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The perceived problem being explored in this bachelor thesis study is how the widespread use of the term psykisk ohälsa (mental illness) might be used to include the perceived suffering that is a part of life. Based on this problem, the chosen purpose of this essay is to explore how welfare officers perceive the widespread use of the term psykisk ohälsa. Interviews have been conducted with seven w

Planerar du att bygga ett gemensamt avlopp med grannarna? Då ska du se upp med utförandetiden. De senaste åren har antalet gemensamhetsanläggningar som behöver avregistreras ökat och den tveklöst vanligaste anledningen är att anläggningen inte färdigställts inom den beslutade tiden för utförande. Att en gemensamhetsanläggning, en gemensamt bildad anläggning bildad för flera fastigheter, exempelviWhen a joint facility is not constructed on time or the payment for the compulsory purchase is absent the joint facility can be de-registered. This topic has not been studied before and the aim of this study is to evaluate how common de-registrations are and to understand what we can learn from practical cases. The study researches the present and historically legislation through a systematic revi

Byggbranschen står för 33% av Sveriges årliga energianvändning. Genom att göra nödvändiga förändringar så som att renovera befintliga byggnader på ett miljösmart sätt kan energi- och miljöbesparingar göras med mer eller mindre enkla medel. I denna studie, som initierades av Trelleborgs Energi AB, undersöktes hur deras kontorsbyggnad kunde bli så innovativ, hållbar och energieffektiv som möjligt. S

En bristande närvaro kan för elever komma att innebära en risk för misslyckande i skolan och därmed även till negativa konsekvenser i senare livsskeden. Därför är närvaro en viktig del av elevers skolgång, mer specifikt en viktig förutsättning för en framgångsrik skolgång. Syftet med studien är att undersöka huruvida niondeklassares attityd till skolan samt motivation predicerar deras skolnärvaro A lack of attendance for students may mean a risk of failure inschool and thus also of negative consequences in later stages of life. Therefore, attendance is an important part of students schooling, more specifically an important prerequisite for a successful schooling. The current study aimed to investigate whether ninth-graders’ attitude to school and motivation can predict their school attenda

This thesis investigated how expansionary unconventional monetary policies affect house prices in the Scandinavian countries, using quarterly data from 1995 to 2020. Unconventional monetary policy, such as quantitative easing and forward guidance, has become widely used by central banks, in order to stimulate the economy when being in a zero lower bound environment. While inflation has remained on

Title: Investor relations from the perspective of young investors: A quantitative study of individual investors’ preferences in information and communication channels. Author: Cathrine Lorvik Advisor: Jesper Falkheimer Language: Norwegian Problem: Within the research field of investor relations there is lacking studies that focus on individual investors, i.e. the receiver perspective. At the same

The prominence of science in contemporary politics is remarkable. The prominence of science may however contradict democratic ideas since a potentially detrimental knowledge and power inequality exist between experts and non-experts. One suggested way of bridging the gap between the two groups is democratic deliberation which is an idea that will be considered in this study. Furthermore, scientifi

This is a study of the growing phenomenon volunteer tourism, defined as Westerners traveling to countries in the ”third world”, mainly through commercial agencies, with the purpose of ”helping out” in social and environmental projects. The purpose is to examine how the volunteer travel as a social practice produces discursive meaning, identities and subject positions. I have studied the web pages

Trots att tonårstiden för många är ett livsskede präglat av oro och nedstämdhet är kunskapen om tonårsdepressioner relativt liten. Syftet med föreliggande studie var att undersöka eventuella samband mellan identitetsutveckling och depressiv problematik under de sena tonåren. Ett identitetsteoretiskt frågeformulär (Dimensions of Identity Development Scale) översattes till svenska. Formuläret uppvisAlthough many adolescents experience depressive symptoms relatively little is known about the development and maintenance of adolescent depression. The purpose of the present study was to examine possible links between identity formation and depressive problems during late adolescence. A five-process identity formation questionnaire (Dimensions of Identity Development Scale) was translated into Sw

The aim of the study was to take a closer look at the thoughts of a group of adolescent students concerning drug abuse and whether they think it is something one can find a way out of or not. The main questions are: - How are their thoughts about use and misuse of drugs? - Do they believe that a person with a drug abuse problem can quit? - How do they think it is done and what factors may facilita