Search for dissertations about: "wellbeing school"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 36 swedish dissertations containing the words wellbeing school.

  1. 1. Drivers of Children's Travel Satisfaction

    Author : Jessica Westman; Margareta Friman; Lars Olsson; Marketta Kyttä; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; children’s travel; wellbeing; current mood; travel mode choice; activities during travel; cognitive performance; Barns reseupplevelse; humör; färdmedelsval; aktiviteter under resan; kognitiv prestation; Psykologi; Psychology;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is twofold: Firstly, it explores the reasons parents state for choosing the car to take their children to school; Secondly, it investigates how the characteristics of the journey relate to children’s wellbeing, mood, and cognitive performance. This thesis consists of three papers (Papers I, II, and III). READ MORE

  2. 2. Daily life experiences, symptoms and well being in women with coeliac disease : A patient education intervention

    Author : Lisa Ring Jacobsson; Maria Friedrichsen; Claes Hallert; Anna Milberg; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : Chronic disease; illness experience; phenomenology; well‐being; Patient education; PBL;

    Abstract : Background and aims: Despite living with a gluten-free diet (GFD) Swedish women with coeliac disease (CD) report a lower level of well-being than women without the disease and than men with the disease. The aims of this thesis were to describe the life experience of being a woman living with CD (I) and to assess the effects of patient education (PE) with problem based learning (PBL) on psychological well-being (II) and gastrointestinal symptoms (III). READ MORE

  3. 3. The Paradoxes of Socio-Emotional Programmes in School : Young people’s perspectives and public health discourses

    Author : Sofia Kvist Lindholm; Karin Zetterqvist Nelson; Karin Osvaldsson Cromdal; Vicky Coppock; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; socio-emotional programs; manual-based programs; mental health; social and emotional wellbeing; prevention; health promotion; children’s perspectives; interviews; participant observation; Socio-emotionella program; manualbaserade program; psykisk ohälsa; prevention; hälsopromotion; barns perspektiv; intervjuer; deltagande observation;

    Abstract : Over the past decades socio-emotional programmes have been implemented in schools worldwide. Depression in Swedish Adolescents (DISA) and Social and Emotional Training (SET) are two socio-emotional programmes being practised in Swedish schools. READ MORE

  4. 4. Students’ Reasoning about Learning and Well-being in School : On the epistemic privilege of Swedish early adolescent students

    Author : Ylva Backman; Karin Sporre; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Pedagogik; Education;

    Abstract : The recent emphasis on performance in standardized testing of Swedish students is visible in reports from both national and international agencies. According to the reports, there has been a steep decline in the internationally measured performance of Swedish students in school since the 1990s. READ MORE

  5. 5. Worms, Farms and Schools : Three Essays on Investment Choices in Uganda

    Author : Benedetta Lerva; Konrad Burchardi; Jakob Svensson; Jonathan de Quidt; Karen Macours; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; field experiments; randomized evaluations; agriculture; education; externalities; technology adoption; financial aid; cash transfers; school inputs; moral hazard; sharecropping; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Quantifying Externalities in Technology Adoption: Experimental Evidence from Ugandan FarmersI investigate how positive externalities contribute to underadoption of agricultural technology among sub-Saharan African farmers. I focus on the adoption of pest-control technologies. READ MORE