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Showing 1 to 20 of 44 for “"Arab American"”.
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Secularism Narratives And Arab American Fiction
"Secularism Narratives and Arab American Fiction" focuses on contemporary fiction's challenge to the liberal political construction of minority religious practices and community life as incompatible with modernity, progress, and secularism. U.S. secularism is not simply the absence of religion from …
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Determinants of Physical Activity in Arab American Children
… impact on physical and psychosocial health. Arab Americans (AAs), one of the most rapidly growing minorities in United States, tend to have a high prevalence of obesity and low participation in physical activity. The purpose of this study was to describe determinants of physical activity, …
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Academic achievement and attitudes of Arab-American immigrants
… been little research to investigate the case of Arab-American immigrants. The influx of immigrants from Arab countries that have recently experienced much instability due to war and conflict, and the increased negative visibility of Arabs post-September 11, make it vital to examine the …
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Factors Affecting Health Promotion Lifestyle Behaviors among Arab American Women
… lifestyle behaviors (HPLBs) among a group of Arab American women (AAW) living in Southern California. A second purpose was to explore the psychometric properties of the translated version of the perceived health competence scale (PHCS). A convenience sample of 267 AAW were administered a paper …
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SUICIDE COGNITIONS AMONG ARAB AMERICAN EMERGING ADULTS: RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS
Arab Americans are a rapidly growing and increasingly marginalized ethnic group. Despite evidence that anti-Arab discrimination has increased in the past two decades, there remains a dearth of literature. The only published empirical investigation of suicide risk among Arab Americans utilized …
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Sons, daughters, and arab-american family dynamics: does a child's gender matter?
<p>SONS, DAUGHTERS, AND ARAB-AMERICAN FAMILY DYNAMICS: DOES A CHILD'S GENDER MATTER?</p> <p>by</p> <p>SANAA ALHARAHSHEH</p> <p>December 2011</p> <p>Advisor: Dr. Mary Sengstock</p> <p>Major: Sociology</p> <p>Degree:Doctor of Philosophy</p> <p>Gender differences exist in families in all societies and …
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Imagining sittee : constructions of homelands and grandmother narratives in Arab American literature
… in the construction of imagined communities in Arab American literature. Through the lens of diaspora studies, it argues that grandmother figures become integral in the creation of an Arab American imagined community based on two main tropes: a theoretical collapse between notions of patriotism …
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Arab American women in engineering: How did their culture influence their achievement?
<p>This body of research examined the Arab American culture and its impact on women who studied the male-dominated major of engineering. Through a qualitative approach, women born and raised in an Arab American home unpacked their experiences since childhood that made them who they are today. The …
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The Relationship between Acculturation and Depression among First Generation Christian Arab American Adults
<p>Contrary to the common belief that most Arab Americans are Muslim, 77% of Arab Americans are Christian (Awad, 2010). There is no research that addresses the unique experience of Christian Arab Americans with the process of acculturating to the larger American society while maintaining the values …
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The Role of Collective Memory and Cultural Trauma in Arab American Identity Formation
… the cultural traumas and memories that shape Arab American identity in the US, and how such events influence their interactions and relationships with other Arab and non-Arab Americans. Drawing on memory and trauma literature, this study highlights the impact of collective memory and cultural …
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Determinants of Health-Related Quality of Life in Arab American Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
… goal in Healthy People 2000, 2010, and 2020. Arab Americans (AAs), one of the most rapidly growing minorities in United States, tend to have a high prevalence of type 2 diabetes. The purpose of this study was to describe determinants of HRQL, including social support attitude, religiosity, and …
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Exploring Bilingual Arab-American Students' Performance in Solving Mathematics Word Problems in Arabic and English
… pertaining to the performance of bilingual Arab-American students on solving word problems written in their home and school languages: (1) Does the language in which a word problem is stated have an effect on the performance of the bilingual Arab-American students?; (2) Do Arab-American …
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Archival Frictions: The Arab and Arab American as Image in Literature, Film, and Other Archives
… the identity construct and qualifier, “Arab,” and to read across two distinct moments—the early 1900s and post-1967—of Arab discursive and historical representation and identity after a prolonged encounter with the west and western media in the twentieth century.
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Cultural Identity and the dilemma of "in-betweenness" in selected Arab-American and Jewish-American novels.
… conceived as an exile for citizens. The Jewish-American and Arab-American narratives under study demonstrate this aspect of ‘home as exile’ and reflect the amount of culminating suffering and anxiety that direct the native’s gaze towards the West. The liminal situation between home as ‘exile’ …
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Arab-American Lives In New York City: the Value Of Creative Non-Fiction Journalism To The Social Sciences
<p>Through three journalistic portraits of Arab Americans living in New York City today, this thesis adds to the academic work of documenting the post-9/11 Arab-American experience via creative non-fiction storytelling. The three portraits of different generation Arab Americans each touch upon …
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Collective identification in arab american emerging adults: does affirmation to ethnic, national, family and religious groups predict positive adjustment?
… and their contributions to adjustment in Arab American emerging adults. The Inclusion of the Ingroup in Self (IIS) measure and the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure - Revised (MEIM-R) were adapted to measure affirmation to ethnic, national (American), family, and religious groups. The …
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Resilience In Arab American Couples in the Wake of the Terrorist Attacks on New York City: A Family Systems Perspective
This research explored how Arab American couples found the strength and resilience that empowered them to overcome the terrorist attacks of September 11th and the aftereffects that followed. Utilizing a family resiliency model grounded in systems theory and social constructionism, I interviewed 18 …
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The effects of two group counseling interventions on arab-american high school students' perceptions of their primary relationships (parent, teacher, peer)
… effects of two group counseling interventions on Arab-American high school students' perceptions of the strength of their primary relationships (parent, teachers, and peers). It was designed to help high school students increase their acceptance of the culture of their host society and develop a …
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The Influence of Social, Religious, Institutional, and Cultural Factors on Postsecondary Education Transition of Arab American and Muslim Students in Northern New Jersey
<p>ABSTRACT</p> <p>Arab American and Muslim students’ population growth on campuses has been very rapid, which in turn has required comprehensive planning to accommodate the needs of this minority. Documented experiences of Arab American and Muslim students are underrepresented in research …
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