Sökning: "immigrant youth"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 24 avhandlingar innehållade orden immigrant youth.

  1. 1. Embedded in a context : the adaptation of immigrant youth

    Författare :Ylva Svensson; Håkan Stattin; Frosso Motti-Stefanidi; Örebro universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; immigrant youth; adaptation; development; settings; contextual features; linkage; Psykologi; Psychology;

    Sammanfattning : With rising levels of immigration comes a need to know what fosters positive adaptation for the youth growing up in a new culture of settlement.The issue is increasingly studied; however, little of the research conducted has combined a developmental with a contextual approach. LÄS MER

  2. 2. Mind the gap : transition to adulthood – youths' with disabilities and their caregivers' perspectives

    Författare :Elisabet Björquist; Eva Nordmark; Inger Hallström; Högskolan Väst; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Disability; youth; caregiver; transition to adulthood; immigrant; preferences; needs; Barn- och ungdomsvetenskap; Child and Youth studies; Socialt arbete; Social work; Disability; youth; caregiver; transition to adulthood; immigrant; preferences; needs.;

    Sammanfattning : Transition to adulthood, referring to the process of moving from childhood to adulthood, can be a complex period for youths with disabilities who might need special support transitioning into an independent life as adults. Caregivers are significant persons for the youths, which is why their own health and wellbeing is important. LÄS MER

  3. 3. Unga arbetslösas ansikten : Identitet och subjektivitet i det svenska och danska samhället

    Författare :Verica Stojanovic; Sociologi; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology of labour; Sociology; interviews diaries; typology; second generation of immigrant youth; polarization; subjectivation; late-modernity subjectivity; modernity identity; youth; unemployment; sociology of enterprise; Social problems and welfare; national insurance; Sociologi; Arbetslivssociologi; företagssociologi; Sociala problem; social välfärd; socialförsäkring;

    Sammanfattning : My aim is to show how unemployed youth, in Sweden and Denmark, during the years 1992-1996, were coping with their situation as unemployed, by focusing on their motivation for work, their conception of work, and their alternative action. Swedish youth have for a number of decades lived with a labour market policy which has had full employment as a goal and included active measures. LÄS MER

  4. 4. Leisure-time youth-center as health-promotion settings

    Författare :Ingela Fredriksson; Koustuv Dalal; Charli Eriksson; Susanna Geidne; Urban Janlert; Örebro universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Youth-center; Leisure-time; Health-promotion; Settings; NGO; Strategies; Participation; Multicultural Suburbs; Policy;

    Sammanfattning : Leisure time is an important part of young people’s lives. Despite this, leisure-time settings have hitherto had only a minor role in setting-based health-promotion initiatives. Improving adolescents’ quality of leisuretime activities can reduce social differences in health, thus youth-centers can be appropriate settings for promoting health. LÄS MER

  5. 5. Brunetter och blondiner: om ungdom och sexualitet i det mångkulturella Sverige

    Författare :Margareta Forsberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Youth; sexuality; respectability; hybridity; girls; romantic love complex; ethnicity;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is about adolescents and sexuality and has a special focus on girls living in multicultural contexts in Sweden. The study has two overall aims. The first is to explore eventual changes in young people's attitudes towards sexuality and relationships during the latter part of the 20th century. LÄS MER