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Showing 1 to 20 of 167 for “"Caucasians"”.
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An Analysis of the Subjective Socioeconomic Scale among Hispanic Immigrants and Caucasians
… 42 Hispanic females; 38 Caucasian males, 40 Caucasians females). Childhood SES was the most significant predictor of self-reported health in both sample groups.</p>
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Cross-Cultural Views of Dementia: A Focus on African Americans, Asians, Caucasians and Hispanics
… four cultural groups African Americans, Asians, Caucasians, and Hispanics representing the population in a long-term care facility. Interviews were recorded. Data Analysis: All data collected was coded and similar themes were collated together. Four major themes and seven sub-themes were …
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Examination of Racial Bias on the MMPI-2 Restructured Form among African Americans and Caucasians
… criteria for African Americans as it does for Caucasians. Step-down hierarchical linear regression test were implemented to determine the presence of prediction bias and whether there were indications of slope and intercept bias. Overall, the results suggest minimal presence of predication bias …
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Comparing glutathione peroxidase and glutathione reductase activity and their associations with cardiovascular measures in Africans and Caucasians : the SABPA study
… GPx activity was shown to differ between Caucasians and African-Americans with Africans displaying significantly lower activity of GPx. An ethnic difference in GR activity is yet to be shown. A single study has indicated a negative association between GPx activity and blood pressure. No …
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Effect of a Single High-Fat Meal and Vitamins on the Circulatory Response to Local Heat in Koreans and Caucasians
… not been studied in Korean-Asians compared to Caucasians. The purpose of this study was to evaluate baseline and postprandial EF as related to oxidative stress from a single HF and low fat (LF) meal and the effects of vitamins on scavenging free radicals and improving EF in Korean-Asians …
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An investigation of test bias of a kindergarten screening battery in predicting achievement and educational placement for American Indians and Caucasians
The purpose of this study was to examine whether the relationship between a kindergarten screening battery (KSB) and two criterion variables (academic achievement and educational placement) varied as a function of race. The subjects were 702 elementary school students, approximately 176 per grade, …
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Ethnic Variations of Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Within Canada
… and hospitalizations were compared between Caucasians and different ethnic groups. Our study demonstrated important differences between Caucasian and non-Caucasian children with IBD in Canada in specific phenotypes of IBD, time to diagnosis, disease location and behavior, family history of …
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The Otis-Lennon mental ability test and general aptitude test battery (G) as predictors of success on state board test pool examination for practical nursing candidates
… differences between group mean scores of Caucasians and non-Caucasians existed when the same instrument was used. Scores of mature and young subjects in the sample population were analyzed for significant differences on the same instrument also. The coefficient correlations between OLMAT …
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The Prevalence of Temporomandibular Disorder in African Americans
… the study also collected the same data on Caucasians for comparisons against the African American numbers on all measures. At the conception of this study, there existed no prior studies focusing primarily on prevalence of TMD in African Americans. The study administered a survey of acute …
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Self-Management of Physical Activity in African Americans and Hispanics with Multiple Sclerosis: Mixed Methods
… with MS have health disparities when compared to Caucasians with MS, but the current health behavior theories were developed and validated mainly among the Caucasian population. There is a paucity of research considering multicultural perspectives for minorities with MS. The present study used the …
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Images of Gender and Ethnicity on Fortune Global 500 Company Websites.
… Scale.</p><p>A major finding was that images of Caucasians dominated Fortune Global 500 front-screens. Caucasians represented 66.3 percent of the total images.</p><p>Another major finding was that images of men were depicted more frequently than images of women on Fortune Global 500 website …
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The Influence of Stigma on Help Seeking Attitudes for Depression
… and male responses to help seeking, and between Caucasians and non-Caucasians. Females and Caucasians more likely to endorse help seeking, though this result may have been influenced by the greater proportion of males in the non-Caucasian sample. No significance was found among the person-level …
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Ethnicity, Religious Coping, and Post-Disaster Support as Predictors of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Children and Adolescents
… of PTSD symptoms between African Americans and Caucasians that have not been adequately explored in these studies include ethnicity, resource loss, religious coping, and social support. The purpose of this study was to test portions of a model that characterizes the relationship between …
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Using network clustering to predict copy number variations associated with health disparities
… disparities exist between African Americans and Caucasians in the United States. Copy number variations (CNVs) are one form of human genetic variations that have been linked with complex diseases and often occur at different frequencies among African Americans and Caucasian populations. In this …
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A Comparative Study of the Learning Styles of Southeast Asian and American Caucasian College Students on Two Seventh-day Adventist Campuses
… of 309 undergraduate students (143 Asiansand 166 Caucasians).</p> <p>Findings. (1) Caucasians appear to have a higher preference for warmth, responsibility, intake, learning in the morning, and mobility. They exhibit a lower preference for auditory and visual learning than the Asians. (2) Males as …
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School Choice and Teacher Efficacy
… With regards to overall Global efficacy scores Caucasians scored higher than non-Caucasians; Elementary educators scored higher than both Middle and High school educators; and females scored higher than males.
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A Comparison Of Energy Expenditure And Prediction Equations During Walking Or Running Corrected For One Mile In Normal Weight And Overweight African American, Asian, And Caucasian Adults And Cross-Validation Of The Equations
… compared. A total of 224 subjects, including 71 Caucasians, 68 African Americans and 85 Asians were recruited to test EE through indirect calorimetry. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used for over- all significance with post Hoc Scheffe test to compare EE in three groups (normal weight walkers, …
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Factors Associated With the Provision of Coronary Heart Disease Preventive CareServices
… than men. Hispanics are less likely than Caucasians to receive primary CHD preventive care services, except for blood cholesterol testing for which they are more likely to receive. Blacks are more likely than Caucasians to have blood cholesterol testing, but are no less likely to receive …
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Implications of cultural mistrust on diagnosis and services for students with autism
… the level of cultural mistrust differed between Caucasians and minorities and to explore how a number of variables including, cultural mistrust, race, income, and level of education impact parents' agreement with the diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder, their willingness to accept services for …
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Registered nurses' attitudes towards substance use and abuse
… toward early identification and treatment than Caucasians and African Americans, suggesting culture may play a role in attitudes. Caucasians held the highest moralistic attitudes of all the ethnic groups. Additionally, nurses with 6-15 years of experience had the most permissive attitudes, while …
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