Sökning: "Leisure and Gender"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 78 avhandlingar innehållade orden Leisure and Gender.
1. Carving out collective spaces : Exploring the complexities of gender and everyday stressors within rural youth leisure
Sammanfattning : Background: The reasons why young people are increasingly suffering frommental health problems, and the opportunities to turn this development aroundare globally debated. Stressors such as education, relationships, futuretrajectories of housing and employment all constitute important factors affectingyoung people’s mental health, leading to stress and achievement pressureespecially among girls and young women. LÄS MER
2. Genusgörande och läkarblivande : attityder, föreställningar och förväntningar bland läkarstudenter i Sverige
Sammanfattning : The inclusion of a gender perspective in medicine has shown that gender is an essential factor in health and disease, in medical encounters and also in medical students’ educational environment. The aim of this study was to explore attitudes, preconceptions and norms regarding gender within medical education and processes of gender bias. LÄS MER
3. Ungdomar och dialekt i Alingsås : Young people and dialect in a small town in West Sweden
Sammanfattning : This thesis presents a study of sociolinguistic variation among students from five municipalities, all attending an upper secondary school in Alingsås, a town of 25,000, northeast of Göteborg, Sweden. The material consists of recorded interviews with 97 students. LÄS MER
4. Hand-arm vibration and working women : Consequences and affecting factors
Sammanfattning : The use of hand-held vibrating tools may lead to hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS), a condition with vascular, neurological and musculoskeletal symptoms. Vibrating tools are used in several occupations in which women can be found, e.g. by metal- and wood workers, drivers, and dental personnel. LÄS MER
5. Högt och lågt : Smak och stil i ungdomskulturen
Sammanfattning : The thesis contributes to the understanding of modern youth cultures. The study consists of three parts. The first part explores the development of youth culture research. In the second part a theoretical perspective is developed on taste and style that can be applied to contemporary youth cultures. LÄS MER