Search for dissertations about: "youth research"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 183 swedish dissertations containing the words youth research.

  2. 1. Making music work : Culturing youth in an institutional setting

    Author : Konstantin Economou; Roger Saljö; Ingemar Grandin; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; rock music; social control; youth culture; youth club; leisure time; youth work; communicative practice; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Abstract : This thesis is based on two years of participant observation in a municipal youth club in a Swedish city suburb. In focus is a group of 14-19 year old boys and their relations to peers and to the staff of the club. READ MORE

  4. 2. Social Relations in Youth : Determinants and Consequences of Relations to Parents, Teachers, and Peers

    Author : Elin Olsson; Jan O. Jonsson; Herman G. van de Werfhorst; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; children; adolescents; youth; social relations; family; peers; teachers; well-being; social background; sex; school; living conditions; Sweden; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : The thesis includes three empirical studies on Swedish children’s well-being. Central themes in these studies are how children’s social relations are influenced by and influence other dimensions of their well-being. The studies are framed in the introductory chapter, which includes an international comparison of children’s social relations. READ MORE

  5. 3. Sport in youth detention : A “pedagogical” practice?

    Author : Daniel Roe; Håkan Larsson; Martin Hugo; Rosie Meek; Gymnastik- och idrottshögskolan; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Sport pedagogy; youth justice; youth detention; corrections; pedagogical tact; critical pedagogy; marginalized masculinity; ethnography; football; weightlifting; Sweden; Samhällsvetenskap Humaniora; Social Sciences Humanities;

    Abstract : Sport can be an important part of life inside youth detention, often believed to contribute to the rehabilitation of youth. However, there has been little ethnographic research examining this phenomenon. READ MORE

  6. 4. Getting Ready for Life : Life Strategies of Town Youth in Mozambique and Tanzania

    Author : Linda Helgesson; Gunnar Malmberg; Aina Tollefsen; Nora Räthzel; Katherine Gough; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Youth; life strategies; qualitative research; development geography; Tanzania; Mozambique.; livelihood; education; mobility; urbanisation; town; vulnerability; Human geography; Kulturgeografi;

    Abstract : The aim of this dissertation is to explore how and under what conditions life strategies of young men and women unfold in the towns of Masasi in southern Tanzania and Montepuez in northern Mozambique. These towns are located in regions which in their national contexts are perceived as peripheral and rural. READ MORE

  7. 5. Youth well-being within the family context : Belief and behavior patterns of Swedish fathers, mothers, and youths

    Author : Shahram Mansoory; Kari Trost; Ann-Christin Cederborg; Moin Syed; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; youth well-being; family context; parent-youth relationship; developmental niche; parental ethnotheories; youth routine disclosure; democratic parenting; maternal warmth; paternal warmth; barn- och ungdomsvetenskap; Child and Youth Studies;

    Abstract : Youth well-being is multifaceted, complex, and embedded in sociocultural contexts. In this dissertation, youth well-being is explored within the family context from a developmental niche theoretical perspective. READ MORE