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  1. 16. Social stressors and their association with psychosomatic problems among adolescents : Implications for school social work

    Författare :Victoria Lönnfjord; Curt Hagquist; Daniel Bergh; Mona Sundh; Patrik Karlsson; Karlstads universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social stressors; adolescents; psychosomatic problems; school social work; parental unemployment; family residency; schoolwork pressure; academic achievement expectation; bullying; bullying victimization; bullying intervention; self-efficacy; disability; long-term illness; Sociala påfrestningar; ungdomar; psykosomatiska besvär; skolsocialt arbete; föräldrars arbetslöshet; boendesituation; press i skolan; krav på skolprestationer; mobbning; utsatthet för mobbning; interventioner mot mobbning; tilltro till sin egen förmåga; funktionsnedsättning; långvarig sjukdom; Socialt arbete; Social Work;

    Sammanfattning : The overall aim was to investigate associations between family-, school- and individual-related social stressors and adolescents’ psychosomatic problems, and which factors might moderate these associations. A cross-sectional study design was employed to collect data and 3764 Swedish adolescents (girls 51. LÄS MER

  3. 17. Children and Parents : Attributions, Attitudes and Agency

    Författare :Sevtap Gurdal; Emma Sorbring; Philip Hwang; Solveig Hägglund; Högskolan Väst; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Parenting attitudes; parenting attributions; personal agency; child agency; child adjustment; school achievement; Psychology; Psykologi; parenting attitudes parenting attributions personal agency child agency child adjustment School Achievement;

    Sammanfattning : Children and parents are both part of children’s development and research on children and on parenting are both areas that, in some way, have changed in recent decades. These changes are related to the new way of seeing children and that children are no longer seen as ‘becomings’ or adults in the making; rather, children are insteadregarded – and seen – as more active in their development and as social agents. LÄS MER

  4. 18. Causes and consequences of stress and tobacco exposure in utero on birth size, asthma and academic achievement

    Författare :Cecilia Lundholm; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : The objective of this thesis was to further the understanding of the consequences of stress and smoking during pregnancy, the causes of intrauterine growth and asthma as well as the consequences of asthma on school performance and to explore explanations of observed associations. In Study I we investigated the associations between four measures of subjective distress and cortisol levels in early and late pregnancy and perinatal outcomes. LÄS MER

  5. 19. Adolescents’ future academic prospects : predictors and mental health outcomes

    Författare :Melody Almroth; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : In the context of a changing labor market and increasing demand for higher education, young people may face challenges and uncertainty about their futures. Sweden has also faced many changes to the education system, as well as decreasing trends in youth mental health, especially among girls. LÄS MER

  7. 20. The Relationship among Vocabulary Knowledge, Academic Achievement and the Lexical Richness in Writing in Swedish University Students of English

    Författare :Zakaria Lemmouh; Philip Shaw; Britt Erman; Tess Fitzpatrick; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; vocabulary knowledge; depth; receptive size; productive size; Swedish university students; lexical richness; take-home essays; course grades; learners; Linguistics; Lingvistik; English language; Engelska språket; English; engelska;

    Sammanfattning : The main aims of the thesis are: to explore the development of Swedish university students’ vocabulary knowledge, size and depth and vocabulary use (i.e. lexical richness) in their written output, to examine the relationship between these, their relationship to examination grades, and to investigate how these relationships develop over time. LÄS MER