Search for dissertations about: "stressors"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 220 swedish dissertations containing the word stressors.

  2. 1. Carving out collective spaces : Exploring the complexities of gender and everyday stressors within rural youth leisure

    Author : Anne Gotfredsen; Evelina Landstedt; Isabel Goicolea; Sanna Aaltonen; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Youth mental health; stressors; leisure participation; gender; femininities; rurality; precarity; space and place; visual methods; ethnography; Public health; folkhälsa; genusvetenskap; gender studies;

    Abstract : Background: The reasons why young people are increasingly suffering frommental health problems, and the opportunities to turn this development aroundare globally debated. Stressors such as education, relationships, futuretrajectories of housing and employment all constitute important factors affectingyoung people’s mental health, leading to stress and achievement pressureespecially among girls and young women. READ MORE

  4. 2. The importance of psychological and physical stressors on diabetes-related immunity in a young population – an interdisciplinary approach

    Author : Emma Carlsson; Maria Faresjö; Arne Gerdner; Anneli Frostell; Kristina Lejon; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; psychological stressors; physical stressors; cellular immune system; type 1 diabetes; young population;

    Abstract : Background: The prevalence of immunological disorders such as type 1 diabetes (T1D) is increasingly common amongst children, adolescents and young adults. There is also an increase in psychosomatic symptoms (depression, insomnia, anxiety, headaches and fatigue etc. READ MORE

  5. 3. Assessing environmental and contaminant stressors in a benthic amphipod

    Author : Therese Jacobson; Brita Sundelin; Tamara Galloway; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Multiple stressors; Reproduction; Temperature; Food; Parasites; Fenarimol; PFOS; TBT; Endocrine disruption; Ecdysteroids; Microsporidia; Microcosm; Crustacea; Amhipoda; Monoporeia affinis; Biology; Biologi; Applied Environmental Science; tillämpad miljövetenskap;

    Abstract : Organisms in the aquatic environment encounter numerous stressors throughout their lifespan. Some of them are biotic such as food availability, predators and parasites. Others are abiotic and include shifting salinity and temperature change among others. READ MORE

  6. 4. Social stressors and their association with psychosomatic problems among adolescents : Implications for school social work

    Author : Victoria Lönnfjord; Curt Hagquist; Daniel Bergh; Mona Sundh; Patrik Karlsson; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social stressors; adolescents; psychosomatic problems; school social work; parental unemployment; family residency; schoolwork pressure; academic achievement expectation; bullying; bullying victimization; bullying intervention; self-efficacy; disability; long-term illness; Sociala påfrestningar; ungdomar; psykosomatiska besvär; skolsocialt arbete; föräldrars arbetslöshet; boendesituation; press i skolan; krav på skolprestationer; mobbning; utsatthet för mobbning; interventioner mot mobbning; tilltro till sin egen förmåga; funktionsnedsättning; långvarig sjukdom; Socialt arbete; Social Work;

    Abstract : The overall aim was to investigate associations between family-, school- and individual-related social stressors and adolescents’ psychosomatic problems, and which factors might moderate these associations. A cross-sectional study design was employed to collect data and 3764 Swedish adolescents (girls 51. READ MORE

  7. 5. The effects of stress on atherosclerosis in mice

    Author : Evelina Bernberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Psychosocial stress; Social isolation; Stressors; Social disruption stress; Atherosclerosis; Cytokines; Corticosterone; Metoprolol;

    Abstract : Psychosocial stress has been recognized as an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease and atherosclerosis. However, little is known about the mechanisms converting this psychosocial load into physical disease. READ MORE