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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Cheerleaders"”.
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Cheerleaders and Performers: Mental Health Courts in a Midwestern State
<p>"Cheerleaders and Performers: Mental Health Courts in a Midwestern State" by Monte D. Staton</p><p>This dissertation presents a statewide study focusing on a recently developed technique for dealing with persons with mental illness in the criminal justice system: mental health court (MHC). This …
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Cheerleaders, jocks, nerds and "the man": popular representations of schooling in modern television
In recent years, the availability of media has increased and adolescents are engaged with some type of media for most of the day. However, television remains one of the most popular mediums in America, despite increases in time spent on other forms of electronic media. Scholars have studied movies …
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The Cardiovascular Demands of Division I Sideline Cheerleaders During Training and Football Games
… cardiovascular demands of collegiate sideline cheerleaders between practice and game settings, and throughout four quarters of a football game; and to evaluate the physical fitness of collegiate Division I cheerleaders. Eleven cheerleaders volunteered to participate (age; 18.9+0.8y, height; …
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The Relationship Between Core Stability Related Measures and Performance in Adolescent All-Star Cheerleaders
… half of performance in adolescent competitive cheerleaders. Future research should aim to extend methods utilized in this study to various sports.</p>
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A descriptive study of positive body image among female adolescent dancers
… body image and how they express it culturally. Cheerleaders and dancers were chosen as accessible groups that embodied the ideal body image as defined by popular Western teen culture. Qualitative analysis was conducted using interviews, observations, and focus groups to determine how these …
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A qualitative exploration of women-of-color professional academic advisors' perceptions and experiences
… success as they are mentors, teachers, guides, cheerleaders, stand-in parental figures, role models, and advocates. As well, they are important because they contribute to serving as a mediator and bridge in higher education conversations around supporting and affirming Students of Color. Perhaps …
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‘Invaded by Daughters of Eve’: Women Playing American Football, 1890-1960
… participated in the sport only as spectators and cheerleaders. Women's involvement has been wide-ranging, both geographically and in the ways in which they played the game. The work contends that medical experts, educators, and others' views on gender and femininity shaped women's participation, …
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More than race: Differentiating Black students’ everyday experiences in Texas school desegregation, 1968-1978
… primarily considers gender, assessing how Black cheerleaders and homecoming queens redefined femininity in formerly all-white desegregated schools. I delineate four strategies these Black girls pursued to attain these coveted positions. To conclude, my final and eighth chapter offers …