Search for dissertations about: "Life course approach"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 109 swedish dissertations containing the words Life course approach.

2. 1. The Nature of Women’s Career Development : Determinants and Consequences of Career Patterns

   Author : Qinghai Huang; Gunn Johansson; Lars Bergman; Magnus Sverke; Christian Dormann; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; career patterns; life career; occupational career; life course; human agency; family context; job perception; work attitude; quality of life; allostatic load; wellbeing; person-oriented approach; life history approach; sequence analysis; Psychology; Psykologi;

   Abstract : Existing career theories are largely based on a stable working environment and have focused excessively on men and single work roles. In the postindustrial era, however, women’s careers, characterized by the constant negotiation of multiple roles and more frequent job changes, have had implications on the changing nature of careers. READ MORE

4. 2. A life-course approach to chronic kidney disease : risks and consequences

   Author : Per-Ola Sundin; Scott Montgomery; Katja Fall; Per Sjöström; Dorothea Nitsch; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Chronic kidney disease; pneumonia; grip strength; creatinine; cystatin C; adolescence; life-course epidemiology; risk factor; mortality;

   Abstract : Successful primary prevention of chronic kidney disease (CKD) relies on understanding the pathways leading to established disease, including how they extend over the life-course. Projects in this thesis examine risk factors for CKD and consequences of impaired kidney function from a life-course perspective using routinely collected health-data in Swedish registers and research cohort data from the United Kingdom. READ MORE

5. 3. The long and winding road : A life course approach to retirement behaviour

   Author : Johan Örestig; Mikael Stattin; Björn Halleröd; Daniel Larsson; Staffan Marklund; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Retirement Ageing Life course Well-being Work; sociologi; Sociology;

   Abstract : Background: This thesis explores the retirement behaviour of older people approaching retirement decisions. The research questions in focus deal with the attitudes toward work, the retirement preferences and the subjective well-being of the "youngest old", i.e. people aged 55–64. READ MORE

6. 4. Dwelling in time: Studies on life course spatial adaptability

   Author : Anna Braide; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; spatial adaptability; adaptable apartments; residential resilience; living process; life course; dwelling; social sustainability.;

   Abstract : The ongoing demographic transformation entails profound changes in population structures and implies constantly renewed needs and requests for different apartment space configurations. This challenges the field of design and calls for more adequate apartment solutions for a sustainable urban future. READ MORE

7. 5. Factors related to depression in women - over the life course

   Author : Pia Gudmundsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Depression; Women; Epidemiology; etiology; Life course; Biological factors; Cerebrospinal fluid; Biomarkers; Birth-related; Population-based; PPSW;

   Abstract : FACTORS RELATED TO DEPRESSION IN WOMEN – OVER THE LIFE COURSE Pia Gudmundsson Neuropsychiatric Epidemiology Unit, Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden 2012 Background: Depression is a serious and common disorder that is predominant in women and has an unclear etiology. To evaluate factors related to depression is of great value and the main purpose of this thesis. READ MORE