Essays about: "coping mechanisms"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 62 essays containing the words coping mechanisms.

  1. 16. WORKPLACE VICTIMIZATION, EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE, AND MENTAL HEALTH AMONG FACE-TO-FACE FUNDRAISERS

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för kriminologi (KR)

    Author : Oriana Miraka; [2022]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Face-to-face (F2F) is a method of raising money where professional fundraisers approach and connect directly with people (members) to sign them up, usually for monthly donations. Although F2F fundraising is expanding worldwide, making a meaningful impact in emergencies, little is known about the job and the risks people might face while on duty, such as being an easy target of victimization. READ MORE

  3. 17. Transitioning from Care to Adulthood: Reintegration Experiences of Young People Leaving Residential Care in Ghana

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Frederick Godwill Amissah; [2021-10-22]
    Keywords : care leavers; resilience; social reintegration; lived experiences; ecological systems theory;

    Abstract : Studies on the young people’s transition from care have gained considerable attention in child protection discourse globally but in the African context, it is beginning to take form. Despite the incessant reintegration efforts occasioned by the quest to reform alternative childcare mechanisms in the Ghanaian context, little is known of the experiences of care leavers while they are leaving, and when they are out of care. READ MORE

  4. 18. Beyond vulnerabilities: Exploring the coping mechanisms of children as family heads in child-headed households in Kampala district Uganda.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Lambert Buzaare; [2021-10-07]
    Keywords : coping mechanisms; child-headed households; strengths and abilities;

    Abstract : Uganda is a signatory of both local and international child protection protocols and has further shown its great commitment to child welfare through various agencies put up to implement child welfare-related issues. Yet with all this, children in Uganda continue to be abused and their rights violated. READ MORE

  5. 19. Transnational Experiences of Ugandan Students in Gothenburg, Sweden; Challenges and Adaptation strategies

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Catherine Suubi Kayonga; [2021-02-05]
    Keywords : Transnationalism; adaptation; Ugandan students; cultural differences; coping mechanisms;

    Abstract : The aim of this qualitative study was to explore the transnational experiences of Ugandan students in Gothenburg; Sweden. The focus was to understand how cultural differences affect the academic and social life of these students, the ways in which they adapt to the new host country Sweden, challenges they might have encountered and how they have managed to overcome them. READ MORE

  6. 20. Increasing fuel taxes as an identity threat : a case study of the social movement Bensinupproret 2.0

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Julia Westman; [2021]
    Keywords : identity threat; fuel tax; coping mechanism;

    Abstract : Due to the ratification of the Paris Agreement, Sweden has committed to cut greenhouse gas emissions from the transport sector with 70 % by the year 2030. One of the approaches to help reach that goal is to increase the tax price on fossil fuels, as an attempt to reduce fossil fuel consumption nationally. READ MORE