Search for dissertations about: "self-esteem"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 148 swedish dissertations containing the word self-esteem.

2. 26. Mental health in adolescents undergoing bariatric surgery : Psychological outcomes four months and two years after gastric bypass

   Author : Kajsa Järvholm; Institutionen för psykologi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Bariatric surgery; Gastric bypass; Adolescent; Mental Health; Depression; Anxiety; Self esteem; Suicidal ideation; fetma; gastric bypass; ungdomar; psykisk hälsa; depression; ångest; självkänsla; självmordstankar;

   Abstract : Bariatric surgery is tried out as a new treatment option for adolescents with severe obesity. Little is known about outcomes in mental health in adolescents who undergo weight loss surgery.The 3 studies in this thesis assess mental health in adolescents before, and after 4 months, 1 year and 2 years after undergoing gastric bypass. READ MORE

4. 27. Behavioral and Cognitive Aspects of Poor Peer Relations in Children

   Author : Sofia Diamantopoulou; Ann-Margret Rydell; Margaret Kerr; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Psychology; peer relations; disruptive behaviors; prosociality; self-esteem; gender differences; Psykologi; Fysiologi; Physiology;

   Abstract : Viewing peer relations as markers of children’s adjustment, the present thesis examined the associations between disruptive behavior problems (i.e., symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder [ADHD] and aggression) and peer relations. READ MORE

5. 28. Warriors and Worriers : Development, Protective and Exacerbating Factors in Children with Behavior Problems. A Study Across the First Six Years of School

   Author : Lisbeth Henricsson; Ann-Margret Rydell; Ann Frodi; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Psychology; Externalizing behavior problems; Internalizing behavior problems; Social competence; Self-esteem; Teacher-child relationships; Peer relationships; School achievement; Loneliness; Teacher strategies; Psykologi;

   Abstract : Various aspects of elementary school children's behavior problems were investigated in four studies. In Study I, teachers’ perceived low control over the classroom situation and a custodial teacher orientation were associated with teachers' (n = 86) preferences for authoritarian strategies (e.g. READ MORE

6. 29. Incorporating adolescents' interpretations and feelings about parents into models of parental control

   Author : Fumiko Kakihara; Lauree Tilton-Weaver; Margaret Kerr; Judith Smetana; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; adolescence; adolescent; parents; parenting; parental control; interpretations; feelings; needs; parent-child relationship; problem behaviors; self-esteem; Psychology; Psykologi; Psykologi; Psychology;

   Abstract : Much of research on parental control has focused on how parents can effectively regulate their adolescents. Barber contributed to this by theorizing that there are two types of control that have import during adolescence: behavioral and psychological control. READ MORE

7. 30. Justice and the Prejudices of Culture : On Choice, Social Background and Unequal Opportunities in the Liberal Society

   Author : Marcus Ohlström; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Liberalism; culture; justice; equality of opportunity; esteem; self-esteem; John Rawls; Statsvetenskap; Political Science;

   Abstract : Egalitarian liberal theories of justice – so this dissertation argues – fail to take into accountthe full implications of the way citizens’ socio-cultural backgrounds work to undermine theequal opportunities these same theories demand. While egalitarians support extensiveredistribution of income and wealth from the privileged to the less privileged, and advocateequal opportunities for all, they do not properly attend either to how our shared societalcultures structure social esteem and related advantages, or to how our individual socioculturalenvironments structure the very act of choice. READ MORE