Search for dissertations about: "Peer relationships"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 49 swedish dissertations containing the words Peer relationships.

  2. 1. 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

  4. 2. Distributed Immersive Participation : Realising Multi-Criteria Context-Centric Relationships on an Internet of Things

    Author : Jamie Walters; Theo Kanter; Roch Glitho; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; pervasive computing; ubiquitous computing; mediasense; context; context awareness; context centric; peer-to-peer; immersive participation; multi-criteria context; context proximity; context distance; evolving context; context-aware query languages; publish.subscribe; distributed context awareness; sensor information; context information; context models; context relationships; context relations; Computer and Systems Sciences; data- och systemvetenskap;

    Abstract : Advances in Internet-of-Things integrate sensors and actuators in everyday items or even people transforming our society at an accelerated pace. This occurs in areas such as agriculture, logistics, transport, healthcare, and smart cities and has created new ways to interact with and experience entertainment, (serious) games, education, etc. READ MORE

  5. 3. Warriors and Worriers : Development, Protective and Exacerbating Factors in Children with Behavior Problems. A Study Across the First Six Years of School

    Author : Lisbeth Henricsson; Ann-Margret Rydell; Ann Frodi; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Psychology; Externalizing behavior problems; Internalizing behavior problems; Social competence; Self-esteem; Teacher-child relationships; Peer relationships; School achievement; Loneliness; Teacher strategies; Psykologi;

    Abstract : Various aspects of elementary school children's behavior problems were investigated in four studies. In Study I, teachers’ perceived low control over the classroom situation and a custodial teacher orientation were associated with teachers' (n = 86) preferences for authoritarian strategies (e.g. READ MORE

  6. 4. Engineering Work - On Peer Reviewing as a Method of Horizontal Control

    Author : Jens Rennstam; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Organizational science; Samhällsvetenskaper; Social sciences; Horizontal control; Complex work; Knowledge intensiveness; Organizational control; Peer reviewing; Organisationsteori; Management of enterprises; Företagsledning; management;

    Abstract : The existing research has produced a useful palette of ideas that help us make sense of the phenomenon of organizational control. But there is a trend that hampers the interpretative possibilities: a heavy bias towards vertical forms of control. READ MORE

  7. 5. "What people tell you gets to you". Body satisfaction and peer victimization in early adolescence

    Author : Carolina Lunde; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Body Satisfaction; Social Relations; Peer Victimization; Early Adolescence;

    Abstract : Satisfaction with one’s appearance and peer relationships, respectively, are salient components of adolescents’ everyday lives. Difficulties in either of these domains may be detrimental to individuals’ psychological well-being. READ MORE