Marie Gustafsson Sendén

Stockholm University

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Media Portrayals of Trans and Gender Diverse People: A Comparative Analysis of News Headlines Across Europe

Sex Roles (2024)

Sofia E. Bracco Sabine Sczesny Marie Gustafsson Sendén

Abstract Media representations of minorities (re)produce the societal context they are immersed in; thus, while media representations of trans and gender diverse (TGD) people have historically been negative and stigmatizing, different sociocultural contexts across countries can lead to considerable variations in these representations. The present study investigated how media representations of TGD people in news headlines varied across three European countries with different levels of legal protection and social acceptance of gender minorities: Sweden (high), the UK (medium), and Italy (low). In total, 830 headlines (Sweden = 300; UK = 300; Italy = 230) were coded for their valence (i.e., positive, neutral/mixed, negative), recurring social roles (i.e., criminals, victims, pioneers, professionals), gender aspects (i.e., target’s gender, misgendering), body aspects (i.e., medicalization, objectification), and focus (i.e., individual, group). We found that more gender-egalitarian societal contexts (Sweden, the UK) were associated with less negative and more neutral valence, less representations of TGD people as victims of discrimination and violence, more representations of gender diverse people, less misgendering, and less objectification. Trans women were represented more often than trans men and gender diverse people across all countries. By comparing news media representations of TGD people across countries, this research helps to shed light on the correspondences between media representations of gender minorities and the different levels of legal protection and social acceptance they experience.

Objectification

Medicalization

10.1007/s11199-024-01461-6

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Hen can do it! : Effects of using a gender-neutral pronoun in recruitment

Emma Bäck Anna Lindqvist Marie Gustafsson Sendén

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Characteristics of academic physicians working while ill

Marie Gustafsson Sendén Lise Tevik Løvseth Schenck-Gustafsson Karin Ann Fridner

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Are Gender-Neutral Pronouns Really Neutral? Testing a Male Bias in the Grammatical Genderless Languages Turkish and Finnish

Journal of Language and Social Psychology (2022)

Emma A. Renström Anna Lindqvist Gülçin Akbaş Laura Hekanaho Marie Gustafsson Sendén

Languages differ in how grammatically salient gender is. We explored if grammatically gender-neutral pronouns in Finnish and Turkish, two grammatically genderless languages, are gender neutral or male biased, thereby activating male, rather than female, exemplars. We also tested whether differences in national level gender equality influence the male bias. Results indicated a male bias in both languages, whereas national level gender equality had no influence. Implications for gender-fair language reforms in grammatically genderless languages are discussed.

Grammatical Gender

Gender Bias

10.1177/0261927x221146229

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Hen can do it! Effects of using a gender-neutral pronoun

Emma Bäck Anna Lindqvist Marie Gustafsson Sendén

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Perception of Gender Equality Statements – The Moderating Effect of Gender Identification on Organisation Appeal

Amanda Klysing Anna Lindqvist Emma A. Renström Marie Gustafsson Sendén

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Gender differences in autobiographical memory: females latently express communality more than do males

Journal of Cognitive Psychology (2019)

Kristina Karlsson Sverker Sikström Fredrik U. Jönsson Marie Gustafsson Sendén Johan Willander

Gender differences have been found in several aspects of autobiographical memory (i.e. personally experienced events). For example, previous studies have shown that females' autobiographical memories contain more communal and emotional expressions than do males. However, an important question concerns whether these differences can be observed both in the manifest content (i.e. what is actually said) and in the latent content (i.e. the underlying meaning of what is said). In the present exploratory study, we extended the current knowledge concerning gender differences in autobiographical memory by investigating the manifestly expressed words, as well as the latently expressed words in autobiographical memory descriptions. We observed an overall gender difference in the latent content of the autobiographical memories. Furthermore, females latently described their memories in more communal terms than males did. No other gender differences were found. Our results indicate that females' autobiographical memories are more communally oriented than male's.

Autobiographical Memory

Content (measure theory)

10.1080/20445911.2019.1659281

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From awareness to action using the survey feedback method

JOURNAL OF HEALTH SCIENCE (2014)

Ann Fridner Birgit Pingel Lise Tevik Løvset Marie Gustafsson Sendén Karin Schenck‐Gustafsson

Abstract: Reports from European university hospitals show an increase in work-related mental strain. Four European university hospitals started a comprehensive research program called Health and Organisation among University hospitals Physicians in Europe—the HOUPE Study in the year 2003. Based on the results from the HOUPE study, the authors conducted an intervention project together with HR-consultants at one of the participating hospitals. A collected cross-sectional survey in 2005 among permanently employed academic physicians (N = 1800, response rate 60%) at Karolinska University Hospital in Sweden. Results from the study were used in survey feedback seminars (N = 250). This method is a way of systematic collection of data to process and give feedback to the organisation’s members in order to initiate organisational change. By providing results based on the total sample, on each division, and unpublished data from each clinic the authors aimed to improve physicians’ health and work satisfaction and thereby enhance the health of the physicians. Feedback seminars can arouse many emotions and might make people defensive. The role of resistance in the process of change is a paradox in that resistance slows down change. However, without resistance there will be no change at all. The authors conducted 20 feedback seminars of three hours duration where results were discussed relating mainly to the psychosocial work environment, psychological distress, and career paths, i.e., job demands, control at work, social interactions, leadership, commitment to the organisation, harassment at work, burnout, depression and suicide ideation. Altogether, 250 physicians participated in these meetings. To achieve acceptance for organisational change, data about relevant conditions in the organisation have to be processed in a systematic way in collaboration with all those who will benefit from changes, in concrete work units as divisions and clinics.

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"She" and "He" in news media messages : Pronoun use reflects gender stereotypes

Marie Gustafsson Sendén

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Perception of gender equality statements : Explicit mention of non-binary gender identities as a strategy for creating a more inclusive organization image

Amanda Klysing Anna Lindqvist Emma A. Renström Marie Gustafsson Sendén

Purpose: Many organizations include gender equality policy statements in their information material. Our aim was to explore if different types of equality statements influence organization appeal a ...

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