Forskning har visat att förmågan att identifiera korrekta och felaktigavittnes utsagor varierar stark från grupp till grupp (Lindholm 2008).Detta tycks bero på att vissa individer har mer erfarenhet och träningav sådana bedömningar. Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka omdet är möjligt att förbättra förmågan att diskriminera mellan korrektapåstående från felaktiga, genom att ge människor tillgång till kunskapom systematiska skillnader mellan dessa. En grupp med- och en utaninstruktioner om skillnader fick fylla i ett av tre frågeformulär där defick bedöma olika påstående. Resultatet visade att de som hade fåttinstruktioner var bättre på att bedöma olika påstående änkontrollgruppen, under förutsättningar att korrelationen mellanosäkerhetstecken och vittnesprestation var hög. Ytterligare forskningbehövs för att kunna utveckla instruktioner som har starkare effekt ochsom fungerar vid bedömningen av flera typer av påstående..

Detta  arbete  studerar  huruvida  en  dynamisk  balansering  av  rättvisa  kan  förhöja spelares uppfattning av balans i tävlingsinriktade asymmetriska spel. Arbetet grundar sig  på  att  balans  är  relativt  vilket  gör  att  statisk  balansering  i  tävlingsinriktade asymmetriska spel kan uppfattas som orättvisa. Arbetet utgår ifrån Schell och Sirlins definitioner  av  balans  samt  bygger  på  deras  teorier  om  hur  ett  rättvist  spel  bör designas. Ett kortspel med en dynamisk balanseringsmekanik utvecklas och testas av tre  grupper  där  en  grupp  spelar  utan  den  dynamiska  balanseringsmekaniken,  en grupp  spelar  med  den  och  en  grupp  spelar  både  med  och  utan  den  dynamiska balanseringsmekaniken. Under undersökningen erhålls data dels genom observation av  spelandet  och  dels  från  semistrukturerade  intervjuer.  Resultaten  ger  ingen enhetlig  bild  men  tyder  på  att  en  dynamisk  balanseringsmekanik  kan  förhindra  att obalans  uppstår  samt  att  det  i  de  grupper  den  använts  upplevdes  öka  spelets underhållningsvärde.  .

The purpose of the study was to examine what possibilities and obstacles, according to the personnel and patients in a methadone treatment, exist in the patient's social rehabilitation. How does the methadone treatment encourage the patient's social rehabilitation, what possibilities/obstacles are there according to personnel and patients? What does the patient see as important aspects of his/her social rehabilitation and what importance does the methadone have on the treatment? The results show that there are difficulties for patients to rebuild their life, find employment, start new social networks and get by with everyday tasks. The support from friends and family will simplify the patient's social rehabilitation, otherwise they get isolated and alone. Patients feel that they are fighting for a successful treatment so that they can have a relationship with friends and families again.

Our purpose was to investigate if Swedish University educated social workers, living as active Christians, in any way might be influenced by Christian values. The main questions; Can Christian values be a factor in the choice of career to become a social worker? How does a personal belief in Christ impact the relationship towards the clients? Is Christian belief a support in the work? In this paper we used a qualitative method and interviewed eight persons, with a background as above, four of them employed by a church organisation and the other four working in the social sector. The result we present is that the eight Christian social workers Christian belief influenced their work very individually. How much this supported them was a choice about how official and open they wanted Christian values to be.

Our main aim with this study is to shed a light over the social workers opinions about what they believe will be the consequences of introducing Housing First in the city of Stockholm. We wanted to examine the social workers perceptions about how Housing First could change their client?s autonomy and justice. Therefor we accomplished five qualitative interviews with social workers. We analyzed our empirical material with the theoretical terms; justice, autonomy and intern role-conflict.

This paper describes how files and information can be shared in organisations and workplaces. We studied and compared the traditional file sharing in Microsoft Active Directory and the Social file sharing that comes with Microsoft SharePoint Sites. We used qualitative studies based on interviews with system administrators, management and by our own observations to acquire the necessary data. Using independent research, we were able to analyze the data and show the general difference between the traditional and the social file sharing systems. Social file sharing enables the user to easily store and share files in a flexible online environment.

    The purpose of this essay is to examine trust, or lack of trust, in the social services. Previous research considering this topic is limited, which, in our point of view, implies the need of further studies. A quantative method was used, consisting of an online questionnaire containing statements about the social services. The statements were designed using a five level Likert-scale which required the respondent to rate their level of agreement. The questionnaire was published on five webcommunities directed to parents.

The purpose of this paper was to examine social workers' experiences of integration of unaccompanied children. We aimed to study which factors in the individual and the community social workers experience affect the integration and how they, based on their understanding, work to promote integration. The essay has a phenomenological approach and focuses on the social workers' own experiences of the phenomenon. The empirical data was obtained from qualitative interviews conducted with five social workers, all administrators in cases involving unaccompanied children. The result shows that the social workers feel that the desire to integrate is the most important presumption that must be present in the unaccompanied children.

What Places Adolescents and Adults, Respectively, in Need of Social Assistance? A Qualitative Study of How Social Workers Whom Administrate Financial Assistance for Adolescents and Adults, Respectively, Describe Reasons Behind the Need of Social Assistance Amongst Their ClientsThe purpose of this essay was to study and compare how social workers whom administrate social assistance for adolescents and adults, respectively, describe reasons behind the need of social assistance amongst their clients. This was done due to the use of qualitative interviews with a total of six social workers. Of these six, three administrated social assistance for adolescents while the other three did the same for adults. Prior research of poverty attribution greatly inspired this essay.

The purpose with this essay was to study how the social work is shaped in the methadone programme and how the staffs treat and work with the social integration for the patients.We have studied the experience of a medical assisted treatment from two different treatment clinics and focused on their treatment programme. We have chosen to focus on the social aspect but we have also been taking part of the medical treatment - the methadone. In order to get a bigger picture of our problem area we also studied how Sweden's narcotic politic is constructed and how a narcotic life could look like before the entrance in the program. We describe this with the help of the theory about the narcotic carrer and the society's view on a normal living..

This thesis is a study of social movements and their possibilities to effect politics by infuencing values in society through framing. I've looked upon social movements from a functionalistic-structuralistic perspective, as if they were carriers of values from people that otherwise won't be represented in the political life. The values that the social movements are struggling for can affect both the opinion and the decision-makers since the social movements in an active way are trying ti influence the society. The thesis examines the political opportunities that social movements hav to mobilise and grow. I have looked at different factors that either improve or make the political opportunities worse.

En Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)-intervention på tre sessioner á tre timmar har erbjudits en icke-klinisk grupp stressade kvinnor (N=20). Målet var att undersöka deltagarnas reaktioner på interventionen och att se huruvida ACT kan tänkas påverka deltagarnas upplevelse av och resurser för att hantera stress. Data samlades in före och efter interventionen, vid varje session, samt vid en tre månaders uppföljning. Deltagarnas reaktioner undersöktes med hjälp av enkäter och skriftliga utvärderingar, medan förändring i stressupplevelse och copingresurser mättes med självskattningsskalorna Perceived Stress Scale respektive Coping Resources Inventory. Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-2 användes för att mäta den för ACT centrala variabeln psykologisk flexibilitet.

Idag har vi helt annan syn på utbildning och arbete än tidigare, människan förväntas att vara aktiv inom utbildning, lärande och färdighetsutveckling under hela sitt liv. Individer utvecklar social kompetens i samvaro med andra människor, olika människor bidrar på olika sätt till omvandling av individens identitet. Mitt syfte med denna uppsats är att undersöka hur vuxenutbildning bidrar till utveckling av individens sociala kompetens och förmågan till reflexivitet. Frågeställningar som besvarades är: · Hur gestaltar sig medvetenhet om social kompetens hos lärare och elever vid vuxenutbildningen? · Hur arbetar man med utveckling av social kompetens och förmågan till reflexivitet hos deltagare inom vuxenutbildningen? · Hur utvecklas individens identitet av deltagande i utbildningen? · På vilket sätt kan man förbättra vuxenutbildning, så att den i större omfattning medverkar till utveckling av social kompetens? För att besvara frågeställningar har jag använt mig av den kvalitativa metoden.

The purpose of this paper was to discuss stigma and stigmatisation in relation to social policy and social work. By discussing welfare systems in social policy I wanted to see if there could be any connection between social policy and stigma. I used case studies of hearing impaired adults to give examples of how the stigma processes work. By connecting the stigma and the social policy theories with the case studies I wanted to see how the social policy could affect the stigma processes or vice versa.In the paper the concept of stigma has been described and discussed, foremost using the theories of Erving Goffman. I have also discussed the welfare system and the connection between residual systems and stigma.

Corporate Social Responsiblity is today a well known concept in the business world. The concept contains responsibility and sustainability for those who chose to work with Corporate Social Responsibility and the three responsibility areas within the concept. Responsibility and sustainability is of importance, no matter what core business a corporation has. The responsibility goes both out from the corporation, to take care of the surrounding society and the environment. The responsibility also concerns the corporation interal, aiming for a sustainable work enivornment and good working conditions.