Search for dissertations about: "intimate relationship"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 55 swedish dissertations containing the words intimate relationship.

  2. 11. Spouses' experiences of living with a partner with Alzheimer's disease

    Author : Christina Sällström; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Home-care; dementia care; perception of health; social networks; marital relationship; valuation of the other; life-span development;

    Abstract : The overall aim of the study was to gain some understanding of the lived experience of the care-giving spouses regarding their experiences of the manifestations of the disease, perception of their own health, the possibility of influencing the interpretation of the past, the present and future, outlook on life, surrounding contacts and intimate relationships with their sick partners. The spouses (n=13) of Alzheimer victims were followed with the help of personal interviews, diaries and telephone interviews during a two-years period. READ MORE

  4. 12. Individual needs and psychosocial health among victims of intimate partner violence

    Author : Mariana Dufort; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a pervasive public health concern associated with a range of lifelong health consequences and social adversities. The overall aim of this thesis is to contribute to an improved understanding of how individual and contextual factors are related to social and psychological health among victims of intimate partner violence. READ MORE

  5. 13. Intimate partner violence against women in rural Vietnam : prevalance, risk factors, health effects and suggestions for interventions

    Author : Nguyen Dang Vung; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Intimate partner violence; domestic violence; prevalence; women s health; gender equality; witnessing interparental violence; health effects; human rights; Vietnam.;

    Abstract : Background: Vietnam has undergone a rapid transition in the past 20 years, moving towards a more equal situation for men and women. However, Confucian doctrine is still strong and little is known about men s violence against women within the Vietnamese family. READ MORE

  6. 14. Identifying risk for recidivism among partner violent men reported to the Swedish police

    Author : Joakim Petersson; Eija Viitasara; Susanne Strand; Heidi Selenius; Marie Torstensson Levander; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Intimate partner violence; perpetrators; recidivism; antisocial; family-only;

    Abstract : Intimate partner violence (IPV) against women is a global public health issue, where every third woman has experienced such violence. Moreover, IPV recidivism rates are generally high. READ MORE

  7. 15. Women Leaving Violent Men: Crossroads of Emotion, Cognition and Action

    Author : Viveka Enander; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Violence against women; Intimate partner violence; Leaving Processes;

    Abstract : This thesis addresses battered women’s leaving processes. Leaving is conceptualised in a wider sense, i.e. as disentanglement from violent relationships beyond the physical break-up. READ MORE