Sexualitet i socialt arbete: En kvalitativ studie av skolkuratorers erfarenheter av arbete med frågor om sexualitet
(2014) SOPA63 20132School of Social Work
- Abstract
- The purpose of this thesis has been to explore how school counselors work with and relate to sexuality in their work with youths. The study is based on qualitative interviews with four school counselors. Based on previous research the subject has been proved to be relatively unexplored, but it has been pointed out that sexuality is an important topic for youths and affects many different aspects of their life. This study has focused on social factors of sexuality. The main results that the study presents are that sexuality is highlighted to be a natural subject matter, but sometimes with a low priority. It is also emphasized that sexuality seems to be a topic that school counselors and students approach with caution. The results further... (More)
- The purpose of this thesis has been to explore how school counselors work with and relate to sexuality in their work with youths. The study is based on qualitative interviews with four school counselors. Based on previous research the subject has been proved to be relatively unexplored, but it has been pointed out that sexuality is an important topic for youths and affects many different aspects of their life. This study has focused on social factors of sexuality. The main results that the study presents are that sexuality is highlighted to be a natural subject matter, but sometimes with a low priority. It is also emphasized that sexuality seems to be a topic that school counselors and students approach with caution. The results further presents that sexuality is a topic that is about much more than sex. Experiences have been highlighted where students have been concerned about questions of identity, normality and expectations related to sexuality. The conclusions reached in this thesis are that it varies how sexuality is included in the school counselors’ everyday work. One explanation to this is seen in an inadequate knowledge base. Further, caution of talking about sexuality is explained on the basis that sexuality usually is a private subject. But the theoretical foundations of Michel Foucault and Anthony Giddens, give hope that the role of sexuality in social work may change and that the ability to provide good support to youth on issues of sexuality increase. (Less)
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- author
- Andersson, Camilla LU
- supervisor
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- Dolf Tops LU
- organization
- course
- SOPA63 20132
- year
- 2014
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Sexuality, School counselor, Youths, Identity, Normality
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 4254700
- date added to LUP
- 2014-01-28 13:53:22
- date last changed
- 2014-01-28 13:53:22
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abstract = {{The purpose of this thesis has been to explore how school counselors work with and relate to sexuality in their work with youths. The study is based on qualitative interviews with four school counselors. Based on previous research the subject has been proved to be relatively unexplored, but it has been pointed out that sexuality is an important topic for youths and affects many different aspects of their life. This study has focused on social factors of sexuality. The main results that the study presents are that sexuality is highlighted to be a natural subject matter, but sometimes with a low priority. It is also emphasized that sexuality seems to be a topic that school counselors and students approach with caution. The results further presents that sexuality is a topic that is about much more than sex. Experiences have been highlighted where students have been concerned about questions of identity, normality and expectations related to sexuality. The conclusions reached in this thesis are that it varies how sexuality is included in the school counselors’ everyday work. One explanation to this is seen in an inadequate knowledge base. Further, caution of talking about sexuality is explained on the basis that sexuality usually is a private subject. But the theoretical foundations of Michel Foucault and Anthony Giddens, give hope that the role of sexuality in social work may change and that the ability to provide good support to youth on issues of sexuality increase.}},
author = {{Andersson, Camilla}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Sexualitet i socialt arbete: En kvalitativ studie av skolkuratorers erfarenheter av arbete med frågor om sexualitet}},
year = {{2014}},
}