Search for dissertations about: "Body Satisfaction"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 66 swedish dissertations containing the words Body Satisfaction.

  2. 1. Body Image in Early Adolescence

    Author : Carolina Lunde; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Body Image; Body Esteem; Early Adolescence; Peer Victimization; Longitudinal; Gender Differences;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with body image during a period in life marked by rapid physical and psychological change – early adolescence. Two empirical studies on early adolescents’ body esteem, a concept referring to the self-evaluative dimension of body image, are presented. READ MORE

  4. 2. Anorexia nervosa : treatment expectations, outcome and satisfaction

    Author : Gunilla Paulson-Karlsson; Lauri Nevonen; Ingemar Engström; Jan Rosenvinge; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Anorexia nervosa; treatment; adolescents; adults; expectations; outcome; predictors; weight increase; satisfaction; Medicine; Medicin;

    Abstract : Anorexia nervosa is a serious mental disorder with high mortality. It has the lowest prevalence compared with other eating-disorder diagnoses and the onset is related to adolescence, with a majority of female patients. READ MORE

  5. 3. Body Image Across Cultures and Ethnic Groups

    Author : Kristina Holmqvist; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Body Image; Body dissatisfaction; Dieting; Culture; Ethnicity;

    Abstract : Studying body image across cultures and ethnic groups is essential if we are to understand the cultural framework that influences how people view and feel about their bodies. The objective of Study I was to cross-culturally examine differences in body satisfaction, dieting and weight loss attempts, and perceived body shape among 13-year-old Argentinean (n=358) and Swedish (n=874) adolescents. READ MORE

  6. 4. "What people tell you gets to you". Body satisfaction and peer victimization in early adolescence

    Author : Carolina Lunde; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Body Satisfaction; Social Relations; Peer Victimization; Early Adolescence;

    Abstract : Satisfaction with one’s appearance and peer relationships, respectively, are salient components of adolescents’ everyday lives. Difficulties in either of these domains may be detrimental to individuals’ psychological well-being. READ MORE

  7. 5. Cancer Patients’ Satisfaction with Doctors’ Care : Consequences and Contributing Conditions

    Author : Camilla Fröjd; Louise von Essen; Claudia Lampic; Gunnel Larsson; Lennart Persson; Peter Strang; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Caring sciences; Carcinoid tumours; Doctor; Worry; Information; Satisfaction with doctors’ care; Psychosocial function; Self-efficacy; Vårdvetenskap;

    Abstract : The main aims were to: explore whether there is a relation between doctors’ ability to identify patients’ worry and wish for information and self-efficacy with regard to communicating with patients about difficult matters; describe which cues doctors consider when estimating patients’ worry and wish for information, and investigate whether there is a relation between patients’ satisfaction with doctors’ care and patients’ psychosocial function. Eleven doctors and 69 patients (of which 36 patients participated in the longitudinal study) with carcinoid tumours participated. READ MORE