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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"religious factors"”.
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Religious Factors and Status Attainment among US Immigrants
… 2003, this dissertation examines the role of religious orientations and spiritual commitments on status attainment measures such as education, employment, and income among recent US immigrants. NIS is a nationally representative sample of recent US immigrants who receive permanent residency in …
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Gender Analysis of Politics, Economics and Culture of Korean Reunification: Toward a Feminist Theological Foundation for Reunified Society
… Korean political, economic, cultural and religious issues are necessarily present. My study focuses on cultural and religious factors. I adopt the German reunification as a case study. The German reunification process provides Koreans with lessons about the negative changes in the status …
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THE EFFECTS OF RELIGIOUS RESOURCES ON MUSLIM-AMERICANS' POLITICAL IDEOLOGY AND VOTING BEHAVIOR
… and Public Life) measures the effects of various religious beliefs, conservatism, practices, and contexts on different aspects of political thinking and participation such as registration for voting, voting in elections, beliefs about the roles of government, and sexuality. The results show that, …
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The experience of sexuality of male cancer patients under palliative care at Hospice Wits Houghton
… and shaped by physical, social, cultural and religious factors. The research that has been conducted on sexuality on the male cancer patient under palliative care has largely focussed on the physical aspects of sexuality such as erection, ejaculation and fertility. Studies conducted on the …
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Patient-centric barriers to clinical trial participation in developing countries: A retrospective analysis
… and lack of awareness in 50%, cultural and religious factors did not emerge as a distinct theme. Addressing these barriers is crucial to increasing clinical trial participation in developing countries, promoting more equitable and generalizable medical advancements.</p>
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Sustainable microfinance in Indonesia : a sociocultural approach
… poverty alleviation, sociocultural and religious values in three local communities in West Java. It contends that sociocultural and religious factors influence human behavior as well as the agency of borrowers and the microfinance institutions. With respect to Sundanese cultural and …
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RELIGION AND WOMEN'S STATUS ATTAINMENT: A COMPARATIVE AND HIERARCHICAL ANALYSIS
… to model variability in status attainment by religious factors, gender traditionalism, and contextual features of the fifty-seven countries included in the sample. The broad research goals were to ascertain gender differences in attainment outcomes, and to extend the scope of existing …
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Religion and Academic Achievement Among Adolescents
… show that this is due to family and community factors; for example, variation in levels of family capital among religious affiliates may explain this association. Yet, whether religious factors affect academic achievement among adolescents may also be due to the concordance or discordance of …
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Understanding Boko Haram
… first focuses on ideas of Islamic extremism and religious violence, explaining the insurgency as an outgrowth of an ideology. The second uses theories of relative deprivation and frustration-aggression to find motivation in the harsh socioeconomic reality faced by the majority of people in …
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Beyond the Veil: A Case Study of Context, Culture, Curriculum, and Constructivism at Dubai Women's College
… sheds light on the complex social, cultural, and religious factors affecting educational practice. Participants were faculty and supervisors, mainly foreign nationals, while students at DWC are exclusively Emirati. Theories prominent in this study are: constructivist learning theory, trans …
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BALIK-ISLAM IN THE PHILIPPINES: REVERSION, SYMBOLIC NEGOTIATION, AND BECOMING THE OTHER
… dissertation examines one of the fastest growing religious phenomena in Southeast Asia, Balik-Islam, which means “reverts to Islam,” or the process of “returning to Islam.” The Balik-Islam movement has become popular since the 1970s, and its religious narratives on Muslim reversion challenge and …
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France, Spain, and the Persecution of Protestant Heresy: A Study in Contrast
… This study also explores the political and religious factors which allowed for the creation of an inquisition in Spain, yet prevented the French kings from installing a similar institution. This thesis addresses in detail the political and cultural factors that prevented the installation of …
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Troubling Citizenship: Latino Immigrants and the Struggle for Participatory Belonging in the Midwest
… racial, linguistic, cultural, gendered, and religious factors that altered membership and belonging. By examining the construction of community on the ground, the following unpacks the lived experience of U.S. identity politics through multi-directional Latino and non-Latino accounts. In …
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Religion and the economics of fertility in south India
… interplay between the economic, demographic and religious factors which influence women's age at first marriage, their adoption of contraception and their fertility, in a group of rural communities in southern India. In so doing, it also assesses possible implications for state-level population …
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Post Traumatic Growth
… are present, especially if there are protective factors in place like social support, effective coping strategies (like problem-solving and finding meaning), and intentional cognitive processing. This research also shows that the severity of trauma can predict levels of PTG, which challenges the …
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The Impact of Religious Behaviors, Islamophobia, Gender Roles, Language Proficiency, and Education Levels on Mental Illness Stigma and Help-Seeking Behaviors Among Arab Women in the U.S.
… stigma. The influence of cultural, social, and religious factors on self-stigma associated with mental illness has not been adequately studied among this marginalized group. While previous research has suggested a relationship between self-stigma, social stigma of mental illness, and …
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Control of Internet search engines in China -- A study on Google and Baidu
… This research attempts to find out the real factors that influence control of Internet search engines in China, so it could help the readers and Internet search engines to build a picture of what and to what degree the Internet has been controlled in China. Methodologically, this research …
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'There was never man handled as I am' : the legacy and significance of Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, 1558-1660
… However, his significance as an enduring religious influence in the century following his martyrdom has not received close investigation. This thesis traces the legacy and significance of Cranmer from the Elizabethan Settlement to the Restoration, focussing especially upon important …
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Quaker Education in Ireland 1680 - 1840
… with reference to the political, social and religious factors which gave rise to its development.In the early chapters of this study I have outlined the broad aims of Quaker education, and I have endeavoured to explain in general terms what the Society of Friends hoped to achieve in its …
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To Do as Said and Written: Excavated Manuals and the Performance of Medicine and Spirit Power in Early China
… is also included so as to trace the cultural and religious factors behind this funerary practice. Chapter 2, centering on the recently published, 2nd-century-BCE Tianhui medical manuscripts 天回醫簡, explores the nature of the manuscripts as components of a composite medical curriculum, and the …
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