The main purpose of this study was to examine own and social Influence on perfectionismwith individual athletes. The participants (n= 96) of this study represented ten different sportsand their ages was between 15 and 44. An interview with four of the participant wasconducted. The instruments used for this study was the Positive and Negative PerfectionismScale (Terry-Short et al., 1995) and for the interviews questions was based on own and socialInfluence. The results showed that there was a relationship between positive perfectionismand own Influence, negative perfectionism and own Influence, negative perfectionism andsocial Influence.

AbstractThe purpose of this study is to examine whether the individual Influence at the working place leads to the perception of decreased stress. Also I looked at whether stress and individual Influence is affected by the employees age, sex or employment years. Previous research shows that individual Influence decreases stress but strangely enough do the research show that individual Influence seem to decrease in today?s work environment. This research is quantitative with questionnaires, answered by 74 civil servants working in a department in the municipality of Karlstad.

The importance of student Influence at the universities is something that is described in Swedish regulations as well as in local policies and documents for Karlstad University. At the same time there is no description for the interpretation of what student Influence actually means. It is up to the university to decide what student Influence should be at the university and how it should be represented in the organization and processes.The purpose with this essay is with a discursive perspective of analysis define how representatives of Karlstad University reflects how the student Influence should be represented in the organization and if it is possible to connect it to the position as an actor of co-decision or of InfluenceThe analysis show that different levels of the university will describe the position of student Influence differently, and that it plays different roles to keep up the quality of education at the university. It shows that it will be of more importance that student Influence takes the role to Influence the organization more than co-decide the nearer the student the process will come..

Today, student Influence is an important part of the school?s activities and is anchored both in Lgr 11 and the school law. Student Influence has gained a larger and more important role thru out the years. Previous research points out that teachers and management at school?s have had difficulties with interpretation and understanding the education plan (curriculum) and to know in which way and how much Influence the student should have.

This qualitative study is aimed to find out how teachers at one preschool relate to Influence and boundaries. This has been carried out through qualitative interviews whose contents have been analyzed and processed. The theoretical framework of the study is the philosophy of John Dewey derived from Pragmatism, where thought and action is seen as one where the child needs to try and experiment to learn. We are two authors who stand for this study in which we both were present at all times for the interviews.The interviews revealed that teachers believe that Influence is important for children's self-esteem, to become a good citizen of the community and to learn that certain things are expected. It also emerged that Influence combined with boundaries is seen as very important.It appeared that the teachers look at Influence in preschool in three different ways - Influence here and now, Influence in the future and Influence for the children self-esteem.

In this paper I have examined how aware teachers are of their Influence on pupils development. The method I´ve used are interviews with three teachers and one pupil each aboutMusicality - how do the teachers and pupils look at the concept musicality generally and personally?Influence I- do the teachers believe that their thinking about musicality Influence the pupils self-confidence and development?Influence II- do the teachers think that other pedagogues have Influenced them in their teaching and thinking?My main results show that both the teachers and the pupils have similar apprehensions as their teachers, which points towards that Influence can exist. The basis is however too limited to make any extensive generalizations.The conclusion of the paper is that we have to be aware of how we Influence our pupils. They carry this ?knowledge?, whether it is positive or negative, all their life..

The purpose of this study is to investigate how much Influence children perceive and feel that they have in terms of after-school activities and offerings. I have also tried to find out how much Influence the children in the selected after-schools feel they have. This is to highlight how children themselves perceive their Influence and if the children are aware of their rights in terms of participation and Influence. The study also wants to highlight the forums and the ways in which children feel that they are heard. The study used questionnaires and group interviews were made of 15 children aged 8-9 years from two after-schools, located in two different schools in the same municipality.

The focus of this study is children´s Influence and participation. This is an important part of preschool, according to the Swedish curriculum (Skolverket, 2010). Hoping to see another perspective of working with children´s Influence and participation, my study took place in Nepal. The method used for this study is qualitative interviews. The interviews are made with teachers with insight in preschools in Nepal.

The purpose of this study was to find out what pedagogues in preschool think when it comes to children?s Influence and how they do to give the children opportunity to express their thoughts and point of views and thereby Influence their situation.The literature review treats the conception of the competent child and shows that having child perspective is important in meeting children. The literature review implies that participation and Influence means sensitivity to children?s expressions and that pedagogues lets these expressions Influence the activities in preschool. It is not about children always getting their ways, but that they are respected and are given space to think freely.Searching for pedagogues? thoughts on children?s Influence and how they do for giving it, I interviewed six persons, working at six different preschools.

This report describes an interview study of Swedish elementary school teacher?s view on stu-dent Influence. The objective is to find out about teachers' approach to student Influence, what do they think happens with students that are allowed to Influence and what are the negotiables and non-negotiables when it comes to student Influence in elementary education? And do the teachers really want their students to have Influence?According to the official policy documents for the Swedish school system the Swedish school shall work towards a democratic school. Not only should the students be educated about de-mocracy but they should also learn to use democratic values and processes.

AbstractThe purpose of this essay is to study in what way teachers in preschool work with pupils enabling them to gain Influence and involvement in their learning.Influence means being able to make your voice heard which is an important component of a democratic society. Involvement is about being part of a community in which everyone is welcomed regardless of beliefs and opinions. Several of today's researchers believe that learning occurs in interaction between people. Teachers providing meaningful assignments to pupils, they become more motivated to learn.The study is based on observations of how teachers work with Influence and involvement in controlled sessions, and interpretations of them. My results show that children become involved in their learning when they are confronted with a variety of pedagogical approaches to learning.

AbstractThe purpose of this essay is to study in what way teachers in preschool work with pupils enabling them to gain Influence and involvement in their learning.Influence means being able to make your voice heard which is an important component of a democratic society. Involvement is about being part of a community in which everyone is welcomed regardless of beliefs and opinions. Several of today's researchers believe that learning occurs in interaction between people. Teachers providing meaningful assignments to pupils, they become more motivated to learn.The study is based on observations of how teachers work with Influence and involvement in controlled sessions, and interpretations of them. My results show that children become involved in their learning when they are confronted with a variety of pedagogical approaches to learning.

People are given better opportunities to participate in polity today. Democratic equality entails that all individuals are equal and therefore they should be included in the process of making the decisions. How can participation be defined and does it mean that having the possibility to participate means that people can Influence the process of making the decisions in polity process?This paper focuses on participation and Influence in polity and examine the relationship between having the possibility to participate and having the possibility to actually Influence polity process on more local level. Therefore I have been examining the citizens? participation and Influence in Helsingborg which is my case study.

This survey is a qualitative study about how teachers see on the concept student leverage and what they say about how they in practice work with it. We have chosen to examine the subject from a teacher?s perspective, because almost all investigations and literature, that we have found, discuss student Influence from a student?s perspective. That?s why we are interested to examine what teachers think of the subject.

People with certain types of disabilities have the legal right to ask for an individual plan. The idea is that the plan should be a tool for the disabled to get more power and Influence over the planned actions that involves their lives. The aim of this thesis was to study the individual circumstances of interpersonal power and Influence in the work of individual plans. The study was done with a qualitative approach, where three executing officers and three individuals were interviewed. The results show that the conditions for the individual?s Influence are far more complicated than at first glance.