Ylva Svensson

Biographic Data

ID905714
NAMEYlva Svensson
GIVEN NAMESYlva
FAMILY NAMESvensson
SIGNATURESVENSSON Y
AFFILIATIONSUniversity West
ORCID0000-0002-2901-0187
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS30
WORKS AS AUTHOR10
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Bridging worlds? Local leaders’ perspectives on civil society and integration in Sweden

    Open AccessKarin Kittelmann Flensner, Marie Jonsson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Civil Society2026

  • Examining the Methods Adolescents Use in Nonsuicidal Self‐Injury

    Open AccessLauree Tilton‐weaver, K Marshall et al.ARTICLEJournal of Adolescence2025

    INTRODUCTION: Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) among adolescents is a health concern. Little is known about the patterns of methods adolescents use, in terms of how many and how often different methods are used. METHODS: We used three annual waves of data from 630 Swedish adolescents (T1: age 12-18 years; 56% girls), who reported NSSI use at least once. Latent profile analysis was used to examine profile differences, with supplementary analyses foc…

  • The Construction and Negotiation of Social Identities Following a School Desegregation Initiative in Sweden

    Open AccessYlva Svensson, Karin Flensner et al.ARTICLEIdentity2025Cited by: 2References: 32

    Swedish schools are highly segregated along the lines of non-im/migrants and im/migrants and their descendants. In this study we explored the processes involved in the negotiation of social identities following a school desegregation initiative in Sweden, aimed to create schools with more heterogeneous student bodies. We conducted 58 interviews with students and school staff at the closing and receiving schools, before and following the initiativ…

  • “The Most Exotic was the Owner of the Pizzeria” - Exploring the Relationship between Subjective Diversity and Ethnic Identity

    Open AccessYlva Svensson, Moin SyedARTICLEIdentity2023

    The aim of the present study was to examine how Swedish youth a) experience diversity and b) link those diversity experiences to their identities. Using a mixed-method approach, we coded written narratives for type of diversity experience, meaning-making, and analyzed qualitative differences due to the proximity of the setting and self-defined in- and outgroups. Out of 197 participants (age 15–29), 63 (31.5%) wrote about diversity in their narrat…

  • Family Identity and Deviations from the Master Narrative in Sweden

    Open AccessKitty Wiking, Fanny Gyberg et al.ARTICLEIdentity2023

    This study examines the content of family identity among people in Sweden, a country often portrayed as relatively free from traditional family norms. More specifically, we investigated the types of family-related narratives that individuals shared, narratives of deviation from the master narrative of what was expected and accepted in Swedish society. In addition, the identity centrality of the themes was investigated. The data covered 462 partic…

  • Dual-centric work/family identity in young adults

    Open AccessYlva Svensson, Ann FrisénARTICLESelf and Identity2021

    In the present study, we studied young adults who think work and family are equally and highly central – those with dual-centric work/family identities. Using a mixed-method approach, we explored their characteristics, costs, benefits, and strategies of dual-centric work/family identities. The sample consisted of 124 participants, of which 36 participants (50% female) had dual-centric work/family identities. They reported higher levels of work sa…

  • Discrimination and its relation to psychosocial well‐being among diverse youth in Sweden

    Open AccessFanny Gyberg, Ylva Svensson et al.ARTICLENew Directions for Child and…2021

    Experiences of discrimination and links to well-being have been examined extensively, but several gaps remain. The current study addresses four of those gaps by (1) examining both aggregated and source-specific forms of discrimination, (2) comparing the experiences of minority and majority group members, (3) expanding the range of outcomes to include socially and developmentally appropriate measures, and (4) conducting the study in Sweden, a cont…

  • Toward a New Understanding of Ethnic‐Racial Settings for Ethnic‐Racial Identity Development

    Open AccessMoin Syed, Linda Juang et al.ARTICLEJournal of Research on Adolescence2018

    The purpose of this conceptual article is to advance theory and research on one critical aspect of the context of ethnic–racial identity ( ERI ) development: ethnic–racial settings, or the objective and subjective nature of group representation within an individual's context. We present a new conceptual framework that consists of four dimensions: (1) perspective (that settings can be understood in both objective and subjective terms); (2) differe…

  • A narrative approach to the role of others in ethnic identity formation

    Ylva Svensson, Jesper Berne et al.ARTICLECultural Diversity & Ethnic…2017Cited by: 11References: 14

    The current findings lend empirical support for ethnic identity formation as an interactive process and for the role of others in these processes. A power imbalance was prevalent throughout the results, where the degree of looking and acting "Swedish enough" limited the power of choosing an identity. In multicultural societies, for people to have the power to define and have their ethnic identities accepted is a necessary condition for integratio…

  • Another Kind of Swede

    Open AccessFanny Gyberg, Ann Frisén et al.ARTICLEEmerging Adulthood2017Cited by: 17References: 21

    The purpose of this study was to use a narrative approach to investigate the types of ethnicity-related experiences (i.e., ethnic identity content) that were prevalent in the lives of young people in Sweden and to examine if these types of experiences differed due to immigrant status, self-identified ethnicity, or age-groups. Ninety-five participants (87% women, 66% immigrants; 57% emerging adults, 43% adolescents; M age = 19.62) shared their eth…