The aim of this study is to create a deeper understanding of the disease known as eating disorder. The study is based on four autobiographies written by individuals who themselves have been affected by eating disorders. These stories have been studied using a narrative approach. To achieve the purpose, the study is focused on what participants describe as the factors underlying the onset of the disease, the factors that participants describe maintained their eating disorders, as well as what is described to be the factors responsible for their recovery. By my interpretation of the stories, I have been able to identify common factors that all participants describe to be influential in their disease course.

Sammanfattning: Föreliggande studie fördjupar sig i hur identiteten förändras i och med emigrationen till Sverige. Genom fyra bosniers subjektiva upplevelser av att fly ett krigsdrabbat land, komma som flyktingar till Sverige och sedan bo kvar här som invandrare, är avsikten få en större förståelse vad denna förändring har inneburit för dessa individer. Det har inte varit min ambition att skildra den stora berättelsen eller strukturen utan avsikten har varit att lyfta fram individen i det större sammanhanget. Genom att arbeta med muntlig historia och kulturanalys synliggörs hur fyra bosnier upplever sin identitet när dem började leva ett normalt liv i exil. Tyngdpunkten har lagts på de sociala samt kulturella förändringsprocesserna de genomgick samt hur dessa påverkat deras identitetskonstruktion.

Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur det kommer sig att en del internationella adopterade barn ges förutsättning till att utvecklas och anpassa sig till den svenska miljön och samhället samt vilka problem det kan leda till och hur de formas identitetsmässigt. Målet är att få en bild av vilka faktorer som kan påverka den adopterades utveckling samt den psykiska hälsan som formar de till den person som just de blir och för att få svar på mitt syfte utgår jag ifrån följande frågeställningar: Vilka faktorer påverkar adopterades barns utveckling? Vilka faktorer formar adopterade barns identitet (jaget)? Vem är jag?Jag valde en kvalitativ metod. En metod som skulle ge mig en bra inblick i informanternas upplevelser kring sin identitetsformning och psykiska hälsan. En fenomenologisk art (analys av företeelser sådana de framträder för den som analyserar) då jag vill få en bild av varje individs egna upplevelser kring deras längtan och mående.

Syftet med den här uppsatsen är att tolka Janne i Peter Pohls Janne, min vän utifrån ett queerteoretiskt perspektiv. Genom att använda mig av queerteorins tankar om kön/genus, normalitet och identitet tror jag mig kunna ge en alternativ bild av Jannes liv. Mitt mål är att försöka hitta en bild som skiljer sig från den, så ofta förekommande i tidigare forskning, om flickan som måste klä ut sig till kille för att ha en chans till frihet. Istället kommer jag fokusera på hur Janne, i vänskapen med Krille och gänget, får möjlighet att skapa en identitet och ett liv på egna premisser..

The purpose is to examine social workers view of vulnerable children and their needs. We are also interested to know how social workers think and discuss concerning the help these children are given. Our main questions in our study are; How do social workers define vulnerable children? Which needs do vulnerable children have according to social workers? Which opportunities and difficulties might there be in the decision making when trying to help these children? Which public authorities do social workers cooperate with? Which opportunities and difficulties do social workers find in the cooperation?This study is based upon interviews with ten social workers in the social childcare division in different municipalities in Skåne region, Sweden. Our results are explained and analyzed with a qualitative approach through different aspects of power- and Human Service Organization theories.

Young women with immigrant background are generally looked upon as victims of patriarchal structures and cultural determinism.The purpose of this bachelor thesis was therefore to have a salutogen perspective. We investigated how young women with a transcultural background are affected by and how they use their experiences from different backgrounds in their creating of identity.We based our essay on qualitative interviews and current research on the subjects of multi culture, identity and youth. The interviewees were seven young women with experience of multi cultural background and performing different kind of artistic activity.The theory and empirical material combined and compared resulted in three themes: affinity, cultural hybridization, and salutogen factors.We saw that for those young women affinity functioned as a basis for creating identity and that their double background enriches them in several aspects. The three major salutogen factors that the interviewees had in common, and we emphasize, are their struggle, open mind and awareness of freedom.The global youth culture has a great impact upon the young women and to some extent we could recognize cultural hybridization. We consider this neglected subject urgent and very relevant for social work in the multi cultural society of Sweden..

Social media has become an important marketing and communication tool worldwide, mostly through the largest social platforms Facebook and Twitter. With two-way communication via Internet companies has gotten the opportunity to interact and communicate directly with their customers. Facebook has been the focus point through the study because it has shown to be the most efficient and frequently used platform for communication. Our study aimed to confirm how communication via social media actually looks like. To be able to reach the best results, we have conducted the study from a phenomenological approach, which means; usage of qualitative semi-structured interviews to reflect the respondents experience on the phenomenon social media as a communication tool. Social media has shown to be a great way of communicating externally for companies who are willing to spend time engaging in the platform.

The aim is first to identify concept of citizenship and the dimensions of the same, in the political science theory, which can be crucial, to that a citizenship may be found available for people who have a cognitive delay. Thereafter examine the prevalence and significance of these, in policy documents from two different organizational forms, through an analysis, in the form of a discussion, on the basis of political science theories in the field. The study's aim in a reflective way, highlighting key requirements for an accessible citizenship for the target audience, and thereby clarify the priorities in daily activities that can support an emancipatory citizenship process for people who have a cognitive delay..

Detta är en C-uppsats som behandlar fenomenet ätstörningar ur ett socialpsykologiskt perspektiv. Vi behandlar frågor om varför drabbade tror att ätstörningar uppkommer och vilka sociala faktorer som påverkar utbredningen och om/hur ätstörningar påverkar identiteten hos en drabbad. Vi har genom kvalitativa intervjuer försökt besvara frågor om hur medias påverkan och de sociala normerna påverkat de intervjuade volontärerna i vår studie samt hur de ser på ätstörningar som sjukdom och dess förlopp och uppkomst. Detta genom att analysera intervjuerna med hjälp av teorier av Mead, etnometodologiska infallsvinklar och teorier om identitet. De personer vi intervjuat arbetar som volontärer inom en volontärorganisation som hjälper människor som är drabbade av ätstörningar.

Social enterprises make up one of the groups of participants that provide welfare services financed by public funding. The object of this study is to describe and analyze from a theoretical point of view which conditions, in what fields, by which division of responsibility and finally through what decisions these social enterprises are allocated a place in the market for social welfare services. The company that has been the object of study offers services in the field of social welfare and in employment. In the study a triangulation of qualitative methods has been used: studies of literature on the subject, recurrent interviews and observations and also reviews of documents. The results have been analyzed from theories on the space available on the market for social services, on social economy and on social capital in the form of strong, weak and bridging bonds.

The purpose of this essay is to explore the social services work with crime victims in Sweden, according to Chapter 5, § 11 of the Social Services Act. The study examined how social workers define the victim and assessing and prioritizing victims' needs. It has also been central to study how social workers interpret and understand the regulation of social services responsible for crime victims.Qualitative interviews with 18 social workers is the basis for the study. The analysis of the social services work with victims based in the above-mentioned interviews. The interviews analyzed using the sociology of law theory.

This study explores how online television works and how it is integrated with social media such as Facebook, Twitter and blogs. Through three qualitative interviews with representants from different fields of work regarding online television, we have concluded how online television is being used in Sweden today and concludes with examples of what the future of online television could look like. Representatives from the following companies have been interviewed: SBS Media Group Sweden, Strix Television and Mediamätning i Skandinavien. The use of social media for marketing of online television is a fact for the companies in this study. However, the result of the study shows that theres room for development in the integration between online television and social media.

The purpose of this study is to describe and analyze the places importance for young people with disabilities. The study?s central questions are what type of places they visit and what characterizes them. It is also about answering the questions why the places are visited and what meaning this has for participation and identity. The study´s central concept is room/place, participation and identity.

The implementation of this research increases the awareness of the value for luxury fashion brands in utilizing social media as a communication channel to reach young consumers globally. It provides a general understanding of young consumers? perception of luxury fashion brands on social media in regards to geographic cultural background, attitude towards new luxury, and preferred way of contacts..

Det övergripande syftet i studien var att analysera hur ungdomar med högfungerande autism/Asperger syndrom skapar sin identitet i mötet med skolan. Detta studerades med hjälp av en narrativ metod som bygger på de livsberättelser som deltagarna delgett mig. Den teoretiska utgångspunkten var socialkonstruktionistisk, vilken innebär att ungdomarna bildar sin identitet i interaktion med andra. Deltagarna består av fyra ungdomar med högfungerande autism/Asperger syndrom. De berättade sina livshistorier utifrån upplevelsen av diagnosen, ur ett skolperspektiv samt hur de upplever betydelsen av relationer.