Sökning: "Social Adjustment"

Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 322 avhandlingar innehållade orden Social Adjustment.

  1. 21. Trygg, sviken eller osäker : Tankar och förberedelser inför pensioneringen

    Författare :Erika Werner; Socialhögskolan; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; pension system; pension; planning; pension savings; preparations; welfare system; governmentality; reflexivity; reflexive planning for later life; coping; behavioural finance; pension;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation aims to investigate and analyze people's preparation for retirement. The study has been made through semi-structured interviews with 78 people born between the years 1931-1981 regarding their preparations for retirement. LÄS MER

  3. 22. Psychosocial adjustment problems : Individual and acculturation differences

    Författare :Marie Väfors Fritz; Britt af Klinteberg; Andries Korebrits; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; personality; antisocial behavior; violence; alcohol; culture; socialization; acculturation; Psychology; Psykologi; psykologi; Psychology;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis addresses individual and environmental risk factors in the development of adjustment problems and antisocial behaviour. Namely, temperament and character, anxiety, psychopathic-like traits, antisocial attitudes, alcohol use, and parental rearing strategies are explored as risk factors for behaviour problems in childhood, adolescence and adulthood. LÄS MER

  4. 23. General purpose technology diffusion and labour market dynamics : A spatio-temporal perspective

    Författare :Mikhail Martynovich; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; general purpose technology; technological change; information technology; IT; diffusion; labour market dynamics; labour mobility; worker reallocation; Sweden;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation aims at advancing the knowledge about the role of the labour market in the process of the technology-induced economic transformation, taking into account the variety of factors involved at micro-, meso-, and macro-levels of the economy and at different geographical scales. Empirically, the dissertation investigates the co-evolutionary dynamics of industrial restructuring and worker reallocation across and within regional labour markets induced by the diffusion of the information technology as a general purpose technology (GPT) in Sweden in the period between 1985 and 2010. LÄS MER

  5. 24. Retirement and Life Satisfaction: A Resource-Based Dynamic Perspective

    Författare :Isabelle Hansson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; individual resources; life satisfaction; personality; resource-based dynamic perspective; retirement adjustment; retirement transition;

    Sammanfattning : Retirement from work is a major life event requiring adjustment to new life circumstances. The impact of retirement on well-being has been shown to vary, not only between individuals, but also within individuals over time. LÄS MER

  7. 25. The bright lights grow fainter : livelihoods, migration and a small town in Zimbabwe

    Författare :Agnes Andersson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Zimbabwe; livelihood; migration; mobility; provisioning; structural adjustment; Rusape; small towns; kin networks; Human Geography; kulturgeografi; Human Geography; kulturgeografi;

    Sammanfattning : The Aids pandemic and structural adjustment policies (SAP) have had effects on lower income households in Zimbabwe which have been devastating and people have been required to adapt their livelihood strategies. Small towns meanwhile are growing rapidly in Zimbabwe and mobility towards these towns may be connected with the changes being forged by SAP on the economic landscape. LÄS MER