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I’m just a soul whose intentions are good – narratives in applications for debt reconstruction in Sweden
School of Health, Care and Social Welfare, Mälardalen University, Eskilstuna, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2752-4088
School of Health, Care and Social Welfare, Mälardalen University, Eskilstuna, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5967-0795
Dalarna University, School of Culture and Society, Sociology. (ISTUD)ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1265-2394
2023 (English)In: European Journal of Social Work, ISSN 1369-1457, E-ISSN 1468-2664, Vol. 26, no 5, p. 869-881Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The aim of the present study is to deepen the understanding of over-indebted persons’ ways of describing the causes of their debts and the part they and others played in the emergence of the problematic situation, in their written communications with public authorities with influence over the debt-reconstruction process. The method was a qualitative multiple-case-study design with a purposive, cross-sectional sample consisting of personal letters attached to debt reconstruction applications submitted to the Swedish Enforcement Agency. The results reveal three main ways that applicants present their cases: Attributing responsibility to oneself, Avoiding the question of responsibility, and Attributing responsibility to others. The authors suggest that the results can be used in social work to help over-indebted people to understand and present their problems in a way that restores their vulnerable identity and allows them to counteract interpretations of them as having acted irresponsibly regarding their finances.

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Syftet med denna studie är att fördjupa förståelsen för överskuldsatta personers sätt att beskriva orsakerna till uppkomsten av deras skulder och till den roll de och andra spelade i uppkomsten av den problematiska situationen, i sin skriftliga kommunikation med myndigheter med inflytande över skuldsaneringsprocessen. Metoden genomfördes med hjälp av en kvalitativ multipel fallstudiedesign med ett målinriktat, tvärsnittsurval bestående av personliga brev bifogade skuldsaneringsansökningar till den svenska Kronofogdemyndigheten. Resultaten påvisar tre huvudsakliga sätt som de sökande presenterar sitt ärende på. I den första, Att tillskriva sig själv ansvar, hänvisar de sökande till sina egna handlingar i relation till skuldernas uppkomst på ett sätt som framställer dem som moraliskt värdiga personer. Det andra sättet att presentera sig själv är att Ge problemet egen agens. Det tredje och sista sättet är att Tillskriva andra ansvar.

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2023. Vol. 26, no 5, p. 869-881
Keywords [en]
over-indebtness; self-presentation, attribution of responsibility
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Sociology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:du-42518DOI: 10.1080/13691457.2022.2115016ISI: 000850623300001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85137765725OAI: oai:DiVA.org:du-42518DiVA, id: diva2:1693573
Available from: 2022-09-07 Created: 2022-09-07 Last updated: 2023-09-18Bibliographically approved

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