Search for dissertations about: "worry"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 122 swedish dissertations containing the word worry.
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11. Someone has to tell them : exploring hereditary cancer risk disclosure in Sweden
Abstract : Summary in EnglishBackground: An awareness of hereditary susceptibility for breast, ovarian and colorectal cancer in high-risk families enables targeted cancer prevention. A discovered hereditary risk in one family member (proband) may thus be important for several members of that family. READ MORE
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12. Excessive worry in adolescents and adults : development and evaluation of theory-driven treatments
Abstract : Background: Worry is common among both adolescents and adults, and excessive worry is related to a number of mental health problems. Current pharmacological and psychological treatments for worry are moderately effective, and the processes involved in therapeutic change remain unclear. READ MORE
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13. Modelling and measuring resource assessments
Abstract : Do you have enough resources? We argue that in order to answer this question it is necessary to consider the type of resource assessed, how a particular resource relates to other resources, and which reference points are used in the assessment. Building on this view, this thesis explores how resource assessments can be conceptualized and measured within an integrative resource framework that takes into account the process of resource evaluation. READ MORE
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14. Causal after all : a model of mental causation for dualists
Abstract : In this dissertation, I develop and defend a model of causation that allows for dualist mental causation in worlds where the physical domain is physically complete.In Part I, I present the dualist ontology that will be assumed throughout the thesis and identify two challenges for models of mental causation within such an ontology: the exclusion worry and the common cause worry. READ MORE
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15. What's neighbourhood got to do with it? : the influence of neighbourhood context on crime and reactions to crime
Abstract : The overarching aim of this thesis is to contribute to an increased understanding of how the neighbourhood context acts to influence individual reactions to crime. The general framework is that the social and physical make-up of residential neighbourhoods influences individuals, over and above individual background characteristics. READ MORE