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Anna Malmquist

Associate Professor, Docent

Families beyond heteronormativity

In family research, families are generally understood as changeable. Families develop as we live our daily life together as family members. However, the Family - with capital F - can also be understood as normative ideal, to which actual families relate. Norms concerning gender, heterosexuality, parenting and childhood are particularly central in forming our understanding of the Family. Gender theory, queer theory and childhood studies are central perspectives in family research - and not the least for my research on lesbian and gay families.

I am associate professor in social psychology, engaged in family research. I earned my PhD in 2015 and have subsequently been involved in several different research projects. My main research areas are lesbian and gay parenting, and fear of childbirth in gender and sexual minority people. I am also involved in research on minority stress, traumatic birth experiences, children’s emotion socialization, climate adaptation effects on vulnerable groups, internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy, and covid-19 lockdown effects on LGBTQ youths.

I mainly teach at the Psychologist programme and other courses in psychology and behavioural sciences. My teaching areas are mostly related to my research interests: gender psychology, lgbtq psychology and qualitative methods. I give lectures, lead seminars, assess exams and other student tasks and develop new courses and tasks.

 

Publications

2024

Selene Mezzalira, Veronica Della Casa, Anna Malmquist, Cristiano Scandurra, Vincenzo Bochicchio, Andrea Garolla, Marina Miscioscia (2024) Parenting Desire and Intention in the Health Trajectories of Transgender and Gender Diverse People: A Systematic Review LGBTQ FAMILY-AN INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Anna Malmquist, Sofia Klittmark, Nathalie Lehnberg, Katri Nieminen, Hanna Grundström (2024) LBTQ parents' bonding experiences after complicated births: managing minority stress and traumatic experiences Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Sofia Klittmark, Jaqueline K. P. Niit, Emilia Nerstrom, Hanna Grundström, Katri Nieminen, Michael B. Wells, Anna Malmquist (2024) LBTQ parents' needs for support postpartum following a complicated birth: A matter of reproductive justice Journal of Lesbian Studies (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Hanna Andersson, Katri Nieminen, Anna Malmquist, Hanna Grundström (2024) Trauma-informed support after a complicated childbirth - An early intervention to reduce symptoms of post-traumatic stress, fear of childbirth and mental illness Sexual & Reproductive HealthCare, Vol. 41, Article 101002 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Tove Lundberg, Anna Malmquist, Matilda Wurm (2024) Exploring reflexive methodology as a pluralist approach to enhance mixed methods research on coping and livability among LGBTQ people in Sweden Qualitative Research in Psychology (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

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