GemEnsam Interaktion : - En kvalitativ studie om ensambarn och deras upplevelse i sociala interaktioner

Sammanfattning: Interaction skills are developed with other people and enable the ability to take in the perspectives of others as well as the ability to develop oneself. This should therefore mean that an individual who grows up with fewer people around them may find that it takes practice and effort to develop their social skills. In other words, growing up as an only child can lead to special circumstances that can affect an individual's behavior in social interactions. The purpose of the paper is to study whether growing up without siblings has an impact on adult only children's experiences of and actions in social interactions and the creation and maintenance of relationships. The empirical data consists of semi-structured interviews that are analyzed through previous research and the concepts: internalization, primary and secondary socialization, significant others, role assumption and significant symbols. The study's previous research is divided into three themes that relate to the study in different ways. The study's results show that growing up without siblings can have an impact on adult only children's experiences of and actions in social interactions, such as conflict management. Furthermore, the results of the study highlight that an upbringing without siblings does not have a significant impact on adult only children in the creation and maintenance of relationships, as there is no clear pattern of what role the only children take in friendship relationships.