Sökning: "academic functioning"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 41 avhandlingar innehållade orden academic functioning.

  1. 1. Child maltreatment among young adolescents: Effects on mental health, academic functioning and substance use

    Författare :Johan Melander Hagborg; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Child maltreatment; adolescence; academic functioning; substance use; emotional maltreatment; mental health; school absenteeism;

    Sammanfattning : The main aim of this doctoral thesis was to investigate how experiences of childhood maltreatment affected three developmentally salient areas of functioning in adolescent development. Participants were recruited through the Swedish multidisciplinary program Longitudinal Research on Development in Adolescence (LoRDIA). LÄS MER

  3. 2. Effective schools in a segregated landscape : Studies of academic achievement and psychological well-being among adolescents in Sweden

    Författare :Maria Granvik Saminathen; Bitte Modin; Sara Brolin Låftman; Stephanie Plenty; Torbjørn Torsheim; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; psychological health; adolescence; segregation; educational equity; school; academic achievement; structural equation modeling; multilevel modeling; folkhälsovetenskap; Public Health Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : Equitable educational opportunities necessitate equitable access to a favourable academic and social school environment. This thesis aims to explore the role of the school as an educational and social arena for the academic achievement and psychological well-being of lower secondary school students in Sweden. LÄS MER

  4. 3. ADHD Symptoms : Objective Performance and Subject Perspective

    Författare :Sara Scholtens; Karin Brocki; Ann-Margret Rydell; Gunilla Bohlin; Claire Hughes; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ADHD; developmental psychology; academic performance; future orientation; cognitive performance; positive illusory bias; attachment representations; Psychology; Psykologi;

    Sammanfattning : ADHD research has mainly focused on objective performance measures. Performance, however, is only one aspect of functioning. Other aspects of how individuals function are their personal experiences and their evaluations of those experiences. LÄS MER

  5. 4. On the subjective–objective distinction for measures of memory and cognition : Theoretical and methodological issues in questionnaire development and validation

    Författare :Peter Vestergren; Widar Henriksson; Christina Wikström; Michael Rönnlund; Björn Lyxell; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; cognitive dysfunction; measurement; memory complaints; self report; subjective memory; subjective–objective; Other social sciences; Övrig samhällsvetenskap; didactics of educational measurement; beteendevetenskapliga mätningar;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis was to develop a questionnaire for cognitive functioning, which could possibly be used as a screening instrument for early signs of dementia in the future. The introduction discusses the often made distinction between subjective and objective measures. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Theory and validity evidence for a large-scale test for selection to higher education

    Författare :Jonathan Wedman; Marie Wiberg; Per-Erik Lyrén; Jo-Anne Baird; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SweSAT; validity; theoretical model; score reporting; subscores; DIF; equating; linking; Högskoleprovet; validitet; teoretisk modell; rapportering av provpoäng; ekvivalering; länkning; didactics of educational measurement; beteendevetenskapliga mätningar;

    Sammanfattning : Validity is a crucial part of all forms of measurement, and especially in instruments that are high-stakes to the test takers. The aim of this thesis was to examine theory and validity evidence for a recently revised large-scale instrument used for selection to higher education in Sweden, the Swedish Scholastic Assessment Test (SweSAT), as well as identify threats to its validity. LÄS MER