Search for dissertations about: "Leisure"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 289 swedish dissertations containing the word Leisure.

  2. 21. Do psychosocial working conditions contribute to healthy and active aging? studies of mortality, late-life health, and leisure

    Author : Charlotta Nilsen; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; Sweden Stockholm Karolinska Institutet Care Sciences and Society Department of Neurobiology; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; psychosocial working conditions; work stressors; active jobs; passive jobs; sense of coherence; middle age; socioeconomic position; mortality; physical functioning; lung function; leisure activity; old age; Sweden; longitudinal;

    Abstract : The growing demographic challenge posed by an aging population makes finding predictors of health in old age increasingly important. This thesis investigated long-term associations between midlife psychosocial working conditions and late-life health and leisure and examined whether sense of coherence in midlife modified the association between psychosocial working conditions and all-cause mortality. READ MORE

  4. 22. Neighborhood Design and Travel : a Study of Residential Quality, Child Leisure Activity and Trips to School

    Author : Pia Westford; Dick Urban Vestbro; Anders Hagson; KTH; []
    Keywords : urban design; neighborhood; car use; child leisure activity; school trips; lifestyle; perceived environment;

    Abstract : Sustainable urban mobility calls for well-informed design of neighborhoods. Although many studies have been conducted in the field, there is little evidence about the relationships between design elements, urban quality and behavior. Little is also known about residents’ valuation of design and urban quality in this context. READ MORE

  5. 23. Designing for Peer Learning : Mathematics, Games and Peer Groups in Leisure-time Centers

    Author : Åsa Harvard Maare; Sune Vork Steffensen; Kognitionsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Leisure-time centers; mathematics; embodied interaction; design research; motivation; observational learning; Leisure-time centers;

    Abstract : Constrained by national tests and the mathematics curriculum, teachers have problems finding time for exploratory and hands-on mathematical activities, especially so in classes with a reduced pace of progression, for example because of a large proportion of second-language learners. Could the leisure-time center, where time is not earmarked, provide such opportunities? The conclusion of this thesis is that this can be done, on the condition that designed activities build on the central premise of the leisure-time center: children have the right to choose which activities to engage with. READ MORE

  6. 24. German second home owners in the Swedish countryside : on the internationalization of the leisure space

    Author : Dieter K. Müller; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Tourism; second homes; countryside; Sweden; Germany; tourist motivation; innovation diffusion; integration; gentryfication; GIS;

    Abstract : Between 1991 and 1996 the number of German second home owners in Sweden increased from about 1,500 to more than 5,500. The purpose of this thesis is to give a comprehensive description and analysis of the German cottage purchases in Sweden, 1991-96. READ MORE

  7. 25. Taking Part on Equal Terms? : Associations between Economic Resources and Social Participation among Swedish Adolescents

    Author : Simon Hjalmarsson; Carina Mood; Peter Fallesen; Stephanie Plenty; Lawrence M. Berger; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Peer relationships; Social relationships; Friendships; Peer rejection; Bullying victimization; Extracurricular activities; Organised leisure activities; Structured leisure activities; Adolescence; Youth; Childhood; School; Economic resources; Material deprivation; Disposable household income; Child poverty; Sociometric data; Network data; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : This dissertation contains four empirical studies examining associations between economic resources and social participation among Swedish adolescents. All four studies draw data from a school-based survey covering a nationally representative sample of the 2010 cohort of Swedish eighth-grade students. READ MORE