Search for dissertations about: "high-schools"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 swedish dissertations containing the word high-schools.

  2. 1. Deregulation, Institutional Change, and Entrepreneurship in the Swedish Education System: intended and Unintended Effects of Competition

    Author : Abiel Sebhatu; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : In this dissertation, I study organizational behavior primarily at the macro level using organizational institution theory to explain how organizations emerge and compete over time and in proximal space. The empirical setting is the deregulation of the Swedish education system in 1992 and the ensuing development of schools over the following two decades. READ MORE

  4. 2. Inequality in the labor market : insurance, unions, and discrimination

    Author : Erik Höglin; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

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  5. 3. Prevalence and Correlates of Health Risk Behaviors among High School Adolescents in Iran : With focus on Water-pipe Smoking, Suicide Ideation, Physical Activity and Nutrition

    Author : Reza Ziaei; Eija Viitasara; Reza Mohammadi; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Global Youth Tobacco Survey; High school students; Iran; Waterpipe hookah smoking; Student health; Suicide ideation; Global School- Based Student Health Survey; Physical activity; Physical inactivity; Sedentary behavior; Fruit intake; Vegetable intake.;

    Abstract : Background: Adolescence is a transitional stage from childhood into adulthood and many habits, with long-term implications for health, from this period of life can continue into adulthood. Identifying risk factors related to health risk behaviors is therefore an important part of health promotion. READ MORE

  6. 4. Antecedents & Consequences of Gossip : A Social Network Approach

    Author : José Luis Estévez; Károly Takács; Dorottya Kisfalusi; Alexandra Gerbasi; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Gossip; Social Networks; Structural Balance Theory; Structural Hole Theory; Complex Contagion Theory;

    Abstract : Gossip constitutes a form of human communication consisting of the transmission of evaluative information about absent others. Previous research has associated the usage of gossip with outcomes at both the individual and the group levels. READ MORE

  7. 5. Chronic stress among adolescents : Contributing factors and associations with academic achievement

    Author : Karin Schraml; Aleksander Perski; Katariina Salmela-Aro; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Chronic stress; adolescents; academic achievement; sleep; social jetlag; self-esteem; demand-control-support; gender; Psychology; psykologi;

    Abstract : According to recent nationwide surveys there have been dramatic increases in stress and serious stress-related health problems among Swedish adolescents. The aims of the present thesis were to investigate the prevalence of perceived chronic stress among sixteen-year-old adolescents who attended their first year at high-ranking high schools in the Stockholm area, to examine if factors that have been found to be relevant in the development of chronic stress among adults also contribute to chronic stress among adolescents, and to investigate the associations between chronic stress and sleep-related variables and academic achievement. READ MORE