Search for dissertations about: "childhood maltreatment"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 swedish dissertations containing the words childhood maltreatment.

2. 1. Child maltreatment among young adolescents: Effects on mental health, academic functioning and substance use

   Author : Johan Melander Hagborg; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Child maltreatment; adolescence; academic functioning; substance use; emotional maltreatment; mental health; school absenteeism;

   Abstract : The main aim of this doctoral thesis was to investigate how experiences of childhood maltreatment affected three developmentally salient areas of functioning in adolescent development. Participants were recruited through the Swedish multidisciplinary program Longitudinal Research on Development in Adolescence (LoRDIA). READ MORE

4. 2. Alcohol use disorder in socially stable women receiving outpatient treatment : Individual characteristics of importance for onset age and treatment outcome

   Author : Fides Schückher; Ingemar Engström; Mikael Sandlund; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; AUD; women; childhood maltreatment; onset age; treatment outcome; goal of treatment;

   Abstract : Socially stable women with alcohol use disorder (AUD) are seldom studied separately and are often marginalized in treatment of substance abuse. The overall aim of this thesis was to examine variables of importance in relation to age at onset of AUD and treatment outcome. READ MORE

5. 3. To See or Not to See a Sexually Abused Child in a Picture

   Author : Lotten Lindblom; Institutionen för psykologi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social psychology; Psychology; Professionals; Dissociation; Coping; Sexuality; Maltreatment; Personality; Child sexual abuse; Picture; Socialpsykologi; Psykologi;

   Abstract : This investigation comprises five studies of factors determining adults' interpretations of a picture (Threat), drawn to represent sexual abuse of a child. The sexes of the two persons in the picture were on purpose drawn ambiguously. READ MORE

6. 4. Health sector and community response to child maltreatment in Sweden and in a European context

   Author : Gabriel Otterman; Lena Hellström-Westas; Staffan Janson; Steven Lucas; Jacqueline Mok; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Child physical abuse; Cause of death; Child death review; Disclosure; Police report; Child mortality; Register data; Multidisciplinary team; Pediatrik; Pediatrics; Pediatrik; Pediatrics;

   Abstract : Background Child maltreatment is a public health problem of global magnitude. This thesis examined different aspects of the multi-sector response to child maltreatment in Sweden and in Europe.Aims To explore how child physical abuse (CPA) is disclosed and how adolescents perceive adult support when they report physical abuse. READ MORE

7. 5. Structural and functional brain connectivity abnormalities associated with adolescent conduct disorder in females

   Author : Philip Lindner; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Background: Antisocial behavior (ASB) in childhood and adolescence is indexed by the diagnosis of conduct disorder (CD) and is associated with high rates of comorbid mental disorders, such as anxiety, depression, alcohol and drug dependence, as well as maltreatment. Elevated levels of psychopathic traits further complicate the clinical picture of adolescents with CD. READ MORE