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Hur och vem väljer personer att hjälpa? Och vem hjälper man om man har möjlighet att välja mellan olika alternativ? Att hjälpa handlar inte endast om rationella övervägningar. Det finns ett flertal psykologiska aspekter som påverkar hur människor väljer att hjälpa: hur offret framställs eller vilken sinnesstämning den potentiella aktören befinner sig i. Dessa två faktorer ligger till grund för denHow and who do people choose to help? And who does one help if one has the opportunity to choose between two alternatives? To help is not all about rational considerations. There are a number of psychological aspects which affect how people choose to help: how the victim is presented or what mood the potential actor is in. These two factors are the essences of this study that intended to explore h

The topic of our thesis is Packaging Design as a Brand Building Tool and we are presenting the Scandinavian perspective. We found the topic interesting because, from a theoretical point of view, we identified a scarcity in research focusing on packaging design as a brand management tool, and from a practical point of view, we found out that businesses use packaging design at different levels in th

Syftet med studien var att undersöka om man kan predicera elevers studiemotivation utifrån deras self-efficacy och deras uppfattning av lärares och vårdnadshavares förväntningar på dem samt att utforska sambandet mellan dessa variabler. Ett annat syfte med studien var att undersöka om det fanns skillnader sett till dessa variabler utifrån skolornas socioekonomiska status (SES). Stickprovet bestod The aim of this study was to examine whether you could predict students’ academic motivation on the basis of their self-efficacy and their perceived teacher and parental expectations as well as analyzing the relationship between these factors. Another aim of this study was to explore if the students differed on these variables based on the socioeconomic status (SES) of their schools. The sample co

The aim of this study was to describe and analyze the social workers’ experiences of the organizational change in social service caused by the outbreak of the Covid-19 virus. This has in turn created a stressful and a demanding environment for the social workers. Thus, it is of highly importance to examine the social workers’ reactions and experiences to this change. The study has done so by mainl

The purpose of this study was to contribute to increased awareness and understanding of how actors collaborate to solve complex societal problems. The study also intends to contribute to increased knowledge of the relevance of theory network governance in describing collaborative processes. A third purpose was to study if Forward Malmö has the potential to contribute to the work on social sustaina

The rise of Business Intelligence (BI) have received attention the last years from both IS re-searches and organizations. Research gaps in BI literature indicates a need to cover BI educa-tion from a country specific context, a graduate student perspective and to review the skillset and domain knowledge for BI professionals. This thesis aims to cover those gaps by exploring the prerequisites for a

Social work has increasingly come under the requirement of evidence-based practice, which might not consider the processes of individual change taking place outside of the field of social work. Therefore, the aim of this study was to explore the process of turning points and individuals’ desistance from substance abuse. For this study we also looked into the importance of social relationships duri

Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka hur psykoterapeuter upplever att de skapar allians med barn i åldern 6–12 år, samt med deras vårdnadshavare. Metoden som användes var en kvalitativ tematisk analys och semi-strukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med sex psykoterapeuter från två olika delar av Sverige. Psykoterapeuterna var antingen anställda vid BUP eller Första Linjen. Fynden av studien vis

Patienterna som deltog i denna studie har genomgått behandling på Resund som på uppdrag av Region Skåne bedriver dagsjukvård för alla olika ätstörningsdiagnoser. Behandlingen bygger på CBT-E (Fairburn, 2008) med inspiration av CBT-T (Waller et al., 2019). Denna studie är en före- och eftermätning och har utförts i syfte att kvalitetssäkra Resunds verksamhet avseende känsloregleringsinterventioner.The patients who participated in this study were treated at Resund on behalf of Region Skåne which is running day care treatment services for the patients with a variety of eating disorders. The treatment is based on Enhanced Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT-E, Fairburn, 2008) which has been inspired by CBT-T (Waller et al, 2019). This quantitative study includes both pre and post-measurement in

Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka brasspedagogers metoder för att instruera tonproduktion och embouchure för yngre nybörjare samt vilka perspektiv som kan tillföras detta ämne från logopeder som spelar brassinstrument. Data samlades in genom två fokusgrupper, en med fyra erfarna brasspedagoger och en med två logopeder med erfarenhet av att spela brassinstrument. Resultatet visar på såväl eThe purpose of this study is to investigate the methods used by brass teachers to instruct tone production and embouchure to young beginners, as well as examine what perspective that could be added to this subject by brass playing speech therapists. Data was collected from two focus groups – one with four experienced brass teachers, and one with two speech therapists with experience from brass pla

The aim of the study was to explore how school counselors experience and describe youth´s vulnerability on social media. Furthermore, the study intended to explore the school's preventive and remedial work to combat abusive treatment or bullying on social media. The study had a qualitative approach including six semi-structured interviews that were conducted by school counselors working at mid

Preterm birth is a leading cause for birth complications and neonatal mortality in the world. It remains difficult to predict whether a preterm birth will occur, which hinders the possible use of prevention treatments. This thesis investigates the use of machine learning models in the prediction of spontaneous preterm birth. In addition, possible heterogeneous performance of these models among dif

Healthcare systems around the world are facing a multitude of challenges, mostly because of aging populations. The Covid-19 pandemic put further strain on the sector and has left many countries with a backlog of medical procedures, which further exacerbates the issues. New technological products and solutions are one way to relieve healthcare workers and enable more efficient care. Zymego is a com

This study questions the linear and top-down planning and implementation methods of mainstream development projects, as they do not seem to: achieve its expected outcomes; respond to the complex development context; or allow development beneficiaries to be a part of deciding their own development, despite promotions of inclusive approaches. The purpose was to explore if collaboration could serve a

This essay is a qualitative study on social work with children to addicted parents. The main purpose of the study was to answer the question why prevention work with children to addicted parents is done? The questions raised were: how is the situation for children to addicted parents described by professionals, why is prevention work with children to addicted parents done, how does literature and

The aim of this study was to evaluate two methods of detecting a difference in activity between the two hemispheres of the brain when presented with stimulus during memory encoding. The difference intended to be detected was based on the lateralization of brain processing of sensory input, which was triggered by an auditory stimulus in one ear at a time. The methods that were used for detection, c

Latest research confirmed that plant matter can also produce a non negligible amount of the greenhouse gas methane under aerobic conditions. These findings have led to discussions and controversy within the research community. While KEPPLER ET AL. (2006) as one of the first researchers published results supporting this hypothesis others like DUECK ET AL. (2007) refuted these results within their e

As foreign aid money is continually spent in developing countries, it is incumbent that international aid organizations work towards improving the effectiveness of their projects. In the setting and context of disaster risk reduction and disaster recovery projects, this thesis aims to understand how foreign aid organizations can make Honduran communities less dependent on foreign aid through speci

With a current financial crisis and a tough competitive environment, all units and departments within the companies have to keep up with the market and its demands. Every time Sandvik sells a machine to a mining company, the buyer faces the fact that they normally have to educate their operators from scratch. This, implicitly, means a period with high risks of failures and mistakes. Training with

Author: Simon Sandberg Title: From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs. Supervisor: Yoshiko Boregren Matsui Reports show that there is an increasing demand for social activity from the elders in elderly care and that people with learning disabilities are being discriminated from the open labour market. To meet the staff requirements of the elderly care year 2030 one o