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Showing 1 to 20 of 43 for “"Punjabi"”.
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Ideology, language attitudes and status of Punjabi in Pakistan
… 72 languages are spoken there including Punjabi, Urdu, Sindhi, Pashto, Balochi, Brahavi, Saraiki, and Shina. Punjabi is the language of 44% of the Pakistanis, but it has no official status and is not used in educational or governmental settings. This study investigates attitudes towards …
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Exploring Adult Punjabi-Speaking Immigrants’ Path To English Language Acquisition: A Case Study
<p>Punjabi-speaking immigrants to the United States find many successes and face many challenges as they strive to become full citizens of their new communities. There are success stories and obstacles faced by immigrants as they embark upon a journey from another country. This study examined what …
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An Exploration of Undocumented Punjabi Migrants’ Experiences of Travelling to the United Kingdom
… migrants more generally; however, undocumented Punjabi migrants who appear to make up one of the largest groups in the UK have not been explored prior to this study. Therefore, taking into account the gap in the literature, the present research aimed to understand how undocumented Punjabi …
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The phenomenon of possession and exorcism in north India and amongst the Punjabi diaspora in Wolverhampton.
… of possession and exorcism as a manifestation of Punjabi religion amongst the Punjabi diaspora in Wolverhampton. Euro-centric scholarship and reform movements in the 1900s, in India, suppressed religious traditions that did not conform to the textual and institutionalised forms of religion. This …
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Living with husbands with a label of dementia. The experience and meaning of Punjabi Sikh wives.
… aimed to explore the experiences and meanings of Punjabi Sikh wives in living with husbands who have a label of dementia. This study adopts a grounded theory methodology to explore the experiences of Punjabi Sikh wives living with husbands who have been given a diagnosis of dementia. Based on the …
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Managing Family Firm Survivability and Continuity Dynamics. A Comparison of UK-based Punjabi First- and Second-Generation Family Firms.
… on survivability and continuity dynamics in Punjabi-Indian family firms. In order to analyse these elements, family relationships were examined. Understanding the nature of family dynamics in ethnic minority-owned FBs based in the UK has rarely been subject to academic scrutiny. Using recent …
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Rising Like a Phoenix: Punjabi-Canadian Women Resisting Sharam, Reclaiming Izzat, and Redefining Pehchan through Resilience Approaches in the Aftermath of Intimate Partner Violence
… lived experiences of resilience cultivation in Punjabi-Canadian women post-IPV in the Canadian diaspora. Through a feminist lens and a phenomenological research approach, this study aims to fill this gap by investigating the resilience approaches used by Punjabi-Canadian women in the Canadian …
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Writing Resistance in the Three Punjabs: Critical Engagements with Literary Tradition
This dissertation analyses post-colonial Punjabi writing on the left as a critical engagement with literary tradition that re-interprets tropes of resistance embedded in popular, oral genres to articulate political critique in the contemporary. Drawing on Punjabi texts from India, Pakistan, and …
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Ethnic differences in illness representations, coping and adjustment in people with coronary heart disease
… heart disease (CHD).Furthermore, within a Punjabi group, it aimed to explore the relationship between these variables and acculturation, as well as the relationship between illness representations, coping and adjustment.<br></br><br></br>Design and Participants:<br></br>The study was …
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A Comparative Exploration of the Depictions of Punjabi Women in Daniyal Mueenuddin’s In Other Rooms Other Wonders and Now We Are Monsters
By critically analyzing three short stories (Saleema, Provide Provide and In Other Rooms Other Wonders) from Daniyal Mueenuddin’s collection In Other Rooms Other Wonders this essay aims to explore the parallels and differences between his work and my own collection of short stories that comprised …
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Dietary intake, lifestyles and risk of nutrition-related non-communicable diseases in a Punjabi south Asian male population in Kent, United Kingdom
… selected sample of adult males (n=137) of Punjabi origin were used to collect population-wide data using modified a pre-validated food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) previously used in Europe and a 24-hour recall dietary intake questionnaire. A modified version of the validated WHO Global …
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Patterns of caring for older people: an ethnic dimension
… informal carers of older people from Gujarati, Punjabi and white indigenous communities. Semi-structured interview schedules were used to elicit both quantitative and qualitative information from each of the three groups. Overall, the data confirmed some universal features of caring in that it …
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Perceptions and experiences of distress among older Pakistanis in Bradford
This study focuses on Punjabi immigrants in Bradford who immigrated in the 1960s to meet a labour shortage. While this group had initially been almost entirely men who had planned on earning money and then returning to Pakistan relatively wealthy, changes in laws in the 1970s compelled them to …
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The Sikhs and caste : a study of the Sikh community in Leeds and Bradford
… Indian caste system, the function of caste in Punjabi society, and a comprehensive review of the writings by Sikh and non-Sikh authors concerning caste practices among the Sikhs. The data for this study were collected by means of participant observation during the years 1980-1984. Their …
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A qualitative exploration into how UK Pakistani male immigrants deal with personal problems and stresses in everyday life
… a small, homogenous sample of first-generation Punjabi Pakistani men in order to gain a richer understanding of their coping experiences and how these influence their views and feelings about seeking psychological support. A qualitative approach was adopted. Seven first-generation, Punjabi …
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School personnel perspectives on the assessment and evaluation of immigrant students from Punjab
… States are becoming more culturally diverse and Punjabi students are a population of students that has grown in school districts. Special educators and school psychologists are inadequately prepared for this growth of students and are struggling to provide effective, relevant, equitable, and …
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Engaging Asian faith communities and counselling psychology perspectives in the development of older adult services.
… aged 45-65 years contributed in English and Punjabi through interview, questionnaire or focus group at multiple community sites across 3 metropolitan boroughs in Sandwell. Qualitative data from validated scenarios and personal experience were analysed by a thematic approach informed by …
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