The purpose of this essay is to examine formations of gender and class of so called horse girls in a riding school located in Stockholm, Sweden. The essay is based on interviews with six girls in the ages between fifthteen and eighteen. Through the theoretical framework of Judith Butler and Beverley Skeggs, I examine how the girls negotiate the boundaries and probabilities within doing gender in an upper and middleclass associated area. As a result of its female domination, the stable functions as a place where the girls can dislocate themselves from otherwise normative feminine practises. This is possible since the premises of the stable are constructed in the light of the heterosexual matrix, where the girls organise themselves within the heterosexual girl collective.

Bakgrund: Idag finns det mer än 220 miljoner människor i hela världen med Diabetes, av dessa är det 90 procent som har Diabetes mellitus typ 2. Denna sjukdom orsaka stora kostnader för samhället på grund av komplikationer, som leder till lidande för den drabbade, sjukskrivning samt behov av sjukvård och omsorg. För att individen ska kunna förhindra dessa och kunna tillämpa egenvård är kunskap om sjukdomen och dess behandling en avgörande faktor. Syftet: syftet med denna studie var att belysa individens kunskap om Diabetes mellitus typ 2. Metod: en litteraturstudie av kvalitativa artiklar.

The purpose of this study is to discuss the use of social media by the Swedish Police for democratic purposes. The idea of citizen empowerment is closely related to the development of new communication technologies such as social media. Yet many studies indicate that governmental institutions rarely make use of the assumed potentials of social media.In this study, the democratic potential of social media is derived from Habermas normative concept of deliberative participation. Operational definitions emphasize discursive equality, interactive reciprocity and external impact. The analytical framework is combined with qualitative text analysis to highlight the conditions of interaction between representatives of the Police and citizens.In conclusion: the democratic potential of social media, from a Habermasian point of view, is to a significant extent neglected at the expense of its strategic advantages.

Förändrade samhällsstrukturer har lett till att ungdomars uppväxtvillkor under de senaste decennierna har förändrats. Föräldrarna ses idag inte längre som självklara förebilder och identifikationsobjekt när det handlar om norm-, värderings- och kunskapsförmedling. Familjens roll som förmedlare av dessa värden har istället delvis förskjutits till förmån för exempelvis media, skola, dagis och andra samhällsinstitutioner. Vi ställde oss frågan hur denna samhällsförändring påverkar ungdomars identitetsbildning och då framförallt ungdomar som är i behov av stödinsatser av olika slag. Studien bygger först och främst på tankar sprungna ur den konstruktionistiska teoribildningen.

Postoperativ smärta är något som merparten patienter som genomgår kirurgi upplever och som kan leda till längre återhämtning, sämre livskvalité och långvariga smärttillstånd om den inte behandlas adekvat. Det finns förutom farmakologisk smärtbehandling även icke farmakologiska metoder för att lindra smärta. Syftet med denna studie var att göra en kunskapsöversikt över icke farmakologiska omvårdnadsåtgärder vid postoperativ smärta. En litteratursökning gjordes i fyra databaser: Cinahl, PubMed, Amed/EBSCO samt Psychinfo. Nitton artiklar valdes ut för analys.

Authors: Nanna Isaksson and Fredrik ÖstbergTitle: Who is the typical TV-host on Swedish television?Level: Bachelor of JournalismLocation: University of GothenburgLanguage: SwedishNumber of pages: 57TV-hosts have a pivotal role in television. They are the link between the content of the show and its viewers. We didn?t find any relevant studies about TV-hosts inSweden and decided to carry out a study that would tell us more about them as a group.

In this paper I have studied how feminist parents talk to their children about body and sexuality and with which intentions they speak the way they do. The aim of the study was to locate strategies applied to give children positive relations to their bodies and their sexuality. My data are constituted by answers from a questionnaire sent out to an e-mail list for feminist parents. The answers have been compiled and analyzed, mainly qualitatively by the use of discourse analysis, with support of poststructuralist theories about language, gender and heteronormativity, as well as theories about children?s sexuality.

In using a qualitative method have I interviewed six women and six men taking care of their wives respectively husbands suffering from physical disease, disfunction or demental disease. The purpose was to find out whether male and female caretakers were differently influenced in their situation, relationship and in their partners, when they became caretakers of their spouse, depending on what the partner suffered from.The results showed that, when a husband or wife was hit by disease or disfunction, the caretaker was influenced both in the partners situation, the relationship and the role towards the partner. The couple still lived in a close relationship and could communicate. For the carers spouse suffered from a demental disease, there was no communication as before or possibility to remember. The carers also felt the loss of community, nearness and sympathy.

Syftet med vår studie är att undersöka hur personal inom verksamheter för Lag om stöd och service till vissa funktionshindrade (LSS) arbetar för att utveckla kommunikationen hos individer med autismliknande spektrum. Vi har valt att undersöka hur verksamhetschefer inom LSS uppfattar att deras personal arbetar för att individer med autism skall utveckla sin kommunikationsförmåga. Vi har genomfört en kvalitativ intervjustudie med sex respondenter som är chefer över olika LSS-verksamheter i fyra kommuner i Mellansverige. Vi har analyserat det insamlade materialet utifrån studiens teoretiska utgångspunkter, kommunikationsteori och empowerment. Resultatet har även analyserats utifrån tidigare forskning.

The purpose of this study was to elucidate how individuals diagnosed with Aspergers syndrome experience stigma as a result of their diagnosis. The paper was based on a qualitative method, consisting of six interviews with booth male and female participants. We took part of previous studies and research as well as existing theories on the subject, in addition to the analysis of our empirical material. Significant in this study was that all participants were relieved when getting the diagnosis, as they finally got an explanation for what was wrong. The results indicated that the majority of the informants felt worried of the possibility to experience stigma and discrimination, which resulted in that the majority of the participants tended to use an avoidance coping strategy.

The law (1988:870) concerning care of substance abusers is constructed in a way that gives the social workers room to interpret and apply the law individually. This may contribute to differences in treatment between female and male substance abusers. The purpose of the essay was to investigate whether the client's gender had any significance to how the social worker interpret and apply the law (LVM).The specific questions we worked around were:- What significance does the client's gender have in the decision-making?- Does the social worker's opinion about the law have any significance?- What factors can effect the social worker's interpretation and application of the law?- What importance do the social workers attach to prevailing norms about men and women when they interpret and apply the law?We chose to use a qualitative method to answer the above questions. Six social workers were interviewed and 39 LVM sentences were analysed.

Recept upptäcktes redan på 1600-talet fast i en annan skepnad än i dag, nuförtiden är recepten kortfattade och uppstrukturerade, det utnyttjar kallskänkor genom att utveckla en kod, de ser ingredienserna fort. Kallskänksyrket har funnits sedan 1900-talet men inte med samma innebörd och arbetsuppgifter. I arbetet finns en beskrivning av atmosfären i köket, personalens uppdelning och utbildningens kursplan.Syftet med studien var att utforska om kallskänkor arbetar med recept under matlagningen. Forskningsmetoden grundades på kvalitativa intervjuer. Arbetet bygger på mitt intresse för recept som blev starten för utformningen av den kvalitativa intervjuguiden som användes.Överlag skiftar användningen av recept, en del använder kokböcker medan andra förvarar grundrecepten i huvudet.

The purpose of the study was to investigate, using data from the sacerdotal culture, t h espouses of five priests. The main questions were: How does the priestly calling affect thespouse? Do the spouses involve themselves with voluntary work? Do the spouses feel thecongregation have expectations? Do the female and male answers differ?The sacerdotal culture has consisted of several elements. The main element is the priest?scalling for his work.

Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka hur självvalda inspelade naturljud kunde påverka upplevd stress hos kontorsarbetande stadsbor. Totalt deltog sju kontorsarbetare. Studien bestod av två intervjuer per deltagare samt att deltagarna fick lyssna på en av två valbara ljudfiler med naturljud på arbetstid. Intervjuerna transkriberades och analyserades genom meningskoncentrering och dessa meningar jämfördes sedan med varandra. Deltagarna upplevde sig vara stressade vid studiens start och vid studiens avslut kände deltagarna att de introducerats till en bra stresshanteringsmetod.

The purpose of this study is to discuss the use of social media by the Swedish Police for democratic purposes. The idea of citizen empowerment is closely related to the development of new communication technologies such as social media. Yet many studies indicate that governmental institutions rarely make use of the assumed potentials of social media.In this study, the democratic potential of social media is derived from Habermas normative concept of deliberative participation. Operational definitions emphasize discursive equality, interactive reciprocity and external impact. The analytical framework is combined with qualitative text analysis to highlight the conditions of interaction between representatives of the Police and citizens.In conclusion: the democratic potential of social media, from a Habermasian point of view, is to a significant extent neglected at the expense of its strategic advantages.