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Det finns en hel del kunskap om negativa konsekvenser som dopning kan medföra. Användning av anabola androgena steroider (AAS) har uppmärksammats som ett socialt problem i samband med blandmissbruk, kriminalitet, aggressivitet och våld.

This present study aims to explore the connection between social relationships with colleagues and intrinsic motivation at work. The sample consisted of 111 male and female teachers working with 4-9th graders in schools located in the south of Sweden. Data was collected using a web-based questionnaire. Results showed a strong positive correlation between the variable social relationships and the v

The purpose of this study was to explore professional therapists’ experiences of personal therapy in an attempt to understand its purpose. The study applied a qualitative approach combining phenomenological and hermeneutic perspectives through the model of IPA (Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis). Six psychodynamically oriented therapists were interviewed, using one broad and open question.

Mixed feelings: fear and consolation now and then (from the 17th to the 21st century). In Early Modern Swedish society a great amount of ideas, words and images were available to explain the earthly suffering. In the Lutheran practice of preaching, consolation, besides instruction and admonition, played an important role. Today, our life is not as hard as our ancestors’ was. This has enabled us to

Background: The goal of postnatal care is to provide the highest possible quality of care and medical safety with the least possible intervention in order to optimize health and wellbeing of the new family. The aim of the study was to describe mothers´ experiences in relation to a new postnatal home-based model of midwifery care. Methods: The current study uses a cross-sectional mixed method desig

The aim of this study was to explore parents’ experiences of sleep and rest while admitted to hospital together with their ill child. When a child is hospitalized, it can be a traumatic experience for the entire family. Adaptation to the new situation and new parental responsibilities is necessary. Hospitalized children demand more supervision and care, making sleep disturbance a common challenge

Support from a midwife through labour is unique for its ability to empower women to trust their own physical and mental capacities. The purpose of this thesis was to highlight the role of midwives in providing support to mothers during childbirth. In this qualitative study, ten midwives from two clinics were interviewed, and the data was collected via semi-structured, group-focused interviews. The

Indium-tin oxide (ITO) ceramic sputtering targets are widely used in formation of electrically conductive transparent thin films for electrodes in flat panel displays, solar cells, antistatic films and others, and which are commonly produced by a conventional dc magnetron sputtering process. The ceramic targets should be of high purity with a uniform microcrystalline structure and should possess h

Background: For elderly people living in nursing homes, a transport to hospital for a radiological examination can lead to increased anxiety, disorientation and other problems related to the new environment. Objective: To investigate the usefulness of a mobile radiography service for radiological assessment of patients in nursing homes from the patient and staff perspectives. Methods: Lightweight

Syftet med studien var att utforska hur personer med psykisk ohälsa beskriver betydelsen av att blogga om personliga erfarenheter. Semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med fem personer som lever med psykisk ohälsa och skriver en blogg om det. Materialet analyserades utifrån tolkande fenomenologisk analys (IPA). Analysen av intervjuerna resulterade i fyra huvudteman som skildrar bloggens betydeThe aim of this study was to explore the meaning of blogging about lived experience as described by people living with mental illness. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with five people and the content was analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. This resulted in four main themes depicting what blogging meant to the participants in terms of well-being and self-image: The bl

OBJECTIVES: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can reduce their increased risk for cardiovascular diseases and improve symptoms and quality of life with healthy lifestyle habits. This study aimed to explore patients' experiences of managing their lifestyle habits following a diagnosis of RA.METHODS: In this qualitative study, 20 patients with RA, 14 women, and 6 men, were included. Individual

Dear master students on the course SMMV18, We are happy to invite you to a workshop on how to become interculturally competent. Guest lecturer is Lu Yi Nilsson, international coordinator at the Social Science Faculty. During the workshop, we will explore what intercultural competence is, why it’s essential in today’s world, and how it represents a lifelong learning journey. We’ll also cover interc

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/form/welcome-workshop-intercultural-competence-12th-december-2024 - 2026-07-09

The Botnia study The Botnia study was initiated in 1990 on the western coast of Finland in the Gulf of Bothnia with the aim to:Characterize the early metabolic defects in individuals at risk of developing type 2 diabetesIdentify genetic variants predisposing to type 2 diabetesStudy how the identified genetic markers and biomarkers can predict the development of type 2 diabetes and progression of t

https://www.ludc.lu.se/resources/cohorts/botnia-0 - 2026-07-09

This study aims to analyze the representation of social services on TikTok. The representations included experiences and opinions about Swedish social services and how TikTok is used to reach out with descriptions of the social services. The purpose of this study is also to analyse how users' way of presenting themselves can be interpreted from a gender perspective. In this study, we used them

The purpose of our essay was to examine what treatment women have had, who in their teenage years had eating disorders, how they have experienced this treatment and how they live today. Our central questions were; what was their experience of the treatment, how are their lives today, has the eating disorder and the treatment affected how the women live today and what kind of treatments are there?

The aim of this research paper was to examine the help required by refugee children with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In addition to this, we also examined the help the refugee children are currently receiving. We have examined this from the perspective of the theory of the ecology of human development. The method we used was qualitative and we conducted eleven profound interviews with p

Improving the product lifetime of consumer electronics can provide significant environmental benefits. However, there is a tendency among both professional users and consumers to change products, like computers and mobile phones regularly, and as a result their lifetimes become increasingly shorter. With the rise of the Circular Economy, new policies to promote longer product lifetimes have emerge