Search for dissertations about: "contextual effects"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 149 swedish dissertations containing the words contextual effects.

  2. 1. Career outcomes in the Swedish labor market : three contextual studies

    Author : Magnus Bygren; David Grusky; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Career development; Labour market; Sweden; Karriär; Arbetsmarknad; Sverige; 1990-talet;

    Abstract : Paper I:Being Different in the Workplace: Job Mobility into other Workplaces and Shifts into Unemployment. This study evaluates contradictory theoretical predictions about the consequences of belonging to a minority in a workplace context. READ MORE

  4. 2. Phantom of the Neighbourhood : Longitudinal Studies on Area-based Conditions and Individual Outcomes

    Author : Lars Brännström; Sten-Åke Stenberg; Tomas Korpi; Björn Halleröd; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Neighbourhood effects; Contextual effects; Residential segregation; Sweden; Sociology; Sociologi;

    Abstract : This dissertation consists of three self-contained but interrelated empirical studies focusing on theoretical, empirical and political questions in the multidisciplinary field of neighbourhood effect research. Along with a comprehensive introductory essay, each study addresses questions concerning the potential influence of neighbourhood characteristics on individual social and economic outcomes at different life stages. READ MORE

  5. 3. Social interactions : studies of contextual effects and endogenous processes

    Author : Yvonne Åberg; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social interaction; Social interaktion;

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  6. 4. Tinnitus in Context : A Contemporary Contextual Behavioral Approach

    Author : Hugo Hesser; Gerhard Andersson; Lance McCracken; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Tinnitus; acceptance; cognitive behavioral therapy; experiential avoidance; acceptance and commitment therapy;

    Abstract : Tinnitus is the experience of sounds in the ears without any external auditory source and is a common, debilitating, chronic symptom for which we have yet to develop sufficiently efficacious interventions. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) has evolved over the last 20 years to become the most empirically supported treatment for treating the adverse effects of tinnitus. READ MORE

  7. 5. Investigator bias: Contextual influences on the assessment of criminal evidence

    Author : Anna Rebelius; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Criminal investigation; Decision making; Contextual influence; Cognitive bias; Investigative psychology; Occupational norms; Evidence; Police;

    Abstract : DEGREE OF lICENTIATE IN PSYCHOLOGY, 2011 Abstract Rebelius, A. (2011). Investigator bias: Contextual influences on the assessment of criminal evidence. READ MORE