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Parents of Children with Developmental Disabilities and Their Experiences of Formal Support
(2017-09-06)The aim of this thesis was to investigate how UN conventions, national laws, regulations, and policies are manifested in everyday experiences of parents of children with disabilities. The specific aims of this thesis are ... -
Parents´ experience of living with a child displaying oppositional defiant disorder. Top-down and bottom-up approaches to gain a deeper understanding of the complexity
(2022-05-11)Clinical levels of oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) during childhood are considered a significant marker of risk to develop mental illness later in life. If serious behavior problems begin as early as preschool years ... -
Partnership Relation Quality modulates the effects of Work-stress on health
(2009-05-15)The present studies included 884 participants in total, in five different studies referred to in the four articles. All five studies observed participants from different types of occupation in order to obtain a distribution ... -
Peer Sexual Harassment in the Transition from Childhood to Adolescence
(2024-04-25)Peer sexual harassment is common among adolescents at school and is associated with adverse psychological outcomes for those involved. Despite this, research on peer sexual harassment in the transition from childhood to ... -
People´s knowledge about climate change: Uncertainty as a guide to future commitments
(2008-08-21)Knowledge of climate change is provided by scientists to other groups in society who have to interact to establish sustainable development. Hence, the knowledge must reach people and the content must be evaluated as important ... -
Perception of Value of Money in Unfamiliar Currencies
(Psykologiska institutionen, Göteborgs universitet, 2005)The real value of money as well as the perceived value of money is subject to changes. Inflation and deflation are examples of changes in real value. It has been shown that these changes do not always correspond to changes ... -
Psychological factors associated with substance use in adolescents
(2012-05-18)This thesis examines possible factors related to use of substances, with specific focus on psychological factors associated with increased risk of using illicit drugs. Thus, factors such as gender, personality traits, ... -
Psychological Influences on Adoption of Socially Responsible Investment
(2011-09-28)Abstract This dissertation examines psychological factors that motivate and impede different types of investors to integrate social and environmental considerations when investing. Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) ... -
Psychological perspectives on alcohol use among young adolescents: Mental health and personality
(2018-11-09)Alcohol use is an important risk factor in psychosocial development through adolescence that has been incompletely examined among the youngest adolescents. The aim of this doctoral thesis is to investigate how mental health ... -
Psychological problems in adolescents and young women with eating disturbances
(Psykologiska institutionen, Göteborgs universitet, 2005)Ekeroth, K. (2005). Psychological problems in adolescents and young women with eating disturbances. Department of Psychology, Göteborg University, Sweden This thesis investigated general psychopathology in adolescent and ... -
Psychology for sustainable shared mobility: An investigation of the use of private cars and carsharing services
(2021-11-17)What are people’s travel patterns – both users and non-users of carsharing and private cars in European cities? What are the main psychological aspects of and motives for making a travel mode choice? This thesis aims to ... -
The psychology of diversification : Novice investors’ ability to spread risks
(Psykologiska institutionen, Göteborgs universitet, 2006)In order to reduce risk, portfolio theory prescribes holding a stock portfolio that is diversified across industries and countries. This thesis investigates novice investors’ ability to compile well-diversified portfolios ... -
Quality of personal assistance: Shaped by governments, markets and corporations
(2009-02-20)Background: Swedish personal assistance for people with severe disabilities became a legal right in 1994. The support is completely financed by the government and with a few exceptions transferred to External assistance ... -
REACHING OUT WITH UNIVERSAL PARENTAL SUPPORT
(2019-04-30)The overarching aim of this thesis was to explore the general interest in universal parental support, the circumstances under which this interest is stronger, and how universal support groups for parents of adolescents ... -
Residential care for young people in Sweden : homes, staff and residents
(2007)This thesis studies residential care for young persons (13-18 years of age) with emotional and behavioural problems. An overall aim is to examine and describe different aspects of residential care. The thesis consists of ... -
Retirement and Life Satisfaction: A Resource-Based Dynamic Perspective
(2019-08-29)Retirement from work is a major life event requiring adjustment to new life circumstances. The impact of retirement on well-being has been shown to vary, not only between individuals, but also within individuals over time. ... -
Seven dimensions of consumption
(2017-05-02)This thesis presents the development of the integrative, context-sensitive, and multi-dimensional Consumer Motivation Scale (CMS). The CMS is based on the three higher-order master goals of goal-framing theory: the gain ... -
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 ... -
Sharing & Caring. Division of parental leave from a psychological perspective
(2020-09-17)Parents’ preconditions for early parenting vary depending on social and cultural contexts. This thesis provides a psychological perspective on parenting and family life within the context of parental leave in Sweden, ... -
Sleep and cognition in old age: Birth cohort differences, dementia, and biomarkers of Alzheimer´s disease
(2020-11-12)The focus for this thesis is on two major determinants of health and wellbeing in older people, namely subjective sleep disturbance and cognition. Data were drawn from the H70 Birth Cohort Studies, comprising representative ...