Search for dissertations about: "adult identity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 68 swedish dissertations containing the words adult identity.

2. 1. Identity and personality development with a focus on early adulthood

   Author : Py Liv Eriksson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Identity Development; Identity Status; Narrative Identity; Longitudinal Development; Identity Commitment; Personality Traits; Personality Development; Ego Resiliency; Ego Control; Identity; Well-being.;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate identity and personality development with a focus on early adulthood. The aim of Study I was to investigate identity development across early adulthood at three measurement points, ages 25, 29 and 33 (N=118). READ MORE

4. 2. Like circles on the water : a study of adolescent identity

   Author : Lena Adamson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Identity; late adolescence; self-concept; existential questions; adult contacts; personal integration; social integration.;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the subject of identity development during late adolescence (16-20 years). Three questions were asked, each related to one domain of interest; a) how do adolescents perceive and describe themselves (adolescents' self-concept), b) what do they consider important in their lives (adolescents' existential questions), and, c) how do they describe their contacts with adult people (adolescents' contacts with adults)? The thesis includes three studies and uses a multimethodological approach, comprising interviews, a personality inventory, sentence-completion tasks and questionnaires. READ MORE

5. 3. Something to Do Something to Be : A study of students' vocational identity formation in adult education

   Author : Tobias Lasse Karlsson; Sofia Nyström; Karolina Muhrman; Gun-Britt Wärvik; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Vocational Identity; Vocational Education and Training; Adult Education; Municipal Adult Education; Pedagogy; Educational Sociology; Yrkesidentitet; Yrkesutbildning; Vuxenutbildning; Komvux; Pedagogik; Utbildningssociologi;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to understand how vocations are learned in adult education by exploring the vocational identity formation of students in Municipal Adult Education (MAE) in Sweden. By analysing interviews of adult students during different stages in their Vocational Education and Training (VET) through working life, this study contributes to the fields of adult education and VET. READ MORE

6. 4. Developing into early adulthood: The role of identity and personality

   Author : Py Liv Eriksson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; identity development; identity process; narrative identity; personality development; ego resiliency; ego control; early adulthood; cultural context;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate the development into early adulthood, focusing on identity and personality. The aim of Study I was to explore the developmental course and implications of the two meta-traits ego resiliency (i.e., individuals’ capacity to adjust to their environment) and ego control (i. READ MORE

7. 5. To be whatever you want to be, you still need to know what that is: Identity development in emerging adulthood

   Author : Maria Wängqvist; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Identity Development; Emerging Adulthood; Gender Differences; Occupational contexts; Romantic Relationships; Family Relationships; Psychological Symptoms; Identity; Distress;

   Abstract : DEGREE OF LlCENTIATE IN PSYCHOLOGY abstract Wängqvist, M (2010). To be whatever you want to be, you still need to know what that is: Identity development in emerging adulthood. Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. READ MORE