Search for dissertations about: "Debut age"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 29 swedish dissertations containing the words Debut age.

  2. 1. Sexual behaviour, debut and identity among Swedish Schoolchildren

    Author : Åsa A. Kastbom; Carl Göran Svedin; Gunilla Sydsjö; Therése Skoog; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Background: Sexual behaviour among schoolchildren and adolescents is a sparsely researched area and there are delicate methodological obstacles and ethical concerns when conducting such research. Still it is a subject that engages both parents and professionals. READ MORE

  4. 2. Psychological perspectives on alcohol use among young adolescents: Mental health and personality

    Author : Karin Boson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; alcohol debut; alcohol inebriation; gender-specific patterns; mental health problems; mental well-being; personality; JTCI; young adolescents; LoRDIA;

    Abstract : Alcohol use is an important risk factor in psychosocial development through adolescence that has been incompletely examined among the youngest adolescents. The aim of this doctoral thesis is to investigate how mental health and personality traits are related to alcohol use and inebriation in early adolescence. READ MORE

  5. 3. Juvenile and adult criminality : relationships to platelet MAO activity, triiodothyronine, ADHD, conduct disorder and psychopathy

    Author : Per Olof Alm; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Debut age; criminality; risk; monoamine oxidase; triiodothyronine; conduct disorder; psychopathy; juvenile delinquency; longitudinal research;

    Abstract : Indicators for persistent risk criminality in a group of grown up juvenile delinquents were investigated. The subjects had been examined In 'Young Lawbreakers': a study of 192 boys from an urban area, aged 11-14 years in 1959-1963. They had committed crime against property, serious enough for prosecution if not being underaged. READ MORE

  6. 4. Adolescent pregnancies in Nicaragua. The importance of education

    Author : Elmer Zelaya Blandon; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : adolescent; contraception; sexuality; pregnancy; gender; education; Nicaragua;

    Abstract : Early adolescent pregnancy implies increased social and medical risks. There is lack of understanding of the mechanisms behind early sexual debut and pregnancy. This contributes to the difficulties to meet the educational and health care needs of adolescents. READ MORE

  7. 5. Predictors of mental health in adolescents - with a salutogenic perspective

    Author : Kristina Carlén; Sakari Suominen; Lilly Augustine; Matti Sillanpää; Einar Røshol Heiervang; Högskolan i Skövde; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; adolescents; DAWBA; mental health; predictors; resources; salutogenesis; Familjecentrerad hälsa FamCeH ; Family-Centred Health;

    Abstract : Mental health in adolescence is an increasing public health concern. Over half of all mental disorders debut by 14 years of age and remain largely untreated up to adulthood, which underlines the importance of early detection. READ MORE