Search for dissertations about: "intercourse"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 57 swedish dissertations containing the word intercourse.

  2. 1. Painful Ideals : Young Swedish women´s ideal sexual situations and experiences of pain during vaginal intercourse

    Author : Eva Elmerstig; Barbro Wijma; Carina Berterö; Kerstin Sandell; Katarina Swahnberg; Bente Traeen; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Adolescent; Coital pain; Constant comparative analysis method; Dyspareunia; Gender; Sexual intercourse; Sexual situation; Vaginal intercourse; Young women; Obstetrics and gynaecology; Obstetrik och gynekologi;

    Abstract : Many young women today are concerned about their sexual health; an increasing number of them consult gynaecologists, youth centres (YCs) and general practitioners with vulvar problems such as painful sensations associated with vaginal intercourse (VIC). It is known that some women continue to have VIC despite pain. READ MORE

  4. 2. The World of the Sumerian Mother Goddess : An Interpretation of Her Myths

    Author : Therese Rodin; Eva Hellman; Mattias Gardell; Jakob Andersson; Britt-Mari Näsström; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Sumerian mother goddess; Mesopotamia; myth; Ninḫursaĝa; Ninmaḫ; Enki; kingship; midwifery; birth-giving; creation; death; sexual intercourse; gender; ideology; contextualization; History of Religions; Religionshistoria; Intercultural Studies;

    Abstract : The present study is an interpretation of the two myths copied in the Old Babylonian period in which the Sumerian mother goddess is one of the main actors. The first myth is commonly called “Enki and Ninḫursaĝa”, and the second “Enki and Ninmaḫ”. The theoretical point of departure is that myths have society as their referents, i.e. READ MORE

  5. 3. Life-course characteristics associated with early onset of sexual intercourse in females : in a context of relationships, self-perception, well-being and adjustment

    Author : Chris Magnusson; Mona Eliasson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Teenage girls; Self-perception; Kvinnlig sexualitet; psykologiska aspekter; Tonårsflickor; Självuppfattning; psykologi; Psychology;

    Abstract : The dissertation treats early onset of sexual intercourse among adolescent females from a broad life-course perspective. Its main focus is on the structures and processes involved in the early onset of sexual intercourse in the contexts of personal relationships, well-being, self-perception and adjustment.Data are based on four cohorts of females. READ MORE

  6. 4. Effects of violent conflict on women and children : Sexual behavior, fertility, and infant mortality in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo

    Author : Elina Elveborg Lindskog; Elizabeth Thomson; Sunnee Billingsley; Henrik Urdal; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Violent conflict; war; premarital first sexual intercourse; fertility transition; infant mortality; Rwanda; the DRC; sociologisk demografi; Sociological Demography;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the relationship between violent conflicts and sexual and reproductive health in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The aim of the thesis is to investigate how war affects demographic outcomes across individual life courses. READ MORE

  7. 5. Partial vaginismus : definition, symptoms and treatment

    Author : Maria Engman; Barbro Wijma; Lotti Helström; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Partial vaginismus; vulvar vestibulitis; provoked vestibulodynia; electromyography; pelvic floor muscles; burning pain; itch; symptoms; long-term follow-up; cognitive behaviour therapy; Obstetrics and gynaecology; Obstetrik och gynekologi;

    Abstract : Vaginismus is a sexual pain disorder, where spasm of musculature of the outer third of the vagina interferes with intercourse. Vaginismus exists in two forms: total vaginismus, where intercourse is impossible, and the more seldom described partial vaginismus, in which intercourse is possible but painful. READ MORE