Search for dissertations about: "decision latitude"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 26 swedish dissertations containing the words decision latitude.

  2. 1. Psychological Demands and Decision Latitude Within Health Care Work : Relation to Health and Significance

    Author : Gunnel Ahlberg-Hultén; Robert A. Karasek; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Blood pressure; musculoskeletal symptoms; psychological symptoms; job-strain; stress; demand-control model; reliability; validity; psykologi; Psychology;

    Abstract : The general aim of this thesis is to provide a scientific evaluation of the psychosocial work environment for health care personnel. The theoretical basis is the demand-control model developed by Karasek and Theorell. READ MORE

  4. 2. Mind the blues : Swedish police officers' mental health and forced deportation of unaccompanied refugee children

    Author : Jonas Hansson; Mehdi Ghazinour; Anna-Karin Hurtig; Malin Eklund Wimelius; Lars Erik Lauritz; Magnus Sverke; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; coping; decision latitude; discretion; job demand; mental health; police personnel; street-level bureaucracy; Sweden; unaccompanied; asylum-seeking refugee children; work-related social support; Public health; folkhälsa;

    Abstract : Introduction: Policing is a public health issue. The police often encounter vulnerable populations. Police officers have wide discretionary powers, which could impact on how they support vulnerable populations. READ MORE

  5. 3. Burnout, work, stress of conscience and coping among female and male patrolling police officers

    Author : Susann Backteman-Erlanson; Christine Brulin; Inger Öster; Mojgan Padyab; Gunvor Gard; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Patrolling police officers; qualitative content analysis; health; burnout; troubled conscience; coping; demand; decision latitude; social support; multiple logistic regression; factor analysis; differential item functioning; gender patterns; omvårdnadsforskning med medicinsk inriktning; Caring Sciences;

    Abstract : Background. Police work is a stressful occupation with frequent exposure to traumatic events and psychological strain from work might increase the risk of burnout. This thesis focuses on patrolling police officers (PPO), who work most of their time in the community and have daily contact with the public. READ MORE

  6. 4. Live long and prosper : Health-promoting conditions at work

    Author : Anna-Carin Fagerlind Ståhl; Kerstin Ekberg; Maria Gustavsson; Gun Johansson; Lotta Dellve; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to contribute with knowledge concerning health-promoting conditions at work, and to investigate how individual, workplace and organisational conditions are interrelated. In the thesis, work-related flow, i.e. an experience of motivation, absorption and work enjoyment, is used as a holistic notion of occupational health. READ MORE

  7. 5. Impact of psychosocial factors on rheumatoid arthritis

    Author : Louise Hedenstierna; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : In the field of rheumatology, the research has been successful in the understanding of the molecular mechanisms of the underlying pathophysiology of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). As a result of this, targeted treatments have been developed, resulting in a dramatic improvement of disease outcome. READ MORE