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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Caucasian American"”.
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Self-reported embarrassment between Chinese, Chinese American, and Caucasian American college students
… in embarrassment between Chinese, Chinese American, and Caucasian American college students. A related purpose was to determine if there were any behavioral characteristics associated with embarrassment among the three groups. A total of 137 college students were given the Embarrassment …
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Comparisons of aptitude and achievement patterns of Asian-American and Caucasian-American students.
… high level of academic achievement by Asian-Americans. Little attempt has been made to investigate indepth the relationship of several proposed factors to Asian achievement. The purpose of this study was to explore differences between Asian-Americans and Caucasian-Americans in cognitive …
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Religiosity and Ethnic Identity as Predictors of Identity Orientation Among African American and Caucasian American Women
… and compare how they vary among African American and Caucasian American women.</p> <p>Method</p> <p>This study used the Aspects of Identity Questionnaire IV (AIQ-IV), the Brief Religiosity Scale 6 (BRS-6), and the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure (MEIM) to examine the relationships …
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A Cross-Cultural Study of Moral Developmental Theory: the Influence of Collectivism on Moral Reasoning of Asian Students and Caucasian American Students
… were administered to 179 Asian students and Caucasian American students at Andrews University.</p> <p>Results. The present study showed that collectivism was not associated necessarily with lower P scores. It was found, however, that collectivism may be a significant predictor of moral …
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Self-Esteem, Body Image and Appearance Management Behaviors among Korean and Caucasian-American Women: Associations to Attitudes toward Social Comparison and Model’s Ethnicity in Advertisements
… appearance management behaviors among Korean and Caucasian-American women. Furthermore, this study investigated the association of attitudes toward social comparison by model type (i.e., Korean vs. Caucasian models) as a comparison reference with self-esteem, body image and appearance management …
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Gender differences in SAT scores : analysis by race and socioeconomic level
… studied using four racial groupings (African American, Asian American, Caucasian American, and Hispanic American) and two socioeconomic groupings (average-to-high income and average-low income) of students. All differences were tested at the .05 level. Socioeconomic status was determined by …
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Kinetic Family Drawings of Chinese-American Children
… of cultural backgrounds. Information on Chinese-American children and their families is limited even though the Chinese are one of the main minority groups in America and increasingly more Chinese are migrating here. This study sought to use the Kinetic Family Drawing (KFD) as a tool to gain …
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Toward an Understanding of Interindividual Variation in Hydrogenotrophic Microbes in the Human Colon
… and methanogens in native African (NA), African American (AA) and Caucasian American (CA) healthy subjects. In this study, stool samples from NA, who were consuming a diet low in animal protein, versus AA and CA, with both cohorts consuming a typical Western diet, were used to examine the …
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The Impact of Cultural Values on Worker Satisfaction: A Potential Explanation for Observed Racial Differences in Job Satisfaction
… values impacted the job satisfaction of 75 Caucasian-American and 80 African-American students currently working while attending college. Past research examining racial differences between Caucasian-Americans and African- Americans show the latter tend to measure significantly lower on …
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An Evaluation of Metric Methods of Race Differentiation in the Human Pelvic Girdle for the Application of Expert Witness Testimony
… that more variations exist within African American and Caucasian American populations in the United States than among them. </p> <p>The implications of this research demonstrate a need for stricter adherence to current standards, more rigorous validation of morphometric methods utilized for …
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Factors Affecting Intentions to Use Social Commerce in Shopping for Fashion Products
… 2015). The sample was predominantly female Caucasian American students (71%) who are daily visiting Social media networking sites over four times.</p> <p>Results of exploratory factor analysis with varimax rotation confirmed one factor for each variable. Reliability was supported for all …
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Self Concept and Family Relations of American-Lebanese Children: a Descriptive and Comparative Study
… is a great current need to assist and understand American children, especially minorities, through their familial and cultural backgrounds. The purpose of the study was to examine the Kinetic Family Drawings of American-Lebanese children to gain information about their relationship with other …
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Correlates of Body Image of Undergraduate Females Attending Andrews University
… sample of 345 undergraduate females (43.5% Caucasian American, 17.4% African American, 9.3% West Indian/Caribbean, 14.8% Hispanic American, 12.5%, Asian American, & 2.6% Multi-ethnic) from a Seventh-day Adventist university. Possible correlates of body dissatisfaction such as ethnic …
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Dietary Soy Protein Isoflavonoid Effects on the Reproductive Tract of the Nonhuman Primate and Neoplastic Human Prostate Gland
… their country of origin when compared to African American and Caucasian American men. The precursor lesion of prostate cancer, prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia, follows a similar epidemiologic pattern, being detected earlier and with greater frequency in American men than in Asian men. …
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Gender and Ethnic Differences in Perceived Stress as a Predictor of Smoking Behaviors in Rural Adolescents
… Sixth grade students were 52% male, 53% Caucasian American (CA), and 47% African American (AA). For 7th graders, the sample was 53% female and 56% CA (44% AA). Of the 685 sixth grade students, 7% reported that they had smoked cigarettes at least once during the past 30 days (n=46,63% male …
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Perceived familial socialization and ethnic identity: factors associated with physical activity, eating behavior patterns, and social physique anxiety in african american middle adolescents
<p>Purpose: African American adolescents experience higher rates of obesity and have an increased risk of obesity related diseases than Caucasian American adolescents. Despite culturally sensitive obesity preventive interventions, obesity rates are increasing within the African American adolescent …
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Development of a Divorce Recovery Program for Korean American Women
… separated and divorced Christian Korean-American women for the purpose of developing a divorce recovery program. A large number of divorced Korean-American women currently do not receive adequate support from their communities, whether from the church or from their social networks (Kim, …
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Language Minority Students: Bilingual Identity Development in the College Years.
… to disclose. The Balanced student identifying as Caucasian, reported using his appearance and lack of an accent to pass for the monolingual majority on a regular basis as a stigma management strategy. The psychological impact of the latter on this Caucasian American language minority (CALM) …
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The Proteus Effect and Gaming: The Impact of Digital Actors and Race in a Virtual Environment
… of 3 different races (Middle Eastern, African American, and Caucasian American) played <em>Grand Theft Auto V </em>(GTAV) on PlayStation 3 with an assignment of either White (Michael) or Black (Franklin) game character condition. Data were collected on a behavioral metric with two primary …
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