In the Church of Sweden, priests do not have a specific vow concerning their personal prayer life, which some other church traditions in the world do have. Concerning this, the purpose of this paper is to give a picture of how newly ordained priests in the Church of Sweden, more specifically the diocese of Lund, describes their personal prayer and whether the priests feel that they have received t

This essay aims to investigate how the understanding and undertakings of corporate social responsibility is recognized and prioritized in the Swedish business community. By utilizing two measurements of corporate sustainability, this study presents a current situation analysis of how Swedish companies relate to the concept. The ambition is to identify if, and in that case how, the sustainability w

Youth crime and youth offenders are often brought up as a central problem within the Swedish public debate. Our perception of youth offenders is influenced by the description in media, such as newspapers. The aim of this study was to investigate how youth crime and youth offenders were portrayed in order to investigate emerging and existing discourses concerning this group. The study was based on

Previous research has suggested there is a tipping point for ethnic tolerance. Once the tipping point is reached the group threat mechanisms outweigh those of increased intergroup contact. Due to the significant changes in the last decade, the ongoing 2015 European Refugee Crisis, and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it is necessary to revisit previous research to gain a better understanding if the

This essay addresses the subjects of reasonable adjustments, related to the workplace, for persons with physical or mental disabilities. The author goes through the established Swedish legal sources to answer two main questions. The first one is what a reasonable adjustment is, that the employers are obliged to adopt, according to the two laws Diskrimineringslagen and Arbetsmiljölagen. What are th

Criminal groups are a debated social problem in Sweden the past years. The main purpose of this study was to investigate and analyze the work of professionals with criminals in defector support programs. Furthermore, the study examines professionals’ experiences of central factors in defectors leaving criminal groups. The study used a qualitative method in the form of semi-structured interviews wi

Even though studies show that creativity has many positive effects on a person’s physical and mental wellbeing, users of social work are often only offered traditional therapy that does not include creative therapy methods. The aim of the study was to illustrate social workers thoughts about how the use of creative therapy methods can contribute to social work and social workers’ professional prac

Syfte: Syftet var att belysa kvinnors upplevelser av att leva med polycystiskt ovarialsyndrom. Bakgrund: Polycystiskt ovarialsyndrom är ett endokrint syndrom som drabbar 5-20% av kvinnor i fertil ålder. På grund av symptomens heterogena karaktär varierar upplevelserna och många aspekter av kvinnans liv påverkas. Metod: Vald metod är en litteraturstudie där tolv kvalitativa studier analyserades. Re

Sweden achieves the highest gender equality index by the European Institute of gender Equality (EIGE). Women in Sweden still use double the amount of parental leave that men do. The aim of this study was to investigate if the amount of men working in male dominated industries affect the males share of parental leave. I will also investigate if it’s a significant factor after accounting for parenta

Med hänvisning till statistik som påvisar en ökning av både antalet anmälda och lagförda våldtäkter efter senaste reformen av sexualbrottslagstiftningen ämnar denna uppsats skapa förståelse för den del av maskulinitetstillblivandet som resulterar i ett problematiskt beteende. Genom att intervjua fokusgrupper av män från två olika generationer har studien strävat efter att med hjälp av en tematisk

Avtalslagens 36 § anses vara en av de mest betydelsefulla bestämmelserna i avtalslagen. Denna generalklausul öppnar upp möjligheten att jämka eller lämna ett avtal helt utan avseende. Ett avtal kan jämkas om en omständighet, som t.ex. ett senare inträffat förhållande, bedöms vara oskäligt. Syftet med uppsatsen är att närmare utreda hur oskälighetsbedömningen enligt 36 § AvtL görs, med fokus på änSection 36 of the Swedish Contracts Act is considered to be the most momentous regulation in the Contracts Act. The general clause gives the opportunity to adjust- or to disregard the agreement in whole. A contract can be adjusted if a circumstance, i.g. a changed circumstance, is assessed to be excessive. The purpose of the essay is to research how to address the excessive matters in relation to

Uppsatsen analyserar individuella kvinnliga skateboardåkares uppfattningar om kommersialiseringen och sportifieringen av skateboardsubkulturen. Kvinnorna anses vara intressanta studieobjekt på grund av deras historiska bakgrund inom skateboardsubkulturen, samt att de utvalda individerna alla innehar en position inom skateboardindustrin. Vidare undersökes även vilken påverkan kvinnornas deltagande

According to traditional research in subjective well-being, the more pleasant emotions we experience, the more satisfied with life we are. But according to newer research, our physical and mental health, including satisfaction with life, also depends on the emotional diversity between the positive and negative emotions we experience, and the difference between the emotions we desire and those we a

The aim of this study is to find out how “the best interest of the child” is considered in courtroom proceedings where any placement according to LVU exists, or where it is deliberated that care according to LVU shall cease. The purpose is further to analyze the arguments made about “the best interest of the child” and to study how children´s feelings and experiences are expressed in LVU judgments

The purpose of this study was to examine experiences among compulsory school counselors in Sweden working with truants ,“hemmasittare” in Swedish. The method chosen for this study was qualitative interviews, seven different school counselors were interviewed. The gathered empirical material was analyzed using neo-institutional theory, with the three main questions of this study as background. Resu

The aim of this study was to explore how first line managers in municipal elderly care describes the personnel situation when it comes to sick leave and staff turnover, and how first line managers work to create well-being among employees in the workplace. To collect data, seven qualitative interviews were made with first line managers who worked within municipal elderly care. The analysis of the

The aim of this study was to explore social workers’ experiences with the assessment tool UngDOK at Maria clinics in Skane. The past 30 years has seen a rise in popularity of evidence based practices and increased requirements for scientific evidence of the effects of various treatments. Several manual based evaluation and assessment instruments have been implemented in the field of social work in

Vi har intresserat oss för kön som konstruktion på HVB-hem som jobbar med tonåringar på uppdrag av socialtjänsten. Vi har undersökt hur kön framställs i HVB hemmen utifrån deras beskrivning av insatser för enkönad och samkönad. Vi har använt oss av 15 HVB-hems hemsidor och deras tillstånd utfärdade från IVO fördelad utifrån samkönad och enkönad. Med det har vi fördjupat oss i hur görandet av kön pWe were interested in gender as a construction at out-of-home cares working with adolescents on behalf of the social services. We wanted to investigate how gender is presented in out-of-homes care based on their own description of efforts for mixed-sex and same-sex adolescents. We have used the websites of 15 out-of-home cares and their permits issued by Health and Care Inspection Authority (IVO)

Onboardingprocessen finns till för att nyanställda ska introduceras till arbetsplatsen, arbetsverktygen, företagskulturen samt kollegorna på ett följsamt och strukturerat vis. Denna studie undersökte onboardingprocessen på ett litet- medelstort företag i en storstad i Sverige, i relation till medarbetarnas upplevelser av den. Syftet med studien var att besvara forskningsfrågan “På vilka sätt ger oThe onboarding process exists to help new employees to be introduced to the workplace, work tools, corporate culture and colleagues in a compliant and structured way. This study examined the onboarding process at a small to medium-sized company in a large city in Sweden, in relation to the employees' experiences of it. The purpose of the study was to answer the research question "In what

Bakgrund: Sjuksköterskor upplever att kommunikation med barn som vårdas palliativt är en väsentlig del av omvårdnaden och en central del för den personcentrerade vården. Trots vikten av kommunikation upplever många sjuksköterskor att kommunikationen är komplex inom professionen. Det finns en osäkerhet och kunskapsbrist kring hur att kommunicera med det döende barnet, vilket resulterar i ett brista