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  1. 16. Like circles on the water : a study of adolescent identity

    Författare :Lena Adamson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Identity; late adolescence; self-concept; existential questions; adult contacts; personal integration; social integration.;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis explores the subject of identity development during late adolescence (16-20 years). Three questions were asked, each related to one domain of interest; a) how do adolescents perceive and describe themselves (adolescents' self-concept), b) what do they consider important in their lives (adolescents' existential questions), and, c) how do they describe their contacts with adult people (adolescents' contacts with adults)? The thesis includes three studies and uses a multimethodological approach, comprising interviews, a personality inventory, sentence-completion tasks and questionnaires. LÄS MER

  3. 17. Griftetalet mellan trostolkning och livstydning : en pastoralteologisk studie

    Författare :Jan-Olof Aggedal; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Church of Finland.; Church of Sweden; Evangelical-Lutheran; pastoral theology; mourning; bereavement; preaching; existential questions; pastoral care; liturgy; funeral service; funeral homily; General; systematic and practical Christian theology; Kristen teologi allmän; systematisk och praktisk ;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is, using a comparative approach, to examine the pastoral function of the funeral homily as a faith interpretation and a life interpretation in funeral services in the Church of Sweden and in the diocese of Porvoo in Finland. In the Church of Sweden, represented here by the diocese of Växjö, the diocese of Strängnäs, the diocese of Härnösand, and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, represented here by the diocese of Porvoo. LÄS MER

  4. 18. Det moraliska ifrågasättandet : alkoholmissbrukares upplevelser av och reaktioner på tvångsvård

    Författare :Jan Arlebrink; Tros- och livsåskådningsvetenskap; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; metaphysics; aesthetics; ethics; Systematic philosophy; Teologi; Theology; integrity.; traumatic crisis; autonomy; philosophy of life; existential questions; Compulsory treatment; epistemology; ideology; Praktisk filosofi; estetik; metafysik; kunskapsteori; ideologi; Social problems and welfare; national insurance; Sociala problem; social välfärd; socialförsäkring;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this study was to investigate how compulsary treatment of alcohol abuse is experienced by persons forced to submit to it, the majority of whom are negative in their attitude toward treatment of this sort. The importance of considering the resluts obtained not in isolation but within a larger context is emphasized. LÄS MER

  5. 19. ”I don’t believe the meaning of life is all that profound” : A study of Icelandic teenagers’ life interpretation and values

    Författare :Gunnar J. Gunnarsson; Sven Hartman; Geir Skeie; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; life interpretation; life philosophy; existential questions; values; teenagers; homogeneity; plurality; security; insecurity; religious education.; Education; Pedagogik; pedagogik; Education;

    Sammanfattning : What do teenagers recount about themselves and their interpretation of life and values, and what characterises individual teenagers’ perceptions and statements? What is the relation between teenagers’ life interpretation and values and social circumstances? What challenges to school religious education do the teenagers’ perceptions and statements represent? These questions are central to the study Icelandic Teenagers’ Life Interpretation and Values.The purpose of the study was to investigate some central elements in teenagers’ life interpretation so as to discuss the results in terms of social circumstances in Iceland and of school religious education. LÄS MER

  7. 20. Vilken mening!? : En blandad metodstudie i religionspsykologi av meningsskapandets betydelse för skolungdomar

    Författare :Åsa Schumann; Valerie DeMarinis; Önver Cetrez; James Day; Antoon Geels; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SOC; adolescence; Antonovsky; Sweden; Ericson; Marcia; U-MICS; ego development; identity; identity development; identity process; meaning-making; existential; school identity; Gibbs; moral; moral development; moral judgment; SRM-SF; religion; religious; Psychology of Religion; Religionspsykologi;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of the study was to explore the role of religion in the development of a meaning system among Swedish adolescents by examining the interactions of their: sense of coherence (SOC), identity process (U-MICS), moral development (SRM-SF), and views on existential and religious questions.The study used a Mixed Methods Design, with a Sequential Explanatory Strategy consisting of quantitative and qualitative parts. LÄS MER