The aim of the study was to investigate the participating psychologists’ experiences with compassion fatigue, and to identify individual, interpersonal and organizational factors and strategies perceived as contributing or protecting in relation to compassion fatigue. Semi-structured telephone interviews were conducted with eight psychologists (three men and five women) with more than five years o

The aim of this study has been to distinguish how the social workers make decisions on which activations program that the client is demanded to participate, in relation to their eligibility for social assistance. Eight social workers in four different municipalities working within the field participated this study. They participated in a semi-structured interview as well as vignettes. The study sh

Bumblebees and other pollinators have recently experienced population and diversity declines linked to habitat loss and fragmentation due to land use change. A previous study in Sweden showed a big shift in bumblebee community composition, where the Bombus terrestris complex (B. terrestris, Bombus lucorum) highly increased in relative abundance, but the relative contribution of the two different s

"Is it the children's right to their parents or is it the parents right to their children?" : A qualitative interview study about social worker's description about "visitation sabotage" in cases involving intimate partner violence The aim of this study was to understand how social workers at women’s shelters describe “visitation sabotage”, to be accused or risk being a

Globaliseringens påverkan på marknaden leder till att fler och fler företag har ett behov av att använda sig av tillfällig- arbetskraft. Med tillfälligarbetskraft kan de snabbare an- passa sig efter variationen i marknadens efterfråga. Det skapar en flexibilitet och en lägre kostnadsstruktur. För att undvika kostnaden och tiden som rekrytering tar så använ- der sig många företag av bemanningsföret

The aim of this study was to research how social workers working with homelessness use their discretion in relation to the categorization of clients. This study was performed in the context of a new guideline being set at the researched organization. The guideline determined that one of the classifications of clients, which the social workers previously actively worked with, no longer will be a pa

The aim of this study is about work motivation, finding joy in work and how social worker at hospitals perceive this. The essay begins with a look at the history of work motivation and work joy. The study also brings up previous research that has been done within the subject. The study then brings forth relevant theories that present a deeper insight on work motivation and work joy. The theories p

The aim of this study was to examine important elements of recovery as told by people with first-hand experiences of mental health issues. A qualitative approach was used to obtain knowledge of what is helpful versus obstructive in a recovery process. Six interviews were conducted with participants that view themselves as partly or fully recovered from mental illness. Most of the participants are

Elderly trust in welfare : A quantitative study on how interaction with home help services and need assessors influences trust in welfare A large number of studies have shown that trust in societal institutions is the foundation of a stable and developing society. Trust is highly important for economic growth and for expanding social services to a population. But what affects trust in institution

The purpose of this study is to analyze how the child’s perspective is used in social services today and how the usage of the child’s perspective is expected to change due to the incorporation of the convention on the rights of the child. We collected data through qualitative interviewing with six participants from the same social service office. In our study we have established that the concepts

The aim of the study was to examine gender differences regarding the activity on Instagram, and the correlation between mental health and Instagram usage amongst social work students at Lund University. More specifically, the study aimed to identify whether men and womens’ Instagram usage and motives for Instagram usage differentiated and if their usage affected them negatively. The study was cond

Soundcloud is the worlds third largest streaming platform for music. Despite this, the website is riddled with spam comments that disturb user experience. This spam diers much in format and content from the email spam that we are used to seeing, and that most classic spam lters have been developed to detect. On soundcloud, 90% of spam comments are written by users wanting to self-promote their own

This work aims to examine the strategies that social workers at non-profit organizations in Barcelona work with in meeting children who are in need of social support. The study was conducted qualitatively, with the method semi-structured interviews. The respondents were selected through a snowball selection and were all employees of non-profit organizations located in Barcelona, Spain. After the e

A short-term positive abnormal return occurs in conjunction with announcement of split. This indicates that companies disseminate vital information by announcing a split. The market interprets the signals as positive. Consequently, in accordance with previous research, we find some support for the signaling effect. However, the abnormal return decreases a few days after the announcement.

The aim of this study was to understand how social secretaries reflect and act on the dilemma regarding self-determination and integrity for clients in social assistance cases within the framework of an exercise of authority that includes requirements and controls. The following questions were asked: How do social secretaries explain the meaning of self-determination and integrity for clients who

Vindkraftverk är ett av samhällets främsta verktyg för en miljövänlig energiproduktion. Den konventionella designen av bladen är emellertid i stort sett oförändrad. Triblade är ny typ av design som har potentialen att revolutionera marknaden. Genom att använda en fackverksstruktur öppnar man för möjligheten att utforska andra materialval än de konventionella kol- och glasfibermaterial som anväIn the 21st century, wind power has emerged as a strong candidate in fulfilling societies goals of achieving carbon-free energy energy production. Windpower has evolved along with other technological developments, giving rise to larger turbines, but with the overall design trend remaining largely unchanged. Winfoor, a Swedish company based in Lund,aims to break that trend. With their new Triblade

In Rev.IV:137, Christ told St. Birgitta that pilgrims to Vadstena could receive the same plenary indulgence as the one granted to the church San Pietro in Vincoli in Rome. The privilege was highly disputed, but in Vadstena the pilgrims crowded anyway on the feast of St. Peter in Chains on August 1, a feast where the deliverance from the captivity of sin was pivotal. This study is based on extant s

This thesis explores the aesthetic language of natural history collecting in relation to art, by analyzing Kristoffer Palmgren’s bioart piece Superman in a semiotic and discourse analytic context. The artwork itself consists of eight molded fists, overgrown by microbes taken from wild trees. The fists are individually encased in glass boxes that are placed on top of one another. This presentation

By analysing three different works of transformative literature, this thesis aims to explore the different ways in which power may express itself in the context of literature. Wide Sargasso Sea, Circe and Hag-Seed are three novels that, while remaining similar in that they are rewrites of canonised literature such as Jane Eyre, The Odyssey, and The Tempest, are different enough to provide a wide a

In his book Skin Shows, Jack Halberstam posits that depictions of monsterhood in horror media can be directly comparable to different socially constructed identities, such as gender, and even transgender. But can such a comparison be made in a text regardless of its author’s biases and intentions? The purpose of this essay is to find out how the monsters in four of H. P. Lovecraft’s short stories