Search for dissertations about: "Interpersonal Influences"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 swedish dissertations containing the words Interpersonal Influences.

2. 1. Psychopathic personality in adolescence : genetic and environmental influences

   Author : Mats Forsman; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Psychopathy, or psychopathic personality, is a personality disorder characterized by a constellation of deviant interpersonal, affective, and behavioral dimensions. It has consistently been shown that the psychopathic personality can be used to understand the development of antisocial behavior in adolescents. READ MORE

4. 2. The Face of Sleep Loss

   Author : Tina Sundelin; John Axelsson; Clare Anderson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; sleep loss; sleep deprivation; face perception; interpersonal perception; attractiveness; tiredness; Psychology; psykologi;

   Abstract : Sleep deprivation has been studied for over a century, providing knowledge about the benefits of sleep for many physiological, cognitive, and behavioural functions. However, there have only been anecdotal indications about what a tired or sleep-deprived person looks like, despite the fact that appearance influences not only how other people perceive a person but also how they evaluate them and behave towards them. READ MORE

5. 3. Distal risk factors, interpersonal functioning & family skills training in attempted suicide

   Author : Mia Rajalin; Jussi Jokinen; Tatja Hirvikoski; Ellinor Salander Renberg; Charlotta Sunnqvist; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; suicide; suicide attempt; family history of suicide; early life adversity; DBT skills training; Psychiatry; psykiatri;

   Abstract : Background Suicidal behavior is an important global health problem affecting also significant others. Both genetic and environmental influences play an important role in the development of suicidal behavior. There is a need of interventions for family and friends after a suicide attempt. READ MORE

6. 4. Elderly South Africans' in transition : the daily life circumstances, beliefs concerning health and illness and the influences on caring and family structure

   Author : Doris Bohman; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Activities of daily living; Aged; Changing society; Elderly; Ethnography; Family; Health and illness beliefs; Interpretive phenomenology; Keeping normality; Modernization; Reciprocity; South Africa; Tradition; Transition; Activities of daily living; changing society; Elderly; Ethnography; Keeping normality; South Africa; health and illness beliefs; interpretive phenomenology; transition; aged; family; modernization; reciprocity; tradition;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to shed light on different aspects of elderly South Africans experiences in a transitional period in order to reach culturally contextual knowledge within gerontological care. The research objectives were to: identify and describe daily life and related concerns and interests as expressed by a group of elderly (I), illuminate how a group of elderly South Africans experience being old in a transitional period (II), study how a group of aged South Africans and their family members describe their intergenerational relations in a transitional period i. READ MORE

7. 5. Modeling individual behavioral changes : the case of tobacco uptake in a cohort of school children

   Author : Ingvar Rosendahl; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to elucidate preventable determinants of smoking and smokeless tobacco use in adolescence in the frame of a longitudinal study (BROMS cohort). The study population encompasses 3019 children recruited from 5th grade classes in 96 schools in Stockholm, Sweden during the academic year 1997-1998. READ MORE