Cecilia Fredlund

Biographic Data

ID5222272
NAMECecilia Fredlund
GIVEN NAMESCecilia
FAMILY NAMEFredlund
SIGNATUREFREDLUND C
AFFILIATIONSLinköping University
ORCID0000-0003-3772-6377
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS6
AUTHOR COUNT7
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Sex as Self-Injury Among Youth Clinic Visitors in Sweden

    Open AccessEllen Ek, Cecilia Fredlund et al.ARTICLEArchives of Sexual Behavior2026References: 32

    Earlier research has found that sex could be used as a means of self-injury with functions comparable to other self-injurious behaviors such as cutting or burning the skin. A suggested definition for sex as self-injury (SASI) is “a pattern of seeking sexual situations involving psychological or physical harm to themselves.” The research concerning SASI is sparse and the behavior is still in need of further understanding. The aim of this study was…

  • Potentials for Improving Support and Care to Survivors of Sexual Violence – a Case Study Within a Multiorganizational Setting in Sweden

    Open AccessHelena Kilander, Caroline Lyssarides et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2025References: 3

    It is essential to improve support and care for survivors of sexual violence by developing systematic approaches for identification of sexual violence, interlinked support and care processes as well as improved access and competence in trauma care

  • Perceived Help and Support for Sex as Self-Injury: A Qualitative Study of a Swedish Sample

    Open AccessCecilia Fredlund, Linda S JonssonARTICLEArchives of Sexual Behavior2023

    Earlier research has found that sexual acts could be used as a means of self-injury, with comparable functions to nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) such as cutting or burning the skin. However, no previous study has investigated the experience of help and support in relation to sex as a means of self-injury (SASI), which this study aims to investigate. The study was based on an anonymous open-ended questionnaire published from December 2016 to April…

  • The Connection Between Sex as Self-Injury and Sexual Violence

    Open AccessLudwig Hedén, Linda S Jonsson et al.ARTICLEArchives of Sexual Behavior2023Cited by: 1References: 29

    Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a suggested diagnosis recognized by DSM-5 as in need of further research. Recent studies conclude that sex as self-injury (SASI) and NSSI share similar functions, such as being used as emotional regulation. SASI has been associated with earlier sexual abuse, but the understanding of the association between sexual violence and SASI is still limited. The aim of this study was to further investigate the connection b…

  • Adolescents’ Use of Pornography: Trends over a Ten-year Period in Sweden

    Open AccessMeghan Donevan, Linda Jönsson et al.ARTICLEArchives of Sexual Behavior2022

  • Adolescents Selling Sex and Sex as Self-Injury

    Open AccessCecilia FredlundBOOKAdolescents Selling Sex and Sex…2019

    There are today only a few population-based studies in the world investigating the prevalence of and associated risk-factors with adolescents selling sex and so far no earlier populationbased study has been found investigating adolescents motives for selling sex. Further, to use sex in means of self-injury (SASI) is a behaviour that has been highlighted in Sweden the last years but it is a new field of research and a behaviour in need of conceptu…

  • Motives and Manifestations of Sex as Self-Injury

    Cecilia Fredlund, Marie Wadsby et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Sex Research2019Cited by: 5

    To view destructive sexual behaviors as a form of self-injury is a new concept in the research field that needs further exploration and conceptualization. The aim of this study was to explore experiences of sex as self-injury to identify motives and manifestations of the behavior. An anonymous self-selected open-ended questionnaire was used for the study, and qualitative content analysis was used to identify patterns and themes in the text. A tot…