Search for dissertations about: "resilience psychology"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 swedish dissertations containing the words resilience psychology.

  2. 1. Pilots’ decision-making, emotions and cognitive performance in simulated environments

    Author : Eduardo Rosa; Johan Willander; Igor Knez; Robert Ljung; Nicklas Dahlström; Eric Groen; Högskolan i Gävle; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; aviation; pilot; simulation; environment; decision-making; fatigue; cognition; emotion; physiology; flyg; pilot; simulering; miljö; beslutsfattande; trötthet; kognition; känslor; fysiologi;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to investigate pilots’ performances in distinct simulation environments as related to the phenomena of cognition, emotion and fatigue. By doing so, it provides psychological material to broaden the understanding and possibility to development of pilots’ non-technical skills category related to the operational context. READ MORE

  4. 2. Mind over matter : Non-cognitive assessments for the selection of the Swedish voluntary soldier of peace

    Author : Charlotte Bäccman; Kjerstin Almkvist; Erik Wästlund; Lennart Sjöberg; Per-Olov Michel; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; personnel selection; personality; resilience; validation; military; international operations; Psykologi; Psychology;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis was firstly, to investigate if the current selection system mirrors the task of international deployment and voluntariness. Secondly, to investigate if and how non-cognitive assessments of personality and resilience, individual aspects that seem underrepresented in the current selection system, may increment validity to the current selection system. READ MORE

  5. 3. Growing up with Dyslexia : Cognitive and Psychosocial Impact, and Salutogenic Factors

    Author : Gunnel Ingesson; Institutionen för psykologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Development psychology; neurophysiology; neuropsychology; Neurology; Resilience; Salutogenic Factors; Socio-emotional Outcome; Cognitive Stability; Developmental Dyslexia; Utvecklingspsykologi; Neurologi; neuropsykologi; neurofysiologi;

    Abstract : The studies in this doctoral thesis report aspects of cognitive and socio emotional development in a group of teenagers and young adults with dyslexia. The 75 subjects, between 14 and 25 years of age, had been diagnosed in the latter half of the 1990s, and the collection of quantitative and qualitative data was performed in 2003-04. READ MORE

  6. 4. Recovery from Breast Cancer : Investigating the role of resilience in breast cancer survivorship

    Author : Katarina Velickovic; Institutionen för psykologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Breast Cancer; Resilience; Health-Related Quality of Life; Survivorship;

    Abstract : Breast cancer is a common event among women, one in ten women receiving a breast cancer diagnosis in their lifetime. The experience of breast cancer is a complex process that entails a multitude of interlinked potentially highly stressful events. READ MORE

  7. 5. Making Mindfulness : Highlighting the Social and Existential Dimensions

    Author : Håkan Nilsson; Åke Sander; Ali Kazemi; Mats Hilte; Högskolan i Skövde; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; mindfulness; social mindfulness; existential mindfulness; Buddhism; resilience; logotherapy; psychological stages; hermeneutic methods;

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