Search for dissertations about: "social and emotional adjustment"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 23 swedish dissertations containing the words social and emotional adjustment.

  2. 1. Children and Parents : Attributions, Attitudes and Agency

    Author : Sevtap Gurdal; Emma Sorbring; Philip Hwang; Solveig Hägglund; Högskolan Väst; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Parenting attitudes; parenting attributions; personal agency; child agency; child adjustment; school achievement; Psychology; Psykologi; parenting attitudes parenting attributions personal agency child agency child adjustment School Achievement;

    Abstract : Children and parents are both part of children’s development and research on children and on parenting are both areas that, in some way, have changed in recent decades. These changes are related to the new way of seeing children and that children are no longer seen as ‘becomings’ or adults in the making; rather, children are insteadregarded – and seen – as more active in their development and as social agents. READ MORE

  4. 2. High job demands, low support : Social work praktice realities in public social services in Crete

    Author : Eleni Papadaki; Lennart Nygren; Ulla-Carin Hedin; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Keywords: social workers; job satisfaction; ethical dilemmas; patterns of coping; job demands; job control.; Social work; Socialt arbete;

    Abstract : The overall aim of the present thesis is to gain an understanding of the working life of social workers working in public social services in Crete. It is a three-phase study, consisting of three distinct but related research parts; each research part is built upon issues and questions derived from the preceding part. READ MORE

  5. 3. At first blush : the impact of shyness on early adolescents' social worlds

    Author : Nejra Besic; Margaret Kerr; Håkan Stattin; Ray Crozier; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; shyness; adolescence; social relationships; friends; peers; parents; social identity; socialization; problem behaviors; Psychology; Psykologi; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; Social sciences; Socialvetenskap; Psykologi; Psychology;

    Abstract : Shyness as a behavioral characteristic has been in focus of research in psychology for a number of decades. Adolescent shyness has, however, been relatively overlooked compared with studies conducted on children and adults. READ MORE

  6. 4. Stability and change. Glycemic control and lifestyle support in type 2 diabetes

    Author : Emelia Mellergård; Människan i rörelse: hälsa och rehabilitering; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Type 2 diabetes; Glycemic control; HbA1c; Self-management; Psychological adjustment; Health psychology; Web-based interventions;

    Abstract : Type 2 diabetes is a serious, lifestyle-related condition characterized by insufficient glycemic control resulting in hyperglycemia. Long-term hyperglycemia is a major risk factor for a range of health complications, and type 2 diabetes complications are among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. READ MORE

  7. 5. Social Adjustment of Kenyan Orphaned Grandchildren

    Author : Paul Odhiambo Oburu; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; caregiving stress; child adjustment; physical discipline; grandmothers; orphans;

    Abstract : Oburu, P.O. (2004). READ MORE