Search for dissertations about: "protective factors"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 515 swedish dissertations containing the words protective factors.

  2. 1. The importance of being thin : perceived expectations from self and others and the effect on self-evaluation in girls with disordered eating

    Author : Sanna Aila Gustafsson; Claes Norring; Lars Kjellin; Birgitta Edlund; Per Johnsson; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Eating disorders; risk factors; protective factors; sociocultural factors; gender; perfectionism; personal standards; competitiveness; phenomenography.; MEDICINE; MEDICIN; Psychiatry; Psykiatri; Psychiatry; Psykiatri;

    Abstract : The overall aims of this thesis were to examine personal standards, self-evaluation and attitudes to eating and weight in the development of disturbed eating in adolescent girls, and to examine how adolescent girls with a clinical eating disorder reflect upon and deal with perceived expectations in daily life.Studies I and II were quantitative studies, conducted in a population-based longitudinal study. READ MORE

  4. 2. Work Environment in the Operating Room during Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy : Factors Influencing Choice of Protective Equipment

    Author : Sara Näslund Andréasson; Haile Mahteme; Helena Anundi; Christine Leo Swenne; Ulrica Nilsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) is a common metastatic manifestation of both gastrointestinal and gynecological malignancies. Curative modes of treatment are cytoreductive surgery (CRS) combined with intraoperative hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC). READ MORE

  5. 3. Aggressive Antisocial Behavior: Risk Factors and Personality Profile

    Author : Örjan Falk; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Aggressive Antisocial Behavior; Life History of Aggression; Personality; Character maturity; Temperament and Character Inventory; Gender; Crime; Persistence; Total population registry; Prison population; Risk factors; Clinical factors;

    Abstract : Background: There is an increasing knowledge that violent criminality is restricted to a group of individuals with early onset of behavioral problems. These problems often emerge in combination with substance abuse and evolve into an antisocial personality disorder when the individual reaches adulthood. READ MORE

  6. 4. Protective factors, health-risk behaviours and the impact of coexisting ADHD among adolescents with diabetes and other chronic conditions

    Author : Charlotte Nylander; Ylva Tindberg; Elisabeth Fernell; Jan Gustafsson; Kristina Berg-Kelly; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Adolescent development; adolescent medicine; health behaviour; protective factors; risk-taking; type 1 diabetes; HbA1c; neurodevelopmental problems and ADHD; Medicinsk vetenskap; Medical Science;

    Abstract : Mental health problems are increasing in Swedish adolescents and mortality rates are higher in this age group than among younger. 10-20% of all adolescents suffer from a chronic medical condition (CC). Few protective factors (PF) and clustering of health-risk behaviours (HRB) are frequent among adolescents with CCs. READ MORE

  7. 5. Wish to be thinner : Development and Prediction of Disturbed Eating: A Longitudinal Study of Swedish Girls and Young Women

    Author : Josefin Westerberg Jacobson; Birgitta Edlund; Ata Ghaderi; David Clinton; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Disturbed eating; risk factors; protective factors; eating attitudes; family influences; perfectionism; wish to be thinner; self-esteem; longitudinal design; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; Vårdvetenskap med samhällsvetenskaplig inriktning; Caring Sciences in Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to examine the development and prediction of disturbed eating attitudes in girls aged 7–20 years. The four studies are part of a seven-year longitudinal project including 1279 girls in several age groups (7, 9, 11, 13, 15 years at inclusion) and their parents. READ MORE