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Sexting among adolescents: A gendered online phenomenon, related to individual and social determinants
(2020-09-24)
This thesis concerns sexting among Swedish adolescents and adolescent sexual
development. Adolescence is a period of major bodily, cognitive, and social changes
and of sexual exploration. As many post-millennials have ...
Ålderdom, omsorg och makt. Gamlas situation och omsorgsrelationer i nyliberala tider
(2020-05-22)
This dissertation examines the status of old age and the nature of elderly care in Sweden, where the welfare state is being transformed through neoliberalism. The overall aim is to study old age as identity and lived ...
Rural encounters with the city. A study of the gendered livelihood strategies of migrant youth in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
(2021-11-17)
More than half of the world’s population growth will be accounted for by cities in the coming decades, with sub-Saharan Africa at the centre of this change. While studies have pointed to the disproportionate effects ...
Experiences of living with cleft lip and palate - a gender perspective
(2021-11-10)
The primary aim of this thesis was to investigate the influence of gender on the CL/P population with regard to treatment, self-reported appearance, psychosocial adjustment, and subjective experiences.
Study I, a retrospective ...
Depression among Swedish 70-year-olds - Sex differences from a gender perspective
(2020-04-28)
Depression is one of the leading causes of global burden of disease. Due to increased life expectancy, late-life depression is an escalating public health issue. The prevalence is reported to be almost twice as high among ...
Stability and Change
(2021-03-10)
The key role Swedish upper secondary education plays in differentiating between higher education and labour market sectors has been discussed from an equality perspective over the last 60 years. Despite political incentives ...
Politisering av omsorg. En kvalitativ studie om kollektivt motstånd bland feminiserade välfärdsprofessionella yrkesgrupper i Sverige.
(2021-08-26)
This thesis is about collective mobilisation and new forms of resistance among feminised welfare professional groups in contemporary Sweden. The research focus is placed on what these struggles are about, the different ...
Bipolar disorders: Subtypes, treatments, and health inequalities
(2020-02-18)
This thesis comprises five studies based on prospective, longitudinal data from the Swedish national quality register BipoläR. Study I examined the differences between bipolar subtype I and II with respect to clinical ...