Sökning: "Social sciences; stress"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 607 avhandlingar innehållade orden Social sciences; stress.
1. Attention and Learning through the Eyes of the Emotional Brain
Sammanfattning : The present thesis consists of four articles that address cognitive-emotional interactions as measured through eye movements and pupil dilation.Social facilitation-inhibition is an effect that describes changes in performance (enhancement or impairment) when individuals complete tasks in social presence compared to when they perform the same tasks in solitary conditions. LÄS MER
2. Migration, Stress and Mental Ill Health : Post-migration Factors and Experiences in the Swedish Context
Sammanfattning : This predominantly empirical dissertation deals with how socio-economic living conditions and immigrant-specific factors can be linked to immigrants’ mental ill health. It is also explored how cultural representations can affect stress and whether mental ill health is expressed differently among immigrants from Iraq and Iran than among individuals of Nordic origin. LÄS MER
3. Qigong in daily life : motivation and intention to mindful exercise
Sammanfattning : In many countries physical inactivity and a sedentary lifestyle are identified as major public health problems. A general health goal is therefore to promote an active lifestyle throughout the entire life span. LÄS MER
4. Ansvar, hälsa och människa : en studie av idéer om individens ansvar för sin hälsa
Sammanfattning : That people should take responsibility for their health is a prominent contemporary idea. But what does such responsibility actually entail, and what demands are being put on people? The objective of the dissertation is to describe and critically examine various ideas on personal responsibility for health. LÄS MER
5. Police officers under pressure : sexual and gender-based harassment, stress, and job satisfaction in Sweden
Sammanfattning : Police officers encounter challenging and stressful situations at work, which negatively impact their health, job performance, and aspects of their lives. Regarding the gendered structure and competitive work environment of police organizations, women are under extra pressure from the pervasive gendered norms within the police organization. LÄS MER