Search for dissertations about: "foster parents"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the words foster parents.
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1. Relationally focused specialized foster care : Relational experiences and changes in mental health and adaptive functioning
Abstract : Background: Foster care is a relatively common arrangement when parents are unable to meet the needs of their children. Specialized foster care is sometimes applied in cases when problems are more serious and complex. More knowledge is needed about the effects of such specialized foster care. READ MORE
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2. Out-of-Home Care and Educational Outcomes : Prevalence, Patterns and Consequences
Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to examine educational stratification in the context of out-of-home care (OHC; foster family care, residential care) and to place one of society’s most vulnerable groups in the fields of social stratification and family complexity research. About 5% of the Swedish population experience OHC during childhood or adolescence. READ MORE
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3. Overrepresentation of Internationally Adopted Adolescents in Swedish §12-institutions
Abstract : In order to study internationally adopted delinquents, internationally adopted controls, delinquent controls and an additional group of healthy non-adopted, non-delinquent controls, the following tests were used: WISC/WAIS, TOL, WCST, a questionnaire, I think I am, ISSI, an attachment test, KSP, and SCL-90. In the register study, data were obtained from the registers of The National Board of Health and Welfare and Statistics Sweden and multivariate analyses were performed using logistic regression models. READ MORE
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4. Life circumstances of children and adolescents after cochlear implantation
Abstract : Introduction: In Sweden, about 300 children every year are born with hearing impairment (HI), and about 50 of them with severe HI. Today, these children are treated with either hearing aid (HA) or cochlear implant (CI). READ MORE
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5. Going once, going twice, SOLD! : the economics of past and present public procurement in Sweden
Abstract : This thesis is about the economic aspects of public procurement of services through auctionsin Sweden. It focuses on two different institutions, auctions used to find foste r-parents forboarded out children in the 19th century, and auctions of cleaning service contracts in the 20 thcentury. READ MORE