This qualitative study explored the organizational and psychosocial characteristics of organizations where there had been a reduction in the proportion of employees consuming alcohol at a risky level. An inductive reflexive thematic analysis was used to examine 17 semi-structured interviews with HR, managers, and employees from eight different organizations in Sweden. Findings were interpreted through the lens of the Socio-Ecological Model. Four themes were identified: Multi-Level Leadership, including organizational structure and individual characteristics; Ongoing Conversation reflecting active use of policies in daily practice and continuous dialogue; Shared Work Environment, including organizational norms that emphasize inclusion and trust; and The Importance of Health encompassing physical and mental health and work-life balance. Core cultural values were Support, Responsibility, and Trust. Leadership was central in translating policies into practice and fostering a supportive culture. Upon reflection, interviewees proposed that leadership development, enhanced work environments, effective communication, and the promotion of healthy lifestyles may have contributed to the observed reduction in risky drinking. The included organizations were characterized not only by practices specifically related to alcohol, but also by several general organizational changes. Most organizations treated the issue of alcohol separately, distinct from general structural and psycho-social initiatives, while a few incorporated it into broader efforts to promote an overall healthy workplace culture.
How do young refugees rebuild their lives when thrust into a new country during childhood or adolescence? To answer this question, we used a modified McAdams life story interview. We explored the narratives of eight participants, aged 21-45, who arrived in Norway between the ages of 8 and 17. They have lived in Norway for 13-30 years. Through explorative-reflexive thematic analysis, we uncovered the intertwining of youth development with the upheaval of forced migration. Two main themes emerged from our participants' stories: the promise of fresh beginnings, and the weight of loss and overwhelming events. Within these broader themes, four subthemes traced their emotional and existential passage: "A new world: First encounter with Norway," "The backstory that makes you vulnerable," "Finding belongingness through hard work: Schooling and career," and "Gratitude for opportunities: contrasting actual and potential life outcomes." These themes reveal how past trauma and uncertainty coexist with hope and resilience. Participants often turned their hardships into fuel for growth, particularly when bolstered by social bonds and institutional opportunities. Their stories show that integration springs not from individual effort alone, but from the interplay of personal determination and societal support. This study deepens our understanding of young refugees' dual transition and highlights how both community connection and personal meaning-making shape successful adjustment to life in a new land.
Whereas previous research has examined how national identity, social welfare, and security concerns shape public attitudes toward the asylum system and asylum applicants, less is known about the role of individual factors. Drawing on the theory of motivated cognition, we investigated how personal immigration attitudes, gender, and age shape beliefs about asylum authorities and their decisions. Using data from 255 respondents, we found that individuals with more lenient immigration attitudes view the asylum system as overly restrictive, believe that rejected claims are often incorrect, and tend to see asylum applicants as truthful. Conversely, those with more restrictive immigration attitudes perceive the system as too lenient, question the accuracy of accepted claims, and are more skeptical of asylum applicants. Gender and age were also associated with these views, with men and older individuals typically being more restrictive. These findings highlight how ideology shapes public beliefs about asylum processes.
This article explores cooperative co-parenting in the wake of divorce, focusing on how parents experience and negotiate everyday family life across two households. While much research on divorce has concentrated on children’s outcomes or on measuring parental conflict, less attention has been given to parents’ first-person perspectives on what it means to co-parent in practice. Drawing on qualitative interviews with 14 Danish parents from eight dual-residence families, the article examines how parents organize routines, responsibilities, and relationships after divorce. The analysis is guided by the critical psychological concept of the conduct of everyday life and Axel’s notion of conflictual cooperation (2009, 2020), highlighting how cooperation and conflict are inseparably intertwined in co-parenting practices. Through three case narratives, the study shows how parents navigate dilemmas of continuity, difference, and recognition, and how emotions such as frustration, grief, or pride function as evaluative tools in this process. Cooperative co-parenting emerges not as a conflict-free condition, but as an ongoing, contested, and emotionally charged accomplishment. The article contributes to divorce and family research by foregrounding parents’ own perspectives on shared parenting, offering a practice- and subject-oriented understanding of how cooperative co-parenting is lived, struggled with, and sustained in everyday life.
