Sven-Axel Månsson
Biographic Data
| ID | 88447 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sven-Axel Månsson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sven-Axel |
| FAMILY NAME | Månsson |
| SIGNATURE | MÅNSSON S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Malmö University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 204 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Engage In or Refrain From? A Qualitative Exploration of Premarital Sexual Relations Among Female College Students in Tehran
This study explored the factors that educated young Iranian women consider when they decide whether to have premarital sex. Using a purposive sampling method, 30 in-depth interviews were conducted with female college students in both government and private universities in Tehran in 2005-2006. The respondents included unmarried women who had experienced sexual relations, unmarried women who had abstained, and married women. Young women's considera…
‘Better safe than sorry’: Women’s stories of sex and intimate relationships on the path out of drug abuse
This article focuses on the role of sexuality and intimate relationships during women’s exit processes from drug abuse. Drawing from qualitative interviews with Swedish women the article explores how their sexual practice is played out both during drug use and in the new drug-free life situation. The conflictual transition process evolves around the individual’s attempts to adapt to various sexual scripts made available to them. An element of sha…
Being Forced to Become Your Own Doctor: Men Who Have Sex with Men's Experiences of Stigma in the Tanzanian Healthcare System
OBJECTIVE: To acquire a deepened understanding of how stigma in healthcare affects health-seeking behaviours of same-sex practising men in Tanzania. METHODS: In-depth interviews with twelve men were conducted in Dar es Salaam, 2012. Data were interpreted through qualitative content analysis. RESULTS: Narratives revealed that men's healthcare perceptions were shaped by previous encounters, rumours in gay community, norms and legislation around hom…
Planning for pleasure: Time patterns in the use of Internet forums of female sex workers' clients in Germany
The purpose of this study was to investigate the temporal usage of seven sex workers’ clients’ (johns’) German Internet forums. Data covering the years 2008 to 2010 and showing monthly, daily and hourly usage were gained through different log file analysis tools. Three different focus groups discussed the results. One focus group was made up by users of johns’ forums, one group by female sex workers and another one by social workers. Data analysi…
The Internet as a source of information about sexuality
To use the Internet for sex educational purposes and for sex information has been recognised by prior research as benefits of the technological development and important areas to investigate, but few empirical studies have so far been conducted. The purpose of this study was to identify those who use the Internet to seek information about sexual issues and to examine the reasons for using the Internet for this purpose. A total of 1913 respondents…
Fluid Versus Fixed: A New Perspective on Bisexuality as a Fluid Sexual Orientation Beyond Gender
Sexual orientation has been conceptualized by Ross and Paul (1992) as fixed in terms of sex object (exclusively heterosexual or homosexual) versus fluid (bisexuals, for whom sex of partner may be unimportant). The authors of the present article investigated characteristics of 1,913 young men and women with fixed and fluid sexual orientation recruited in an Internet-based study of sexual behavior in Sweden. One half of the respondents were student…
Prevalence, Severity, and Correlates of Problematic Sexual Internet Use in Swedish Men and Women
Online Sex Shops: Purchasing Sexual Merchandise on the Internet
The purpose of this study was to examine the characteristics of those who purchase sexual merchandise on the Internet, what merchandise they purchase, and the reason they use the Internet for this purpose. Data were collected through a Web questionnaire. Approximately 30% of the 1,614 respondents who reported to use the Internet for sexual purposes had purchased sexual merchandise online. The results suggested those who purchased sexual merchandi…
Whistleblowing processes in Swedish public organisations—complaints and consequences
Research on whistleblowing in Sweden is scarce. In this explorative study 21 cases of whistleblowing from human service organisations in Sweden were examined. Extensive material from thematic interviews with 28 whistleblowers, 30 key persons and documents from supervisory authorities such as the National Board of Health and Welfare have been analysed. Some findings were that the organisation problems motivating whistleblowing were usually cutback…
Lust, Love, and Life: A Qualitative Study of Swedish Adolescents' Perceptions and Experiences with Pornography
There is a widespread concern in Western society about the visibility of pornography in public places and on the Internet. What are the consequences for young men and women, and how do they think about gender, sexuality, and pornography? Data was collected, through 22 individual interviews and seven focus groups, from 51 participants (36 women and 37 men aged 14-20 years) in Sweden. The results indicated a process of both normalization and ambiva…
Use of Pornography in a Random Sample of Norwegian Heterosexual Couples
Bisexuality and Sexually Related Activities on the Internet
The aim of the current study was to investigate differences and similarities in participants' use of the Internet for sexually related purposes. An additional goal was to compare heterosexuals, bisexuals, and gay men/lesbians in Sweden regarding the kinds of sexually related activities that they engage in online. Data were collected in 2002 through an online questionnaire from 1,458 respondents who reported that they use the Internet for sexually…
Young people and drugs: On navigation in the drug landscape
In today's popular culture, critical messages intending to counteract drug use exist side by side with messages aiming to promote drugs. Nobody knows exactly what influence this exposure and constant shifts between the light and the dark sides of drug use have on young people's life worlds, and on their attitudes and behaviours in relation to drugs and drug use. The main objective of this article is to analyze how young people navigate between di…
An Internet Study of Cybersex Participants
Biases in internet sexual health samples: Comparison of an internet sexuality survey and a national sexual health survey in Sweden
Differences between Internet samples and conventional samples of men who have sex with men: Implications for research and HIV interventions
Les hommes dans le commerce du sexe
Lust, Love, and Life: A Qualitative Study of Swedish Adolescents' Perceptions and Experiences with Pornography
There is a widespread concern in Western society about the visibility of pornography in public places and on the Internet. What are the consequences for young men and women, and how do they think about gender, sexuality, and pornography? Data was collected, through 22 individual interviews and seven focus groups, from 51 participants (36 women and 37 men aged 14-20 years) in Sweden. The results indicated a process of both normalization and ambiva…
Differences between Internet samples and conventional samples of men who have sex with men: Implications for research and HIV interventions
Biases in internet sexual health samples: Comparison of an internet sexuality survey and a national sexual health survey in Sweden
Use of Pornography in a Random Sample of Norwegian Heterosexual Couples
Fluid Versus Fixed: A New Perspective on Bisexuality as a Fluid Sexual Orientation Beyond Gender
Sexual orientation has been conceptualized by Ross and Paul (1992) as fixed in terms of sex object (exclusively heterosexual or homosexual) versus fluid (bisexuals, for whom sex of partner may be unimportant). The authors of the present article investigated characteristics of 1,913 young men and women with fixed and fluid sexual orientation recruited in an Internet-based study of sexual behavior in Sweden. One half of the respondents were student…
An Internet Study of Cybersex Participants
Bisexuality and Sexually Related Activities on the Internet
The aim of the current study was to investigate differences and similarities in participants' use of the Internet for sexually related purposes. An additional goal was to compare heterosexuals, bisexuals, and gay men/lesbians in Sweden regarding the kinds of sexually related activities that they engage in online. Data were collected in 2002 through an online questionnaire from 1,458 respondents who reported that they use the Internet for sexually…
Engage In or Refrain From? A Qualitative Exploration of Premarital Sexual Relations Among Female College Students in Tehran
This study explored the factors that educated young Iranian women consider when they decide whether to have premarital sex. Using a purposive sampling method, 30 in-depth interviews were conducted with female college students in both government and private universities in Tehran in 2005-2006. The respondents included unmarried women who had experienced sexual relations, unmarried women who had abstained, and married women. Young women's considera…
Prevalence, Severity, and Correlates of Problematic Sexual Internet Use in Swedish Men and Women
Whistleblowing processes in Swedish public organisations—complaints and consequences
Research on whistleblowing in Sweden is scarce. In this explorative study 21 cases of whistleblowing from human service organisations in Sweden were examined. Extensive material from thematic interviews with 28 whistleblowers, 30 key persons and documents from supervisory authorities such as the National Board of Health and Welfare have been analysed. Some findings were that the organisation problems motivating whistleblowing were usually cutback…
Young people and drugs: On navigation in the drug landscape
In today's popular culture, critical messages intending to counteract drug use exist side by side with messages aiming to promote drugs. Nobody knows exactly what influence this exposure and constant shifts between the light and the dark sides of drug use have on young people's life worlds, and on their attitudes and behaviours in relation to drugs and drug use. The main objective of this article is to analyze how young people navigate between di…
Les hommes dans le commerce du sexe
Differences between Internet samples and conventional samples of men who have sex with men: Implications for research and HIV interventions
An Internet Study of Cybersex Participants
Biases in internet sexual health samples: Comparison of an internet sexuality survey and a national sexual health survey in Sweden
Bisexuality and Sexually Related Activities on the Internet
The aim of the current study was to investigate differences and similarities in participants' use of the Internet for sexually related purposes. An additional goal was to compare heterosexuals, bisexuals, and gay men/lesbians in Sweden regarding the kinds of sexually related activities that they engage in online. Data were collected in 2002 through an online questionnaire from 1,458 respondents who reported that they use the Internet for sexually…
Young people and drugs: On navigation in the drug landscape
In today's popular culture, critical messages intending to counteract drug use exist side by side with messages aiming to promote drugs. Nobody knows exactly what influence this exposure and constant shifts between the light and the dark sides of drug use have on young people's life worlds, and on their attitudes and behaviours in relation to drugs and drug use. The main objective of this article is to analyze how young people navigate between di…
Lust, Love, and Life: A Qualitative Study of Swedish Adolescents' Perceptions and Experiences with Pornography
There is a widespread concern in Western society about the visibility of pornography in public places and on the Internet. What are the consequences for young men and women, and how do they think about gender, sexuality, and pornography? Data was collected, through 22 individual interviews and seven focus groups, from 51 participants (36 women and 37 men aged 14-20 years) in Sweden. The results indicated a process of both normalization and ambiva…
Use of Pornography in a Random Sample of Norwegian Heterosexual Couples
Online Sex Shops: Purchasing Sexual Merchandise on the Internet
The purpose of this study was to examine the characteristics of those who purchase sexual merchandise on the Internet, what merchandise they purchase, and the reason they use the Internet for this purpose. Data were collected through a Web questionnaire. Approximately 30% of the 1,614 respondents who reported to use the Internet for sexual purposes had purchased sexual merchandise online. The results suggested those who purchased sexual merchandi…
Whistleblowing processes in Swedish public organisations—complaints and consequences
Research on whistleblowing in Sweden is scarce. In this explorative study 21 cases of whistleblowing from human service organisations in Sweden were examined. Extensive material from thematic interviews with 28 whistleblowers, 30 key persons and documents from supervisory authorities such as the National Board of Health and Welfare have been analysed. Some findings were that the organisation problems motivating whistleblowing were usually cutback…
The Internet as a source of information about sexuality
To use the Internet for sex educational purposes and for sex information has been recognised by prior research as benefits of the technological development and important areas to investigate, but few empirical studies have so far been conducted. The purpose of this study was to identify those who use the Internet to seek information about sexual issues and to examine the reasons for using the Internet for this purpose. A total of 1913 respondents…
Fluid Versus Fixed: A New Perspective on Bisexuality as a Fluid Sexual Orientation Beyond Gender
Sexual orientation has been conceptualized by Ross and Paul (1992) as fixed in terms of sex object (exclusively heterosexual or homosexual) versus fluid (bisexuals, for whom sex of partner may be unimportant). The authors of the present article investigated characteristics of 1,913 young men and women with fixed and fluid sexual orientation recruited in an Internet-based study of sexual behavior in Sweden. One half of the respondents were student…
Prevalence, Severity, and Correlates of Problematic Sexual Internet Use in Swedish Men and Women
Planning for pleasure: Time patterns in the use of Internet forums of female sex workers' clients in Germany
The purpose of this study was to investigate the temporal usage of seven sex workers’ clients’ (johns’) German Internet forums. Data covering the years 2008 to 2010 and showing monthly, daily and hourly usage were gained through different log file analysis tools. Three different focus groups discussed the results. One focus group was made up by users of johns’ forums, one group by female sex workers and another one by social workers. Data analysi…
Being Forced to Become Your Own Doctor: Men Who Have Sex with Men's Experiences of Stigma in the Tanzanian Healthcare System
OBJECTIVE: To acquire a deepened understanding of how stigma in healthcare affects health-seeking behaviours of same-sex practising men in Tanzania. METHODS: In-depth interviews with twelve men were conducted in Dar es Salaam, 2012. Data were interpreted through qualitative content analysis. RESULTS: Narratives revealed that men's healthcare perceptions were shaped by previous encounters, rumours in gay community, norms and legislation around hom…
‘Better safe than sorry’: Women’s stories of sex and intimate relationships on the path out of drug abuse
This article focuses on the role of sexuality and intimate relationships during women’s exit processes from drug abuse. Drawing from qualitative interviews with Swedish women the article explores how their sexual practice is played out both during drug use and in the new drug-free life situation. The conflictual transition process evolves around the individual’s attempts to adapt to various sexual scripts made available to them. An element of sha…
Engage In or Refrain From? A Qualitative Exploration of Premarital Sexual Relations Among Female College Students in Tehran
This study explored the factors that educated young Iranian women consider when they decide whether to have premarital sex. Using a purposive sampling method, 30 in-depth interviews were conducted with female college students in both government and private universities in Tehran in 2005-2006. The respondents included unmarried women who had experienced sexual relations, unmarried women who had abstained, and married women. Young women's considera…
Psychology (16 works) · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Gender Studies (8 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (8 works) · The Internet (8 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Human sexuality (6 works)