The purpose of this study is to examine how EU-migrants visiting the social project Crossroads experience their life situation in the Swedish society. Two questions were formulated: (1) How do the respondents describe their situation when it comes to work, housing and social network? (2) How do the interviewees describe and experience the social project Crossroads? The method used was qualitative interviews conducted with five EU-migrants who visited Crossroads. The theoretical framework is the concept of integration and Bauböcks (1996) theoretical model of the ideal society. The results show that none of the interviewees had their own accommodation. Most of theme were living under stress because of their job seeking situation. The results also show that the interviewees’ social networks consisted of small groups of individuals who speak the same language.  According to the interviewees. The results show that Crossroads provides a welcome but acute help to relive problems with everyday life. The interviewees perceived their situation as complex and frustrating, and it appeared as if their situation as regards work, accommodation, and social contacts was interrelated.  It is concluded that EU-migrants would benefit from structural changes that made it easier for theme to improve their life situation more lastingly.

Dissociative identity disorder (previously known as multiple personality disorder) often results from severe trauma during early childhood and is considered as the most severe and chronic manifestation of the dissociative disorders. This study aims to explore therapies used on patients with dissociative identity disorder and to obtain an overview of the dissociative identity disorder situation in Sweden according to the experts’ perspectives. To accomplish the objectives, a qualitative research was used and the data came from three interviews with experts in dissociative identity disorder field and a short literature review was conducted. The analysis was guided by the psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioural theories with a focus on the meaning of the interview texts. The result shows a positive trend of developments about the situation of dissociative identity disorder in Sweden. At the same time, it proves that social workers in Sweden have a long way to go in this field with therapists major in dissociative identity disorder. When it comes to therapists used by professionals, plenary effective therapies along with innovative therapies would be put in use in dissociative identity disorder field.

Fifty employees at a local industrial company answered a questionnaire about coping strategies and personality traits. One purpose of the study was to investigate if officials and public employees used different coping strategies in stressful work situations. Another purpose of the study was to investigate if there was a relationship between the personality traits of the officials and the public employees and their chosen coping strategies. Ten Item Personality Inventory and Brief COPE were used to examine personality traits and coping strategies respectively. The results showed a difference in exhibited personality traits where conscientiousness was higher among the official employees than the public employees. The results showed no clear relationship between selected coping strategies and employee personality traits when dealing with stressful situations.

This essay examines the appearance of Håkan Juholt, former party leader of the swedish social democratic party, in the norwegian/swedish talk show Skavlan, during Juholt’s crisis of confidence in the autumn of 2011. In this appearance it is clear that Juholt is badly treated by the host Fredrik Skavlan, and his guest, writer and journalist Linn Ullmann, while the audience seems to applaud and laugh at Skavlans and Ullmanns criticisms. The purpose of this essay is to investigate how, and why Juholt is treated in this way, and which rhetorical strategies Skavlan and Ullmann employ to create community between them selves and their audience. To understand this occurrence it is important to study Juholt’s rhetorical situation, and which conditions his lack of confidence creates for his appearance in Skavlan. Thus, I will perform two comparative analyses, by using cluster criticism, on one hand on how Juholt was spoken of in the media, and on the other hand on how Juholt is spoken of in his appearance in Skavlan. The goal of the first analysis is to determine how Aftonbladet are valuing Juholt, and how Aftonbladet are framing the ethos of Juholt. The goal of the second analysis is to identify how Skavlan and Ullmann are valuing Juholt, versus how Juholt is valuing himself. The purpose in doing this way is to identify a pattern, a common denominator, on how Juholt was framed in Aftonbladet and how Skavlan and Ullmann are responding to Juholt. This would show that Skavlan and Ullmann are valuing Juholt the same way as Aftonbladet did, i.e. negatively, and that their valuation are a result of Aftonbladets framing of Juholt, while Juholt is valuing himself positively. The results show a pattern in that both Aftonbladet and subsequently Skavlan and Ullmann are valuing Juholt negatively, and that both Skavlan and Ullmann are treating Juholt with suspicion and distance. First of all, the results show the persuasive effect Aftonbladet’s framing on Juholt had on Skavlan’s and Ullmann’s way in relating to Juholt. Secondly, the results show Juholt’s inability to adapt his communication to the situational constraints that surrounds both his crisis of confidence and the talk show as a medium. Thirdly, the results point to humour as an important rhetorical strategy to achieve identification and differentiation. Finally, this essay points to the talk show’s role as an admittedly important platform for consensus-building politicians, however, this requires an understanding of the rhetorical situation, and which cultural constraints that are inherent in both the audiences’ expectations on talk shows as a medium, and the host’s attempt at making an entertaining programme.

Syftet med denna studie var att förstå vad det kan innebära att vara anhörig till en person som förvärvat hjärnskada i vuxen ålder. Vidare var syftet att få kunskap om anhörigas syn på stöd från Jönköpings kommun, enheten för fysiskt funktionshindrade. Kvalitativ tematiserad intervjustudie har använts som metod. Tio intervjuer har gjorts med anhöriga till personer vilka förvärvat hjärnskada i vuxen ålder för att förstå vad det kan innebära att vara anhörig till dessa personer. Till resultatets framställande och analysen har vi valt kvantitativ metod för att kunna se mönster och variationer i materialet. Resultatet visar på att alla tillfrågade är anställda hos sin make eller maka. De anhöriga tycks få visst stöd från kommunen men inte från frivilligorganisationer. Ekonomin verkar inte vara det största bekymret, men de som ändå tycker att ekonomin har blivit sämre är barnfamiljerna. Arbetssituationen visar sig däremot blivit tyngre för de anhöriga. Kontakten med släkt och vänner förändras både till det bättre och till det sämre. Vad som är relativt genomgående är att de anhöriga anser att vännerna försvinner. Människor tycks handla på olika sätt då tillvaron förändras på ett ögonblick. / For various reasons, some adults are struck by a sudden brain-damage. The purpose of our research was to obtain an understanding about the everyday lives of their spouses. The meaning of this essay was to understand the husband or wives situation when their partner had a brain damage. The essay is based on both a qualitative method which includes ten personal interviews and quantitative method in results and analysis. The result showed that all partners were now employed as “relative – carers”. Financial support from the local council was being given to everyone we met. Thus, the economical situation did not seem to be a big issue. Far worse was the increased workload for the family. Relationships with friends and relatives also took on a large change. Some friends disappeared altogether. People seem to cope in different ways when their situations are changed drastically.

This essay is about dogs that visit is used, whitin care of elderly. The dogs found caretakers once a week and one hour at a time. The focus has been placed on the dogs that go to the municipality's special accommodation and the research was done in a medium-sized municipality in Sweden. The focus of the narrowing of the work was done to the work situation for care staff to assess the impact of the visits the dogs presence. It was distributed questionnaires answered by care staff in which it concluded their visit to the dog's presence felt and how it impacted the situation. There has been much previous research done on how dogs affect the elderly in care. This has been done to see if the care staff perceive the same thing, and in turn experience any possible help of visiting dogs. What emerged in this study is that most are in favor of visits dog and they're older. The majority of respondents agreed that their work situation has become neither better nor worse then visit the dogs started to meet caretakers. This may be due to visit the dog is not enough time on site at each visit. Even the fact that care staff are not practicing with the caretakers memory to get them to remain in the state of mind that research shows that the older gets in. These can have an impact on how care staff perceive a possible means in visits of the dog.

<p>Syftet med denna studie var att förstå vad det kan innebära att vara anhörig till en person som förvärvat hjärnskada i vuxen ålder. Vidare var syftet att få kunskap om anhörigas syn på stöd från Jönköpings kommun, enheten för fysiskt funktionshindrade. Kvalitativ tematiserad intervjustudie har använts som metod. Tio intervjuer har gjorts med anhöriga till personer vilka förvärvat hjärnskada i vuxen ålder för att förstå vad det kan innebära att vara anhörig till dessa personer. Till resultatets framställande och analysen har vi valt kvantitativ metod för att kunna se mönster och variationer i materialet. Resultatet visar på att alla tillfrågade är anställda hos sin make eller maka. De anhöriga tycks få visst stöd från kommunen men inte från frivilligorganisationer. Ekonomin verkar inte vara det största bekymret, men de som ändå tycker att ekonomin har blivit sämre är barnfamiljerna. Arbetssituationen visar sig däremot blivit tyngre för de anhöriga. Kontakten med släkt och vänner förändras både till det bättre och till det sämre. Vad som är relativt genomgående är att de anhöriga anser att vännerna försvinner. Människor tycks handla på olika sätt då tillvaron förändras på ett ögonblick.</p> / <p>For various reasons, some adults are struck by a sudden brain-damage. The purpose of our research was to obtain an understanding about the everyday lives of their spouses. The meaning of this essay was to understand the husband or wives situation when their partner had a brain damage. The essay is based on both a qualitative method which includes ten personal interviews and quantitative method in results and analysis. The result showed that all partners were now employed as “relative – carers”. Financial support from the local council was being given to everyone we met. Thus, the economical situation did not seem to be a big issue. Far worse was the increased workload for the family. Relationships with friends and relatives also took on a large change. Some friends disappeared altogether. People seem to cope in different ways when their situations are changed drastically.</p>

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Zugl.: Köln, Univ., Diss., 2006