Emma Fransson

Emma Fransson is a child psychologist and epidemiologist at Stockholm University and the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. Her expertise is in the health and social implication of shared parenting arrangements on children after their parents are divorced. She has also studied the effects of stress during pregnancy.

Emma Fransson
NationalitySwedish
EducationPh.D.
Alma materKarolinska Institute
Known forShared parenting, Stress during pregnancy
Scientific career
InstitutionsKarolinska Institute, Stockholm University,Uppsala University
ThesisPreterm birth : parents' experiences, affect, stress and inflammatory markers (2012)

Education

Fransson studied psychology at Stockholm University, Sweden, graduating in 2004. In 2012, she obtained her Ph.D. in medical sciences from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.[1]

Scientific research

Fransson was a co-lead investigator on the Elvis project at the Center for Health Equity Studies, jointly run by Stockholm University and the Karolinska Institute between 2011 - 2021. In this project, children were followed after their parents had divorced or separated, with various physical and mental health outcomes measured, as well as social and behavioral metrics. In this project, Fransson showed that the well-being of children is higher under shared parenting versus sole custody.[2]

Fransson was also a co-lead investigator for the BASIC (Biology, Affect, Stress, Imaging, and Cognition) study conducted at Uppsala University between 2009 - 2018 [3] and is currently involved with the Mom2B study, also at Uppsala University.

Media attention

Her research on shared parenting has been cited by The Guardian, when she found the same level of psychological complaints in children in shared residency as in those in nuclear families, while children living with one parent had higher levels of psychological complaints.[4] Her research has also been covered by Diritto & Diritti in Italy,[5] ABC Nyheter in Norway,[6] Extra Bladet in Denmark,[7] Wiener Zeitung in Austria,[8] Svenska Dagbladet in Sweden,[9] and Observador in Portugal.[10]

Bibliography (selected)

References

  1. Karolinska Institute, Emma Fransson
  2. See bibliography.
  3. Axfors, Cathrine; Bränn, Emma; Henriksson, Hanna E; Hellgren, Charlotte; Kunovac Kallak, Theodora; Fransson, Emma; Lager, Susanne; Iliadis, Stavros I; Sylvén, Sara; Papadopoulos, Fotios C; Ekselius, Lisa (October 2019). "Cohort profile: the Biology, Affect, Stress, Imaging and Cognition (BASIC) study on perinatal depression in a population-based Swedish cohort". BMJ Open. 9 (10): e031514. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031514. ISSN 2044-6055. PMC 6830667. PMID 31641004.
  4. Luisa Dillner, Is sharing residency better for children’s mental health?, The Guardian, January 24, 2016.
  5. Maria Serenella Pignotti, Il protocollo di Brindisi o protocollo dei padri separati, Diritto & Diritti, July 28, 2017.
  6. Leni Aurora Brækhus, Skilsmissebarn med delt bosted har det bedre enn barn hos aleneforeldre, ABC Nyheter, January 31, 2017.
  7. Thomas Harder , Ny skilsmisseforskning: 7-7 ordning giver sundere børn, Extra Bladet, March 28, 2017.
  8. André Anwar, im Mutterleib, Wiener Zeitung, April 9, 2012.
  9. Mikaela Åkerman, Stress påverkar foster, Svenska Dagbladet, March 11, 2012.
  10. Ana Cristina Marques, Associação defensora da guarda partilhada agora assina carta aberta contra petição entregue no parlamento, Observador, July 18, 2018.
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