Search for dissertations about: "self awareness"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 270 swedish dissertations containing the words self awareness.

  2. 1. Self-awareness and self-knowledge in professions : Something we are or a skill we learn

    Author : Ulla Andrén; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; professional education; self-knowledge; self-awareness; phenomenological life-world approach; self-development; psychosynthesis;

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  4. 2. A Different Kind of Ignorance : Self-Deception as Flight from Self-Knowledge

    Author : Elinor Hållén; Sharon Rider; Martin Gustafsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; self-deception; self-knowledge; anxiety; rationality; intentionality; psychoanalysis; Freud; Davidson; Gardner; Lear; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen;

    Abstract : In this dissertation I direct critique at a conception of self-deception prevalent in analytical philosophy, where self-deception is seen as a rational form of irrationality in which the self-deceiver strategically deceives himself on the basis of having judged that this is the best thing to do or, in order to achieve something advantageous. In Chapter One, I criticize the conception of self-deception as analogous to deceiving someone else, the so-called “standard approach to self-deception”. READ MORE

  5. 3. Potential for self-care : Assessing and describing self-care ability among elderly people

    Author : Olle Söderhamn; Per-Olof Sandman; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : adaptedness; ageing; health; phenomenology; scale testing; self-care agency; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to explore the nature of elderly people's potential for selfcare from a nursing perspective. The research was performed within an empirical frame of reference as well as within a phenomenological frame at a descriptive and hermeneutical level. READ MORE

  6. 4. Self-care for Minor Illness: People's Experiences and Needs

    Author : Silje Gustafsson; Inger Holmström; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Self-care; Self-care advice; Minor illness; Information channels; Telephone nursing; Reassurance; Confidence; Satisfaction; Nursing; Self-care interventions; Nursing; Omvårdnad;

    Abstract : During later years, the primary care services are experiencing a heavier strain in terms of increasing expenses and higher demand for medical services. An increased awareness about pharmaceutical adverse effects and the global concern of antibiotic resistance has given self-care and active surveillance a stronger position within the primary care services. READ MORE

  7. 5. Increasing Ethical Awareness : The Enhancement of Long-Term Effects of Ethics Teaching: A Quantitative Study

    Author : Hans Teke; Johannes Persson; Utbildningsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES;

    Abstract : In this study, the impact of two different “methods” for teaching ethics as part of the religious education in the Swedish upper secondary school have been compared by means of a non-randomized controlled trial in two parts, involving 15 teachers and 524 students. The question was which “method” had the greatest capacity to generate long-term ethical awareness in the students. READ MORE