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Showing 1 to 20 of 58 for “"White American"”.
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Preventive Dental Behavior of White American Families and the Health Belief Model
… of preventive dental behavior of representative white American families, and (2) to test the appropriateness and sufficiency of the Health Belief Model and its applications to problems in understanding and predicting preventive dental behavior.
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Perceptions of body image and attitudes towards eating for Native American/white American women
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Wandering into the Wasteland: White American Masculinities in the Apocalyptic Science Fiction Road Narrative
This thesis examines the portrayal of American white male subjects within the apocalyptic science fiction road narrative, focusing on two visual media in which this genre hybrid features prominently: film and comics. The study builds upon an embryonic body of scholarship addressing several …
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"If you don't laugh you'll cry": the occupational humor of white American prison workers and social workers
… compares narrative occupational humor of white American social workers to that of white American prison workers, concluding that both occupational groups use humor, both performed and oral, to negotiate conflict between work and home, to initiate new employees, to reinforce and police …
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Racial Socialization in Non-Hispanic White American Families: An Exploration of the Role of Parental Racial-Ethnic Socialization
… socialization is a largely unstudied topic for White Americans. Most of the research on racial-ethnic socialization (RES) focuses on minority populations, but more literature is starting to focus on RES in White individuals. However, the mechanisms by which RES messages are transmitted are …
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Influences of Personal Standards and Perceived Parental Expectations on Worry for Asian American and White American College Students
Previous research suggests that Asian American college students experience higher levels of pressure for academic success and higher levels of parental expectations and criticism compared to White Americans. Moreover, perceived discrepancies between parental expectations and academic outcome have …
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Religious Value Transmission Among Seventh-day Adventist White American Families : A Cognitive Approach to Parental Values and Relationship as Perceived by Youth
<p>Three research questions were examined: (1) What role does cognitive-attribution play in religious value transmission? (2) Is there a generation gap in the religious values of Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) families? (3) What is the influence of parental support on value transmission?</p> <p>The …
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An Exploration of Differences in Group Perceptions of Diversity and Faculty-Student Engagement Between African American and White American, First-Time Students Enrolled in Community College
… colleges and student support services, African American students maintain a low community college completion rate, relative to their enrollment. Using critical race theory as a theoretical framework, this quantitative study utilized the Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) …
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A Cross-Cultural Study of the Collectivism-Individualism Paradigm: the Influence of Confucian Values on the Conflict-Handling Behavior of Male Graduate Business Students in Hong Kong and the United States
… that there is a difference in the way that Americans and the Chinese handle conflict based on differences in culture. It is also speculated that these differences have been influenced by Confucian values. However, these positions have not been conclusively supported by empirical …
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A Specific Elsewhere: Locating Masculinity in Jack Kerouac's On The Road
… to experience the more marginalised aspects of American society. This dissertation offers an interpretative exploration of the ways in which Kerouac’s chronicling of his travels in On the Road: The Original Scroll presents images of, and the search for, a subjectively authentic experience of …
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Testing two models of critical consciousness: an application of sociopolitical development theory and theory of planned behavior
… among a community sample of 179 Asian American and White American adults. Participants completed an online survey about their social justice attitudes, perceived behavioral control, social norms, and social justice intention. They were also invited to sign two online petitions with …
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Social identity shifts across nationality and race in response to socio-political events
… to induce feelings of vicarious shame in the American identity, both Black and White Americans indicated their levels of four types of collective self-esteem: public American, public racial, private American, and private racial (Luhtanen & Crocker, 1992). Findings showed that only Black …
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Southeast Asian refugee adolescent friendship preferences and functions in public high schools
… the sample: 121 SARAs and a control group of 27 White American Adolescents (WAA). Three data collection methods were utilized: Sociodemographic Questionnaire (SQ), Friendship Nomination Form (FNF), and Open Interview Questionnaire (OIQ). Data were analyzed using both quantitative and qualitative …
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Hulihia Nā Kānāwai ʻĀina: The Effects of Post-1893 Land Law Changes On Native Hawaiians - Population Demographics Supplement or Supplant?
… Dole and the rest of the usurpers utilized white supremacist ideals to create land law changes that enabled white American immigration while dispossessing Native Hawaiians concurrently. The Land Act was an integral part of a systemic racist process designed to supplant Kanaka Maoli in their …
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African American Community Mental Health Center Service Utilization: A Test of the Cultural Compatibility Hypothesis
… compatible with the cultural needs of African Americans attracted a higher percentage of adult African American service users from their catchment areas than CMHCs which were evaluated as being less culturally compatible. The cultural compatibility of 36 CMHCs was assessed via a telephone …
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The individual and collective consequences of mass incarceration in the African American community
… reference (e.g., Negro, Colored, Black, African American, Afrikan) have changed, the degraded cast status of Black people has been an immutable constant. For the purpose of this paper, African American and Black will be used interchangeably. No other minority ethnicity, has attempted to …
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The Relationship Between Ethnic Identity, Self-Esteem, Emotional Well-Being and Depression Among Lakota/Dakota Sioux Adolescents
… and psychological adjustment among Native Americans, empirical research examining this relationship remains limited. In light of recent developments in the area of ethnic identity research, including alternative conceptual models, improved methodologies, and more sophisticated measures, …
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Fake Realities: Assassination and Race in Popular Culture
… and/or are followers of Islam. Elements of American popular culture since 9/11 have portrayed assassination, with the antagonists generally being of Middle-Eastern or Muslim descent while the protagonist being a white American or from a country allied with the United States who is involved …
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