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Showing 1 to 20 of 71 for “"Identity and self"”.
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POSTTRAUMATIC CULTURAL DIFFERENCES IN TRAUMA-CENTERED IDENTITY AND SELF-CONSISTENCY
… may become central to a survivor’s life story and result in a trauma-centred identity. Posttraumatic changes to identity vary across cultures. Trauma-centred identity has been found to be positively associated with PTSD symptoms in individualistic cultures, but not in collectivistic cultures. …
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The Delinquent Peer Group: Social Identity and Self-categorization Perspectives
This thesis investigates the nature and the development of a delinquent social identity. Three issues are addressed. These concern the negative identity that results from social comparison processes in school, the role of the peer group in delinquency and the variable nature of the delinquent …
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The Delinquent Peer Group: Social Identity and Self-categorization Perspectives
This thesis investigates the nature and the development of a delinquent social identity. Three issues are addressed. These concern the negative identity that results from social comparison processes in school, the role of the peer group in delinquency and the variable nature of the delinquent …
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Ontological Security: State Identity and Self-Image in the Digital Age
… insecurity. Ontological insecurity reveals itself in the contradictions in official state discourse regarding cyberspace. State security of self—preserving and maintaining the seemingly concrete and consistent nature of what a state is about, how the state is understood in relation to other …
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Gender Identity, Ethnic Identity, and Self-Esteem in Latino Adolescent Males
<p>The relationship between gender identity and psychological adjustment has long been investigated, but it is only in the 21<sup>st</sup> century that gender identity has been examined as a multi-faceted construct. According to Egan and Perry (2001), there are five dimensions comprising a person’s …
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Identity and Self -Efficacy Development of Adolescents in an Adult Sponsored Volunteer Program
… in adult sponsored volunteer programs on identity formation and self-efficacy. Data were collected from 28 adolescents in grades 7-12 enrolled in an 11-week summer adult sponsored volunteer program. Participants completed pre-and posttest measures that included the Identity Style …
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The closet door, the gateway to the self? : fashion, identity, and self-expression
… we make surrounding fashion, our sense of 'self,' and our attempts at self-expression through fashion. This thesis is based on the premise that material items and first impressions or appearances are important in our culture. Referring to postmodern theories of identity and symbolic …
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Role distance, identity and self : a pilot study among white teachers in state schools
… entailed a close scrutiny of societal controls and structures in which education took place so as to give meaning to the 'situational structures' where teachers and pupils interacted in classrooms. He advocated that ethnographers locate their work within some context. This investigation will …
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The World Asked, Who am I?: A study focused on Latino Identity and Self Esteem
… the complex link between Latino individuals' self-esteem and media depictions. This thesis was created with the intent to fill a current gap in communication research by providing original data and addressing the lack of quantitative research surrounding the Latino community. The Latino …
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The Impact of a School-Based Cultural Awareness Program on Students' Ethnic Identity and Self-Esteem
… cultural awareness program on ethnic identity and self-esteem in fifth grade early adolescents. The development and implementation of a school-based cultural awareness program was intended to offer students a basic foundation for the development and/or enhancement of ethnic identity …
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The Impact of Media Influence About Hair Texture on Internalized Racial Oppression, Ethnic Identity, and Self-Efficacy
<p>Problem</p> <p>African American women and matters of importance pertaining to African American women are understudied and lacking within research. Understanding the ways in which majority culture media influences aspects related to women of color, especially those pertaining to hair texture, and …
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"SOCIOCULTURAL PREDICTORS OF RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIORS: 1 THE ROLE OF NATIVITY STATUS, RACE, ETHNIC IDENTITY AND SELF-CONSTRUAL"
… disparities in health outcomes such as STI/STDs, and HIV prevalence. The literature examining ethnic differences in health behaviors has studied ethnic identity (self-identification with and commitment to the values of one’s ethnic group) as a protective factor against an array of maladaptive …
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Why Did You Post That GIF? Understanding Relationship between User Identity and Self Expression through GIFs on Social Media
… as they are often created from popular movie and video clips, with diverse and real characters, each expressing a nuanced affect state through a combination of characters' own unique bodily gesture and distinctive visual background. This highly personalized and embodied property gave us an …
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Representation, identity and self esteem : a study of disability, arts education and self-identity, with particular reference to students with physical and sensory impairments who are studying, or who have studied, at Hereward College
… resisted oppressive perceptions of impairment and disability in the production of empowering images that counteract negative representations of disabled people. Hereward College is a national, residential, general college of further education that has extensive specialist resources for students …
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Identity And Public History
<p>This paper considers the creation of identity and self through interaction with museums. By understanding whether there is a correlation between how someone views themselves and their placement within society and the national narrative, consideration of alternative actions in combating social …
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An Investigation of First-time College Freshmen and Relationships Among Mathematical Mindset, Identity, Self-efficacy, and Use of Self-regulated Learning Strategies
Students experience great social and academic challenges during their first semester of college and for many, the completion of required mathematics courses is one of those challenges. This study investigated the relationship of first-time college freshmen’s mathematics course enrollment, gender, …
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Examining Racial Ethnic Socialization, Ethnic Identity Development, and Their Psychological Correlates in a Sample of Ethnically Diverse Youth
… specific racial ethnic socialization messages and positive youth outcomes such as subjective well-being. This study sought to examine the prevalence of specific types of racial ethnic socialization messages in a group of ethnically diverse high school students. The study also examined the role …
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The Effects of Adoption on Identity as Assessed by the Kinetic Family Drawing
… explore the effects of adoption on an adoptee’s identity. Kinetic Family Drawings were gathered from a total of 15 matched pairs of subjects, both adult and children, and a list of graphic indicators related to identity and self-image was created to evaluate the drawings. Results showed that …
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