Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 15 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 30 |
Descriptor
Source
Author
| Reichenberg, Monica | 2 |
| Almquist, Ylva B. | 1 |
| Anderhag, Per | 1 |
| Apter, Alan | 1 |
| Augustine, Lilly | 1 |
| Axberg, Ulf | 1 |
| Backstrom, Martin | 1 |
| Balazs, Judit | 1 |
| Behtoui, Alireza | 1 |
| Berggren, Caroline | 1 |
| Bergström, Erik | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Reports - Research | 32 |
| Journal Articles | 31 |
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 1 |
| Tests/Questionnaires | 1 |
Education Level
| Secondary Education | 12 |
| High Schools | 9 |
| Grade 9 | 7 |
| Junior High Schools | 6 |
| Middle Schools | 6 |
| Elementary Education | 5 |
| Higher Education | 4 |
| Grade 7 | 3 |
| Grade 8 | 3 |
| Adult Education | 2 |
| Elementary Secondary Education | 2 |
| More ▼ | |
Audience
Location
| Sweden | 32 |
| Germany | 4 |
| Italy | 4 |
| France | 3 |
| Greece | 3 |
| Spain | 3 |
| United States | 3 |
| Austria | 2 |
| Estonia | 2 |
| Hungary | 2 |
| Slovenia | 2 |
| More ▼ | |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| Program for International… | 3 |
| Beck Depression Inventory | 1 |
| Progress in International… | 1 |
| Strengths and Difficulties… | 1 |
| Zung Self Rating Depression… | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Direct linkThornberg, Robert; Wänström, Linda; Pozzoli, Tiziana – Educational Psychology, 2017
The aim of the present study was to examine whether class climate and class moral disengagement each contribute to explain different levels of victimisation among classes. Eight-hundred-and-ninety-nine children from 43 Swedish elementary school classes participated in the current study. Class moral disengagement, class relational climate and peer…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Moral Values, Victims, Peer Relationship
Niedomysl, Thomas; Prowse, Martin; Lund Hansen, Anders – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2018
The doctoral dissertation is a key component of postgraduate education that plays an important role for knowledge production and hence the development of a discipline. Swedish human geography currently lacks an overview of dissertations. This article fills this knowledge gap by reporting findings from a unique database covering all doctoral…
Descriptors: Demography, Layout (Publications), Productivity, Doctoral Dissertations
Lenkeit, Jenny; Schwippert, Knut; Knigge, Michel – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2018
Research provides evidence that gender, immigrant background and socio-economic characteristics present multiple disadvantaging characteristics that change their relative importance and configurations over time. When evaluating inequalities researchers tend to focus on one particular aspect and often use composite measures when evaluating…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests
Behtoui, Alireza – European Educational Research Journal, 2017
The aim of this study is to explore the determinants of the educational expectations of young people in disadvantaged urban areas in three large cities in Sweden. In addition to the conventional predictors such as parental resources (economic and cultural capital) and demographic characteristics (such as age, gender, immigration background), this…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Disadvantaged, Urban Areas, Foreign Countries
Glatz, Terese; Dahl, Viktor – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2016
This study used reactance theory as a starting point to explain what role a perceived undemocratic and controlling family has for adolescents' readiness to use illegal political activity. Additionally, we examined whether adolescents' readiness to use illegal political means was related to actual political behaviour, which has been lacking in…
Descriptors: Family Role, Adolescents, Readiness, Family Environment
Nordström, Thomas; Jacobson, Christer; Söderberg, Pernilla – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2016
This study, using a longitudinal design with a Swedish cohort of young readers, investigates if children's early word decoding ability in second grade can predict later academic performance. In an effort to estimate the unique effect of early word decoding (grade 2) with academic performance (grade 9), gender and non-verbal cognitive ability were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies, Decoding (Reading), Grade 2
Balazs, Judit; Miklosi, Monika; Kereszteny, Agnes; Hoven, Christina W.; Carli, Vladimir; Wasserman, Camilla; Apter, Alan; Bobes, Julio; Brunner, Romuald; Cosman, Doina; Cotter, Padraig; Haring, Christian; Iosue, Miriam; Kaess, Michael; Kahn, Jean-Pierre; Keeley, Helen; Marusic, Dragan; Postuvan, Vita; Resch, Franz; Saiz, Pilar A.; Sisask, Merike; Snir, Avigal; Tubiana, Alexandra; Varnik, Airi; Sarchiapone, Marco; Wasserman, Danuta – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2013
Background: Subthreshold-depression and anxiety have been associated with significant impairments in adults. This study investigates the characteristics of adolescent subthreshold-depression and anxiety with a focus on suicidality, using both categorical and dimensional diagnostic models. Methods: Data were drawn from the Saving and Empowering…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Depression (Psychology), Anxiety, Psychopathology
Massing, Natascha; Gauly, Britta – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2017
Lifelong learning is becoming increasingly important in today's societies. Individuals need to develop their skills through training in order to be successfully integrated in the labor market. We use data from the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies to investigate gender differences in training across 12 countries. We…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Barriers, Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning
Download full textBoström, Lena; Dahlin, Rolf – International Education Studies, 2018
This study focus on adolescents motivations about remaining in rural areas in the Mid Sweden Region, a part of Sweden with decreasing school performance scores and high out-migration. The study is based on 1,500 young people's responses to a Web-based survey within the framework of a regional school development project. The research questions…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Futures (of Society), Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement
Wells, Laura; Nermo, Magnus; Östberg, Viveca – Health Education & Behavior, 2017
As physical inactivity may track from adolescence to adulthood, it is important to identify social determinants of physical inactivity in early life. However, most studies have measured socioeconomic position as one dimension. We examine whether multiple dimensions of socioeconomic position, in addition to other dimensions of inequality (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Life Style, Physical Activity Level, Longitudinal Studies, Social Influences
Rosenqvist, Erik – Sociology of Education, 2018
Peers have a paradoxical influence on each other's educational decisions. On one hand, students are prone to conform to each other's ambitious educational decisions and, on the other hand, are discouraged from ambitious decisions when surrounded by successful peers. In this study I examine how peers influence each other's decision to apply to an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Peer Influence, Secondary School Students, Achievement
Reichenberg, Monica – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2016
Media promotes to what extent immigrants learn the host language and cultural values. Consequently, the overall aim of this paper is to identify predictors among adult immigrants in language training and its effect on host language training. The participants (n = 186)-- many of them refugees--were recruited purposefully for the study from one…
Descriptors: Adults, Immigrants, Second Language Learning, Path Analysis
Reichenberg, Monica; Berhanu, Girma – International Journal of Special Education, 2017
The overall aim was to identify predictors of adult immigrant students' job expectations after they have finished the language training program. We studied both socio-demographic predictors (sex,family status, socio-economic status, and level of education) and experience predictors (age at arrival, teacher, and language exposure). To get a more…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Work Attitudes, Expectation, Predictor Variables
Wahlqvist, Moa; Moller, Claes; Moller, Kerstin; Danermark, Berth – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2013
Introduction: The objectives of the study reported here were to describe the physical and psychological health of persons with Usher syndrome Type II (USH2) and to explore any differences in terms of gender. Methods: The participants were recruited from the Swedish Usher database. In the first step, 122 persons received the questionnaire by mail,…
Descriptors: Public Health, Well Being, Measures (Individuals), Identification (Psychology)
Berggren, Caroline; Lauster, Nathanael – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2014
Transitions from education to work constitute a distinct set of situations where discrimination is likely to occur. Gender beliefs generally disadvantage women, and when coupled with beliefs regarding parental responsibility, tend to heavily disadvantage mothers. Yet we suggest that professional credentials create a divided labour market, with…
Descriptors: Mothers, Family Work Relationship, Parent Role, Females
