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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 ...
Memory-Based Approaches to the Examination of Alibis Provided by Innocent Suspects
(2019-02-07)
The aim of the current thesis was to extend research on suspect alibis by exploring how the process of providing alibis may be improved for innocent suspects, for whom the provision of inaccurate and incomplete alibis may ...
Visuospatial Neglect and Processing Speed: Importance of Lateralized and Nonlateralized Symptoms as Predictors of Functional Outcome after Stroke
(2013-10-01)
Abstract
Viken, J. I. (2013). Visuospatial neglect and processing speed: importance of lateralized and nonlateralized symptoms as predictors of functional outcome after stroke. Department of Psychology, and the Stroke ...
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, ...
Graffiti – For Joy and Confirmation. Motivational aspects, triggering and inhibiting factors, and emotional satisfactions in graffiti: The creative-interactive dimension of vandalism
(2016-11-03)
The purpose of the present dissertation is to achieve a deeper understanding about what motivates young people to commit vandalism in general and scrawl-graffiti in particular, and what this propensity provides in the form ...
Therapists and their patients: Similarities and differences in attitudes between four psychotherapy orientations in Sweden
(2010-04-30)
The aim of this thesis was to illuminate the possibilities and obstacles for therapists of different orientations to communicate and cooperate better with each other. Data was collected by a questionnaire named VEP-Q. ...
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 ...
Bio-behavioral inquiries regarding cognitive aging and distance to death: The role of gender, APOE, grip strength and subjective memory
(2016-03-17)
To better understand the nature of cognitive functioning later in life, it is important to gain further knowledge regarding factors that contribute to cognitive aging. Therefore, the overall aim of this thesis was to ...
The Damage Done - Children Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence and their Mothers: Towards empirically based interventions in order to reduce negative health effects in children
(2012-09-17)
Violence in intimate relationships occurs in all societies, and intimate partner
violence (IPV) is a prevalent and serious social problem. Mothers of young
children are particularly often victims of IPV, the consequences ...
“It is better to have tried, no matter what” : Psychological perspectives on pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD)
(2017-04-24)
Couples with the risk of transmitting a genetic disease face different diagnostic options when they wish to become parents. Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) combines in vitro fertilization (IVF) with biopsy of the ...