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Showing 1 to 20 of 61 for “"Best Friend"”.
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Diamonds: Cultural Representations and Transformations of a "Girl's Best Friend"
The great success of the advertising industry in the 1950s created a diamond culture where diamonds are continuously associated with images of love and devotion. With all of the diamond's positive associations, no one could have imagined that such a precious jewel could have negative connotations. …
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Understanding the Genetic Basis of Obesity: Lessons from Man’s Best Friend
Obesity is an increasingly prevalent and complex disorder which poses a serious threat to canine and human health. Obesity is ultimately caused by caloric excess, and results from the complex interplay between environmental, behavioural, and genetic factors. Study of human obesity has been …
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A Girl's Best Friend? Implications of Friendship on Female Self-identity in Young Adult Literature
… and Cecily von Ziegesar, evidence suggests that friends and peers influence a girl’s self-understanding and subjectivity through ritual, shared environment, language, objectification and acceptance or denial of change in the relationship. This paper also looks at key theories of literature, …
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Man’s Best Friend or Man’s Best Therapist? Exploring the Barriers to Facilitating Dog-Assisted Therapy.
Previous research has supported the efficacy of dog-assisted therapy, however, there continues to be a gap in the literature to explain why there are few opportunities to engage in this type of therapy. This research aimed to identify the perceived barriers to facilitating dog-assisted therapy to …
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When an individual’s best friend begins dating someone new: what factors shape how that individual responds?
… responses and conflicts can arise between close friends when one of them begins to romantically see someone new. The addition of a third-party dating partner to an existing friendship is fraught with social consequences and complex negotiations of time (Larson & Richards, 1991; Roth & Parker, …
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Attachment to mother, father, and best friend as predictors of the quality of adolescent romantic relationships
… of the attachment to mother, father, and best friend to the quality of adolescent romantic relationships was investigated. Participants (N = 276, mean age = 19) completed the Relationships Questionnaire (RQ: Bartholomew & Horowitz, 1991). Scores were calculated to form perception of one's …
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“Henrietta and Harriet:” Considering the Marginalized Best Friend in Burney’s <em>Cecilia</em> and Austen’s <em>Emma</em>
… or inadequate father figures, charity-case best friends, and rushed endings—connecting <em>Emma</em> and <em>Cecilia</em>. Tracing these threads allows us to examine the possible influence of Burney’s writing on Austen and also calls attention to the author’s different approaches to female …
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Can a girl's best friend be born in a lab? the role of ritual in production process conservatism
A number of studies suggest that people may care about the process by which a product is made, even when it is not associated with the quality of the product. A common example of this preference is "production-process conservatism," whereby consumers prefer products made via traditional practices …
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The comparison of sexual attitudes and knowledge of female college students, their mothers and their same-sexed best friend
… students, their mothers, and their same-sexed best friend. A convenience sample was drawn from a population living in a rural Midwest state. Three groups of mother (N=24), female community college student (N=21), and same-sexed best friend (N=22) participated. Part I, II, and III of Lief and …
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Violet
… wizened advisor, assassin love interest, and her best friend, she grows from a spoiled princess to an assassin, ready to reclaim her kingdom and save her people. </p>
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An integration of friendship and social support : relationships with adjustment in college students
A conceptual integration of friendship and social support, explored via factor analysis, was examined in relation to adjustment in 242 undergraduate university men and women. Despite considerable overlap between theoretical components of adult friendship and social support, empirically these two …
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The association between peer relations, eating behaviors, and body esteem in adolescent girls
… were analyzed at the level of the clique, the friendship pair, and the individual. For cliques, results indicated that nuclear cliques were characterized by higher mean levels of peer pressure than secondary and peripheral cliques. Girls in cliques with higher social reinforcement, higher peer …
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And then the letting go
… pregnancy, and the pregnancy of her unmarried, best friend Regina. These pivotal events act as emotional catalysts, ejecting Sam out of the passive restraints of her unhappy marriage into a frightening, yet exhilarating, life of active participation.</p> <p>Within a nine month temporal …
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Claiming Iris
… self, but also with her overbearing mother, her best friend, her rescuer and her antagonistic roommate. She has just moved to a strange city and still has not found a job. So, she has the overwhelming stress of the attack to contend with and the added pressure of running quickly out of money in …
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Patriot, Pet, and Pest: America Debates the Dog's Worth During World War I
… legislation that threatened to eliminate man’s best friend as a war measure, the American people successfully defended the dog, while citizens in several of the other warring nations could not afford to do so. American admiration for the patriot, combined with affection for the pet, outweighed …
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The style and content of maternal consulting: Predictors of kindergarten children's peer competence?
… of children's peer status and number of mutual best friend nominations. In addition, the content of mothers' consulting was associated with children's asocial behavior, exclusion by peers, hyperactive-distractible behavior, and perceptions of peer support. The findings highlight the importance …
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Escape Velocity: A Narrative Short
… The film concerns Larry Pipe and Percy Knuckle, best friends who dream of moving to Barbados. They hope to open a beachside bar and spend the rest of their days relaxing and watching girls. When Percy starts dating Melinda Bundt, however, Larry's jealousy threatens to destroy the men's …
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Wise the Wizard: A Feature Documentary about the Late Harry Wise of Sanford, Florida
… as remembered by the people who knew him best. Interview subjects include the following: author and TV Producer Charlie Carlson, who wrote a biography about Harry Wise entitled A Wizard's Tux and Tales (Luthers Press, New Smyrna Beach: 2004); Brendan and Anna McWilliams, who accompanied …
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With malice towards none: Six stories and a novella
… public high school, a parking cop, the best friend of a stand-up comedian, an Abilene man whose life goal is to be struck by lightning, and an unselfconscious grandfather character, who bookends the beginning and end of the collection. "Fayette," the first story in the collection, …
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Natural 20: A Novel
… He graduated high school over a year ago and his best friend moved from Michigan to Baltimore to attend school. Chester himself isn't in college, has no job or girlfriend, and, since his father died, lives alone with his mother in a trailer in a dying Michigan town. To deal with this, Chester uses …
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