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Are Intensive Parenting Attitudes Internationally Generalizable? The Case of Sweden
Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology, Stockholm University Demography Unit (SUDA). University of Colorado Boulder, USA.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6683-9146
Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology, Stockholm University Demography Unit (SUDA).ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5698-2419
Number of Authors: 22025 (English)In: Journal of Family Issues, ISSN 0192-513X, E-ISSN 1552-5481, Vol. 46, no 6, p. 1079-1108Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Attitudes promoting “intensive parenting” are prevalent in many countries and are associated with mothering and class privilege. Are intensive parenting attitudes widespread and similarly classed in Sweden, which has historically shifted burdens off parents and reduced inequalities? Using the 2021 Generations and Gender Survey, descriptive and latent class analyses identified predominant patterns of intensive parenting attitudes and sociodemographic predictors among Swedes. Moderate population-level agreement with measures of intensive parenting attitudes obscured subgroup variability in intensive parenting profiles and a reversed relationship with class. About half of respondents, disproportionately younger, foreign-born, and female, belonged to concordant latent classes that strongly or moderately subscribed to intensive parenting attitudes. Another third belonged to a discordant class dominated by older, Swedish-born, class-advantaged respondents espousing certain aspects of intensive parenting attitudes in a distinct pattern not yet identified elsewhere. This dissonance in predominant parenting attitudes among Swedes may have interesting implications for norms and policies.

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2025. Vol. 46, no 6, p. 1079-1108
Keywords [en]
intensive mothering, intensive parenting, latent class analysis, parenthood, Sweden
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-242919DOI: 10.1177/0192513X251330610ISI: 001455104100001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105003560379OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-242919DiVA, id: diva2:1956584
Available from: 2025-05-06 Created: 2025-05-06 Last updated: 2025-09-12Bibliographically approved

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