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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Caucasian Americans"”.
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Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms of the ATP1a2 gene and Their Effects on Blood Pressure and Other Cardiovascular Variable in African Americans and Caucasian Americans
… and Other Cardiovascular Variables in African Americans and Caucasian Americans. Doctor of Philosophy (Integrative Physiology), May 2007. Mutations in the 3’ – untranslated region (3’-UTR) of the ATP1a2 gene, which encodes the α2 subunit of Na+-K+-ATPases are reportedly associated with …
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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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Perceived Counselor Characteristics as a Function of Subject's Race, Racial Similarity, Locus of Control Orientation and Counseling Approach
… of locus of control orientation among Caucasian Americans, Asian Americans, and Asian International students. The interaction effect of locus of control orientation and counseling approach, and the effect of racial similarity on perceived counselor characteristics and preferences of …
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Gender differences in SAT scores : analysis by race and socioeconomic level
… 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 using federal guidelines for …
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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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Role of IGF-II, PRL, and FABPs in the Breast Cancer Disparity among AA Women
… breast cancer and have lower survival rates than Caucasian-Americans (CA). Epidemiological data have shown that pregnancy and lactation at an early age in humans reduce the risk of breast cancer. Studies in mice and rats have shown that lactation stimulates the expression of intracellular …
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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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Considering vocational interests in adverse impact: a meta-analysis of race, cognitive ability, and vocational interests
… ability. In Study 1, differences between African Americans and Caucasian Americans on vocational interests were estimated via meta-analysis. It was found that Whites have stronger realistic, investigative, and artistic interests, while African Americans have stronger social interests. Various …
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Self-reported embarrassment between Chinese, Chinese American, and Caucasian American college students
… 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 Questionnaire …
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College-Stress and Symptom-expression in International Students: A comparative study
… differences in symptom-expression between Caucasians and Asians in response to college-stress. College-stress was defined as adjustment problems that students experience as a function of exposure to a college environment. The propensity of each group to express symptoms in response to …
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The Online Dating Preferences of Chinese American Older Adults
… existing literature are mainly centered on White/Caucasian Americans. Furthermore, the only theoretical guide has been sexual strategies theory. This study fills the gap by using sexual strategies theory and acculturation theory to test Chinese American older adults dating preferences.</p> <p>The …
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Levels of Acculturation of Children of Mexican Descent as Perceived in their Kinetic Family Drawings
… with representation of Mexican-American and Caucasian children from rural, semi-rural, small cities, and urban areas were selected in central and north Texas. Subjects were non-clinical children, 320 of Mexican descent and 114 Caucasian- Americans in Grades 3 through 6. Subjects were assigned …
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The Proteus Effect and Gaming: The Impact of Digital Actors and Race in a Virtual Environment
… 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 categories: Crime …