Search for dissertations about: "psychosomatic complaints"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 swedish dissertations containing the words psychosomatic complaints.

  2. 1. Health Complaints, Bullying and Predictors of Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in 10-year-olds in a Swedish Community

    Author : Kirsten Holmberg; Anders Hjern; Hans K:son Blomquist; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : ADHD; health complaints; psychosomatic; bullying; developmental screening; preschool children; school children; behavioural screening; Conners 10-item scale; Wilson and Jungner criteria; MEDICINE; MEDICIN; Medicine; medicin;

    Abstract : Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common behavioural disturbances in school children. The aims of this thesis were to explore the association of ADHD with recurrent health complaints and bullying behaviour in children in grade four, and to evaluate whether it is possible to predict ADHD in grade four by screening before or at school entry. READ MORE

  4. 2. Body and soul : studies on health and psychosomatic complaints among adolescents in Sweden

    Author : Bo Simonsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Adolescents; psychosomatic complaints; time trend; obesity; sense of coherence; Sweden;

    Abstract : Objective: The aim of this thesis is to describe the health of the adolescents with special emphasis on psychosomatic complaints. Method: Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used to get a insight into the adolescents health. READ MORE

  5. 3. Close to the edge : discursive, gendered and embodied stress in modern youth

    Author : Maria Wiklund; Ann Öhman; Eva-Britt Malmgren-Olsson; Carita Bengs; Erik Bergström; Charli Eriksson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Sweden; adolescent; youth; young women; stress; distress; health; psychosomatic; subjective health; body; embodiment; lived experience; gender; modernity; discourse; qualitative method; content analysis; interviews; school survey; questionnaire; epidemiology; Sverige; ungdomar; tonår; unga vuxna; tonårsflickor; stress; ångest; subjektiv hälsa; kropp; förkroppsligande; levd erfarenhet; genus; modernitet; kvalitativ metod; kvalitativ innehållsanalys; intervjuer; skolenkät; frågeformulär; epidemiologi; Public health science; Folkhälsovetenskap; folkhälsa; Public health;

    Abstract : Background Adolescent subjective health and mental problems have become a public health concern not only in Sweden but worldwide. The overall aim of this thesis is to deepen and widen the understanding of young peoples’ subjective health, psychosomatic and stress-related problems. READ MORE

  6. 4. Alexithymia : studies of alexithymia in relation to somatic complaints, cognitive bias, emotion, and affect intensity

    Author : Margareta Simonsson-Sarnecki; Gunnar Lundh; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Affective symptoms; Psychology; Psychosomatic medicine; Alextymi; Psykosomatiska sjukdomar; psykologi; Psychology;

    Abstract : This thesis presents four studies on alexithymia, measured by the twenty-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20), and explores its relation to somatization, cognitive bias, emotion, and affect intensity. Alexithymia, by definition, involves difficulties in identifying and describing emotions, and has been assumed to be associated with somatization. READ MORE

  7. 5. Illness, disease, sickness : clinical factors, concepts of pain and sick leave patterns among immigrants in primary health care : effects of different therapeutic approaches

    Author : Monica Löfvander; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Immigrants; general practice; psykosocial stress; chronic pain; concepts; cross-cultural psychiatry; cognitive; sick leave; language; depression; social adjustment; psychosomatic disorders; qualitative research.;

    Abstract : The outer framework for this thesis is the high rate of disability pensions among some immigrant groups in Sweden. The general aim for the research has been to understand the phenomena of illness, disease and sickness certification in immigrants from a primary care perspective and to test the effects on well-being and sickness certification of different therapeutic approaches. READ MORE