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Showing 1 to 20 of 323 for “"Minority groups"”.
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Authoritarianism, Social Dominance Orientation, and Behavior in Majority and Minority Groups
… in this study. Possible effects of majority and minority group size interactions with these constructs were also examined. It has been previously shown that right-wing authoritarianism (Altemeyer, 1981) and social dominance orientation (Pratto, Sidanius, Stallworth, & Malle, 1994) influence …
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Making stroke services equitable for minority groups: the potential role of cultural competence
… into practice and matching the expectations of minority group stroke service-users, requires on-going support at an organisational and leadership level, with which confidence can develop through mentorship and shaping. Conclusion: The available evidence has shown how to provide cultural …
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A study of the follow-up priorities of colorectal cancer survivors from ethnic minority groups
… the priorities for follow-up care in diverse groups, who have completed CRC treatment and are undergoing their follow-up care in the UK. The study involved n=19 participants (n=14 males and n=5 females) from ethnic minority groups inclusive of newly arrived migrants and non-English language …
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The politics of representation in Indian media: implications of the portrayal of Hindus and minority groups
… situation in the country helped the Hindutva groups to realign the threads of nationalism with that of Hindu nationalism by re-organizing and redefining their ideology to suggest a particular version of national identity and citizenship. The news television, while passing through various …
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Health inequalities amongst older people from ethnic minority groups in Britain: ‘sensitivity’ of different ses measures
… are over 4.6 million individuals belonging to minority ethnic groups, with a quarter million aged 50 years or over. The ageing of these communities over the next two decades places greater emphasis on the importance of empirical evidence on their health status and the policy implications for …
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The right of self-determination of majority-minority groups within nation-states: a case study of Bangladesh
… self-determination of all peoples, majority or minority, within nation-states, and the application to Bengalis within the State of Pakistan the Principle of Equal Rights and Self-determination of Peoples set forth in the UN Declaration on Principles of International Law Concerning Friendly …
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Social Change and Its Effects on the Attitudes of Northern and Southern College Students Toward Minority Groups
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-11T17:49:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7511832.pdf: 10872748 bytes, checksum: 972aa1a4e97e56b92312c19ad97a06da (MD5) Previous issue date: 1974
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Racism, discrimination, and assimilation – some identity issues and effects of the tension between the majority and minority groups
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2027-05-01
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An Exploratory Analysis of Social Distances Expressed by Des Moines Area XI Community College Students Toward Selected Minority Groups
… College students toward eleven selected minority groups. In an exploratory manner, various socioeconomic variables were tested in order to determine the relationship to the expressed social distances. Procedure. A pilot survey was administered in order to determine those particular …
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The impact of ACT interventions on psychological flexibility and minority stress within sexual minority groups - a mixed-methods evaluation
… to heterosexual individuals. Meyer’s (2003) Minority Stress (MS) theory explains this disparity, reporting stigmatising processes and stressful social environment that sexual minorities encounter as a unique contribution to mental health issues. Furthermore, sexual minorities report MS …
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An analysis of the human rights abuses against minority groups and the prospects of transitional justice in post–Mugabe Zimbabwe
… freedom of assembly, and access to justice. Minority groups, such as the Ndebele tribe, women, children, and the LGBTQ community, have been particularly targeted by this oppressive regime. This study focuses on the experiences of minority groups in Zimbabwe. The main challenges faced by …
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Social distances of white Americans to racial and ethnic minorities
… of white Americans to racial and ethnic minority groups by investigating how whites feel toward African Americans, Asian Americans, and Hispanic Americans. Three questions guide the study: (1) What is the relative order of whites' social distances to major racial and ethnic minority …
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Asian-named minority groups in a British school system: A study of the education of the children of immigrants of Indian, Pakistani or Bangladeshi origin from the Indian sub-continent or East Africa in the City of Bradford.
… of success to pupils in socially disadvantaged groups and that this is borne out in an analysis of the situation of the Asian pupils in the County Upper schools in Bradford (CB), less likely to be allocated to external examination-orientated groups or to gain success in these than their peers. …
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Characteristics of students receiving mental health services at the university of Cape Town
… students. (i) Objective 1 (attendees) - minority groups such as Blacks (Africans, Coloureds and Indians), non-traditionally aged students, non-English first language speaking students, outof-town students and socio-economically disadvantaged students form a sizeable proportion of …
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"""Too Much Time for the Crime I Done"": Race, Ethnicity, and the Politics of Punishment in Illinois and South Carolina, 1865 to 1900"
… reality of prison life helps illustrate how minority groups forged an identity in opposition to the broader values of the nation. Such findings contribute directly to African-American history and immigration studies by exposing the importance of political representation to minority groups and …
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The "unique" experiences of domestic violence of immigrant Sikh women through films.
The larger context in which minority groups such as the Sikh community make sense of domestic violence, and assign meaning to abuse, has seldom been explored in intimate partner violence research. Current literature, regardless of racial background, tends to homogenize the multiple experiences, …
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Sesotho immigrant minority group and language rights in South Africa: a case study
… This research focuses on the Sesotho immigrant minority group and language rights in South Africa. The research is based on a case study. It explores the country’s language usage in selected courtroom cases. The focus is on immigrant minority groups and their language rights in relation to the …
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