Instagram has become a platform where young women spend many hours a day on a daily basis. The app is largely used to publish media content and interact with other people. It is also used to gather inspiration around, among other things, fashion, beauty and interior design. As Instagram has become increasingly popular, it has also become a place for influencers to express their creativity and convey personal content. They are individuals who have a great influence on their audience. Together with companies, they market products and brands that make their followers, often young women, consume similar. Content that young women publish to their surroundings and consumption behavior becomes a large part of their identity creation.   This study is a qualitative study that aims to examine young adult women's identity creation and consumption habits through influencers on Instagram. To find out, two research questions have been studied and answered: How do young adults relate to the commercial intent of influencers' content on Instagram? and What significance do influencers on Instagram have for young adults' identity creation? A total of eight women between the ages of 18-25 were interviewed through a semi-structured interview containing four themes: Instagram, influencers, consumption and identity creation.   The study shows that the young women are aware of the marketing via influencers. Who they choose to follow is reflected in the fact that it is someone they look up to or want to emulate. Content that you want to see is the individual's everyday life in a format that must be genuine. They think that it is too much advertising and often content that creates negative feelings in them. Still, they are affected by it and consume products through discount codes or inspiration they received from influencers that they follow. This contributes to influencers having an influence over young girls' actions and thus identity creation.

Individuals who have experienced child maltreatment (CM) are at an increased risk for future interpersonal difficulties and violence in their romantic relationships. While positive connections with mentors have been shown to contribute to resilience among at-risk youth, the role of mentors in promoting positive romantic relationships among those with CM histories has not been previously examined. In this study, young adult women (N = 267; 18-25 years of age) who were in a romantic relationship at the time of the study completed a computerized questionnaire exploring CM, romantic relationship functioning, and mentoring relationships. Almost half of the women had a current or past mentoring relationship (n = 132). This study explored the associations between CM and romantic relationship qualities (i.e., levels of social support, negative interactions, relationship violence, and distribution of power), and examined whether having a mentor would be particularly helpful for women with a history of CM. Maltreatment experiences examined were child psychological maltreatment (CPM; 21%, n = 55), child physical abuse (CPA; 9%, n = 24), witnessing domestic violence (WDV; 16%, n = 43), and child sexual abuse (CSA; 11%, n = 29). Results showed that women who experienced higher levels of CPM and CPA, particularly by fathers, were more likely to report higher levels of psychological maltreatment and physical violence in their current romantic relationships compared to women with lower levels of CPM and CPA. Women who indicated a lack of emotional support (ES) from their parents reported higher levels of negative interactions in their romantic relationships. However, women with higher levels of ES from their fathers reported higher levels of social support in their romantic relationships. When these factors were accounted for in regression analyses, psychological and physical maltreatment experiences by fathers predicted levels of psychological and physical maltreatment in women’s romantic relationships. As well, higher personal levels of power in their romantic relationships were found among women with higher levels of WDV. Further, ethnicity, the participants’ age, relationship status (e.g., dating, common-law/married), and parental divorce emerged as important socio-demographic factors in relation to child maltreatment and relationship functioning. There was support for the role of mentors as a protective factor among women who had experienced physical abuse by their fathers. Mentoring characteristics such as duration of the mentoring relationship and attachment to the mentor were related to CM experiences and romantic relationship functioning. This study calls attention to the need for greater awareness of the link between CM and romantic relationship difficulties in young adulthood, as well as the role of positive mentoring relationships as a protective factor for those with a history of CM. Results from this study may benefit psychologists and others in similar professions who assist those who have experienced CM and who are at risk for interpersonal difficulties, and may help those already experiencing relationship difficulties. Additional implications include a need for better identification of youth who are at-risk for relationship violence and for the implementation of violence prevention programs in schools. Given the important role of mentors demonstrated by this study, there is also a need for further research regarding mentors and for greater support of mentoring programs.

Bakgrund: Globalt sett är psykisk ohälsa som högst bland unga vuxna kvinnor. Kvinnorna vänder sig till primärvården där de får träffa en distriktssköterska. Personer med psykisk ohälsa upplevs vara utmanande att möta. I samhället finns stigmatisering kring psykisk ohälsa som kan ge ett ogynnsamt liv. Forskning visar att resurs- och kunskapsbrist kring ämnet finns. Syfte: Syftet är att belysa faktorer för återhämtning hos unga vuxna kvinnor med psykisk ohälsa. Metod: Studien baserades på självbiografier framtagna från bibliotekskatalogen Libris. En kvalitativ design med en induktiv ansats användes. Resultatet analyserades med en narrativ tematisk analysmetod med ett manifest förhållningssätt. Resultat: Nio självbiografier med utgångspunkt både nationellt och internationellt representerar resultatet. Faktorer framkom genom sju kategorier; behov av en stödjande person, bemötandets betydelse, samtalets betydelse, känslor som stärker, personlig drivkraft, det egna tankemönstret och att hantera tankar och känslor. Faktorerna för återhämtning ansågs vara individuella. Resultatet speglar behov av hjälp från omgivningen vilket skapar förutsättningar för att kunna genomföra resan mot återhämtning. Slutsats: Unga vuxna kvinnor med psykisk ohälsa är i behov av stöd från omgivningen, ett gott bemötande, samtal med andra, bekräftelse av känslor, att förändra sitt tankemönster och hitta sitt sätt att hantera tankar och känslor. Alla behöver hitta sin egen drivkraft. Distriktssköterskan kan med kännedom om dessa faktorer tillsammans med Tidal Modellens synsätt främja en personcentrerad vård i mötet. / Background: In Sweden one of three suffer from cancer only two of three survive. More women than men suffer from cancer because of genetic and unhealthy determinations. Worry, fear and anxiety are common reactions notified of a cancer diagnosis and during the treatment of cancer. It can affect the persons suffering from the disease and their life. Primary care has a coordinating role and will have more responsibility in the future reagarding cancer care. Due to this, that the district nurse must have increased knowledge about patients with cancer in terms of worry, fear and anxiety.  Aim: The aim was to illuminate women's experiences under treatment of cancer. Method: The study has a qualitative design and the data collection was based on eight autobiographical written by women. The study has been analyzed using a narrative thematic analysis. The analysis was performed on a manifest and a latent level. Results: The eight women's experiences of worry, fear and anxiety under treatment of cancer was described in three themes and nine categories. The themes that emerged were: The constant oscillation between safety and rough distress, The importance of making the most of the time and The changes on personal levels. It appears that the feelings oscillated between loneliness under the treatment of cancer and safeness from loved ones. The women found strategies to handle the side effects under the treatment of cancer that affected their personal levels. The women could find vitality despite suffering from the disease and suffering from life.  Conclusion: Women who were under treatment of cancer experienced anxiety over the treatment's long term effects and the risk of relapses. Loneliness, worrying, anxiety and identity crises were common in the result. District nurses, therefore, need to be conscious about the patients' experiences when interacting and treating cancer patients. Through an ethical approach, equal care can be applied and strengthen the dignity for women suffering from cancer.

Neural tube defects (NTDs) are serious birth defects that affect 3,000 pregnancies in the United States annually. All women of childbearing age are recommended to consume 400 micrograms of folic acid daily for the prevention of NTDs. Women aged 18 to 24 years have multiple risk factors for having an NTD-affected pregnancy and should be targeted by efforts to promote folic acid consumption. Survey data capturing folic acid awareness, knowledge, and supplementation behavior of women aged 18 to 24 years who are not contemplating pregnancy were examined to identify the relationship of folic acid awareness and knowledge to daily supplementation with folic acid in an effort to predict the effectiveness of education-only interventions. Results of the study suggested that awareness and knowledge was not consistently related to daily supplementation. An evaluation of qualitative data using the Health Belief Model offers explanations for the findings and recommendations for targeting these at-risk women.

Today physical activity and exercise are very popular and we are reminded daily how physical activity of various kinds is beneficial for different aspects. The development of society has today created opportunities to be more physically active with, among other things, access to an outdoor gym. At the same time, society has become comfortable with tools and assets that make it easier for humans to get from point to point without much physical activity, such as battery-powered scooters, called VOIs, at the same time research shows reduced physical activity. Motivation is needed to be and remain physically active. This study aims to identify young adult women's internal and external motivating factors for physical activity based on Self-determination Theory (SDT). Of using a qualitative method five young adult student women were selected for an individual interview. The results showed that both internal motivation and external motivation were important for physical activity, except for experience of training and personal factors. / Idag är fysik aktivitet och träning väldigt populärt och vi blir dagligen påminda hur fysisk aktivitet av olika slag är gynnsamt för olika aspekter. Samhällets utveckling har idag skapat möjligheter till att lättare vara fysiskt aktiv med bland annat tillgång av ute gym. Samtidigt så har samhället blivit bekväm med redskap och tillgångar som gör det lättare för människan att ta sig från punkt till punkt utan speciellt mycket fysisk aktivitet så som batteristyrda sparkcyklar, VOI, samtidigt visar forskning på minskad fysisk aktivitet. Motivation behövs för att vara och förbli fysisk aktiv. Denna studie syftar till att kartlägga och identifiera unga vuxna kvinnors inre samt yttre motivationsfaktorer till fysisk aktivitet. Utifrån de grundläggande psykologiska behoven från Self-determination Theory har empirin analyserats. Med en kvalitativ metod valdes fem unga vuxna studerande kvinnor till en djupgående individuell intervju. Resultatet visade att både inre motivation och yttre motivation var av betydelse för att vara fysiskt aktiv, med undantag av erfarenhet av träning samt personliga faktorer. Slutsatsen kan dras att välbefinnande av de olika psykologiska behoven, autonomi, kompetens och samhörighet, är betydelsefullt för att skapa och bibehålla motivation.