Search for dissertations about: "Agreeableness"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 swedish dissertations containing the word Agreeableness.

2. 1. Prejudiced Personalities Revisited : On the Nature of (Generalized) Prejudice

   Author : Robin Bergh; Nazar Akrami; Bo Ekehammar; Gordon Hodson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Prejudice; Personality; Explicit attitudes; Implicit attitudes; Ethnocentrism; Big Five; Agreeableness; Openness to Experience; Fördomar; Personlighet; Attityder; Ingruppsfavoritism; Femfaktormodellen; Vänlighet; Öppenhet för nya erfarenheter; Psychology; Psykologi;

   Abstract : In the media, one type of prejudice is often discussed as isolated from other types of prejudice. For example, after Breivik’s massacre, intolerance toward Muslims was intensely debated (for good reasons). However, his manifesto also disclosed extreme attitudes towards women and gays, a fact which passed without much notice. READ MORE

4. 2. Personality and adherence to medication treatment

   Author : Malin Axelsson; Jan Lötvall; Eva Brink; Paul T Jr. Costa; Högskolan Väst; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Five-factor model; personality traits; medication adherence; chronic disease; Vårdvetenskap; Nursing science; personality traits; medication adherence; five-factor model; chronic disease;

   Abstract : Striving for improved adherence to medication treatment is of vital concern, as low adherence is a major obstacle in treating many prevalent chronic diseases. Several factors have been identified that seem to influence adherence behaviour, but limited research exists on the significance of personality for adherence to medication treatment. READ MORE

5. 3. Determinant Factors for Memory Performance in Human Aging: A Study of Environmental, Person-Based, and Non-Cognitive Predictors Contributing to Memory Performance in old Adults

   Author : Jan-Åke Hansson; Hälsofrämjande komplexa interventioner; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; personality; Psychology; Psykologi; autonomy; life-habits; health; quality of life; environmental predictors; Memory performance; old adults;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to examine the importance of environmental, non-cognitive, and person-based variables for memory performance in old adults. Study I was conducted in cooperation with the Gerontology Research Centre and the Department of Psychology in Lund. READ MORE

6. 4. Myocardial infarction personality factors, coping strategies, depression and secondary prevention

   Author : Mona Schlyter; Malmö högskola; []
   Keywords : Acute myocardial infarction; Personality factors; Coping strategies; depression; smoking cessation; Secondary prevention;

   Abstract : A longitudinal study with 400 patients diagnosed with myocardial infarction (MI) was conducted at the Cardiology department at Malmö University hospital in Sweden, between 2002 and 2005. The aim of the project was to identify personality and psychosocial factors, influencing patients’ actions and the prognoses after MI. READ MORE

7. 5. Change and Continuity in Psychological Health Across the Retirement Transition: Interindividual Differences and Post-Retirement Adjustment

   Author : Georg Henning; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; adaptation; leisure activity; personality; retirement adjustment; self-determination theory; well-being; work motivation;

   Abstract : Retirement is an important life event. Individuals leave their place of work, which often played a vital part in their daily lives, and enter a new phase of life with new opportunities, new challenges and new roles. The overarching aim of the present thesis is to shed light on changes in psychological health across the transition to retirement. READ MORE