Search for dissertations about: "Sexual orientation"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 23 swedish dissertations containing the words Sexual orientation.

  2. 6. Adolescent sexuality and sexual abuse : a Swedish perspective

    Author : Karin Edgardh; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : adolescence; health surveys; sexual behavior; gender; puberty; sexual orientation; risk-taking behavior; teenage abortion; contraception; sexually transmitted infections; child sexual abuse; peer sexual abuse; suicidal ideation; medicolegal examination; hymen; injuries;

    Abstract : In the late 1980’s, teenage abortions and genital chlamydial infections were increasing adolescent health problems in Sweden, indicating unsafe sex practices among young people. The emergence of HIV highlighted the need for research on adolescent sexual health issues. READ MORE

  4. 7. Structural, interpersonal, and individual factors influencing sexual orientation-based disparities in mental health : a socio-ecological perspective on sexual minority stigma

    Author : Arjan van der Star; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Background: Compared to heterosexual individuals, sexual minorities (e.g., those identifying as gay, lesbian, or bisexual) are at higher risk of several mental health problems, including suicidality, substance abuse, depression, and anxiety. READ MORE

  5. 8. Love and sexuality on the internet

    Author : Kristian Daneback; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Internet; love; sexuality; survey; interview; liquid modernity; dramaturgy; sexual scripts;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to comprehensively study love and sexuality on the internet, for example user demographics, usage patterns, and descriptions of the arenas that constitute the sexual landscape on the internet. Instead of using more traditional ways of data collection, quantitative and qualitative data were collected through the internet. READ MORE

  6. 9. Sexual risk behaviors among young migrants and key populations in Sweden

    Author : Sara Causevic; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Background: The approximate number of young migrants (aged 15 to 24 years) is almost 32 million globally. In Sweden, in 2022, nearly 2.5% of all citizens were foreign-born aged 15-24. READ MORE

  7. 10. To leave it all behind : factors behind parasuicide roads towards stability

    Author : Stig Söderberg; Bo Runeson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : parasuicide; motives; life events; childhood sexual abuse; borderline personality disorder; psykiatri; Psychiatry;

    Abstract : This study was motivated by encounters with persons with repeated suicidality in clinical psychiatry. Their suicide attempts are frequently regarded as manipulative, and the patients are often labelled a “borderline personality disorder”. READ MORE