Search for dissertations about: "Childhood circumstances"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 37 swedish dissertations containing the words Childhood circumstances.
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1. Subjective Well-being in an Adult Swedish Population : Findings from a Population-based Study
Abstract : This doctoral thesis examines various factors associated with subjective well-being (SWB) in an adult Swedish population, aged 20-64 years, using cross-sectional and longitudinal data. The thesis includes four studies based on the PART study, a current population-based study on mental health, work, and relations in Stockholm County, Sweden. READ MORE
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2. Childhood Sexual Abuse Against Girls in Sub-Saharan Africa : Individual and Contextual Risk Factors
Abstract : Background and objectives: Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is a substantial public health and human rights problem, as well as a growing concern in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It has both short and long term effects on girls: physical and psychological, including negative sexual outcomes. READ MORE
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3. Socioeconomic factors and childhood cancer : survival and long-term consequences
Abstract : Childhood cancer is rare and survival rates have increased substantially over the past 60 years as a result of better diagnostics and treatments. Despite this, childhood cancer is the most common disease-related cause of death among children aged 1-14 years in Sweden. READ MORE
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4. Subjective Well-Being in Swedish Women
Abstract : The present thesis concerns middle-aged women’s subjective well-being (SWB). The interest is focused on the importance of childhood factors, social circumstances, and personality for middle-aged women’s general SWB. READ MORE
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5. LIVING WITH CHILDHOOD DIABETES - Family Experiences and Long-term effects
Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate families’ experiences when a child is diagnosed as having type 1 diabetes, and at one and three years after diagnosis. Since childhood health and the circumstances around it in the family have been shown to have a lasting impact on adult health and circumstances, an additional aim was to examine the long-term effect of childhood diabetes on education level attained and self-assessed health. READ MORE