Search for dissertations about: "rädsla"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 73 swedish dissertations containing the word rädsla.

  1. 1. Demanding Certainty : A Critical Examination of Swedish Spatial Planning for Safety

    Author : Lina Berglund Snodgrass; Karl Bergman; Ylva Stubbergaard; Mattias Kärrholm; Blekinge Tekniska Högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; safety; fear; public life; spatial planning; Sweden; agonistic theory; knowledge; gender; trygghet; rädsla; offentligt liv; fysisk planering; Sverige; agonistisk teori; kunskap; genus;

    Abstract : This dissertation constitutes a critical examination of Swedish spatial planning for safety. Spatial planning for safety rests on a number of assumptions about the desired order of the world. These assumptions appear as given and unproblematic, making the formulation of alternatives appear unnecessary. READ MORE

  2. 2. Anxiety and attentional bias : studies with the emotional stroop task

    Author : Jenny Wikström; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Cognitive psychology; Attention; Fear; Anxiety; Kognitiv psykologi; Ångest; Rädsla; Uppmärksamhet;

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  3. 3. Fear of violence and gendered power relations : Responses to threat in public space in Sweden

    Author : Linda Sandberg; Aina Tollefsen; Malin Rönnblom; Rachel Pain; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : The geography of fear; gender relations; fear of violence; whiteness; gender equality; masculinity; femininity; narrative analysis; Sweden; Social and Economic Geography; kulturgeografi;

    Abstract : Several cases of single repeat offenders in urban space have raised public concern in Sweden during recent decades. Few studies have been conducted on consequences of the kind of ‘hostage situations’ that emerge when one individual offender causes fear and affects a larger group of people in a specific place. READ MORE

  4. 4. Fear and avoidance in the development of a persistent musculoskeletal pain problem : implications for secondary prevention

    Author : Katja Boersma; Steven Linton; Johan Vlaeyen; Geert Crombez; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology; pain-related fear; fear-avoidance model; back pain; disability; development; exposure; Psykologi; Psychology; Psykologi; Psykologi; Psychology;

    Abstract : This dissertation focused on the role of fear and avoidance in the development of a persistent back pain problem. The first aim of this dissertation was to study when and how cognitive, affective and behavioral factors influence one another in the development of persistent pain and disability. READ MORE

  5. 5. Trygg stad : diskurser om kvinnors rädsla i forskning, policyutveckling och lokal praktik

    Author : Carina Listerborn; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; feminist theory; discourse analysis; crime prevention; women s fear public space; safer cities programme; urban planning; local practice;

    Abstract : The city is loaded with mystique, expectations and dreams which are both utopian and dystopian. The city is exciting and scaring at the same time, it can protect us but at the same time contains dangerous places and situations. Fear and unsafety have been heavily discussed during the latter part of 1990s in relation to urban environments. READ MORE