Pre-collegiate engineering experiences are offered by many institutions and allow students to learn about engineering before committing to a college major. Program administrators often report that these pre-collegiate engineering experiences increase students’ motivation to pursue engineering degrees. While we know that these programs can encourage students to initially enroll in engineering, the lasting impact of these programs on engineering students is less clear. This investigation seeks to identify the factors that contribute to student success in engineering and inform future programs and curricula. A survey was developed and administered to aerospace engineering students to analyze the students’ self-reported background factors, engineering identity, and engineering self-efficacy. Student record information such as GPA, retention information, demographics, SAT/ACT scores, and initial major of study was acquired and analyzed with the self-reported data to determine significant measures of success. The results of this investigation can inform the design and implementation of pre-college engineering programs.

SAMMANFATTNING   Bakgrund: Psykossjukdom kan beskrivas som en förändring i verklighetsuppfattning. Symtom är vanföreställningar, hallucinationer, tankestörningar, passivitet, avtrubbade affekter och känslomässiga störningar. Att drabbas av psykossjukdom innebär en stor förändring i livet för den som drabbas, med stort lidande och sänkt livskvalitet. Tidigare forskning har visat att olika bakgrundsfaktorer kan påverka livskvalitet hos patienter med psykossjukdom. Syfte: Denna studie syftar till att undersöka hur människor med psykossjukdom upplever sin livskvalitet och hur ålder, kön, hushållssituation samt utbildning och sysselsättning påverkar detta. Metod: Studiedesignen var komparativ tvärsnittsstudie medelst frågeformulär. Enkäter delades ut på en psykosöppenvårdsmottagning och en slutenvårdsavdelning på ett sjukhus i mellansverige. EQ-5D användes som instrument för att mäta livskvalitet. Deltagarna fick också besvara ett frågeformulär som undersökte deras bakgrundsfaktorer. Resultat: Sysselsättning, som arbete eller studier hade en positiv inverkan på livskvalitet.  ålder, kön, hushållssituation och utbildningsnivå hade ingen inverkan på livskvalitet. Resultatet från insamlingen på slutenvårdsavdelningen var inte möjligt att analysera på grund av bortfall. Slutsats: Denna studie hade för få deltagare som sannolikt påverkat resultatet. Framtida forskning bör vara mer omfattande. Tidigare forskning visar dock att olika bakgrundsfaktorer påverkar livskvalitet. Det är därför viktigt att sjuksköterskor oavsett var de arbetar känner till patientens enskilda bakgrundsfaktorer och utnyttjar denna kunskap för att hitta de individer som behöver mest stöd.     Nyckelord: Livskvalitet, psykossjukdom, bakgrundsfaktorer / ABSTRACT Background Psychotic disorders can be described as a change in the perceptions of reality. Symptoms include delusions, hallucinations, confused thinking, lack of motivation and emotional expressions. To suffer from psychotic disorder means a change in the life of those affected and reduced quality of life. Precious research has shown different background factors can affect the quality of life in patients with psychotic disorders. Aim The aim of this study was to measure quality of life in patients with different psychotic disorders and the impact of age, gender, occupation, household situation and level of education. Method A comparative cross-sectional design was used. In- and outpatients undergoing treatment in a Swedish psychiatric care setting was asked to participate in the study. The EQ-5D instrument was used to measure quality in life. Participants were also asked to fill in in a questioner regarding their background factors. Results Occupation had a positive outcome in quality of life. Age, gender, household situation and level of education did not impact quality of life, The group of inpatients were not included in this study due to failing filling in the questionnaires properly Conclusion The result has probably been affected by the low number of participants, making it difficult to draw any conclusions. Previous research shows different background factor does have an impact on quality of life, future research should ensure a bigger sample of participants.   Keywords: Quality of life, psychotic disorder, background factors

Previous research shows that small workplaces more often discriminate immigrants during the process of hiring new employees than larger workplaces, and usually explains this result by referring to structural factors. At the same time, previous research also shows that self-employees tend to have different personality traits than other people. Could it be the case that the higher discrimination among small workplaces can be explained at an individual level? I examined the hypothesis through OLS-regressions using a survey called Employment, Material Resources, and Political Preferences. The results showed that people working at small workplaces tend to have more negative attitudes towards immigrants than people working at larger workplaces. In addition, by using a Big-Five model combined with background factors at an individual level, I found that people employed by small organizations tend to have other personality traits than those employed by larger organizations. But the Big-Five model cannot explain why small workplaces are more inclined to discriminate immigrants. In contrast, background factors such as education and gender have strong correlative effects on why people employed by small organizations have more negative attitudes towards immigrants. That is, small workplaces are more likely to employ men and people with relatively low education compared to larger workplaces, which is interesting in this context because men are on average found to be more negative towards immigrants than women, and lower educated people are more negative than those with higher education.

Studiens syfte är att undersöka förekomsten av olika typer av motivation till studier hos studenter vid Uppsala universitet, vilket mynnade ut i två frågeställningar som är följande: Vad motiverar studenter till sina studier och framkommer det någon skillnad i motivationen gällande yttre och inre faktorer? och Förekommer det en skillnad på motivationen beroende på bakgrundsfaktorerna kön och ålder? För att angripa detta problemområde använde vi oss av en kvantitativ metodansats i form av en enkätinsamling. Vi tillämpade ett bekvämlighetsurval genom att dela ut enkäten på offentliga utrymmen vid Uppsala universitet, vilket resulterade i 70 stycken enkätsvar. Vår teoretiska referensram grundar sig i Deci & Ryans samt Ahls definitioner kring inre och yttre motivation. Vidare utgår studien även ifrån tidigare forskning kring studiemotivation som handlar om hur studenter på olika sätt skapar och formar motivation till sina studier. Vi har även tillämpat tidigare forskning med fokus på motivation i relation till kön samt motivation i relation till ålder. På grund av att studien baseras på ett bekvämlighetsurval samt att respondenternas antal endast uppgår till 70 individer är generalisering ej möjligt. Studien redovisar endast tendenser, vilket kan väcka intresse för vidare forskning. Resultatet visade att det framförallt är den yttre motivationsfaktorn “Framtida karriärmöjligheter och yrkesliv” som starkast motiverar urvalsgruppen till sina studier, men även att den inre motivationen i form av “Intresset för ämnet” motiverar urvalsgruppen starkt. Avslutningsvis påvisas även en indikation över att ålder och kön påverkar hur studenten motiveras till sina studier. Detta då exempelvis yngre studenter visar tendenser till att motiveras av sina klasskamrater än de äldre samt att män i större utsträckning än kvinnor motiveras av gruppstudier. / The purpose of this study is aimed at investigating the prevalence of various study motivation types used by students at Uppsala University. This study culminated into two questions. Firstly, What is it that motivates students to study and does there appear to be any difference regarding intrinsic and extrinsic motivational factors? And secondly, Are there any differences in the creation of motivation due to the background factors gender and age? To approach the problem we used a quantitative research method, in the form of a survey. We distributed questionnaires in public areas at Uppsala university, which resulted in seventy responses. The theoretical framework used to interpret the collected data was Deci & Ryan's and Ahls definitions regarding intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. This research study also builds upon earlier studies on motivation, which address a number of theories explaining how students create and form motivation for their studies. Owing to the fact that the study and the questionaire were made from a convenience sampling which resulted in a selection with limited numbers, the study will therefore not make any generalizations, however it will highlight tendencies which may raise interest for further research. The results of the study show that the greatest motivational factor is an Extrinct Motivation factor in the form of "Future professional and career opportunities". Additionally the results also show that an intrinsic motivation factor in the form of  “Interest in the subject itself” also strongly motivate students. Furthermore, the study indicates that age and gender effect how students are motivated during their studies. The results also display that younger students for instance, are more motivated by their classmates, while from a gender point of wiew men are more motivated by group studies.

<p>This essay is focused on the phenomena of self-injurious behavior of two young men. The purpose of the essay is to enlighten their experiences of their earlier self-injurious behavior, and to further enlighten which factors they believe have been contributed to the origin and the ending of the behavior. The research questions the essay raises are: Which factors has contributed to the origin of the self-injurious behavior? Which functions did the self-injurious behavior have for the young men? What made the two young men quit their self-injurious behavior? The essay is qualitative and do not imply to generalize the results and it is made from interviews with respondents and earlier research on self-injurious behavior. The results show that there are differences in the factors that origin of the self-injurious behavior between the respondents. The differences are for example the family situation and experiences of childhood traumas. There are also similarities in the origin of the self-injurious behavior, both respondents have had experiences of rejection from the environment. There are several differences between the respondents in the functions of the self-injurious behavior. One of the respondents used the self-injurious behavior to end a state of dissociation, other differences were the frequency and procedure of the self-injurious behavior. There are also similarities in the functions with the self-injurious behavior between both respondents, for them it was a way to cope with difficult situations and to let out emotions for example anxiety. There are differences in factors that can be correlated with the ending of the self-injurious behavior among the respondents. One of the respondents claims the positive treatment of his surroundings and therapy, when his self-injurious behavior became known, was contributing factors to the ending of hurting himself. The other respondent claims that a sense of responsibility for someone else was the most important factor in ending the self-injurious behavior. A similarity in the ending of the self-injurious behavior among the respondents is that both of them could manage to express their feelings and experiences in words. One of the conclusions is that self-injurious behavior among the young men, referring to the origin, function and ending of the behavior, shows many similarities with young women who has a self-injurious behavior.</p> / <p>Studien behandlar fenomenet självskadebeteende hos två unga män. Studiens syfte är att belysa unga mäns upplevelser av sitt tidigare självskadebeteende, samt att belysa vilka faktorer som de upplevt som bidragande till uppkomst och avslutning av självskadebeteendet.</p><p>Studiens frågeställningar lyder vidare: Vilka bakomliggande orsaker finns till de unga männens självskadebeteende? Vilka funktioner fyllde självskadebeteendet för de unga männen? Vad fick de unga männen att sluta med sitt självskadebeteende? Studien är kvalitativ, utan generaliseringsanspråk och bygger på intervjuer med respondenter samt tidigare forskning inom ämnet självskadebeteende. Resultaten visar att de bakomliggande orsakerna till respondenternas utvecklande av självskadebeteende skiljer sig delvis åt t.ex. familjesituationen och upplevda trauman. Även likheter påvisas i de bakomliggande orsakerna, båda respondenterna har i sin uppväxt upplevt avvisanden från omgivningen. De funktioner som självskadebeteendet har för respondenterna skiljer sig åt på ett flertal punkter, varav en av respondenterna använde självskadebeteendet till att häva ett dissociativt tillstånd, andra skillnader var frekvens och tillvägagångssätt. Funktioner med självskadebeteendet hos de bägge respondenterna rymmer också likheter, då båda respondenterna använde självskadebeteendet som ett sätt att hantera svåra situationer på, samt för att få utlopp för t.ex. ångest. Verksamma delar i avslutningen av självskadebeteendet skilde sig åt mellan respondenterna. En av respondenterna menar att omgivningens goda bemötande och terapi, då självskadebeteendet uppdagades, var bidragande faktorer till att respondenten senare kunde sluta att skada sig själv. Den andra respondenten menar att en känsla av ansvar för någon annan än sig själv var den största bidragande faktorn till avslutning av självskadebeteendet. Då båda respondenterna kunde sätta ord på sina känslor och upplevelser av sin situation bidrog detta till avslutningen av självskadebeteendet. En av de slutsatser som presenteras är att självskadebeteendet hos de unga männen avseende bakomliggande orsaker, funktion och bidragande orsaker till avslutning är att det finns många likheter med unga kvinnors självskadebeteende.</p>

This essay is focused on the phenomena of self-injurious behavior of two young men. The purpose of the essay is to enlighten their experiences of their earlier self-injurious behavior, and to further enlighten which factors they believe have been contributed to the origin and the ending of the behavior. The research questions the essay raises are: Which factors has contributed to the origin of the self-injurious behavior? Which functions did the self-injurious behavior have for the young men? What made the two young men quit their self-injurious behavior? The essay is qualitative and do not imply to generalize the results and it is made from interviews with respondents and earlier research on self-injurious behavior. The results show that there are differences in the factors that origin of the self-injurious behavior between the respondents. The differences are for example the family situation and experiences of childhood traumas. There are also similarities in the origin of the self-injurious behavior, both respondents have had experiences of rejection from the environment. There are several differences between the respondents in the functions of the self-injurious behavior. One of the respondents used the self-injurious behavior to end a state of dissociation, other differences were the frequency and procedure of the self-injurious behavior. There are also similarities in the functions with the self-injurious behavior between both respondents, for them it was a way to cope with difficult situations and to let out emotions for example anxiety. There are differences in factors that can be correlated with the ending of the self-injurious behavior among the respondents. One of the respondents claims the positive treatment of his surroundings and therapy, when his self-injurious behavior became known, was contributing factors to the ending of hurting himself. The other respondent claims that a sense of responsibility for someone else was the most important factor in ending the self-injurious behavior. A similarity in the ending of the self-injurious behavior among the respondents is that both of them could manage to express their feelings and experiences in words. One of the conclusions is that self-injurious behavior among the young men, referring to the origin, function and ending of the behavior, shows many similarities with young women who has a self-injurious behavior. / Studien behandlar fenomenet självskadebeteende hos två unga män. Studiens syfte är att belysa unga mäns upplevelser av sitt tidigare självskadebeteende, samt att belysa vilka faktorer som de upplevt som bidragande till uppkomst och avslutning av självskadebeteendet. Studiens frågeställningar lyder vidare: Vilka bakomliggande orsaker finns till de unga männens självskadebeteende? Vilka funktioner fyllde självskadebeteendet för de unga männen? Vad fick de unga männen att sluta med sitt självskadebeteende? Studien är kvalitativ, utan generaliseringsanspråk och bygger på intervjuer med respondenter samt tidigare forskning inom ämnet självskadebeteende. Resultaten visar att de bakomliggande orsakerna till respondenternas utvecklande av självskadebeteende skiljer sig delvis åt t.ex. familjesituationen och upplevda trauman. Även likheter påvisas i de bakomliggande orsakerna, båda respondenterna har i sin uppväxt upplevt avvisanden från omgivningen. De funktioner som självskadebeteendet har för respondenterna skiljer sig åt på ett flertal punkter, varav en av respondenterna använde självskadebeteendet till att häva ett dissociativt tillstånd, andra skillnader var frekvens och tillvägagångssätt. Funktioner med självskadebeteendet hos de bägge respondenterna rymmer också likheter, då båda respondenterna använde självskadebeteendet som ett sätt att hantera svåra situationer på, samt för att få utlopp för t.ex. ångest. Verksamma delar i avslutningen av självskadebeteendet skilde sig åt mellan respondenterna. En av respondenterna menar att omgivningens goda bemötande och terapi, då självskadebeteendet uppdagades, var bidragande faktorer till att respondenten senare kunde sluta att skada sig själv. Den andra respondenten menar att en känsla av ansvar för någon annan än sig själv var den största bidragande faktorn till avslutning av självskadebeteendet. Då båda respondenterna kunde sätta ord på sina känslor och upplevelser av sin situation bidrog detta till avslutningen av självskadebeteendet. En av de slutsatser som presenteras är att självskadebeteendet hos de unga männen avseende bakomliggande orsaker, funktion och bidragande orsaker till avslutning är att det finns många likheter med unga kvinnors självskadebeteende.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-02T21:42:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Patricia Brecht Innarelli.pdf: 656760 bytes, checksum: ced27c29544f720ac1734360f6de898f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-07-29 / The growing concern about academic dishonesty and their possible impacts on organizations and society has required special attention. Several studies indicate that the technology and in particular the Internet, can cause an increase in academic dishonesty and, in particular the practice of plagiarism. Types of academic dishonesty are listed in the literature as fraud, plagiarism, overseas aid and wire fraud. Among these types, plagiarism is becoming a major concern among higher education institutions in comparison with others (LOVETT-HOOPER et al., 2007). The existence of the intentionality of the individual is a central feature in studies of plagiarism, characterized as the result of an individual decision. From the standpoint of the Theory of Planned Behavior - TPB (Theory of Planned Behavior) of Ajzen (1991), the action of the individual is guided by beliefs (behavioral, normative and control) that influence their attitude to something that in turn leads to the rationalization of the intention to influence the behavior of the individual. This research aims to identify the antecedent factors that influence the attitude toward plagiarism among Brazilian students of higher education, distance mode. A systematic mapping of the literature on the subject identified more than 300 articles and converged on a number of 74 articles considered critical. Of these, a model was generated analysis that predictors of positive attitude to plagiarism (from certain influences received, the individual will consider the practice of plagiarism), the following constructs: Positioning Moral, Social norms and situational aspects. For model analysis, we used a survey research when, at this stage were referred, 1800 questionnaires, the students from different periods of the course of Directors of a private university. The rate of return of the questionnaires was 28.95%, totaling 353 valid questionnaires. For data analysis we used the structural equation modeling algorithm with Partial Least Squares (PLS) technique suitable for a small number of observations and when you cannot take parameters for distribution. The main findings of this research were: 41.8% of variable model explained the attitude of positive attitudes to plagiarism, and the identification of six significant constructs associated with the model being: Understanding (-0.102, p <0.05), Expected value (0.243, p <0.001), Ease (0.108, p <0.05), Pressure Situation (0.126, p <0.01), Relativism (0.272, p <0.001) and severity and likelihood of punishment (-0.255, p <0.001). / A crescente preocupação com a desonestidade acadêmica e seus possíveis impactos para as organizações e sociedade tem requerido especial atenção. Diversos estudos indicam que a tecnologia e, em especial, a Internet, pode ocasionar o aumento da desonestidade acadêmica e, em especial, da prática de plágio. Tipos de desonestidade acadêmica são listados pela literatura como sendo a fraude, o plágio, o auxílio externo e a fraude eletrônica. Dentre estes tipos, o plágio está se tornando a maior preocupação entre as instituições de ensino superior em comparação com os demais (LOVETT-HOOPER et al., 2007). A existência da intencionalidade do indivíduo é uma característica central nos estudos sobre plágio, caracterizado como sendo a consequência de uma decisão individual. Do ponto de vista da Theory of Planned Behavior - TPB (Teoria do Comportamento Planejado), de Ajzen (1991), a ação do indivíduo é orientada por crenças (comportamentais, normativas e de controle) que influenciam sua atitude em relação a algo, que por sua vez leva à racionalização da intenção que influenciará o comportamento do indivíduo. Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo identificar os fatores antecedentes que influenciam a atitude em relação ao plágio dentre estudantes brasileiros do ensino superior, modalidade à distância. Um sistemático mapeamento da literatura sobre o tema identificou mais de 300 artigos e convergiu para um número de 74 artigos considerados fundamentais. Destes, foi gerado um modelo de análise que define como preditores da Atitude Positiva em relação ao Plágio (a partir de determinadas influências recebidas, o indivíduo considerará a prática do plágio), os seguintes construtos: Posicionamento Moral, Normas sociais e Aspectos situacionais. Para análise do modelo, utilizou-se uma pesquisa do tipo survey quando, nesta fase foram encaminhados, 1800 questionários, a alunos de diferentes períodos do curso de Administração, de uma Universidade particular. A taxa de retorno dos questionários foi de 28,95%, totalizando 353 questionários válidos. Para a análise dos dados utilizou-se a modelagem por equações estruturais com algoritmo Partial Least Squares (PLS), técnica adequada para um número reduzido de observações e quando não se pode assumir parâmetros para a distribuição. Os principais resultados encontrados nesta pesquisa foram: 41,8% da variablidade da Atitude explicada do modelo de Atitude Positiva frente ao plágio; e a identificação de seis construtos significantes associados ao modelo, sendo: Entendimento (-0,102, p<0,05), Expectativa de Valor (0,243, p<0,001), Facilidade (0,108, p<0,05), Situação de Pressão (0,126, p<0,01), Relativismo (0,272, p<0,001) e Severidade e Possibilidade de Punição (-0,255, p<0,001).

Magister Philosophiae - MPhil / The South African schools act, (number 5, 1996), asserts that all learners have a right to access both basic and quality education without discrimination of any sort. Since the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals there has been a drive by the Department of Education to ensure that all learners have access to basic education by 2015. However what remains a challenge after almost 20 years of democracy is the poor quality of education and this is clear from the results of international assessment studies. Results from studies like the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study and Southern and East Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality, show that South African children perform well below international averages. In this study learner Mathematics achievement scores taken from the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study 2011 cycle will serve as a proxy for educational quality. Using multilevel analysis the current study aims to use a 2-level Hierarchical Linear Model to firstly; determine the learner and family background factors associated with education quality. Secondly; factors at the school level will be identified and proven to be associated with education quality. Variables selected for the study was based on Creamer’s theory of school effectiveness which looked at school, classroom level inputs as well as learner background variables to explain student level achievement. The results show that at the learner’s level the most significant factors were the age of the leaner, in the sense that grade age appropriate learners obtained higher scores than overage learners. Learner’s perception of mathematics is extremely important and has a positive effect on mathematics performance. In the current study mathematics perception refers to learners valuing and liking mathematics as well learner confidence in learning mathematics. Learners who said they were bullied as school generally scored lower than learners who were not bullied. At the school level the most significant factors were teacher working conditions, teachers’ specialisation in mathematics, school socio-economic status, and general infrastructure. Interesting to note at the school level is when socioeconomic status was included in the model as a single variable the score difference between low socio-economic status and high socio-economic status schools was almost 46 points. However when the factors mentioned above were added to the model the difference in scores dropped by almost half.

Hazardous alcohol consumption is an issue that affects a lot of university students today. Consuming alcohol tend to have a negative impact on both mental and physical aspects, which can lead to severe alcohol addictions in the future. This study investigates which background factors that causes the phenomenon of binge drinking by collecting and analysing data from Linköping University. The results were analysed with data mining techniques such as: decision trees, random forest, and logistic regression. The results showed that logistic regression were the most reliable method in predicting binge drinking with an accuracy of (86.50 %), precision (92.64 %) and recall (90.96 %). The findings also showed that participation in student events together with higher weekly alcohol consumption predicted binge drinking. Additionally, other risk factors were the amounts of time the students spent with their friends and the students activity in partaking in their programs section (program association). The results from this study suggest that the student culture not only influence alcohol consumption but it induces the habits of binge drinking.

Inledning: Varje dag drabbas i genomsnitt 250 personer av fysiskt- och sexuellt våld i Sverige, vilket leder till cirka 90 dödsfall och cirka 2000 allvarligt skadade per år. Våld är något som traditionellt studeras utifrån det kriminologiska forskningsområdet, men som i denna undersökning angrips tvärvetenskapligt med stöd i både den kriminologiska, men framförallt i de epidemiologiska- och riskperceptionella perspektiven. För att konstruera effektiva preventionsunderlag för skador (våld), krävs gedigen kunskap om den målgrupp som insatsen fokuserar. Genom att undersöka en målgrupp som oftast inte är föremål för kriminologisk forskning - studenter i åldern 20-34 år - kan detaljerad och fördjupad kunskap i någon form skapas, vilket utreder eventuella preventionsbehov samt bidrar till ett framtida preventionsunderlag.      Metod: Denna studie har en kvantitativ studiedesign där datainsamlingen utförts med hjälp av ett digitalt enkätformulär. Valet av ett kvantitativt angreppssätt baseras på studiens syfte, vilket är av tvärsnittsdesign och kräver kvantifierbara data. Datainsamlingen utfördes via studentgrupper på Facebook, där sammanlagt fem högskolor och universitet geografiskt fördelat över Sverige ingick. Enkätformuläret bestod av tre avsnitt med totalt 30 frågor. Frågorna gjordes om till variabler och strukturerades i programmet SPSS till ett dataset med diverse omkodningar. Analysen av datamaterialet utfördes dels rent deskriptivt, men även utifrån bivariata korstabellsanalyser med Pearson´s Chi2-test som metod för sambandstestning. De etiska aspekterna i studien har dels följt Karlstads Universitets riktlinjer gällande GDPR, men även Vetenskapsrådets fyra etiska krav. Resultat: Resultatet från de 486 respondenterna tyder på en relativt hög utsatthet för våld i den undersökta populationen studenter i åldern 20-34 år. Män utsätts i större utsträckning av fysiskt våld, medan kvinnor utsätts för sexuellt våld. Det fysiska våld som drabbar kvinnor inträffar oftast inomhus och utövas av en partner/ex-partner, medan männen utsätts utomhus av en okänd utövare. När det gäller riskuppfattning finns en utbredd oro för att drabbas av våld, vilket i många fall hänger samman med tryggheten i bostadsområdet. Otryggheten leder även till förändringar av rutiner och aktiviteter. Kopplat till bakgrundsfaktorer har förtroendet för rättssystemet, narkotika, tobak, egen våldsutövning samt kön och ålder visat sig vara faktorer som spelar in i utsattheten för våld samt i den angivna riskuppfattning rörande att utsättas för våld.   Diskussion: Utsattheten för våld i den undersökta populationen är hög, vilket i kombination med en påtaglig riskuppfattning och oro för att utsättas visar på behovet av ett välunderbyggt preventionsunderlag. Resultatet för den undersökta gruppen stämmer även till vis del väl överens med det som tidigare statistik och forskning har visat. Bakgrundsfaktorer så som narkotikaanvändning, våldsutövning och lågt förtroende är faktorer som ökar utsattheten och leder till större oro att utsättas igen. Analysen tyder på att de som utsätts för fysiskt våld, även tenderar att vara mer utsatta för även sexuellt våld. Det verkar även som om de som utövar våld, i större omfattning själva är utsatta för våld. Det finns också ett samband mellan större oro och utsatthet, samt mellan reell erfarenhet av sexuellt våld och den egna riskuppfattning rörande samma våldstyp. Detta samband finns dock inte för fysiskt våld, vilket eventuellt kan handla om en sorts avtrubbning. Det kan även bero på felkunskap via massmedias något skeva rapportering. / Introduction: Every day an average of 250 people are affected by physical- and sexual violence in Sweden, which leads to about 90 deaths and about 2000 seriously injured per year. Violence is something that is traditionally studied based on the criminological research area, but which in this study is interdisciplinary with support in both the criminological, but especially in the epidemiological and risk perceptual perspectives. To construct effective prevention bases for injuries (violence), solid knowledge of the target group that the intervention focuses on is required. By examining a target group that is not usually the subject of criminological research - students aged 20-34 - can be detailed and in-depth knowledge in some form be created, which investigates possible prevention needs and contributes to a future prevention basis.   Methods: This study has a quantitative study design in which data collection was carried out using a digital questionnaire. The choice of a quantitative approach is based on the purpose of the study, which is of cross-sectional design and requires quantifiable data. The data collection was conducted through student groups on Facebook, which included a total of five universities geographically distributed. The questionnaire consisted of three sections with a total of 30 questions. The questions were converted into variables and structured in the SPSS program into a dataset with various recodes. The analysis of the data material was performed partly purely descriptively but also based on bivariate cross-table analyzes using Pearson's Chi2-test as a method for correlation testing. The ethical aspects of the study have partly followed Karlstad University's guidelines on GDPR, but also the basis of the Swedish Research Council's four ethical requirements.   Results: The results from the 486 respondents indicate a relatively high risk of violence in the studied population of students aged 20-34 years. Men are more frequently subjected to physical violence, while women are subjected to sexual violence. The physical violence that affects women usually occurs indoors and is practised by a partner/ex-partner, while the men are exposed outdoors by an unknown practitioner. When it comes to risk perception, there is widespread concern about being affected by violence, which in many cases is related to the security of the housing area. The insecurity also leads to changes in routines and activities. In connection with background factors, confidence in the justice system, drugs, tobacco, own violence and gender and age are factors that play a role in the exposure to violence and in the stated risk perception of being subjected to violence.   Discussion: The exposure to violence in the population studied is high, which in combination with significant risk perception and concern about being exposed indicates the need for a well-founded prevention basis. The results for the investigated group are also, to a certain extent, well in line with previous statistics and research. Background factors such as drug use, violence, and trust are factors that increase vulnerability and lead to greater concern about being exposed again. The analysis suggests that those who are subjected to physical violence also tend to be more vulnerable to sexual violence as well. It also seems that those who practice violence are themselves subject to violence to a greater extent. There is also a connection between greater anxiety and vulnerability, as well as between real experience of sexual violence and one's risk perception regarding the same type of violence. This connection, however, does not exist for physical violence, which may involve a kind of psychic numbing. This may also be due to the lack of knowledge, via the somewhat skewed reporting of the media.