Tina M Olsson
Biographic Data
| ID | 4415265 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tina M Olsson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tina M |
| FAMILY NAME | Olsson |
| SIGNATURE | OLSSON T M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Gothenburg |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7351-9140 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
My Choice–My Way! Results From a Swedish Quasi-Experimental Pilot Study
Purpose Experience of out-of-home care (OHC) is associated with long-term adverse outcomes, partly due to insufficient preparation for independent living. This study examined the preliminary effectiveness of My Choice–My Way! (MCMW), a transition support service. Methods A 2 × 2 mixed design with natural allocation compared MCMW ( n = 55) to service as usual (SAU; n = 77). Youth ( n = 132), aged 15 + and currently in or recently leaving OHC, were…
The Importance of Social Support for Well‐Being Among Late Adolescents With Experience of Out‐of‐Home Care in Sweden
Social support is important for human well‐being. Adolescents with experience of out‐of‐home care (OHC) have an increased risk of low well‐being and lack of strong social support networks. Well‐being in the general population is known to fluctuate during the life‐course, particularly during adolescence. The purpose of this study was to increase our understanding of how well‐being differs at different time‐points in youth with experience of OHC an…
Child, family, and case characteristics’ impact on Swedish child welfare services’ placement decisions for children exposed to physical abuse by a parent
Advancing Our Understanding of Complex Intervention Development in Social Work: Co-Producing Support for Youth Transitioning from Out-of-Home Care
Research on intervention development has expanded over the past decade. However, much of the extant literature on complex intervention development is confined to healthcare and public health broadly or intervention science specifically with scant attention to the process within other fields known for their extensive provision of social interventions such as social work or community-based services. This paper aims to advance understanding of the c…
Differences in wellbeing patterns among late adolescent boys and girls with and without experience of out-of-home care
Two Studies Assessing Early Intervention Fit of Independent Living Services in Sweden
Purpose: Young people transitioning from out-of-home care are a vulnerable group. This article reports two studies aiming to increase understanding of how to develop interventions for this group and focuses on preliminary intervention fit from the youth and social worker perspective. Methods: We conducted two small-scale studies. Social workers (Study I, n = 2; Study II, n = 9), and youth (Study I, n = 9; Study II, n = 13) completed self-report s…
Help-seeking intentions among late adolescents with and without experience of out-of-home care
Health‐Promoting Learning Environments in Higher Education: A Scoping Review of Structural Interventions to Protect Student Mental Health
A rapidly growing body of research spanning several scientific disciplines and countries converges to show that mental health problems among students are an increasing challenge for higher education institutions. Mental health problems among students threaten academic performance, degree completion and student well‐being. Structural efforts aimed at building health‐promoting, learning environments for all students are lacking in the literature. T…
Efficacy and Effectiveness Research on Interventions in Sweden Between 1990 and 2019
Purpose: This article investigates the extent of effectiveness studies of behavioral, psychological, and social interventions aiming for measurable changes at the individual level in Sweden 1990–2019. Methods: The data stems from a retrospective analysis of published literature on effect studies between 1990 and 2019. Results: The results show an increase in published articles reporting on effect studies in Sweden the past 30 years, accelerating …
Social workers’ experiential accounts of complex intervention development for youth and families in practice settings
We aimed to explore social workers’ experiential accounts of developing complex interventions for youth and families within practice settings. Social workers’ experience of developing interventions has not been leveraged in scientific research even though many complex interventions in use are developed by social workers in practice settings. Lack of insight into the intervention development process impairs our ability to link approaches to outcom…
Advancing Social Intervention Research Through Program Theory Reconstruction
Program theory reconstruction is an often-overlooked aspect of social intervention research. In this paper, we argue that intervention research benefits if the research design is informed by the specific intervention's program theory (i.e., the idea of how the intervention is supposed to lead to the intended outcomes). The purpose of this paper is to offer a comprehensive and accessible guide to program theory reconstruction in research on social…
Adapted, Adopted, and Novel Interventions: A Whole-Population Meta-Analytic Replication of Intervention Effects
Background A challenge to implementation is management of the adaptation-fidelity dilemma or the balance between adopting an intervention with fidelity while assuring fit when transferred between contexts. A prior meta-analysis found that adapted interventions produce larger effects than novel and adopted interventions. This study attempts to replicate and expand previous findings. Methods Meta-analysis was used to compare effects across a whole-…
Introduction to Research on Social Work Practice Special Issue: Program Theory in Social Interventions Developed in Practice Settings
Solving individual, group, or societal problems through social intervention in practice settings is a complex task. The extent to which this end is achieved depends heavily on the effectiveness of the change strategies in use. Increased understanding of how these change strategies work to impact outcomes is at the forefront of the science of social intervention. In this special issue, we have gathered a collection of seven articles that present c…
Does attending preschool in an economically advantaged or disadvantaged neighborhood moderate the effects of the preschool edition of promoting alternative thinking strategies®
Early interventions that foster the participation, engagement, and development of children attending preschools, including those in economically disadvantaged (low-income) neighborhoods, are of high priority. One such intervention is a universal socioemotional learning (SEL) program called Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies (PATHS ® ) which aims to promote social emotional competence and positive adjustment in children, in general, and may…
Interventions in child welfare: A Swedish inventory
In Swedish child welfare, there are no mandatory guidelines on what interventions to use. Local authorities are able to set their own criteria for implementing or designing interventions. We carried out a survey to identify interventions in use in Children's Social Services and Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Care in Sweden. A total of 102 interventions were stated to have been in use, with between 31 and 45 different interventions for each of t…
The Cultural Adaptation of Interventions to Promote Positive Development: The Preschool Edition of PATHS® in Sweden
Exploring fit for the cultural adaptation of a self-determination model for youth transitioning from out-of-home care: A comparison of a sample of Swedish youth with two samples of American youth in o…
Prior research has established evidence for self-determination enhancement as a promising intervention for youth transitioning from out-of-home care. Understanding how participants in these prior trials compare to adolescents in target contexts may inform practice by highlighting the extent to which such models are expected to benefit young people. To assess the extent to which self-determination enhancement is a promising strategy for the Swedis…
Multisystemic therapy with conductdisordered young people: Stability of treatment outcomes two years after intake
The transfer of successful interventions between different contexts is of increasing interest to policy makers, practitioners and researchers. This study considers the findings of a Swedish trial of multisystemic therapy (MST) in relation to the findings of other such trials in the US and Norway. The trial assessed treatment outcomes two years after referral to MST or treatment as usual (TAU) for 156 young people meeting the diagnostic criteria f…
Intervening in youth problem behavior in Sweden: A pragmatic cost analysis of MST from a randomized trial with conduct disordered youth
Olsson TM. Intervening in youth problem behavior in Sweden: a pragmatic cost analysis of MST from a randomized trial with conduct disordered youth Int J Soc Welfare 2010: 19: 194–205 © 2009 The Author(s), Journal compilation © 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd and the International Journal of Social Welfare. Within the context of a randomized trial, this study assessed the costs of treating conduct disorder with multisystemic therapy (MST) or treatme…
MST With Conduct Disordered Youth in Sweden: Costs and Benefits After 2 Years
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the costs and benefits associated with multisystemic therapy (MST) for conduct disordered youth, 2 years following intake. Methods: The study employed a secondary analysis of 156 youth enrolled in a randomized trial assessing the psychosocial and behavioral outcomes of MST. Results: MST cost on average 105,400 SEK per youth. MST was associated with a direct benefit to participants of 1,000 …
Reconstructing evidence-based practice: An investigation of three conceptualisations of EBP
English This article uses programme theory reconstruction to investigate three conceptualisations of evidence-based practice (EBP). The first two are taken directly from the literature and contrasted with a third taken from a relevant policy programme. The article argues that ‘evidence-based practice’ is not a homogeneous concept, and that interested parties within research, practice and policy may not have a shared vision of EBP even though they…
Reconstructing evidence-based practice: An investigation of three conceptualisations of EBP
English This article uses programme theory reconstruction to investigate three conceptualisations of evidence-based practice (EBP). The first two are taken directly from the literature and contrasted with a third taken from a relevant policy programme. The article argues that ‘evidence-based practice’ is not a homogeneous concept, and that interested parties within research, practice and policy may not have a shared vision of EBP even though they…
Social workers’ experiential accounts of complex intervention development for youth and families in practice settings
We aimed to explore social workers’ experiential accounts of developing complex interventions for youth and families within practice settings. Social workers’ experience of developing interventions has not been leveraged in scientific research even though many complex interventions in use are developed by social workers in practice settings. Lack of insight into the intervention development process impairs our ability to link approaches to outcom…
Adapted, Adopted, and Novel Interventions: A Whole-Population Meta-Analytic Replication of Intervention Effects
Background A challenge to implementation is management of the adaptation-fidelity dilemma or the balance between adopting an intervention with fidelity while assuring fit when transferred between contexts. A prior meta-analysis found that adapted interventions produce larger effects than novel and adopted interventions. This study attempts to replicate and expand previous findings. Methods Meta-analysis was used to compare effects across a whole-…
Interventions in child welfare: A Swedish inventory
In Swedish child welfare, there are no mandatory guidelines on what interventions to use. Local authorities are able to set their own criteria for implementing or designing interventions. We carried out a survey to identify interventions in use in Children's Social Services and Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Care in Sweden. A total of 102 interventions were stated to have been in use, with between 31 and 45 different interventions for each of t…
Multisystemic therapy with conductdisordered young people: Stability of treatment outcomes two years after intake
The transfer of successful interventions between different contexts is of increasing interest to policy makers, practitioners and researchers. This study considers the findings of a Swedish trial of multisystemic therapy (MST) in relation to the findings of other such trials in the US and Norway. The trial assessed treatment outcomes two years after referral to MST or treatment as usual (TAU) for 156 young people meeting the diagnostic criteria f…
Intervening in youth problem behavior in Sweden: A pragmatic cost analysis of MST from a randomized trial with conduct disordered youth
Olsson TM. Intervening in youth problem behavior in Sweden: a pragmatic cost analysis of MST from a randomized trial with conduct disordered youth Int J Soc Welfare 2010: 19: 194–205 © 2009 The Author(s), Journal compilation © 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd and the International Journal of Social Welfare. Within the context of a randomized trial, this study assessed the costs of treating conduct disorder with multisystemic therapy (MST) or treatme…
MST With Conduct Disordered Youth in Sweden: Costs and Benefits After 2 Years
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the costs and benefits associated with multisystemic therapy (MST) for conduct disordered youth, 2 years following intake. Methods: The study employed a secondary analysis of 156 youth enrolled in a randomized trial assessing the psychosocial and behavioral outcomes of MST. Results: MST cost on average 105,400 SEK per youth. MST was associated with a direct benefit to participants of 1,000 …
Help-seeking intentions among late adolescents with and without experience of out-of-home care
Advancing Social Intervention Research Through Program Theory Reconstruction
Program theory reconstruction is an often-overlooked aspect of social intervention research. In this paper, we argue that intervention research benefits if the research design is informed by the specific intervention's program theory (i.e., the idea of how the intervention is supposed to lead to the intended outcomes). The purpose of this paper is to offer a comprehensive and accessible guide to program theory reconstruction in research on social…
Exploring fit for the cultural adaptation of a self-determination model for youth transitioning from out-of-home care: A comparison of a sample of Swedish youth with two samples of American youth in o…
Prior research has established evidence for self-determination enhancement as a promising intervention for youth transitioning from out-of-home care. Understanding how participants in these prior trials compare to adolescents in target contexts may inform practice by highlighting the extent to which such models are expected to benefit young people. To assess the extent to which self-determination enhancement is a promising strategy for the Swedis…
Reconstructing evidence-based practice: An investigation of three conceptualisations of EBP
English This article uses programme theory reconstruction to investigate three conceptualisations of evidence-based practice (EBP). The first two are taken directly from the literature and contrasted with a third taken from a relevant policy programme. The article argues that ‘evidence-based practice’ is not a homogeneous concept, and that interested parties within research, practice and policy may not have a shared vision of EBP even though they…
Multisystemic therapy with conductdisordered young people: Stability of treatment outcomes two years after intake
The transfer of successful interventions between different contexts is of increasing interest to policy makers, practitioners and researchers. This study considers the findings of a Swedish trial of multisystemic therapy (MST) in relation to the findings of other such trials in the US and Norway. The trial assessed treatment outcomes two years after referral to MST or treatment as usual (TAU) for 156 young people meeting the diagnostic criteria f…
Intervening in youth problem behavior in Sweden: A pragmatic cost analysis of MST from a randomized trial with conduct disordered youth
Olsson TM. Intervening in youth problem behavior in Sweden: a pragmatic cost analysis of MST from a randomized trial with conduct disordered youth Int J Soc Welfare 2010: 19: 194–205 © 2009 The Author(s), Journal compilation © 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd and the International Journal of Social Welfare. Within the context of a randomized trial, this study assessed the costs of treating conduct disorder with multisystemic therapy (MST) or treatme…
MST With Conduct Disordered Youth in Sweden: Costs and Benefits After 2 Years
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the costs and benefits associated with multisystemic therapy (MST) for conduct disordered youth, 2 years following intake. Methods: The study employed a secondary analysis of 156 youth enrolled in a randomized trial assessing the psychosocial and behavioral outcomes of MST. Results: MST cost on average 105,400 SEK per youth. MST was associated with a direct benefit to participants of 1,000 …
Exploring fit for the cultural adaptation of a self-determination model for youth transitioning from out-of-home care: A comparison of a sample of Swedish youth with two samples of American youth in o…
Prior research has established evidence for self-determination enhancement as a promising intervention for youth transitioning from out-of-home care. Understanding how participants in these prior trials compare to adolescents in target contexts may inform practice by highlighting the extent to which such models are expected to benefit young people. To assess the extent to which self-determination enhancement is a promising strategy for the Swedis…
The Cultural Adaptation of Interventions to Promote Positive Development: The Preschool Edition of PATHS® in Sweden
Does attending preschool in an economically advantaged or disadvantaged neighborhood moderate the effects of the preschool edition of promoting alternative thinking strategies®
Early interventions that foster the participation, engagement, and development of children attending preschools, including those in economically disadvantaged (low-income) neighborhoods, are of high priority. One such intervention is a universal socioemotional learning (SEL) program called Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies (PATHS ® ) which aims to promote social emotional competence and positive adjustment in children, in general, and may…
Interventions in child welfare: A Swedish inventory
In Swedish child welfare, there are no mandatory guidelines on what interventions to use. Local authorities are able to set their own criteria for implementing or designing interventions. We carried out a survey to identify interventions in use in Children's Social Services and Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Care in Sweden. A total of 102 interventions were stated to have been in use, with between 31 and 45 different interventions for each of t…
Advancing Social Intervention Research Through Program Theory Reconstruction
Program theory reconstruction is an often-overlooked aspect of social intervention research. In this paper, we argue that intervention research benefits if the research design is informed by the specific intervention's program theory (i.e., the idea of how the intervention is supposed to lead to the intended outcomes). The purpose of this paper is to offer a comprehensive and accessible guide to program theory reconstruction in research on social…
Adapted, Adopted, and Novel Interventions: A Whole-Population Meta-Analytic Replication of Intervention Effects
Background A challenge to implementation is management of the adaptation-fidelity dilemma or the balance between adopting an intervention with fidelity while assuring fit when transferred between contexts. A prior meta-analysis found that adapted interventions produce larger effects than novel and adopted interventions. This study attempts to replicate and expand previous findings. Methods Meta-analysis was used to compare effects across a whole-…
Introduction to Research on Social Work Practice Special Issue: Program Theory in Social Interventions Developed in Practice Settings
Solving individual, group, or societal problems through social intervention in practice settings is a complex task. The extent to which this end is achieved depends heavily on the effectiveness of the change strategies in use. Increased understanding of how these change strategies work to impact outcomes is at the forefront of the science of social intervention. In this special issue, we have gathered a collection of seven articles that present c…
Health‐Promoting Learning Environments in Higher Education: A Scoping Review of Structural Interventions to Protect Student Mental Health
A rapidly growing body of research spanning several scientific disciplines and countries converges to show that mental health problems among students are an increasing challenge for higher education institutions. Mental health problems among students threaten academic performance, degree completion and student well‐being. Structural efforts aimed at building health‐promoting, learning environments for all students are lacking in the literature. T…
Efficacy and Effectiveness Research on Interventions in Sweden Between 1990 and 2019
Purpose: This article investigates the extent of effectiveness studies of behavioral, psychological, and social interventions aiming for measurable changes at the individual level in Sweden 1990–2019. Methods: The data stems from a retrospective analysis of published literature on effect studies between 1990 and 2019. Results: The results show an increase in published articles reporting on effect studies in Sweden the past 30 years, accelerating …
Social workers’ experiential accounts of complex intervention development for youth and families in practice settings
We aimed to explore social workers’ experiential accounts of developing complex interventions for youth and families within practice settings. Social workers’ experience of developing interventions has not been leveraged in scientific research even though many complex interventions in use are developed by social workers in practice settings. Lack of insight into the intervention development process impairs our ability to link approaches to outcom…
Child, family, and case characteristics’ impact on Swedish child welfare services’ placement decisions for children exposed to physical abuse by a parent
Advancing Our Understanding of Complex Intervention Development in Social Work: Co-Producing Support for Youth Transitioning from Out-of-Home Care
Research on intervention development has expanded over the past decade. However, much of the extant literature on complex intervention development is confined to healthcare and public health broadly or intervention science specifically with scant attention to the process within other fields known for their extensive provision of social interventions such as social work or community-based services. This paper aims to advance understanding of the c…
Differences in wellbeing patterns among late adolescent boys and girls with and without experience of out-of-home care
Two Studies Assessing Early Intervention Fit of Independent Living Services in Sweden
Purpose: Young people transitioning from out-of-home care are a vulnerable group. This article reports two studies aiming to increase understanding of how to develop interventions for this group and focuses on preliminary intervention fit from the youth and social worker perspective. Methods: We conducted two small-scale studies. Social workers (Study I, n = 2; Study II, n = 9), and youth (Study I, n = 9; Study II, n = 13) completed self-report s…
Help-seeking intentions among late adolescents with and without experience of out-of-home care
My Choice–My Way! Results From a Swedish Quasi-Experimental Pilot Study
Purpose Experience of out-of-home care (OHC) is associated with long-term adverse outcomes, partly due to insufficient preparation for independent living. This study examined the preliminary effectiveness of My Choice–My Way! (MCMW), a transition support service. Methods A 2 × 2 mixed design with natural allocation compared MCMW ( n = 55) to service as usual (SAU; n = 77). Youth ( n = 132), aged 15 + and currently in or recently leaving OHC, were…
The Importance of Social Support for Well‐Being Among Late Adolescents With Experience of Out‐of‐Home Care in Sweden
Social support is important for human well‐being. Adolescents with experience of out‐of‐home care (OHC) have an increased risk of low well‐being and lack of strong social support networks. Well‐being in the general population is known to fluctuate during the life‐course, particularly during adolescence. The purpose of this study was to increase our understanding of how well‐being differs at different time‐points in youth with experience of OHC an…
Psychology (16 works) · Medicine (13 works) · Psychological intervention (12 works) · Political science (11 works) · Social Work (10 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (8 works) · Psychiatry (8 works) · Intervention (counseling (7 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (6 works) · Community Health and Development (6 works)