The aim of this study was to examine school counselors’ experiences of relationship building with students in online counseling during the covid-19 pandemic. The method chosen for this study was qualitative interviews with six school counselors from different municipalities. The empirical data was analyzed and discussed using past research, Carl Roger’s theory on client-centered therapy and Erving

Gender-based violence survivors have barriers to access to justice around the globe. However, States are responsible for removing those barriers and ensuring that everyone can access needed services and justice without discrimination regardless of their gender, sexual orientation, race, nationality, disability, or age. Turkey is no exception with its international commitments and domestic laws to

The features of social media platforms not only enable the communication between citizens and political actors or institutions, in the form of comments, but also help in magnifying citizens’ voices and opinions and facilitating mass mobilization or political protests. The European Union institutions seem to understand the capacity of social media as a locus for citizen engagement, be it activism o

Denna studie syftar till att undersöka kvinnors upplevelse inom organisationen Försvarsmakten som aktivt arbetar med en förändring för jämställdhet såväl internt som externt. Studien avser därför skapa kunskap om identitetsskapande för kvinnor i en mansdominerad kontext och hur den symboliska interaktionen påverkar processen. För att uppfylla studiens syfte med hermeneutisk utgångspunkt, har semisThis study aims to examine womens’ experiences within the Swedish armed forces who is actively working towards becoming a more equal organization which is evident both internal and external. The study therefore aspires to create knowledge of the identity construction of women within a male dominated context and how the symbolic interaction affects the process. To achieve the purpose of the thesis,

Denna studie syftar till att undersöka kvinnors upplevelse inom organisationen Försvarsmakten som aktivt arbetar med en förändring för jämställdhet såväl internt som externt. Studien avser därför skapa kunskap om identitetsskapande för kvinnor i en mansdominerad kontext och hur den symboliska interaktionen påverkar processen. För att uppfylla studiens syfte med hermeneutisk utgångspunkt, har semisThis study aims to examine womens’ experiences within the Swedish armed forces who is actively working towards becoming a more equal organization which is evident both internal and external. The study therefore aspires to create knowledge of the identity construction of women within a male dominated context and how the symbolic interaction affects the process. To achieve the purpose of the thesis,

Abstract Background and Purpose: Members of the Millennial Generation are stereotypically described as job-hoppers, who tend to frequently change jobs after approximately 16 months of employment. This study aims to shed light on the retention management of Millennials in relation to the importance of 360-degree feedback. Focusing on the Millennial Generation, the following two research questions

I nuläget har vi levt med covid-19-pandemin och dess medföljande restriktioner, rekommendationer och budskap i över ett år. De konstant återupprepade budskapen kring ämnet har resulterat i att människor tröttnat på att följa restriktioner och uppmärksamma informationen, vilket WHO beskriver som pandemic fatigue. Samtidigt har denna trötthet, som kan leda till att människor väljer att ignorera elleAs of now, we have lived with the Covid-19 pandemic and its accompanying restrictions, recommendations and messages for over a year. The constantly repeated messages about the same topic has resulted in people tiring of following restrictions and paying attention, which is what the WHO describes as pandemic fatigue. Meanwhile, fatigue such as this, which could lead to people choosing to ignore or

Reflecting an emerging trend in democratic innovation to tackle complex socio-ecological challenges, the French Citizens’ Convention on Climate (CCC) was initiated in response to climate protests and the Yellow Vests movement to define measures for achieving a socially just 40% reduction in GHG-emissions. Approaching the CCC as both an outcome and site of hegemonic struggle, I apply social movemen

Den här uppsatsens syfte är att utreda hur migrationsdomstolarna i praktiken avgör huruvida asylsökande uppfyller kraven för att få uppehållstillstånd. Enligt svensk rätt ska varje person som känner välgrundad fruktan för förföljelse på grund av sin sexuella läggning få rätt till asyl. Det är dock den sökande som har bevisbördan för att göra sin flyktingstatus sannolik. I asylmål är ofta den sökanThe purpose of this essay is to investigate how the Migration Courts in practice determine whether an asylum seeker meet the criteria to receive asylum. Every person who feels well- founded fear of persecution due to their sexual orientation has a right to be granted asylum, according to Swedish law. It is however the asylum seeker who bears the burden of proof to make their right to refugee statu

Advancements in today's technology has motivated invention of faster mobile communication systems. The fifth generation mobile network, 5G, is the latest version made by the third generation partnership project (3GPP) and expects to both increase connection speed and reduce latency, which eventually will make it applicable in supporting state-of-the art technologies such as virtual reality and

Syftet med studien var att förstå om och hur sångare har upplevt fysisk och emotionell påverkan av målbrottet och hur deras kunskap om målbrottet ser ut. Vidare var syftet att ta reda på hur utbildade och erfarna sångpedagoger förhåller sig till och arbetar med målbrottet i sin undervisning för att förstå vilka arbetssätt framtida sångpedagoger kan använda sig av. Bakgrunden till studien grundar sThis study aims to understand if and how singers experience voice change in a physical and emotional way and how much knowledge they have about their adolescent voice change. Further on the study also aims to understand how educated and experienced vocal teachers adapt and are working with adolescent voices and how their working methods can be used for other future vocal teachers. The background t

Syftet med denna studie var att göra en systematisk litteraturstudie genom att undersöka tio RCT-studier om traumarelaterad skam och PTSD. Syftet var att identifiera i vilken utsträckning KBT-behandlingar effektivt kan behandla skam relaterad till traumaincidenter, och även hur skam har behandlats i studier av traumabehandling. De undersökta studierna använde olika KBT-behandlingar och studerade oThe aim of this study was to make a systematic literature study by examine ten RCT studies regarding trauma-related shame and PTSD. The aim was to identify to what extent CBT-treatments would effectively treat shame arisen from trauma incidents, and also regarding how shame has been treated in studies of trauma treatment. The examined studies used different CBT-treatments and studied different pop

För patienter med långvarig smärta har kognitiv beteendeterapi (KBT) länge varit den dominerande psykologiska interventionen och behandlingen ges ofta multimodalt. Tidigare forskning har vittnat om relativt blygsamma behandlingsresultat. I den forskning som bedrivits under senare år har Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) fått alltmer empiriskt stöd som psykologisk behandling för långvarig smäCognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) has long been the dominating psychological treatment alternative for patients with chronic pain and the treatment is often given multimodal. Previous research has shown relatively modest treatment outcomes. In research conducted in recent years, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), has received increasingly empirical support as psychological treatment for chr

Active calls are made for sustainability science to step up and provide guidance to address the global challenges of climate change, land degradation, and unsustainable urbanisation. Some scientists claim that an “integral sustainability science” can provide some answers. Relationality and integral theory are combined in an experimental research design to reveal and capture the emerging concept of

When an emergency occurs, bottlenecks can emerge at the corners of corridors. Therefore, it is essential to understand how people move through complex geometries during evacuation to improve architectural designs. Virtual Reality (VR) is a versatile tool used for evacuation research since it allows to replicate evacuation routes easily, with high levels of experimental control. These advantages ar

This study analyzes the relationship between economic growth and health. Furthermore, the study analyzes if there are regional differences in the relationship as well as if there are differences between advanced and non-advanced economies. The purpose of this study is to investigate if it is profitable for the economy to increase the health level. There have been studies on the relationship betwe

Syftet med denna studie var att få en fördjupad förståelse för hur medvetna psykoterapeuter är om skam i terapin och få mer kunskap om hur de hanterar sin egen och patientens skam i det interpersonella samspelet. Semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med psykodynamiskt inriktade psykoterapeuter verksamma i södra Sverige. Materialet analyserades med tematisk analys och sju teman valdes ut. StudiThe purpose of this study was to gain an in-depth understanding of how aware psychotherapists are about shame in therapy and gain more knowledge about how they deal with their own and the patient's shame in the interpersonal interaction. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with psychodynamically oriented psychotherapists active in southern Sweden. The material was analyzed with thematic

This thesis adresses a lack engagement with the role of agency in the literature on urban sustainability transitions and urban experiments. By introducing the trinity of change agency framework from economic geography a hypothesis of how agentic processes can be conceptualized for urban sustainability transitions is developed. The framework allows to adress the shortcomings of the existing literat

Textual analysis is increasingly becoming a reliable tool for pattern assessing and forecasting especially statistically. Implementing such techniques in the financial field is still in an infantry stage and it represents a novel research area. While previous literature tends to rely on news articles as the source of data when examining the link with financial returns, internal information such as