Search for dissertations about: "risk behaviors"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 155 swedish dissertations containing the words risk behaviors.

  2. 1. Empirical Studies on Economic and Financial Spillovers : Asymmetric Risk and Dependence Modeling

    Author : Axel Hedström; Gazi Salah Uddin; Ali M. Ahmed; Ugur Soytas; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Spillovers; systemic risk; risk modeling; risk dependence; asymmetric risk; energy finance; Spillovers; systemisk risk; riskmodellering; risk påverkan; asymmetrisk risk; energifinans;

    Abstract : Financial assets are volatile, and volatility becomes more intense in terms of size and rate of recurrence when markets are uncertain and growing rapidly. The fact that the recurrence rate increased during crisis periods, such as the IT bubble in the early 2000 and the global financial crisis that started in 2007, is a key finding in the literature. READ MORE

  4. 2. Mutual actions : developmental links between aspects of the parent-adolescent relationship and adolescent risk behaviors

    Author : Sabina Kapetanovic; Therése Skoog; Arne Gerdner; Margareta Bohlin; Kari Trost; Högskolan Väst; []
    Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; adolescents; risk behaviors; parent-adolescent relationship; disclosure; communication; Barn- och ungdomsvetenskap; Child and Youth studies; Psychology; Psykologi;

    Abstract : Adolescence is a critical time for the onset or intensification of engagement in risk behaviors, such as delinquency and alcohol use. Parents are often advised to supervise adolescents or set rules for behavior control in order to protect their adolescents from harm. READ MORE

  5. 3. Socially structured health behaviors : Studies of social inequality in adolescent and young adult physical activity, alcohol consumption, and smoking in Sweden

    Author : Laura Wells; Viveca Östberg; Magnus Nermo; Olof Östergren; Curt Hagquist; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; health behaviors; physical activity; alcohol consumption; smoking; health lifestyle; social inequalities; socioeconomic position; education; school performance; adolescents; young adults; life course perspective; folkhälsovetenskap; Public Health Sciences;

    Abstract : Health behaviors contribute to the Swedish national disease burden and to social inequalities in health. This thesis aims to increase our knowledge of whether, when, and how health behaviors become socially structured during early life in Sweden. READ MORE

  6. 4. The psychology of risk and safety in the military: A balancing act

    Author : Marcus Börjesson; Ann Enander; Claes Wallenius; Per Kristensson; Gunnar Breivik; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; Risk; Safety; Leadership; Military; Risk; Säkerhet; Ledarskap; Militären; Psykologi; Psychology;

    Abstract : The primary purpose of this thesis was to examine how individual, leadership, group, and situational factors affect the risk and safety perceptions and behaviors of military personnel. A secondary purpose was to examine how first-line military leaders perceive and deal with risk and safety issues in their leadership roles. READ MORE

  7. 5. Stress, health-related behaviors, and biological risk factors : psychobiological studies of healthy men and women

    Author : Bo Melin; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : Stressjukdomar;

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