Search for dissertations about: "subjective wellbeing"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 26 swedish dissertations containing the words subjective wellbeing.
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1. Adolescent boys’ health : managing emotions, masculinities and subjective social status
Abstract : The health of adolescent boys is complex and surprisingly little is known about how adolescent boys perceive, conceptualise and experience their health. Thus, the overall aim of this thesis was to explore adolescent boys’ perceptions and experiences of health, emotions, masculinity and subjective social status (SSS). READ MORE
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2. What characterizes persons with high and low GHG emissions? Lifestyles, well-being and values among Swedish households
Abstract : Global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions need to be reduced to around a third of the current level before 2050 and approach zero at the end of the century if we are likely to reach the twodegree target. Sweden has sometimes been promoted as a model for the transition towards sustainable emission levels, with reductions of 20 percent between 1990 and 2012, but when embedded emissions from imported goods are accounted for (and exports are excluded) the development instead show an increase by at least 15 percent between 1993 and 2010. READ MORE
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3. Wellbeing in Old Age : Life history, sense of coherence and social networks in relation to health
Abstract : A conceptual model for the relationships between wellbeing and health in old age were construed. In the model life history evaluations, current sense of coherence (SOC) and social network characteristics defined wellbeing. Health was defined as reported symptoms, subjective health and health care utilization. READ MORE
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4. Markers of stress as predictors of wellbeing and workability
Abstract : In order to prevent sickness absence and to maintain a safe and sound work climate, interventions may be needed in the workplace. Occupational Health Services (OHS) are special advisers, with the opportunity to suggest/perform interventions at individual and group level. READ MORE
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5. Bolivian transnational livelihoods : Impacts of labour migration on wellbeing and farming in Cochabamba
Abstract : This thesis explores the diverse consequences of transnational labour migration on individual migrants and their household members within out-migration communities in the agricultural valleys of Cochabamba, Bolivia. Using a multiple methods approach and the livelihoods framework, the aim of this work is to shed light on different experiences of migration in terms of objective wellbeing, subjective wellbeing, and changed practices in agricultural production. READ MORE
