Search for dissertations about: "antisocial behaviors"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 swedish dissertations containing the words antisocial behaviors.

2. 1. Antisocial behavior in adolescence : the role of individual characteristics

   Author : Henrik Andershed; Margaret Kerr; Sten Levander; David J. Cooke; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; youths; adolescents; antisocial behavior; aggressive behavior; violent behavior; individual characteristics; personality traits; psychopathic traits; psykologi; Psychology; Psykologi; Psykologi; Psychology;

   Abstract : The main aim of this dissertation is to investigate whether traits on the level of the individual are important in understanding violent, frequent antisocial behavior among adolescents. The first of the four studies included in this dissertation asks whether individual-level explanations are going to be a fruitful approach at all. READ MORE

4. 2. Self-concept, inner residue of past relationships and current social functioning. : A study of age and gender differences in normal and antisocial adolescents

   Author : Helene Östgård-Ybrandt; Bengt-Åke Armelius; Rolf Holmqvist; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology; Self-concept; early parental behavior; adolescence; normal; antisocial; SASB; EMBU; YSR; DICA-R; path-analysis; Psykologi; Psychology; Psykologi; Psychology; psykologi;

   Abstract : This thesis presents several studies of normative development in adolescence, focusing specifically on internalized perceptions of parents’ early behavior and how these perceptions affect the self-concept and social functioning during. Questions of possible age and gender differences in relation to perceptions of self-concept and early parental behavior are addressed. READ MORE

5. 3. Aggressive antisocial behavior- clinical, cognitive, and behavioral covariates of its persistence

   Author : Märta Wallinius; Malmö Rättspsykiatri; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; risk assessment; risk factors; externalizing spectrum; mental disorders; persistent criminality; violence; antisocial behavior; prevention;

   Abstract : Introduction Aggressive antisocial behavior is a major challenge to society, and studies on the determinants of its persistence are essential to the development of strategies to prevent violence. Aims & Methods The overall aim of the thesis was to establish covariates of persistent aggressive antisocial behavior in a population-based cohort and in clinically evaluated, prospectively followed, offender groups. READ MORE

6. 4. Substance Use in Swedish Adolescents : The Importance of Co-occurring Psychiatric Symptoms and  Psychosocial Risk

   Author : Sara Lövenhag; Kent W Nilsson; Cecilia Åslund; Peter Larm; Stefan Borg; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Alcohol; illicit drug; psychiatry; meassures; validity; ADHD; antisocial behaviors; depression; anxiety; Child and Youth Psychiatry; Barn- och ungdomspsykiatri;

   Abstract : Aims: Study I: Identify substance use disorders (SUDs), psychiatric disorders, and psychosocial risk (PSR) in adolescence, to predict SUD after 5 years in 147 adolescents who sought treatment at a misuse-clinic. Study II: Identify alcohol risk use (ARU) and its association with psychiatric symptoms and PSR in 960 adolescents who sought treatment in general psychiatric care. READ MORE

7. 5. Cognition in interned adolescents : aspects of executive functions and training

   Author : Olov Nordvall; Bert Jonsson; Anna Stigsdotter Neely; Anne H. Berman; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; interned youth; adolescence; antisocial behavior; executive functions; cognitive training; transfer; performance-based measures; self-assessment; impulsivity; Psychology; psykologi;

   Abstract : This doctoral thesis examines adolescents with a history of antisocial behavior with a focus on investigating executive functioning, impulsivity and experiences of everyday executive problems. The thesis further investigates the associations between self-reported and performance-based measures. READ MORE