Doctors' health experiences are of importance in the daily debate on sick-leaves and health in general. The way in which doctors constitute meaning about health may give some explanation as to why the percentage of people on sick-leave rises while the employers are trying to improve the well-being in the workplaces. The purpose of this phenomenological and explorative study is therefore to fin

Dyslexi är officiellt klassificerat som ett funktionshinder i Sverige sedan 1991. Många menar att självförtroendet starkt påverkas av handikappet och att omgivningens reaktioner är avgörande för hur barnet ser på sig självt. Det är vanligt att problemen uppstår i samband med skolstarten då svårigheterna med att ta till sig läs- och skrivprocessen tydliggörs. Tillsammans med en kaotisk hemmiljö som

A questionnaire and a paper-and-pen Implicit Association Test were used to study attitudes to single life among native Swedish persons and Middle-East immigrants. There were 60 participants, balanced as regards culture, sex and age. All were singles. The main results were that Swedish/individualistic persons showed a more positive attitude to single life and higher psychological well-being as sing

The aim of this study was to examine a computersystem with many users from a usability perspective. The computersystem that was examined was AIS-95, which are being used of the Swedish Employment Service. A former study had been conducted with the same perspective as this study, concerning the Swedish Employment Service´s former computersystem, and it was found interesting to also compare this stu

There comes a time in every persons life when it is time to leave childhood and step into the adult world by way of reaching puberty. Dramatic biological, social and emotional changes, typical of this period in life, may put the individual at greater risk for negative influences from internal as well as external sources. Weight and body image seems to be predominant issues in the adolescent years,

This study was performed to investigate the psychosocial work environment for priests in Malmö and Lund. The purpose of the study was to identify differences in psychosocial work environment for men and women, and to identify most important areas of problem within the psychosocial work environment. To measure the work environment Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire, COPSOQ, was distributed to 78

Gender categorization is something we are confronted with in our daily lives. The main purpose of this study is to see how children and pre school teachers "do gender" in interaction with each other. We did an observation in a Pre School in Southern Sweden. Our requirement was that there must be at least one male pre school teacher working there. We decided to study "doing gender&qu

This experiment was conducted to determine whether affect and substantive information processing moderate implicit and explicit attitude correspondence. 78 participants completed two implicit attitude measures, the Implicit Association Test (IAT) and the Stereotype Explanation Bias (SEB) and three explicit attitude measures, a temperature scale, a self-report measure and one explicit question. Aff

The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate the origin of peoples view on ideal leadership. This was at first to be conducted by interviewing eight teachers at an elementary school who where split into four groups divided by gender and age. The intention of the separation was to attain differences of opinions to bring clarity to our main question. The aim with the interviews was to ob

The purpose of this study was to explore stereotypes of various races with four different measures. We used Greenwald's Implicit Association Test, a racism questionnaire and a picture test as well as a measure of willingness to show prejudice. An instruction was given prior to the test indicating that this research involved attitudes towards people with different ethnic origin. Our participant

The aim of this study was to evaluate athletics and employees in organizations based on projectstrategies attitude to a shared leadership. Our ambition was to see similarities and differences between the two groups. We used a qualitative approach based on semistructured interviews. The interview guide was designed after Multidimensional Model of Sport Leadership, which describes the complexity of

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