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- Björklund, Fredrik, et al.
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Pedagogisk verksamhet - ett verktyg för framtida kompetensförsörjning?
- 2023. - 09
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Kan pedagogiska verksamheter i samhället skapa intresse hos ungdomar så att de väljer att arbeta med vattenfrågor i framtiden? Projektet undersökte utställningen Den hållbara staden på Kretseum i Malmö och Sydvattens kurs Tänk H2O! vid sjön Bolmen i Småland. Bland de positiva effekterna hos eleverna fanns ökad tilltro till den egna kompetensen på området, ökad känsla av att passa in socialt på området, och ökat intresse för vissa jobb inom VA. Rapporten avslutas med några förslag för ökade och mer beständiga effekter av pedagogisk verksamhet på den framtida kompetensförsörjningen.
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- Daukantaitė, Daiva, et al.
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Five-week yin yoga-based interventions decreased plasma adrenomedullin and increased psychological health in stressed adults : A randomized controlled trial
- 2018
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Ingår i: PLoS ONE. - : Public Library of Science (PLoS). - 1932-6203. ; 13:7
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- BACKGROUND: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs, e.g. cardiovascular disease) are responsible for high rates of morbidity and the majority of premature deaths worldwide. It is necessary to develop preventative interventions that can reduce the associated risk factors of NCDs. Researchers have found that the biomarker adrenomedullin (ADM) becomes elevated years before the onset of NCDs and might play an important role in their development. ADM has also been linked to psychological problems such as stress, anxiety, and depression, which are known risk factors of NCDs. In this randomized controlled trial, we examined whether participating in a five-week yoga intervention reduces ADM and increases psychological health in middle-aged adults who self-report as moderately to highly stressed, but who otherwise exhibit no physical complaints.METHODS: One hundred and five adults (78% women; mean age = 53.5, SD = 6.7) were randomly assigned to (1) a five-week Yin yoga intervention, (2) a five-week intervention combining Yin yoga with psychoeducation and mindfulness practice (called the YOMI program), or (3) a control group who did not practice yoga or mindfulness for five weeks.RESULTS: Compared to the control group, we observed significantly greater pre-post reductions in plasma ADM levels (p < .001), anxiety (p ≤ .002), and sleep problems (p ≤ .003) in both intervention groups. Furthermore, the YOMI group exclusively showed significantly greater pre-post reductions in stress (p = .012) and depression (p = .021) compared to the control group. Significant correlations (p < .05) were found between pre-post reductions in ADM and anxiety symptoms (p = .02) and depression (p = .04) in the entire sample.CONCLUSION: The five-week Yin yoga-based interventions appeared to reduce both the physiological and psychological risk factors known to be associated with NCDs. The study suggests that incorporating Yin yoga could be an easy and low-cost method of limiting the negative health effects associated with high stress.TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03428542.
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- Giese, Laura, et al.
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STEM by the Lake: Raising High School Women’s Engineering Self-Efficacy and Belongingness through an Educational Intervention about Water Issues and Careers
- 2022
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Ingår i: International Journal of Gender, Science and Technology. - 2040-0748. ; 14:2, s. 207-231
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Women tend to have lower interest in engineering as compared to men, which previous research has shown is partly explained by gender differences in self-efficacy, social belongingness and communal career goals. Therefore, to attract more women to engineering, effective interventions are needed that target these factors. In this study, we evaluated an industry-designed intervention for high school students. The intervention consisted of a two-day interdisciplinary course on water issues and careers in the water sector, located by a lake in the Swedish countryside. The participating 722 high school students answered a survey before, immediately after, and three months after the intervention. We measured interest, self-efficacy, social belongingness, communal career goal affordance, and stereotype threat, in relation to engineering. The results showed expected gender differences in all pre-measures. A promising result was that the intervention raised women’s engineering self-efficacy and social belongingness and reduced stereotype threat levels. However, repeated exposure might be necessary for the changes to last. Engineering interest was unexpectedly not affected by the intervention, which may imply that stronger increases in self-efficacy and social belongingness are necessary to impact interest.
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- Maddux, Rachel, et al.
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The Effects of Yoga on Stress and Psychological Health Among Employees: An 8- and 16-week Intervention Study
- 2018
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Ingår i: Anxiety, Stress and Coping. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1061-5806 .- 1477-2205. ; 31:2, s. 121-134
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: The stresses of modern work life necessitate effective copingstrategies that are accessible and affordable to the general public. Yogahas been found to reduce stress in clinical samples, but studies areneeded to examine standard gym yoga classes among functionalindividuals.Objectives: This study investigated the effects of 8- and 16-week gymyoga on stress and psychological health.Design and Method: Ninety individuals reporting moderate-to-high stresswere randomly assigned to 16 consecutive weeks of yoga, or to a waitlistcrossover group who did not practice yoga for 8 weeks then practicedyoga for 8 weeks. Stress and psychological health variables wereassessed at baseline, 8 weeks, and 16 weeks.Results: Significant reductions in stress and all psychological healthmeasures were found within the Yoga group over 16 weeks. Whencompared to the control group, yoga practitioners showed significantdecreases in stress, anxiety, and general psychological health, andsignificant increases in well-being. The group who did not practice yogashowed significant decreases in stress, anxiety, depression, and insomniaafter they crossed over and practiced yoga for 8 weeks.Conclusions: Gym yoga appears to be effective for stress amelioration andpromotion of psychological health among workers experiencing stress.
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- Moberg, Christina, et al.
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De unga gör helt rätt när de stämmer staten
- 2022
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Ingår i: Aftonbladet. - 1103-9000.
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Tidskriftsartikel (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- 1 620 forskare och lärare i forskarvärlden: Vi ställer oss bakom Auroras klimatkrav
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- Sinclair, Samantha, 1983-, et al.
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The Relation between Students’ Implicit Researcher-Gender Associations and Perceptions of a Research Career
- 2013
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Associations between the researcher occupation and gender, and the relation between such associations and career considerations, were examined. Study 1 revealed that students’ perception of the researcher stereotype corresponds more to their perception of the male than the female stereotype. In study 2, the more females implicitly associated the role of researcher with women, the higher they rated their perceived competence as researchers, and the stronger their interest in a future research career tended to be. The results are discussed in relation to in-group preferences and stereotype threat.
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- Tellhed, Una, et al.
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Boosting Prosocial Career Aspirations : Loving-Kindness Meditation Relates to Higher Communal Career Goals in Youth
- 2022
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. - : Wiley. - 1467-9450 .- 0036-5564. ; 63:4, s. 334-345
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Wanting to help others and benefit society in one’s future career are examples of communal career goals. Raising these goals in youth should increaseinterest in HEED-occupations (Healthcare, Early Education, Domestic, and the Domestic fields) which are strongly gender-skewed and face labor shortage.Research has yet to find ways to increase communal career goals. In this study, we test the novel hypothesis that after listening to a brief loving-kindnessmeditation, participants will rate stronger communal career goals, as compared to controls. In three experimental studies, volunteering high-school students(Study 1 and 3) and university students (Study 2) listened to a 12-min recording of the meditation with the explicit purpose of investigating its effect onstress. They thereafter filled out an apparently unrelated career goal survey. We compared the results with a control group that just rated the career goals(Studies 1–3) and a control group that listened to calm music before filling out the survey (Study 2 and 3). The results showed that the high-schoolstudents rated higher communal career goals after listening to the meditation, as compared to controls. We did not replicate the result in the sample ofuniversity students, which could relate to adults having less flexible career goals than youth, or to a ceiling effect in communal goals. This is the first studythat has demonstrated a method with the potential of increasing communal career goals in youth. In addition to increasing interest in HEED, raisingcommunal goals could benefit society, since they are intrinsically prosocial.
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