Essays about: "social group behaviour"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 204 essays containing the words social group behaviour.
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1. Adherence to Treatment Advice in Patients with Heart Failure : Connections to mental health, social and socioeconomic factors
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för vårdvetenskap (VV)Abstract : Aim: The aim of this study is to examine adherence among patients with HF and its potential association with mental health, social support and socioeconomic status. Introduction: For patients with heart failure, self-care is strongly advised, encompassing prescribed medication intake, fluid reduction and weight control to maintain stability. READ MORE
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2. Social media use and life satisfaction among Swedish adolescents : Examining the potentially moderating role of physical activity
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskapAbstract : Background: The decline of adolescents’ mental well-being, coinciding with an increase of social media as a primary platform for adolescents’ social life, have been suggested to be associated. The current study aimed to investigate the association between social media frequency, problematic social media use (PSMU), and adolescents’ life satisfaction, the potential moderating effect of physical activity on these associations, and in-group differences in the associations by gender and grade. READ MORE
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3. Pen-rotation scheme for growing pigs : effects on pig aggression and social affiliation
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)Abstract : This master project aimed to assess if a pen-rotation scheme mitigated the effects of reuniting pigs after temporal separation. Six groups of crossbred (Yorkshire and Hampshire) growing pigs, (8 - 10 littermates per group) aged between 12 – 13 weeks, were video recorded separately in their original home pens for 2 h before a temporal separation to undergo the pen rotation scheme in pairs for 3 days. READ MORE
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4. Role Expectations as Motivators of Mass Violence Perpetration : A Normative Approach to Understanding Perpetrator Behaviour During the Yugoslav Wars from 1991–1995
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Hugo Valentin-centrumAbstract : The enduring question of why apparently ordinary individuals participate in the systemic perpetration of mass violence hallmarks genocide studies, and it arose yet again when the multifarious atrocities faced by civilians in the Yugoslav Wars of 1991–1995 were apparent. With explanations resting on notions of “ancient hatreds” having been denounced in favour of ones that emphasise the role of emotions like fear and resentment, ethnic myths and symbols, and competition on group and individual levels of society, there remains some issues with these approaches; they cannot account for what motivates variations in behaviour by on-the-ground perpetrators nor can they describe the process by which violence develops in tandem on micro- and meso-levels, while still accommodating macro-level causes for conflict. READ MORE
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5. Gruppstorlekens påverkan på foderintag och tillväxt hos slaktgrisar
University essay from SLU/Department of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)Abstract : Det börjar bli alltmer förekommande att inhysa slaktgrisar i större gruppstorlekar. Tamgrisen härstammar från vildsvinet som lever i mindre grupper om ett tjugotal individer. Detta har lett till misstankar om att tamgrisen har svårt att anpassa sig till stora grupper och att det kan leda till social stress. READ MORE