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Ageing Online : Promoting older persons' subjective wellbeing in a digital everyday life
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 16.12.2022)Background: Digital technology and online services are often seen as one response to many of the challenges that the modern welfare state is expected to face. Evidently, digital technology is an essential part of the society ... -
Emerging non-religious worldview prototypes : a faith q-sort-study on Finnish group-affiliates
(Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 26.11.2016)This thesis contributes to the growing body of research on non-religion by examining shared and differentiating patterns in the worldviews of Finnish non-religious group-affiliates. The organisations represented in this ... -
En kamp om själar : den evangelisk-lutherska kyrkan i Borgåbygden och dess röda medlemmar under tiden kring år 1918
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Essays on the Interrelation Between Sickness Allowance, Disability, and Mortality in Finland : National and Ethnolinguistic Perspectives
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 01.04.2022)Disability pension is an important pillar of the modern welfare state. As it is almost always a permanent state, it is important to understand risk factors preceding it, as well as the consequences which disability receipt ... -
Fyra kejserliga monument i Finland : Tillkomst, mottagande och bemötande
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 11.10.2019)This study (Four imperial monuments in Finland. Origin, reception and treatment) examines the entire life span of four imperial monuments in Finland: the colossal bust of Alexander I (1814), which has been located in various ... -
I det fördolda : Om diakoni och värdeskapande i brytningstider
(Åbo Akademi, 26.04.2024)The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between value creation and innovative renewal of diaconal work by focusing on current issues facing Finnish society, such as the Covid-19 pandemic and domestic ... -
"In memoriam sui et suorum posuit": lahjoittajien muistokuvat Suomen kirkoissa 1400-luvulta 1700-luvun lopulle
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Informal Care in the Light of Well-Being – the Case of Finland
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 17.05.2023)The societal triumph in terms of increased life expectancy has, in combination with other development, contributed to an increased need for socially and financially sustainable care forms for older adults in Finland, as ... -
Mental well-being at work : Support and protective factors of work engagement and work-life balance in contemporary working life
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 19.05.2023)Background: The promotion of mental well-being at work, including work engagement and work-life balance, is a top priority for organizations worldwide. Organizations are likely to benefit from prioritizing mental well-being ... -
Nordic alcohol policy in Europe: the adaptation of Finland’s, Sweden’s and Norway’s alcohol policies to a new policy framework, 1994-2013
Research, National Institute for Health and Welfare (Online) : 137 (National Institute for Health and Welfare, 21.11.2014)The purpose of this thesis is to study how and to which extent Finland, Sweden and Norway have adapted their alcohol policies to the framework imposed to them by the EU and the European Economic Area (EEA) since the ... -
Occupational Stress and Burnout among University Teachers in Pakistan and Finland
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 13.06.2019)Objective: The overall aim of the thesis is to investigate occupational stress and burnout among university teachers in a developing country (Pakistan) and a developed country (Finland). Secondary aims are to explore ... -
Problem gambling in a Nordic context : Moving from social factors to a psychosocial perspective
(Åbo Akademi University, 02.10.2020)Aims In the growing field of research on gambling and problem gambling various focal points for prevention efforts are determined. The aim of this thesis is to identify and synthesise the evidence concerning social risk ... -
Rikssvenska metodistpredikanters betydelse för metodistkyrkans framväxt och utveckling i Finland 1880-1923
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Separatistledare i 1700-talets Österbotten
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Social Suffering and Healing Among the Rwandan Diaspora in Finland and Belgium
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 29.03.2019)The Rwandan people encountered genocide against Tutsis in 1994. The ethnic cleansing led to the exile of many Rwandan people and the constitution of diasporic communities in Africa, Europe, Australia and Northern America. ... -
Staying Afloat : Studies on the subjective wellbeing and coping strategies of families with children in Finland
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 29.01.2021)Finland has become known for its generous and comprehensive family policy. However, during the 2010s, the economic recession created worry and insecurity amongst a number of families with children; in times of recessions, ... -
The multicultural moment : the history of the idea and politics of multiculturalism in Sweden in comparative, transnational and biographical context, 1964–1975
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 16.01.2015)The emergence of the idea of multiculturalism in Swedish public discourse and social science in the latter half of the 1960s and introduction of official multiculturalism in 1975 constituted a major intellectual and political ... -
Victimisation of Women in Public Places : Sexual Harassment in Pakistan, Ghana, and Finland
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 13.06.2022)The overall aim of the thesis was to investigate the prevalence rate of victimisation of women from sexual harassment in public places in countries with different cultural norms: Pakistan, Ghana, and Finland. The study ... -
Well-being in the light of being very old : Conceptualizations, associations, and variations
(Åbo Akademi University, 09.04.2021)Well-being has been increasingly acknowledged as an important measure of societal progress, as well as within paradigms such as successful, active, and healthy aging. Nevertheless, research focusing on well-being in very ...