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Gender differences are widely discussed in psychology study. Studies show that there are differences between men and women from early age up until adult age. Research by Pollak and Gilligan (1979) shows that women feel more fear in achievement situations and men feel more fear in affiliation situations. We have based our research on this previous study and our aim is to see if these results are va

The purpose of this study was to find out why people choose to be physically inactive when only thirty minutes of exercise a day is sufficient to have a positive effect on one's health. In order to find out the reasons why people do not exercise, we conducted semistructured interviews with twenty people from Malmoe. The participants were between 23 and 63 years of age with the group consisting

We have made an exploratory study on body language in a recruiting situation. Our material consists of a film, showing five persons during an employment interview, each of them having different non-verbal behaviour. Professional recruiters were asked to see the film and to freely give comments. These comments were later analysed using the phenomenological method Meaning Constitution Analysis (MCA)

Syftet med uppsatsen har varit att undersöka några fäders upplevelser av anknytningen till sina barn, samt vad som kan tänkas påverka denna. Studien omfattar tio intervjuer med fäder till för tidigt födda barn samt fäder till fullgångna barn. Resultaten visar på intressanta tendenser. Fäder till nyfödda barn där amningen av någon anledning uteblir helt eller under en period, alternativt där stora

The main purpose of this study is to describe and increase the understanding, of female nurse's experiences of stresses in their specific context, as well as their use of coping strategies in handling possible stresses. My hope is to give focus to the gender dimension within the stress literature and to lay a foundation for further research. To achieve these purposes I use a phenomenological p

The aim of this qualitative study is to investigate how individual motivation to work is influenced by a given salary. This was done using a phenomenological approach, in which the participants were to freely reflect upon a statement formulated by the authors. The reflections of the participants were then analysed using the software Minerva, an application of Meaning Constitution Analysis (MCA) de

The purpose of this study is to describe, phenomenologically, the thoughts, feelings and ideas about the most suited applicant. Three vice-principals and five pupils at Komvux Kronborg in Malmö were asked to choose the most suited applicant from five fictive work applications. They were asked to answer an open phenomenological question and write a self-report about their choice of applicant. The m

Denna uppsats ger en bild av hur en grupp unga kvinnor i åldern 20-26 år tänker om och kring sin sexualitet. 13 informanter har genom "snöbollsmetoden" valts ut och i halvstrukturerade intervjuer talat om bl a varför de har sex, vilket samband de ser mellan sex och kärlek och vilka konsekvenser de anser att allt prat om sex får. Intervjuerna har spelats in på kassettband och därefter ord

A qualitative exploratory case study is presented to provide an understanding of Värkstaden, a self-help initiative for people with chronic pain. Two semi-structured interviews and an observation was conducted, both with participants of the group. Analysis of this data together with critical text analysis sought to answer the question: How is "empowerment" experienced from a user perspec

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between perceived stress, copingstrategies, mental health and attributions in the unemployment situation, to study which copingstrategies that could predict mental health and whether any gender differences existed. Participants were 157 unemployed in the south of Sweden. Results from a questionnaire showed significant correlations betwe

Vi har undersökt om det fanns några skillnader mellan vuxna, internationellt adopterades psykiska välbefinnande hos två grupper individer, antingen med tidig (ett år eller yngre) eller med sen (fyra år eller äldre) ankomstålder. Dessutom undersökte vi om det fanns några skillnader mellan gruppernas kunskap, minnen och föreställningar om bakgrunden. Individer med olika mycket kunskap, minnen och fö

Denna kvalitativa studie handlar om en kroppsorienterad behandlingsmetod som kallas Frigörande andning (FA). Under ca tre månader utövade sex undersökningsdeltagare metoden regelbundet tillsammans. Resultaten bygger på deskriptiva intervjuer av deltagarnas erfarenheter. Det övergripande syftet var att studera om det förekommer terapeutiska processer när människor går in och påverkar sin andning ge

One possible symptom of deficiency of folic acid (folate) or vitamin B 12 (cobalamin) is impaired cognition. Status of these two B-vitamins have been linked to cognitive performance also in various populations of subjects with no evident clinical deficiency (for example in "healthy elderly"). The present study investigated 60 nondemented patients (mean age 58 years) presented with mild c

This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between emotional empathy, anxiety and frontal lobe functions. An experimental design was used in which two different groups; students (N = 54) studying law and medicine, participated by filling out two forms regarding state-trait anxiety (STAI, Y1 & Y2) and emotional empathy (QMEE) and executing five different neuropsychological test me

I detta arbete undersöks empiriskt faktorers påverkan på känsla av sammanhang och mening i arbetet hos arbetsterapeuter, samt kvalitativt vilka fall som uppfattades som svåra i arbetet, och hur dessa kunde hanteras och bli meningsfulla. En enkät skickades ut till 225 slumpvis utvalda arbetsterapeuter, och besvarades av 139 personer. I enkäten ingick testen Stress, Feedbackskalan, Riktlinjer och vä

What happens when people try to remember other, stereotype categorized, individuals based on fluency and familiarity? We examined this issue in our memory test of stereotypes and false memory. 19 males and 21 females participated in our test and the average age was 24.5 years. Each one did at first a few simple "yes-no" judgements for attractive-non attractive faces in combination with p

Thirty right-handed participants were presented with emotional pictures either to the left or to the right visual field. The pictures were shown for a duration of 150 ms to make sure that they were exclusively presented to one hemisphere only. Eye movements were recorded with electroocularogram for each participant throughout the test. A total of 30 pictures were chosen on the basis of their valen

The present study attempts to investigate the co-workers experience of working in an open-plan office at the Swedish Tax Agency in four cities in Scania. Differences in the experience of working in an open-plan office together with factors behind these differences were sought by using both a questionnaire and interviews. To collect data the short version of Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (C

The purpose of this study was to investigated care-giving staff within the psychiatric sector and determine if there is any relationship between attachment style, symptom attribution, coping strategies, perceived stress and health. A further purpose of the study was to determine if social support predict perceived stress and health. Participants were 79 nursing staff working in a psychiatric hospi

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) has been developed in the USA by Marsha M Linehan, during the last two decades. Linehan elaborated this method for self-destructive women and in continuous cooperation with those women in treatment throughout her research. Randomised controlled studies have showed good results for self-destructive women with a borderline personality disorder. This group of patien