Cand.psychol. Gro Hilde Ramsdal disputerer for ph.d.-graden i helsevitenskap og vil offentlig forsvare avhandlingen:
“Attachment problems and mental health issues among long-term unemployed youth who had dropped out of high school”
Kort sammendrag av avhandlingen:
This thesis focused on the process of dropping out of school in Norway. We interviewed youth about their experiences in the aftermath of school dropout. The participants focused on their experiences of abandonment, lack of adult involvement and academic demotivation but also described feelings of social awkwardness and loneliness. These ‘off track’ youths reported more frequent and serious symptoms of mental health problems and less social support than same aged college students that we also interviewed. Reviewing the research literature on the role of parent-child attachment in dropout processes, we found some support for explanatory factors like self-regulation, maternal instruction, social competence and test anxiety, linking attachment to school dropout. The findings seem to point to relationships as essential and possibly underrated factors in school motivation processes.
Veiledere
Hovedveileder Professor Rolf Wynn
Biveileder Førsteamanuensis Svein Hugo Bergvik
Bedømmelseskomiteen
Dosent Ida Skytte Jakobsen, Afdeling uddannelse, Anvendt velfærdsforskning, University College Lillebælt, Danmark – 1. opponent
Førsteamanuensis Cecilie Høj Anvik, Fakultet for samfunnsvitenskap, Nord universitet, Bodø – 2. opponent
Professor Gunnar Ellingsen, Institutt for klinisk medisin, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT – Norges arktiske universitet – leder av komité
Disputasleder
Professor Truls Myrmel, Institutt for klinisk medisin, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, Universitetet i Tromsø – Norges arktiske universitet
Prøveforelesning over oppgitt emne holdes kl. 10.30, samme sted: “Drøft egnede intervensjoner for å forebygge skolefrafall, der hvor frafallet kan ses i sammenheng med tidlige tilknytningsproblemer og psykiske helseproblemer. Anvend både teoretiske og empiriske innfallsvinkler.”