Search for dissertations about: "Adolescence"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 425 swedish dissertations containing the word Adolescence.

2. 21. Tired of pain or so tired it hurts? Mechanisms and factors influencing the temporal relationship between insomnia and pain in adolescents

   Author : Tor Arnison; Jonas Persson; Martien Schrooten; Nicole Tang; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Adolescence; Insomnia; Sleep; Pain; Mood; Anxiety; Depression;

   Abstract : Onset of both chronic pain and insomnia is high during adolescence, a phenomenon believed to be caused by a range of biological, psychological and social factors that are unique or particularly salient during adolescence. Negative mood has been established as a salient mechanism explaining the sleep-pain relationship, but an elaborate understanding of if and how mood mediate the relationship in adolescents is lacking. READ MORE

4. 22. Eczema in childhood and adolescence

   Author : Emma Johansson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Background: Eczema (atopic dermatitis) is an itchy inflammatory skin disease that affects many children and adolescents. Eczema associated with IgE antibodies is called atopic eczema (AE), while other eczema is called nonatopic eczema (non-AE). Having a filaggrin (FLG) mutation is associated with increased risk for eczema. READ MORE

5. 23. Adolescent behavior : Links to early-life stress and alcohol in male and female rats

   Author : Stina Lundberg; Erika Roman; Ingrid Nylander; Heidi MB Lesscher; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Adolescence; alcohol exposure; behavior; corticosterone; dynorphin; early life; endogenous opioid peptides; Met-enkephalin-Arg6Phe7 MEAP ; individual differences; multivariate concentric square field MCSF ; phenotyping; radioimmunoassay; selective breeding for alcohol consumption; voluntary alcohol intake; Farmaceutisk vetenskap; Pharmaceutical Science;

   Abstract : Adolescence is an important developmental phase with large changes in behavior, physiology and neurobiology, which transform an individual from immature child to independent adult. Due to these changes, adolescence is a sensitive period for exposure to environmental factors such as stress and drug exposure; it is also a common age of onset for alcohol consumption as well as several psychiatric disorders. READ MORE

6. 24. Self-concept, inner residue of past relationships and current social functioning. : A study of age and gender differences in normal and antisocial adolescents

   Author : Helene Östgård-Ybrandt; Bengt-Åke Armelius; Rolf Holmqvist; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology; Self-concept; early parental behavior; adolescence; normal; antisocial; SASB; EMBU; YSR; DICA-R; path-analysis; Psykologi; Psychology; Psykologi; Psychology; psykologi;

   Abstract : This thesis presents several studies of normative development in adolescence, focusing specifically on internalized perceptions of parents’ early behavior and how these perceptions affect the self-concept and social functioning during. Questions of possible age and gender differences in relation to perceptions of self-concept and early parental behavior are addressed. READ MORE

7. 25. Child maltreatment among young adolescents: Effects on mental health, academic functioning and substance use

   Author : Johan Melander Hagborg; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Child maltreatment; adolescence; academic functioning; substance use; emotional maltreatment; mental health; school absenteeism;

   Abstract : The main aim of this doctoral thesis was to investigate how experiences of childhood maltreatment affected three developmentally salient areas of functioning in adolescent development. Participants were recruited through the Swedish multidisciplinary program Longitudinal Research on Development in Adolescence (LoRDIA). READ MORE