Search for dissertations about: "Bullying at Work"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 swedish dissertations containing the words Bullying at Work.
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1. Social stressors and their association with psychosomatic problems among adolescents : Implications for school social work
Abstract : The overall aim was to investigate associations between family-, school- and individual-related social stressors and adolescents’ psychosomatic problems, and which factors might moderate these associations. A cross-sectional study design was employed to collect data and 3764 Swedish adolescents (girls 51. READ MORE
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2. The Hurt Self : Bullied Children's Experiences of Social Support, Recognition and Trust at School
Abstract : The aim of this dissertation is to add to the development the knowledge base of bullying research with particular focus on processes of victimization within a Swedish context. The goal is to a contribute to understanding the consequences of being bullied by examining patterns of change in bullying victimization over time and how potential positive social interactions and relationships might promote the well-being of bullied children. READ MORE
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3. A systemic stigmatization of fat people
Abstract : The aim of this work was to develop knowledge about and awareness of fatness stigmatization from a systemic perspective. The stigmatization of fat people was located as a social problem in a second-order reality in which human fatness is observed and responded to, in turn providing it with negative meaning. READ MORE
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4. The Everyday Practice of School Bullying : Children's participation in peer group activities and school-based anti-bullying initiatives
Abstract : This thesis explores the everyday practice of school bullying by examining children's participation in peer group activities as well as in school-based anti-bullying activities within an educational setting. The empirical material is drawn from a long-term (1 year) ethnographic study conducted among preadolescent children in a 5th grade class in a Swedish elementary school. READ MORE
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5. Adolescent self-reported health in the Umeå region : Associations with behavioral, parental and school factors
Abstract : This thesis consists of a quantitative and a qualitative study. The quantitative study (articles I-III) aimed to examine how self-reported health in adolescence is associated with behavioral, parental, and school factors. Through a survey directed at all adolescents in grades 7-9, data were collected in 2005 in a region in northern Sweden (n=5060). READ MORE