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Problematic weight regulation as found in obesity and Anorexia Nervosa (AN) are chronic conditions which require long-term management. In order to develop long-term strategies to manage these conditions, a clearer understanding of the factors that can contribute to the development and also recovery from these conditions are a necessity. Although obesity and AN are at the opposite end of the bodyweight spectrum, some shared psychological processes may drive these states. One factor that has been suggested to contribute to problematic weight regulation is psychosocial stress whilst positive affect systems and affect regulation processes are important for regulating stress-related experiences. Gilbert (2005) describes an affect regulation system which consists of two positive affect systems known as social rank and attachment. Whilst the latter affect system refers to the attachment bond that develops between an infant and its caregiver (which extends to adult relationships), the former is used to form relationships that allow us to compete for limited resources and maintain our status in the social environment. Affect regulation processes in the current research are self-criticism and self-reassurance. Whilst self-critical thoughts and feelings can be triggered by perceptions of being low rank, the idea that people can be self-reassuring or being able to self-reassure at times of difficulty is nested in the positive infant-caregiver attachment bond and a consequence of internalizing parental soothing (Gilbert, 2006). Hence, as stress is suggested to be an important factor in problematic weight regulation and affect systems and processes are central to the regulation of emotional responses to stress-related experiences, the current series of studies examined these factors in relation to problematic weight regulation. The current research consisted of four studies designed to examine the role of stress and affect regulation in relation to weight change, weight regain following weight loss and recovery versus symptom maintenance in AN in women. A longitudinal study (Study One) was conducted to examine the change trajectories of stress, eating pathology and bodyweight, how these changes influence each other and the role of affect regulation systems and processes on these changes in a community based sample (N = 1157). Study Two examined the role of stress and affect regulation as predictors of weight regain in those who have lost weight (N = 42) and Study Three used a measure of life events and difficulties to investigate the role of stressful life changes and affect systems on recovery and relapse following AN (N = 30). Finally, in Study four, an expressive writing task which has been demonstrated to have a positive impact on stress-related health outcomes was used to explore the role of stress, affect systems and processes on problematic weight regulation and eating at times of stress (N = 57). The findings of the research studies demonstrated that there is a concurrent link between stress and the regulation of bodyweight and eating in a community-based sample of women. However, the proposed relationship between stress, bodyweight and eating behaviours was not confirmed when examined longitudinally in a community-based sample, over a 7-month period in women who have lost weight or when examined retrospectively as contributing to symptom maintenance in women with AN. However, the main finding of the current series of studies suggested that affect systems and affect regulation processes do have important implications for regulating stress-related experiences, bodyweight and eating behaviours. Perceived low social status, greater insecurity of attachment, more self-critical and less self-reassuring thoughts and feelings were related to increases in stress levels, higher bodyweight and higher levels of dysfunctional eating patterns. In addition, whilst expressive writing did not reduce stress, influence bodyweight or improve affect regulation at times of difficulty, writing about positive experiences had a positive impact on reducing dietary restraint behaviours during a stressful period. In conclusion, these findings suggest that it may not be stress per se that contributes to unhealthy changes in bodyweight and eating behaviours but how we use our affect systems and processes to manage our emotions at times of difficulty. Consequently, these findings have important implications for practice as weight loss programmes, Eating Disorder prevention programmes and stress management interventions should address the issues of perceived low social status, self-criticism and attachment insecurities.

<p>Purpose: The purpose with this study is to analyze if the Swedish authorities and media had different ways of discussing the new influenza, in connection with the pandemic classification June 11, 2009. This is the first time an influenza has been classified as a pandemic since the Hongkong-influenza in1968. Methodology: The method used for the study is discourse analysis, aqualitative method that gives the opportunity to study not only what is said, but how things are said. In this thesis, the aim is to study how the image ofthe new influenza is transmitted via the texts. The texts have been analysed based on:- General and underlying themes- Words and concepts used- Persons/sources quoted or referred to- Historical connections/historical backgroundTheoretical perspectives: The study is based on theories about socialconstructionism and discourse analysis. Conclusions: the conclusions drawn from the study show that the media textsare more dramatic and sensational when it comes to describing the newinfluenza. The Swedish authorities have a more fact-based and calming tone towards the public. Within the analyzed material, it is possible to seedifferences between the discourses, also when describing the same themes. Within some themes, resemblances have been identified between the mediadiscourse and the authorithy discourse.</p>

Purpose: The purpose with this study is to analyze if the Swedish authorities and media had different ways of discussing the new influenza, in connection with the pandemic classification June 11, 2009. This is the first time an influenza has been classified as a pandemic since the Hongkong-influenza in1968. Methodology: The method used for the study is discourse analysis, aqualitative method that gives the opportunity to study not only what is said, but how things are said. In this thesis, the aim is to study how the image ofthe new influenza is transmitted via the texts. The texts have been analysed based on:- General and underlying themes- Words and concepts used- Persons/sources quoted or referred to- Historical connections/historical backgroundTheoretical perspectives: The study is based on theories about socialconstructionism and discourse analysis. Conclusions: the conclusions drawn from the study show that the media textsare more dramatic and sensational when it comes to describing the newinfluenza. The Swedish authorities have a more fact-based and calming tone towards the public. Within the analyzed material, it is possible to seedifferences between the discourses, also when describing the same themes. Within some themes, resemblances have been identified between the mediadiscourse and the authorithy discourse.

Tyrimo tema - ,,Mokyklos audito rezultatų panaudojimas efektyvinant mokyklos vadybą”. Darbo autorius – edukologijos fakulteto švietimo vadybos ir socialinės psichologijos neakivaizdinio skyriaus studentė Rasa Misiukevičienė. Ilgai pagrindiniu mokyklų vertinimo kriterijumi buvo laikomi moksleivių akademiniai pasiekimai, įstojusiųjų į aukštąsias mokyklas skaičius. Tačiau mokyklos siekiai kur kas platesni nei parengti vaiką universitetui: ugdyti savarankišką, pilietišką, dorą asmenybę. Nuo šiol mokyklos gali įvertinti save pagal Bendrojo lavinimo mokyklos audito metodiką. Vadovaudamasi ja, kiekviena mokykla turi galimybę patikrinti kokybę, suvokti trūkumus, numatyti plėtros perspektyvą. Darbo hipotezė – vidinis auditas atskleid���ia vidinius mokyklos privalumus ir trūkumus. Tikslas - susipažinti su audito metodika ir gautų rezultatų pagrindu išryškinti mokyklos vadybos privalumus ir trūkumus Uždaviniai: • Išsiaiškinti ar auditas yra vienas iš svarbiausių ir patikimiausių informacijos šaltinių. • Įvertinti mokyklos esamą situaciją ir išsiaiškinti privalumus ir trūkumus. Tyrimo metodai: stebėjimas, anketinė apklausa, pokalbis, interviu, dokumentų analizė. Pirmajame skyriuje pristatomi teoriniai tiriamojo darbo pagrindai: audito samprata, klasifikavimas. Antrajame skyriuje apžvelgiamas švietimo įstaigos vertinimas . Trečiajame skyriuje pateikiama vidaus audito, atlikto mokykloje, analizė. Apžvelgtos trys vertinimo sritys: ,,Mokyklos valdymas ir kokybės garantavimas”... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The topic of the research is „The usage of the results of school’s audit in making school’s management effective“. The author of the paper is Rasa Misiukevičienė, the student of Management of Education and Social Psychology, in Education Faculty, the Department of Extramural Studies. For a long time the main school assessment’s criteria were considered student’s academic achievements and the number of the students that entered high schools. However, school’s objectives are much wider than just preparing students for university: the objectives are also to educate an independent, public-spirited and fair personality. From now on schools can evaluate themselves according to the methodology of audit of comprehensive school. According to it, every school has a chance to check quality, realize disadvantages and anticipate perspective of development. The hypothesis of the paper is that internal audit reveals inner advantages and disadvantages of school. The aim - to get acquainted with the methodology of audit and to highlight the advantages and disadvantages of school’s management according to the basis of results. The tasks: • To ascertain if audit is one of the most important and reliable sources of economic information • To evaluate present situation of school and ascertain both advantages and disadvantages. Research methods: observation, questionnaire, conversation, interview, the analysis of documents. In the first part the theoretical research work’s bases... [to full text]

During later years, the primary care services are experiencing a heavier strain in terms of increasing expenses and higher demand for medical services. An increased awareness about pharmaceutical adverse effects and the global concern of antibiotic resistance has given self-care and active surveillance a stronger position within the primary care services. The management strategy for minor illnesses is important because care-seekers tend to repeat successful strategies from past events, and past experience with self-care drives future self-care practices. The overall aim of this thesis was to explore people’s experiences and needs when practicing self-care and receiving self-care advice for minor illnesses. This was achieved by studying people’s experiences with and knowledge of minor illnesses, self-care interventions and channels of information used when providing self-care for minor illness. Needs for confidence in self-care were studied, as well as supporting and obstructing factors in the practice of self-care. Satisfaction with telephone nursing and people’s experiences of reassurance in relation to the decision-making process in self-care for minor illness was explored. The results showed that experience correlated with self-rated knowledge of the condition, and the least common conditions most often generated a health care services consultation. To confidently practice self-care people needed good knowledge and understanding about obtaining symptom relief. Younger persons more often reported the need of having family or friends to talk to. Easy access to care was most often reported as a support in self-care, and a lack of knowledge about illnesses was most often reported as obstructing self-care. Care-seekers receiving self-care advice were less satisfied with the telephone nursing than care-seekers referred to medical care, and feeling reassured after the call was the most important factor influencing satisfaction. Self-care advice had a constricting influence on healthcare utilization, with 66.1% of the cases resulting in a lower level of care than first intended. The course of action that persons in self-care decided on was found to relate to uncertainty and perception of risk. Reassurance had the potential to allay doubts and fears to confidence, thereby influencing self-care and consultation behavior. In conclusion, symptoms of minor illness can cause uncertainty and concern, and reassurance is an important factor influencing people’s course of action when afflicted with minor illness. The nurse constitutes a calming force, and the encounter between the nurse and the care-seeker holds a unique possibility of reassurance and confidence that minor illness is self-limiting to its nature and that effective interventions can provide relief and comfort. Just as health is more than the absence of disease, self-care is more than the absence of medical care.

The intent of this study was to explore to what extent loneliness, need for belonging, and parent-child relationships relate to time spent communicating via social media. The study also focused on predicting social media integration and vaguebooking, an attention seeking behavior on social media. Results from a sample of 471 college students indicated that need for belonging was related to more time spent communicating with friends online. Parent-child relationship, social anxiety, and loneliness were not significantly correlated with social media use. Need for belonging predicted social media integration and loneliness predicted vaguebooking. Histrionic symptoms significantly predicted both social media integration and vaguebooking behaviors, indicating that for those with histrionic traits, social media may reinforce attention seeking behaviors.

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Sweden has long been nonaligned in peace with the aim to remain neutral in the event of an outbreak of war. Building confidence for this neutrality was important for Sweden during the Cold War. This placed high demands on the Swedish Navy to detect and repel violations of Swedish territorial waters. The archives, which contain the secret reports on the violations that occurred during the 1960s, have recently been opened up. The purpose of this essay is to study how the incidents that took place in Swedish territorial waters in the 1960s were managed and to examine if the handling of them was different depending on whether they were caused by the east or west side. Furthermore, the aim is also to try to categorize and interpret these measures from the two pairs of concepts of deterrence and reassurance and integration and screening. In making it possible to answer the questions, all the reports - 66 altogether - which refers to the incidents which occurred during the years 1962 through 1969, have been studied. Then the measures taken have been classified in order to be able to make a statement. Finally, these measures have been interpreted and categorized under each pair of concepts by using an analytical model. The study has shown that. East accounted for 62 % of all 66 incidents. The most exercised approach turned out to be no action at all. The results also show that there were differences in how to handle violations based on blocks belonging. The most obvious example is where no action at all took place and where it differed as much as 11 percent units between the blocks, depending on whether the incident was caused by east-or west. Furthermore, measures have been interpreted and categorized under the respective concepts. The main conclusions that could be drawn from the material studied is that there are differences in the management of incidents and that the most part of the measures taken against East could be categorized as reassurance. / Sverige har sedan en längre tid varit alliansfritt i fred med syfte att kunna vara neutralt i händelse av krig. Att skapa förtroende för denna neutralitetspolitik var viktigt för Sverige under det kalla kriget. Detta ställde höga krav på den svenska marinen att upptäcka och avvisa kränkningar av svenskt sjöterritorium. Arkiven, som innehåller de hemliga rapporter rörande de kränkningar som skedde under 1960-talet, har nyligen öppnats. Syftet med uppsatsen är att studera hur de incidenter som ägde rum på svenskt sjöterritorium under 1960-talet hanterades och att undersöka om hanteringen av dem skilde sig åt beroende av om de var orsakade av öst- respektive västblocken. Vidare är syftet också att försöka kategorisera och tolka dessa åtgärder utifrån de båda begreppsparen avskräckning och förtroendeskapande respektive integration och avskärmning. För att besvara frågeställningarna har samtliga rapporter - 66 stycken -, som avser de incidenter som inträffat under åren 1962 till och med 1969, studerats. Därefter har de vidtagna åtgärderna klassificerats för att en sammanställning skulle kunna göras. Slutligen har dessa åtgärder tolkats och kategoriserats under respektive begreppspar med hjälp av en analysmodell. Resultatet visar att Öst stod för 62 % av samtliga 66 incidenter. Den vanligaste åtgärden visade sig vara att inte vidtaga någon åtgärd alls. Resultatet visar också, att det fanns skillnader i hur man hanterade incidenter utifrån blocktillhörighet. Det tydligaste exemplet är där man inte vidtog någon åtgärd alls och där skilde det hela 11 procentenheter mellan blocken. Vidare har åtgärderna tolkats och kategoriserats under respektive begrepp. De viktigaste slutsatserna som kunnat dras från det studerade materialet är att det finns skillnader i hanteringen av incidenterna och att den övervägande andelen av åtgärder som vidtogs mot Öst kunde kategoriseras som förtroendeskapande.

L'étude de la variabilité des cyclones extra-tropicaux (ETC) est non seulement un sujet d'intérêt pour la communauté scientifique mais aussi d'une grande importance en raison de ses impacts socio-économiques. Toutefois, l'étude continué de la variabilité des ETC et de leurs impacts est encore rare, en particulier a l'échelle de temps du Xeme siècle. Cette thèse vise a étudier la variabilité des trajectoires de tempêtes et de leurs dégâts associés du début du Xxeme siècle a 2010. Pour ce faire, le travail est divisé en deux sections principales, l'une dédiée a la climatologie des ETCs au cours du siècle dernier a partir de données de réanalyse, et la seconde centrée sur le calcul d'indices de pertes et l'évaluation des risques induits par les tempêtes. On s'intéresse en premier lieu a l'étude de la variabilité des ETCs par l'application d'un algorithme de suivi de cyclone, sur la réanalyse de long terme du Centre Européen (ECMWF) ERA-20C. Le nombre annuel d'ETC modérées a intenses fait ressortir trois périodes historiques distinctes. Deux périodes, l'une au début et la seconde à la fin du Xeme siècle (1900-1935 et 1980-2010) ne présentent aucune tendance tandis qu'au milieu du siècle (1930-1980) une tendance significative à l'augmentation apparait. Cette dernière peut toutefois être interrogée en raison de l'inhomogénéité temporelle des réanalyses de long terme. Pour cette raison, un ensemble de paramètres physiques sont analysés en vue d'interpréter physiquement les trois périodes. Durant la période 1930-1980, un refroidissement général de l'atmosphère est observé, en particulier aux hautes latitudes, qui augmente le gradient méridien de température et en conséquence la baroclinicité et la conversion barocline. Par ailleurs, cette augmentation de la fréquence d'ETC est observée spécifiquement sur le Pacifique (Atlantique) au cours de la première (seconde) moitié de la période en lien avec une inversion de l'indice Oscillation Décennale du Pacifique (Oscillation Multidecennale Atlantique). La seconde partie de la thèse s'intéresse à l'analyse des tempête scausant les plus forts dégâts du Xeme siècle. Tout d'abord, on calcule un champ d'indices de dégâts de vents forts pour plus de vingt pays. On développe ensuite une Méthode de Suivi de Tempêtes de Forts Dégâts et les résultats de l'algorithme de suivi sont combinés avec les indices de dégâts de vents forts pour chaque pays. [...] / Extratropical cyclones (ETCs) variability is not only a subject that raises interest among the scientific community, but also extremely important in terms of social-economical impacts. Nevertheless, the study of both the extratropical cyclones variability and windstorms impacts is still scarce, particularly at time-scales that cover the twentieth century. This thesis aims to study, both storms track variability and associated losses from the beginning of the 20th century until 2010. In order to do so, the work was separated in two main parts, one witch focus on ETCs climatology during the last century using reanalysis data and another focused on loss indexes calculations and risk assessment of windstorms. The first part of this PhD concerns the study of ETCs variability after applying a tracking algorithm on the long-term ECMWF reanalysis ERA-20C. The number of ETCs per year shows three distinct periods for the moderate and deep cyclones. Two periods, one at the beginning and another at end of the century (1900-1935 and 1980-2010) for which no significant e trends are observed and a middle-century period between 1935-1980 which presents a significant positive trend. This last trend, however, a deeper analysis on this period should be done due to time-inhomogeneity of long-term reanalysis datasets. For this reason, a set of physical parameters are analysed and a physical interpretation made for each one of the periods. During the middle period, a general cooling of the atmosphere is observed, particularly at high-latitudes, which increases the meridional gradients of temperature and consequently baroclinicity and baroclinic conversion. Besides that, this increase is also observed more specifically in the Pacific (Atlantic) in the first (second) half of this period and linked with a Pacific Decadal Oscillation (Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation) change in signs. On the opposite, the first and third periods are related with warmer polar temperatures that are more intense in the third period but never reach the upper levels of the troposphere. This creates differential changes in baroclinicity. On the one hand, baroclinicity decreases at lower levels and, on the other hand increases at upper levels. The second part of this thesis is focused on the analysis of the most damaging windstorms of the century. First, Loss and Meteorological indexes Pinto et al 2012 are computed for more than twenty countries. Then, a High-Loss Tracking Method is developed and the tracking algorithm trajectories are matched with the LI and MI information for each country. [...]