Sökning: "mental constructs"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 22 avhandlingar innehållade orden mental constructs.
1. Systemskifte : En studie av tröghet vid fyra brytpunkter inom svensk välfärdspolitik
Sammanfattning : The purpose of this dissertation is to describe, explain and understand how slowness appeared when some decisions were made in the area of welfare policy and how this slowness was eliminated. The study focuses on major changes. It is argued that such changes follow another logic than small gradual adjustments. LÄS MER
2. Haloed Objects on Mental Parade : Myth and Magic in Post-War Surrealist Cinema
Sammanfattning : Following the end of World War II, the surrealist founder André Breton organized the exhibition Le Surréalisme en 1947. In conjunction with it, he announced a “change in direction” for surrealism, towards the search for a new myth, replete with magic. LÄS MER
3. Well-being Processes : Insights into Personal Growth and Adolescent Mental Health
Sammanfattning : This thesis follows two main lines of inquiry into well-being processes: 1) atheoretical exploration of personal growth, defined as the gradual growth of wellbeing, and 2) an empirical exploration of students’ mental health profiles and sense of self. Altogether five studies are included in the thesis, two of which follow thefirst line of inquiry (articles I and II) and three of which follow the second (articlesIII, IV, and V). LÄS MER
4. Advertising effectiveness measurement : intermediate constructs and measures
Sammanfattning : Advertisers invest substantial amounts of money in advertising and need to know whether these investments pay off. Given that advertising generally has both short-term and long-term effects and that the behavioral effects of advertising are influenced by numerous other factors, intermediate measures are needed that gauge the mental effects of advertising in the target audience. LÄS MER
5. Time Together : a nursing intervention targeting everyday life in psychiatric inpatient care : patient and staff perspectives
Sammanfattning : Background: Patient and staff descriptions of everyday life in psychiatric inpatient care are consistent, revealing a challenging environment with over-reliance on medication and, power imbalances. Patients and staff ask for the opportunity to develop relationships; however, the literature on nursing interventions targeting these issues is sparse. LÄS MER
