Professional's Views on the 'Nordic Paradox' in a Low Intimate Partner Violence Prevalence Country
Castro, Arabella ; Lila, Marisol ; Wemrell, Maria LU
and Gracia, Enrique
(2024)
In Spanish Journal of Psychology
27.
- Abstract
The apparently contradictory co-existence of high levels of gender equality and intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) found in Nordic countries has been termed the Nordic Paradox. The aim of this study was to examine how the Nordic Paradox is discussed and explained by Spanish professionals working in the IPVAW field. Five focus groups (n = 19) and interviews with key informants (n = 10) were conducted. Four main categories of possible explanations for the Nordic Paradox were identified: Macro-micro disconnect (i.e., discordance between individual beliefs and behaviors and macro-social norms of gender equality), IPVAW as multicausal (i.e., IPVAW defined as a multicausal phenomenon that does not necessarily have to be... (More)
The apparently contradictory co-existence of high levels of gender equality and intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) found in Nordic countries has been termed the Nordic Paradox. The aim of this study was to examine how the Nordic Paradox is discussed and explained by Spanish professionals working in the IPVAW field. Five focus groups (n = 19) and interviews with key informants (n = 10) were conducted. Four main categories of possible explanations for the Nordic Paradox were identified: Macro-micro disconnect (i.e., discordance between individual beliefs and behaviors and macro-social norms of gender equality), IPVAW as multicausal (i.e., IPVAW defined as a multicausal phenomenon that does not necessarily have to be associated with gender equality), cultural patterns of social relationships (i.e., the role of social relationships and the way people relate to each other in the Nordic countries), and backlash effect (i.e., men's reaction to greater equality for women). Although this study does not provide a final explanation for the Nordic paradox, its results provide us with a better understanding of the phenomenon and can help to advance research in this field.
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- author
- Castro, Arabella
; Lila, Marisol
; Wemrell, Maria
LU
and Gracia, Enrique
- organization
- publishing date
- 2024-05-17
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- gender equality, intimate partner violence against women, Nordic paradox, professionals, qualitative study
- in
- Spanish Journal of Psychology
- volume
- 27
- article number
- e13
- publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- external identifiers
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- pmid:38757250
- scopus:85193515407
- ISSN
- 1138-7416
- DOI
- 10.1017/SJP.2024.14
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 88d43750-dc3b-4a47-9a28-b2280348a8c5
- date added to LUP
- 2024-06-04 14:28:43
- date last changed
- 2024-12-18 11:16:23
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