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Victimisation of Women in Public Places : Sexual Harassment in Pakistan, Ghana, and Finland
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 2022-06-13)
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 ...
Sex Differences in Effective Political Participation among Elected People's Representatives of the Rural Local Governance Units, Union Parishads, of Bangladesh : Workplace and Sexual Harrassment, and Cultural Hurdles to Female Participation
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 2022-12-05)
The aim of this thesis, consisting of four published articles (Studies I–IV), was to explore sex differences in political participation and factors related to these sex differences among people’s representatives in the ...
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, 2023-05-19)
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 ...
Overcrowding, Sleep Depravation, and Infectious Diseases as Risk Factors for Aggressive and Antisocial behaviour in Nigerian Adolescents
(Åbo Akademi University, 2021-10-15)
The studies in the current thesis investigated the relationships between overcrowding, domestic aggression, and antisocial behaviour in adolescents in Ejigbo, Lagos, Nigeria (Study 1); domestic aggression and negativity ...
Social Integration, Psychological Well-being, and Proactive Attitudes towards the Integration of Immigrants in a Sample of the Swedish-speaking Population in Western Finland
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 2022-11-07)
The aim of this thesis is to examine social integration, psychological well-being, proactive attitudes towards the integration of immigrants, intense group identification, and witnessing domestic aggression within a sample ...
FICSA : The Finnish Investigative Instrument of Child Sexual Abuse : Machine Learning Applied to Criminal Investigations
(Åbo Akademi University, 2020-12-04)
Utredningar av misstänkta sexuella uttnyttjanden av barn (SUB) är krävande. Medan förekomsten av SUB minskat över de senaste åren så har antalet anmälningar ökat. Ofrånkomligen är en del av anmälningarna ogrundade vilket ...
Behavioural Crime Linking in Serial Homicide : Towards Practical Application
(Åbo Akademi University, 2022-03-18)
Brottslänkning syftar till att länka samman två eller flera, för brottsutredaren observerbara brott, på basis av gärningspersonens brottsplatsbeteende. Metoden bygger på antagandet att en gärningspersons beteende är ...
Psychological factors associated with vaccine attitudes and vaccination behaviors
(Åbo Akademi University, 2021-11-17)
High vaccine uptake is important to limit the spread of infectious diseases. Knowing what factors are related to vaccination decisions can help health authorities communicate effectively with the public about vaccines. In ...
Physical Punishment, Acceptance of Violence, Tolerance of Diversity, and School Burnout : A Comparative Study of Three Educational Systems in Pakistan
(Åbo Akademi University, 2021-06-04)
Aims: The overall aim of the thesis was to investigate attitudes towards different forms of aggression, school burnout, and psychological concomitants among students from three different school systems in Pakistan; namely ...
The Effect of Vascular Brain Changes on Cognitive Function in Normal Aging, Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s Disease
(Åbo Akademi University, 2021-09-17)
Aging is associated with an increased risk for developing vascular pathology in cerebral white matter (WM). These brain changes can have a variety of cognitive repercussions, ranging from insignificant to mild cognitive ...