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The aim of this study was twofolded; on one hand I have been studying how the social services and the women’s crisis center work to contribute to assaulted women’s need of support and protection, while on the other hand I have been analyzing how discursive categories from the group of women addicted to alcohol is being made by professionals. The reason for this purpose was that I would like to see

In recent years, school have taken on the responsibility to, in a higher degree, concentrate on social fostering and preventive measures in order to help children with conduct disorder. This paper deals with the question how the educational system works around children with special needs. The focus lies in mapping out the prevailing strategies and the driving forces behind alternative schooling. T

The aim of this study was to examine international adoptees' reflections of the own ethnic identity. Through semi-structured interviews, six adult adoptees shared their experiences from their childhood and the present concerning identity. Five different themes were used in the interviews to discuss identity; reflections of the self, interactions with the adoptive family, interactions with same

The purpose of this study was to examine how professionals within the social services who work with drug abuse think and feel about methadone and subutex as a treatment against heroin addiction. I have used qualitative interviews to receive information about the respondent’s experiences, views and attitudes. I have interviewed three social workers from different municipalities. The municipalities

The purpose of this study was to examine how Sweden organizes their adoption education program since it differs from adoption agencies in Canada. The aim was to find out why Sweden has a different organizational strategy compared to an adoption agency in British Columbia in Canada when the content in the adoption education program basically is the same in both countries. It was of interest to exam

Vi lever idag i ett globaliserat samhälle där möjligheten till att resa inte längre är ett privilegium få förunnat. Dock är möjligheten att möta ursprungsbefolkningar och deras kulturer vanligtvis inte en del av det vanliga resmålet. Genom televisionens makt att kunna förmedla kunskap om andra kulturer samt bli en del av vår egen identifiering har vi valt att inrikta vår undersökning på den konstr

The purpose of this study has been to describe and analyze the views of the staff working at substitute receptions and at a social services abuse unity regarding sustenance treatment and at the same time distinguish different factors of influence. My introductory line of question has been to find out the thoughts and ideas of the staff regarding sustenance treatments. Furthermore I wanted to find

Due to the fast pace of the developments within the media world reflection on its impact on young people and children is a hot topic. To have a successful impact in protecting them from media influence that can be harmful there has to be a cohesive understanding of the need for protection. On the 9th of June a commission submitted a report suggesting that the film – censorship for adults according

The purpose of this study was to examine how social workers, in the social services department of economical aid, are affected by the increasing number of clients. More specifically we focused on how the social workers job situation as a whole, how the feelings of their work and the ability to reach the goals of the organizations was affected by the changing circumstances. To examine this we used

Clients suffering from dual diagnosis are often an exposed group within social work. This particular group ends up between treatment because of a mental illness or from drug abuse. According to research these clients get their needs met through different organizations cooperation. The purpose of this essay was to create an understanding of the difficulties in working with this distinct group and t

Denna psykologexamensuppsats undersöker användbarheten av den nya svenska versionen av The Adaptive Behavior Assessment System – second edition (ABAS-II), ett standardiserat psykologiskt instrument vilket bedömer adaptiva färdigheter via föräldra- och lärarskattningar. Tjugofem föräldra- och lärarskattningar gällande ungdomar/elever i gymnasiesärskola, varav majoriteten hade diagnosen mental retarThis paper investigates the usability of the new Swedish version of The Adaptive Behavior Assessment System – second edition (ABAS-II), which is a standardized psychological instrument, used for estimating adaptive skills by parent and teacher ratings. Twenty five parent and teacher ratings on adolescents/students in upper secondary special school, the majority with the diagnosis mental retardatio

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The aim of this study is to examine adolescents' nutrition and exercise habits in comparisons to gender and economical status. The study is based on a questionnaire study with 193 adolescents in three different high schools in Malmoe, Sweden. Based on our study we divided the adolescents by gender, and by income groups, low, middle and high. To analyze our study we used theories from Abraham M

Middle Eastern countries are highlighted by media today and people all over the world are getting more interested in the Middle Eastern cultures. Egypt is one of the more liberal and west influenced countries in the Middle East but despite that only one survey has been done of Egyptian media contexts trying to examine the construction of men and women and its effects and reflection of the society.

Expatriater är viktiga men också dyra tillgångar i multinationella företag. Expatriering innebär en stor utmaning i form av ett nytt arbete i ett nytt land, allt inbäddat i en ny kultur, ofta med ett främmande språk, vilket kräver nya sätt att hantera tillvaron. Då de flesta expatriater har familj, gäller det i högsta grad även den medföljande. Genom en kvalitativ studie med fenomenologiskt angrepExpatriates are important but also expensive assets in multinational companies. A new employment and a new country, all embedded in a new culture, often with a foreign language, makes expatriation a big challenge. This also highly affects accompanying partners, since most expatriates bring their families on the assignment. The process of expatriation was examined by a qualitative study with a phen

The purpose of this study is to examine whether the cutdowns and the savings can have an effect on the health and the wellbeing of the personnel on the basis of their own stories as well as the meaning of the different leading styles that are used on the daily basis and how that can matter on the creation of a more healthy workplace. The starting point of this study is the experiences of the pers

The purpose of this essay has been to investigate how the treath of sexual violence and sexual harrasement is experienced by eight young women in Malmö. Sexual violence and sexual harassment is in swedish society seen as a social problem which must be regulated by law, and socialy delt with. Although, in our opinion, this is only half the truth. It is not a misjudgement to state that sexual violen

The explanations and solutions to psychological problems have varied throughout history. In recent decades, however, an ideology characterized by social inclusion and autonomy has emerged where the key element has been to make individuals with mental health problems a part of the community rather than to screen them from the rest of society. This essay analyzes the work of five community-based ser

Den här uppsatsens syfte är att undersöka hur japanska ungdomar födda under Heiseiperioden förhåller sig till den traditionella japanska genusspråksnormen då de skriver blogg. Målet är att finna en möjlig förändring i manligt och kvinnligt språk bland nutida ungdomar. 32 blogginlägg har undersökts, varav hälften med manliga och hälften med kvinnliga skribenter. Undersökningen har genomförts ba