Rights Determine Good Life in 8-Year-Olds’ Perspectives? A Comparison of Eight European Countries
Do children like school – Crowding in or out? International comparison of children's perspectives
The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Families
This articles reflects the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the everyday lives of children and their families in Estonia during lockdown in spring 2020 and 2021. The data corpus is based on diaries compiled by children during the first lockdown in 2020 for a collection at the Estonian Literary Museum, and on a series of semi-structured interviews with children documenting their experiences during lockdown in spring 2021. The study draws on lit…
Social Ecological Measures of Interpersonal Destructiveness Impacting Child Subjective Mental Well-Being
A Two-Dimensional Two-Layered Societal Index of Interpersonal Destructiveness
When language becomes power
After the re-establishment of independent Estonian statehood in 1991, Russian lost its privileges as the dominant and official language in Estonia, and Estonian continued as the only official language. This paper attempts to map the position of a Russian-speaking teacher within the sociological categories of power and language, based on the analysis of legislative acts and strategic documents within the domain of language policy and language legi…
Creation of child-patient's autonomy in a child-parent-doctor relationship
The present study is part of a larger research that analyses children's autonomy in healthcare settings from the perspective of doctors, children and their parents. Based on responses of 52 medical doctors in Estonia, this paper explores doctor's perspectives on how children's autonomy is exercised in a child-parent-doctor triangle and how patient's duality affects this process. The article combines relational theories of agency from childhood st…
Compulsory intergenerational family solidarity shaping choices between work and care
Estonians are obliged by law to provide maintenance for family members who are unable to cope by themselves. As a result, 80% of fragile older people receive informal care. Whether this is because the carers themselves feel solidarity and choose informal caring or because they lack alternatives is the question. We applied the cultural approach for explaining the construction of compulsory family solidarity in care provision to older people throug…
Using evidence to reconstruct second-language learning policies in Estonia
This paper exploits framing analysis to examine how evidence from research and public consultations plays out in the process of public policy formation, as exemplified by the case of the Estonian Government's new integration strategy for ethnic minorities. The strategy uses ‘culture steering’ to address a horizontal policy area, namely second-language learning (SLL) policies for adults. The authors draw on diverse forms of evidence from contrasti…
Dilemmas Related to the Professional Self-Identity of Russian-Speaking Teachers in Estonia
Inspired by the ecological model of human development and inter-subjectivist perspective of identity formation, the article addresses the complexity of professional interactions and highlights the spectrum of possible reactions of Russian-speaking teachers in Estonia to changes in the domain of language-in-education. The qualitative research demonstrates different models of the teachers’ self-views that are constructed and practiced in the intera…
L'enfant et la politique familiale en Estonie
Cet article s’intéresse à l’enfant comme acteur du jeu intergénérationnel. Après quelques données statistiques sont abordées les politiques familiales et leurs conséquences sur le bien-être des enfants. L’auteur évoque la solidarité intergénérationnelle et revient sur les débats qui ont entouré l’allocation familiale universelle (adoptée en 1992) et l’allocation de congé parental (adoptée en janvier 2004). Il conclut que les enfants sont les “par…
Patterns Behind Unmarried Cohabitation Trends in Europe
The current paper is aimed at contributing to the ongoing debate about divergence and convergence of family patterns in Europe. By adding several Eastern European countries and using several additional background indicators of cohabiting unions, the paper explores previous considerations of unmarried cohabitation. The main conclusion is that, as a universal trend, cohabitation is spreading across Europe and that while acquiring a normative value …
When language becomes power
After the re-establishment of independent Estonian statehood in 1991, Russian lost its privileges as the dominant and official language in Estonia, and Estonian continued as the only official language. This paper attempts to map the position of a Russian-speaking teacher within the sociological categories of power and language, based on the analysis of legislative acts and strategic documents within the domain of language policy and language legi…
Intergenerational relations
Dilemmas Related to the Professional Self-Identity of Russian-Speaking Teachers in Estonia
Inspired by the ecological model of human development and inter-subjectivist perspective of identity formation, the article addresses the complexity of professional interactions and highlights the spectrum of possible reactions of Russian-speaking teachers in Estonia to changes in the domain of language-in-education. The qualitative research demonstrates different models of the teachers’ self-views that are constructed and practiced in the intera…
Local Welfare Policy Making in European Cities
Local Welfare Policy Making in European Cities
Using evidence to reconstruct second-language learning policies in Estonia
This paper exploits framing analysis to examine how evidence from research and public consultations plays out in the process of public policy formation, as exemplified by the case of the Estonian Government's new integration strategy for ethnic minorities. The strategy uses ‘culture steering’ to address a horizontal policy area, namely second-language learning (SLL) policies for adults. The authors draw on diverse forms of evidence from contrasti…
A Two-Dimensional Two-Layered Societal Index of Interpersonal Destructiveness
Does the Realisation of Children’s Rights Determine Good Life in 8-Year-Olds’ Perspectives? A Comparison of Eight European Countries
Compulsory intergenerational family solidarity shaping choices between work and care
Estonians are obliged by law to provide maintenance for family members who are unable to cope by themselves. As a result, 80% of fragile older people receive informal care. Whether this is because the carers themselves feel solidarity and choose informal caring or because they lack alternatives is the question. We applied the cultural approach for explaining the construction of compulsory family solidarity in care provision to older people throug…
Training research-minded social workers
Social work education in its modern sense started to develop after Estonia regained independence from the collapsing Soviet Union. The aim of this article is to introduce good practices of teaching research-mindedness, this being one of the main principles in teaching social workers-to-be in the University of Tartu in Estonia. We have been inspired by the academic tradition of university teaching in general, the new international definition of so…
Do children like school – Crowding in or out? International comparison of children's perspectives
Social Ecological Measures of Interpersonal Destructiveness Impacting Child Subjective Mental Well-Being
Minu lapsepõlve ‘õnn’ ja ‘õnnetus’ seoses hariduse ja õppimisega
This article focuses on young adults’ autobiographical memories of childhood. The aim was to explore which lucky and unlucky events students recollected concerning school attendance, how they presented themselves and other important persons and which meanings these memories had for narrators. The data consisted of 70 memories. In 2015–2017, the undergraduate students, who participated in the course “Children and Childhoods”, were asked to write t…
On Major Conceptual Shifts within Research on Child Well-Being in Estonia
The aim of this paper is to highlight major shifts in research regarding children and childhood as a narrative of the author. Then it revisits main shifts in theory and methodology of childhood research and reaches international comparative approaches to child subjective and relational well-being
The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Families
This articles reflects the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the everyday lives of children and their families in Estonia during lockdown in spring 2020 and 2021. The data corpus is based on diaries compiled by children during the first lockdown in 2020 for a collection at the Estonian Literary Museum, and on a series of semi-structured interviews with children documenting their experiences during lockdown in spring 2021. The study draws on lit…
The change in children's subjective relational social cohesion with family and friends during the Covid-19 pandemic
As a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, social-distancing measures have been implemented worldwide, including school closures. Previous studies indicated that children's relational social cohesion with family (RSC-Fa) and friends (RSC-Fr) may have decreased during the pandemic, but some children described that positive experiences were gained from the confinement measures of social distancing. Mostly, these studies are qualitative or capture a si…
Family Type Differences in Children’s Satisfaction with People They Live with and Perceptions about Their (Step)parents’ Parenting Practices
Family complexity is increasing in Europe, experienced by a significant proportion of children. More evidence is needed in Europe how children’s family type influences their well-being, especially their family-related subjective well-being, and to what extent parenting practices are playing a role in these relationships. The aim of the paper is to study perceptions of children who live with two biological parents, with a biological and a steppare…
Client Agency in Child Protection Work in Estonia
Subjective Well-being of Children Left Behind by Migrant Parents in Six European Countries
This paper presents a cross-national comparison of the influence of parental migration on children’s subjective well-being (SWB). While studies often focus on the economic implications of adult migration, research on its effects on children’s well-being is scarce, particularly in Europe. Data from surveys of over 13,500 school children in six European countries with a communist legacy were analysed. These were collected as part of Children’s Worl…
Creation of child-patient's autonomy in a child-parent-doctor relationship
The present study is part of a larger research that analyses children's autonomy in healthcare settings from the perspective of doctors, children and their parents. Based on responses of 52 medical doctors in Estonia, this paper explores doctor's perspectives on how children's autonomy is exercised in a child-parent-doctor triangle and how patient's duality affects this process. The article combines relational theories of agency from childhood st…
Muutuvad arusaamad lastest ja laste uuenduslik energia
Understanding the child and childhood depends on the content attached to these concepts. Different images have prevailed in different times and they reflect in modern understandings of children. Drawing on Philippe Ariès’ seminal work, Centuries of Childhood, the paper offers a glimpse of images of children through time. History has portrayed the vulnerable, fragile child who needs protection and the immature child who needs to be educated and di…
Sociology (16 works) · Political science (15 works) · Psychology (15 works) · Law (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Developmental psychology (7 works) · Politics (6 works) · Children's Rights and Participation (5 works)