Search for dissertations about: "Karin Bergmark"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words Karin Bergmark.

2. 1. Sexual dysfunction and other distressful symptoms in cervical cancer survivors

   Author : Karin Bergmark; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Cervical cancer; sexual dysfunction; distressful symptoms; lymphoedema; radical hysterectomy; brachytherapy; sexual abuse; trade-off; epidemiology;

   Abstract : Background: The majority of cervical cancer survivors are young or middle-aged women who will live many years with their treatment-induced sequelae. The effects of preoperative brachytherapy are unclear and treatment traditions vary - in Sweden and internationally. READ MORE

4. 2. Female Licentiousness versus Male Escape? : Essays on Intoxicating Substance Use, Sexuality and Gender

   Author : Alexandra Bogren; Karin Helmersson Bergmark; Willy Pedersen; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; alcohol; drugs; intoxication; nature - culture; sexuality; gender; young people; Sweden; Sociology; Sociologi;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to study cultural aspects of alcohol and drug use in Sweden, and also to some extent in other countries. In the context of changing patterns of drinking and drug use in Sweden and in the rest of the world, such studies are increasingly important.The thesis comprises four self-contained but interrelated studies. READ MORE

5. 3. The Sociality of Gaming : A mixed methods approach to understanding digital gaming as a social leisure activity

   Author : Lina Eklund; Karin Bergmark; Lars Udehn; Mia Consalvo; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Digital games; video games; computer games; online gaming; gender; sociality; social relationships; social interaction; everyday life; MMO; World of Warcraft; Sociology; sociologi;

   Abstract : This dissertation is an exploration of the practice of social digital gaming, using a mixed methods approach with complementary data and analytical methods. The main themes are the prevalence and meaning of gamers’ experiences of social gaming and the underlying structures limiting or assisting social gaming, both material and social. READ MORE

6. 4. Bridging the world : Alcohol Policy in Transition and Diverging Alcohol Patterns in Sweden

   Author : Nina-Katri Gustafsson; Karin Helmersson Bergmark; Mats Ramstedt; Ilkka Mäkinen; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; alcohol consumption; alcohol-related consequences; availability; price; EU; social change; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

   Abstract : The present dissertation aims at analysing the effects of recent alcohol policy changes. The traditional strict policy in Sweden had focused on high pricing and limited availability to control levels of alcohol consumed and thus alcohol-related harms. READ MORE

7. 5. Ideological Closure : Drug Prevention in a Post-political Society

   Author : Filip Roumeliotis; Johan Edman; Börje Olsson; Karin Bergmark; Esben Houborg; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Drug prevention; politics; knowledge; ideology; Sociology; sociologi;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to critically examine drug prevention as a field of problematizations  – how drug prevention becomes established as a political technology within this field, how it connects to certain modes of governance, how and under which conditions it constitutes it’s problematic, the questions it asks,  it´s implications in terms of political participation and representation, the various bodies of knowledge through which it constitutes the reality upon which it acts, the limits it places on ways of being, questioning, and talking  in the world.The main analyses have been conducted in four separate but interrelated articles. READ MORE