Search for dissertations about: "personality and adjustment"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 30 swedish dissertations containing the words personality and adjustment.

2. 1. Psychosocial adjustment problems : Individual and acculturation differences

   Author : Marie Väfors Fritz; Britt af Klinteberg; Andries Korebrits; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; personality; antisocial behavior; violence; alcohol; culture; socialization; acculturation; Psychology; Psykologi; psykologi; Psychology;

   Abstract : This thesis addresses individual and environmental risk factors in the development of adjustment problems and antisocial behaviour. Namely, temperament and character, anxiety, psychopathic-like traits, antisocial attitudes, alcohol use, and parental rearing strategies are explored as risk factors for behaviour problems in childhood, adolescence and adulthood. READ MORE

4. 2. Coping, Personality and Cognitive Processes in Burn Injured Patients

   Author : Mimmie Willebrand; Lars-Gunnar Lundh; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Psychiatry; Accident; burn injury; coping; depression; ethics; health status; personality; posttraumatic stress; questionnaire; trauma; Psykiatri; Psychiatry; Psykiatri; Psychiatry; psykiatri;

   Abstract : Being severely burned is a traumatic life event that affects the victim both physically and psychologically. Recovery can be a long process that is dependent in part upon psychological factors, but research in this area is still quite limited. READ MORE

5. 3. Perinatal Complications: Associations with Postpartum depressive symptoms and Neuroticism

   Author : Patricia Eckerdal; Alkistis Skalkidou; Anna-Karin Wikström; Ulf Högberg; Linnea Karlsson; Christina Hultman; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; antenatal depression; ceasarean section; delivery complications; Edinburgh postnatal depression scale; EPDS; epidural analgesia; gestational diabetes mellitus; instrumental delivery; neonatal complications; neuroticism; obstetric complications; personality; perinatal complications; postpartum depression; postpartum haemorrhage; pregnancy complications; vacuum extraction; vaginal delivery; Obstetrik och gynekologi; Obstetrics and Gynaecology; Psychiatry; Psykiatri;

   Abstract : Even though most pregnancies and deliveries are uncomplicated, still fifteen percent of all women in developed countries suffer pregnancy-related complications. The aim of this thesis was to explore the associations between perinatal complications and perinatal maternal health, with emphasis on postpartum depressive symptoms (PPDS) and neuroticism taking into account potential confounding or mediating factors such as history of depression, antenatal depressive symptoms and delivery experience. READ MORE

6. 4. Change and Continuity in Psychological Health Across the Retirement Transition: Interindividual Differences and Post-Retirement Adjustment

   Author : Georg Henning; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; adaptation; leisure activity; personality; retirement adjustment; self-determination theory; well-being; work motivation;

   Abstract : Retirement is an important life event. Individuals leave their place of work, which often played a vital part in their daily lives, and enter a new phase of life with new opportunities, new challenges and new roles. The overarching aim of the present thesis is to shed light on changes in psychological health across the transition to retirement. READ MORE

7. 5. The rhythm of adolescence : morningness-eveningness and adjustment from a developmental perspective

   Author : Anna-Karin Andersson [Andershed]; Margaret Kerr; Mats Gillberg; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; morningness-Eveningness; circadian rhytmicity; sleep-wake; adolescence; development; social adjustment; school adjustment; family relations; risk; delinquency; impulsiveness; sensation-seeking; Psychology; Psykologi; Psykologi; Psychology;

   Abstract : In recent developmental research, sleep-wake patterns and preferences, in other words Morningness-Eveningness, have been shown to be related to various kinds of problem behavior. Previous research on adolescents has demonstrated that individuals with a sleep-wake preference toward staying up late in the evening and arising late in the morning (i.e. READ MORE