Search for dissertations about: "Risk-Taking"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 120 swedish dissertations containing the word Risk-Taking.

  2. 16. Driving Violations : Investigating Forms of Irrational Rationality

    Author : Sonja Forward; Lars Åberg; Dianne Parker; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; theory of planned behaviour; driving violations; risk-taking; speeding; dangerous overtaking; Psychology; Psykologi;

    Abstract : Several aspects contribute to road crashes and one important part is the ‘human factor’. This information is interesting but insufficient unless we also try to understand what is meant by the term. READ MORE

  4. 17. Individual differences in behavior, neurochemistry and pharmacology associated with voluntary alcohol intake

    Author : Shima Momeni; Erika Roman; Bo Söderpalm; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; intermittent access; multivariate concentric square field; open field; risk assessment; risk taking; individual difference; behavior; strain variation; endogenous opioid system; naltrexone; Pharmaceutical Science; Farmaceutisk vetenskap;

    Abstract : Alcohol use disorder is a worldwide public health problem and is a disorder with substantial individual variation. There are suggested links between various behavioral traits, comorbid psychiatric diseases and excessive alcohol consumption. READ MORE

  5. 18. Protective factors, health-risk behaviours and the impact of coexisting ADHD among adolescents with diabetes and other chronic conditions

    Author : Charlotte Nylander; Ylva Tindberg; Elisabeth Fernell; Jan Gustafsson; Kristina Berg-Kelly; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Adolescent development; adolescent medicine; health behaviour; protective factors; risk-taking; type 1 diabetes; HbA1c; neurodevelopmental problems and ADHD; Medicinsk vetenskap; Medical Science;

    Abstract : Mental health problems are increasing in Swedish adolescents and mortality rates are higher in this age group than among younger. 10-20% of all adolescents suffer from a chronic medical condition (CC). Few protective factors (PF) and clustering of health-risk behaviours (HRB) are frequent among adolescents with CCs. READ MORE

  6. 19. Planning and Implementing Health Interventions - : Extrapolating Theories of Health Education and Constructed Determinants of Risk-Taking

    Author : Katarina Wijk; Högskolan i Gävle; []
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  7. 20. Sexual risk taking and HIV vulnerability among young women in post-apartheid South Africa

    Author : Yanga Zembe; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Background: Young women face the highest risk of HIV infection than any other group in South Africa. Within the broad population of young women, those who have multiple sexual partners are thought to have a heightened risk of contracting HIV. READ MORE