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Självskadebeteende i relation till andra riskbeteenden: Enkätstudie bland flickor i årskurs 9 och år 2 på gymnasiet i Sörmlands län
Mälardalen University, School of Health, Care and Social Welfare.
2013 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [sv]

Ohälsa bland ungdomar i Sverige inkluderar flera typer av folkhälsoproblem där psykisk ohälsa ökar och drabbar allt fler, vilket bland annat tar sig uttryck i självskadebeteende. Denna uppsats behandlar relationen mellan självskadebeteende och andra riskbeteenden utifrån datamaterialet kopplat till Liv & Hälsa ung i Sörmland. Det är en återkommande totalundersökning om levnadsvanor, riskbeteenden och hälsa bland elever i årskurs 7, 9 och 2 på gymnasiet. Enkäten besvarades av 2750 elever från årskurs 9 och 2770 elever från årskurs 2. Endast flickor i årskurs 9 (n=1313) och år 2 (n=1384) på gymnasiet inkluderas i denna uppsats. För att undersöka förekomst och skillnader bland populationen har en kvantitativ metod använts.

Teorin att empowerment anses vara ett viktigt verktyg för hur samhället kan hjälpa individer att stärka och bygga upp sitt självförtroende och på det sättet öka hälsan bland ungdomar diskuteras.

Resultaten visar att det är vanligare att de individer som självskadar sig även utför andra riskbeteenden som till exempel daglig rökning och snatteri jämfört med kontrollgruppen. Detta kan vara en indikator för att mer fokus bör läggas på att ytterligare forska kring detta område för att framtida preventiva åtgärder skall kunna minska antalet flickor som självskadar sig.

Abstract [en]

Unhealthiness among youths in Sweden includes several kinds of public health problems where mental illness is increasing and affecting more and more people, resulting in, for example, deliberate self-harm. This thesis discusses the relations between self-harm and other dangerous behaviors based on the data set from Liv & Hälsa ung in Sörmland. It is a recurring total population survey about lifestyle, dangerous behaviors and health among pupils in year 7, 9 and second year at high school. The survey was answered by 2750 pupils in year 9 and 2770 pupils in year 2 at high school. Only girls in year 9 (n=1313) and year 2 (n=1384) at high school is included in this thesis. A quantitative method was used to investigate occurrence and differences among the population.

The empowerment theory is discussed, which is considered to be an important tool in order for the society to help individuals strengthen their self confidence and in that way increase the health level among youths.

The results show that it is more common that self-harming individuals are also engaged in other dangerous behaviors, such as daily smoking and shoplifting, in comparison to the control group. This could serve as an indicator that the area requires more research in order to develop future preventive measures to reduce the number of girls harming themselves.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2013. , p. 26
Keywords [en]
Empowerment, Public health, Dangerous behaviors, Deliberate self-harm, Mental illness
Keywords [sv]
Empowerment, Folkhälsa, Riskbeteende, Självskadebeteende, Psykisk ohälsa
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Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-20075OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mdh-20075DiVA, id: diva2:634730
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Folkhälsocentrum, Eskilstuna, Sörmlands län
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Available from: 2013-08-26 Created: 2013-07-01 Last updated: 2013-08-26Bibliographically approved

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