Search for dissertations about: "type A-personality"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words type A-personality.

2. 1. Behavioural Profiles Underlying Exprssions on Affective Personality

   Author : Erica Karlsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; affective states; affective personality; gender; type A-personality; health;

   Abstract : The present thesis examined the degree to which affective personality characteristics, as reflected by the four types, “Self-fulfilling”, “Low-affective”, “High affective” and “Self-destructive”, may relate to different personality characteristics and various health aspects. An overall goal was to shed some light on the implication that possible differences between male and female participants’ psychological health profiles require consideration. READ MORE

4. 2. The Affective Profile Model: ill-being and well-being

   Author : Erica Schütz; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; affective profile; affect; ill-being; well-being; character;

   Abstract : Positive and negative affect have emerged as significant independent dimensions in studies of affective structure. Seeing affect as composed of two systems that can be categorized in high and low enables the possibility of four different combinations (i.e. READ MORE

5. 3. Personality and its complexity : An investigation of the Swedish version of the Temperament and Character Inventory

   Author : Sven Brändström; Per-Olof Nylander; Sören Sigvardsson; Conny Nordin; Ada Zohar; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Psychiatry; Psykiatri;

   Abstract : In former days the descriptions of personality were based on typologies, reflecting the view that people do not change over time and so have a stable, life-long personality type. Later on exclusive categories were created, but during recent times the understanding of personality has changed due to more dimensional and dynamic thinking. READ MORE

6. 4. Personality, Health and Mortality of Workers in a PVC Production Plant in Sweden A longitudinal study

   Author : Margareta Ardeberg; Miljö- och energisystem; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; mortality; disease; recovery; personality alterations; solvents exposure; PVC; polyvinyl chloride; Sjöbring personality psychology; behavioural toxicology; MNT scale; MFS scale; Eysenck; Psychology; Psykologi;

   Abstract : A longitudinal study was initiated in a PVC production plant in 1967. It was repeated in 1987. A cohort of 101 workers was followed. The aim of the 1967 study was, after a heavy rise in absenteeism and sick leave, to analyze perceptions of work environment and health. READ MORE

7. 5. Women with alcohol problems seeking treatment : underlying individual and psychosocial characteristics

   Author : Christina Scheffel Birath; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : The consequences of hazardous or harmful alcohol use are both physiological and psychosocial and seem to occur earlier in the use of alcohol for women as compared to men. Seeking treatment for alcohol problems means crossing a threshold; this is especially the case for women who perceive that having an alcohol problem is not compatible with female gender expectations. READ MORE