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Access to occupational networks and ethnic variation of depressive symptoms in young adults in Sweden
Social Science & Medicine, Volume 190, pp. 207-216. doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.08.022 Abstract Social capital research has recognized the relevance of occupational network contacts for individ
Sexual orientation, peer relationships, and depressive symptoms: Findings from a sociometric design
Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 66, 101086.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0193397319301121?via%3Dihub Abstract Sexual minority youth report poorer mental health than het
Disparities in depressive symptoms between heterosexual and lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth in a Dutch cohort: The TRAILS Study
Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 45(3), 440-456. doi.org/10.1007/s10964-015-0403-0 Abstract Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) youth experience elevated levels of depressive symptoms compared to heterosexu
Identity politics - emancipatory or regressive?
Urbanisation, education, mobility and communication technology were all supposed to weaken people’s identification with “primordial” ethnic or religious groups. This has not occurred. Why this is and w
Differences in sexual identity dimensions between bisexual and other sexual minority individuals: Implications for minority stress and mental health.
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 89(1), 40-51. DOI: 10.1037/ort0000369 Abstract Bisexual individuals experience poorer mental health than other sexual minority individuals. One explanation for this
Factors affecting the spread of mental health problems in schools
Diagnoses for psychiatric disorders such as ADHD and various depressive disorders are steadily climbing in Sweden and other developed nations. This is particularly worrisome in populations of school chil
Logistics, Power, Possible Futures: A Teach-in Connecting the Nordics, Europe, and the Middle East
Venue: Biblioteket, Hägerstensåsens medborgarhusFor more information och information på svenska, visit the Facebook event here > Why should we care about logistics? How do we connect struggles around
Symposium on the ethics of economic ordeals: Introduction
Economics and Philosophy 37 Abstract Economic ordeals are allocation mechanisms that impose non-financial ‘deadweight costs to qualify for a transfer’ (Nichols and Zeckhauser 1982: 372). Examples include
Religion and mental health in young adulthood: a register-based study on differences by religious affiliation in sickness absence due to mental disorders in Finlan
Epidemiology & Community Health vol. 78, issue 6 Abstract BackgroundReligiosity and spirituality are known to be positively correlated with health. This is the first study to analyse the interrelatio
In memory of Geoffrey Brennan
The staff of the Institute for Futures Studies is deeply saddened to learn that our friend and colleague Geoffrey Brennan has recently passed away. Geoff was a most distinguished scholar and a very val
