Aim of the study. To analyze the impact of the factors influencing the mode of life on student resiliency. Methods. This work was carried out by analyzing scientific references. The anonymous questionnaire was also used to carry out the survey. The data received was processed using the statistics processing program SPSS 13.0 for windows. Results. The questionnaire survey of the first year full time students of Kaunas College was carried out. The survey included 382 students (129 male and 253 female). The received data showed that 34.8% of students think that resiliency depends on the influence of other people, 27.8% of students think that it depends on the environment and 16.5% identified that resiliency depends on personal characteristics. In order to regain resiliency the respondents usually use passive methods such as watching TV, listening to the music, communicating with friends. The majority of the respondents (66.7% male and 75.9% female) indicated that they either often or very often feel tired. After the analysis of the results the statistically valid connection between the experienced tiredness and nutritional habits, time allocated for sleeping, rest and entertainment has been observed (p<0.05). While assessing the psychological feelings of students in the learning environment we observed that 53.4% of students often feel peer support, 60% of students are successful in solving conflicts. However, the respondents having lower inner resiliency feel that the work load... [to full text]

The two aims of the study are to describe and analyse: i) how drug abusers have transformed their lives from the time when they did not use drugs, to becoming drug abusers, and finally leaving drugs behind them; and ii) what it means to be socially integrated with one's experience of having been a drug abuser. The study builds on qualitative research interviews with seven women and seven men. With symbolic interactionism as the point of departure the interviewees' lives are described and discussed as existential, meaning-creating processes characterised by modulations in the meaning they have given their lives. Most of the interviewees have grown up under disadvantageous conditions. They began us­ing drugs in adolescence. Over time their lives became very difficult to the point that they occa­sionally questioned their lives as drug abusers. The interviewees faced serious situations when they decided to leave the drug abuse life. No matter what motives they describe for beginning to change their lives, their decisions were influenced partly by negative social consequences gen­erated by drug abuse, and partly by positive social changes. Most of the interviewees went through institutional treatment to cease drug abuse. But their experiences of treatment can be regarded as a part of a prolonged change process which is influenced by many other factors outside of the treatment context. Today the interviewees live "normal lives". They are working or studying. The family is an important part of their lives. Most of them are engaged in different organisations, for example sport clubs, political parties, or Narcotics Anonymous. The fact that they succeed in ceasing drug abuse and today are leaving "normal lives" can not be explained by the possibility that they as group were better equipped socially, by hereditary, or by acquired characteristics, than people who continue to use drugs. Rather, changes in their existential conditions made it possible for them to cease drug abuse. Of decisive meaning was that they took part in social contexts where they built relationships to people who gave them confidence and who were able to see and meet the interviewees during their initial fragile striv­ing for change. The interviewees ambivalence and insecurity about building a life without drugs was reduced by the fact that they felt acceptance and respect from people who assumed the interviewees had resources and knowledge that were important for living "normal lives". / digitalisering@umu

Diss. (sammanfattning) Stockholm : Karolinska institutet, 2007. / Härtill 4 uppsatser.

Diss. (sammanfattning) Linköping : Univ., 2003. / Härtill 5 uppsatser.

Diss. (sammanfattning) Stockholm : Karolinska institutet, 2006. / Härtill 4 uppsatser.

Diss. (sammanfattning) Umeå : Umeå universitet, 2010. / Härtill 4 uppsatser.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1994.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1994.

Diss. (sammanfattning) Stockholm : Karolinska institutet, 2010.

Bakgrund: Typ 2 diabetes är ett globalt hälsoproblem som kan ge allvarliga komplikationer. Livsstilsförändringar inom fysisk aktivitet och kost kan minska risken för komplikationer och leda till viktnedgång hos patienter med övervikt eller fetma. Motiverande samtal (MI) har som syfte att öka patientens motivation. MI används som ett hjälpmedel inom hälso-och sjukvården för att motivera patienter till livsstilsförändring. Inom rådgivning har sjuksköterskan en viktig hälsofrämjande arbetsroll att motivera patienter till livsstilsförändringar avseende ökad fysisk aktivitet och kostvanor. Syfte: Att sammanställa aktuell forskning om betydelsen av MI avseende livsstilsförändringar hos patienter med typ 2 diabetes. Metod: Designen är en litteraturöversikt som grundar sig på 15 vetenskapliga artiklar. Datainsamlingen har genomförts via PubMed och Cinahl. Resultat: Tre huvudkategorier med tillhörande subkategorier framtogs. Huvudkategorierna var: Betydelsen av MI avseende kost, betydelsen av MI avseende viktnedgång och betydelsen av MI avseende fysisk aktivitet. Konklusion: Samtalsmetoden MI gav olika resultat avseende kost och fysisk aktivitet samt viktnedgång. En gemensam faktor som identifierades var att MI gav förståelse för deltagarnas aktuella livsstil tillsammans med ökad motivation. / Background: Type 2 diabetes is a global health problem that can cause complications. Lifestyle changes in physical activity and diet can reduce the risk of complications and lead to weight loss in patients with overweight or obesity. Motivational Interviewing (MI) aims to increase motivation for behavioral change. MI can be used in healthcare counseling to motivate patients for lifestyle change. Aim: To compile current research about the importance of MI regarding lifestyle changes in patients with type 2 diabetes. Methods: The design is a literature review based on 15 scientific articles. The data collection was made in PubMed and Cinahl databases. Results: Three main categories with subcategories were implemented. The main categories were: The importance of MI regarding diet, the importance of MI regarding weight loss and the importance of MI regarding physical activity. Conclusions: The communication model MI gave different results regarding diet and physical activity as well as weight loss. A common factor identified was that MI gave an understanding of the participants' acute lifestyle together with increased motivation.