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Spatial Dimensions of Drinking Behavior: An Application of Symbolic Interaction Theory
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A Comparative Analysis of the Symbolic Interaction and Parsonian Theoretical Orientations
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Companions on the Journey: Symbolic Interaction in Helping Relationships and the Development of Spirituality For Young Adult Catholics
… on models offered by Buell (2004). Utilizing Symbolic Interaction, the study examined co-created meaning and developed meaning among young adults and helpers. The qualitative project utilized online open-ended survey instruments specifically designed for young adult Catholics and helpers which …
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A Symbolic Interaction Approach to the Place Meanings in A Historic District: A Case Study of Annapolis, Maryland
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Middle School Teachers’ Perceptions of Administrator Influence on Teaching and Learning
The purpose of this symbolic interaction study was to develop a thick rich description of middle school teachers’ perspectives of the characteristics of administrators that have an impact on teaching and learning. Specifically this research examined the interactions between teachers and …
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A green interaction orphanage campus for Villa Nueva, Guatemala
By utilizing the principles of the "Symbolic Interaction Theory" and sustainable design concepts such as "A Green Vitruvius'; a designer can create a facility that respects and responds to its context and enhances its interaction with its residents.
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Asian Indians in the United States: An analysis of identity formation and retention
… eight families) the extended family in India. Symbolic interaction theory and interpretive interaction methodology served as a foundation for this research.
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Loneliness among widowed persons in later life
… elders using a model conceptually based on symbolic interaction theory. Symbolic interaction theorists contend that people are active, self-directing, and creative individuals who adjust to dramatic situational changes such as widowhood by defining the transition according to its symbolic …
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Social constructions of HIV and AIDS: Relationship to the provision of social support in African-American kinship networks
… within African American kinship networks. Symbolic interaction theory and interpretive interaction methodology grounded the research. Twenty-seven African American males and females age 21-44 who had received an HIV, ARC, or AIDS diagnosis 2 to 65 months preceding the research were …
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Intergenerational Congruence in Chinese American Young Adults
… literature. This grounded theory study used a symbolic interaction framework to understand how second generation young adults locate themselves within the larger cultural context to construct an individual ideology. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with Chinese American young adults …
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What does it mean to be a “Good Parent” according to Hmong parents?: a phenomenological study.
… 1.5-generation. Phenomenology was employed and symbolic interaction theory was utilized as a guiding framework to understand the meaning participants attached to their parenting role. Analyses of the interviews revealed seven domains and 46 themes that constitute good parents, including (1) …
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Perceptions of Postpartum Depression among Adolescent Mothers and the Social Construction of Related Stigma
… tape recorded, transcribed and analyzed using symbolic interaction theory, specifically Goffman's concept of stigma. Participants identified major stigma themes in relation to postpartum depression, teenage pregnancy and motherhood, all of which were portrayed negatively in the media. Several …
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Evoking Luck
… in Sociological literature. This study uses symbolic interaction, play, and illusion of control theories to examine luck rituals at casino slots. Gamblers were observed through covert participant observations over a seven-month observation period in The casino, and yielded 388 observations. …
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Hmong American College Women's Experiences of Parent-Child Relationships
… or universities participated in the study. Symbolic interaction theory was used as a guiding framework and a phenomenological method was employed to understand the Hmong American college women's lived experiences of independence from and closeness to their parents and the perception of their …
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An Analysis of Black Partnered and Nonpartnered Mothers' Perceptions of Their Children and Single-Mother Effectiveness
Using the culturally variant perspective and symbolic interaction theory, I examined the perceptions of Black partnered and nonpartnered mothers toward their children and how these perceptions shaped their views toward single-mother effectiveness. I conducted secondary analysis of National Survey …
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Sticking It to the Man by Standing by Your Man: Social Support as an Act of Resistance
… literatures on stress, social support, symbolic interaction, and de Certeau as they pertain to the recovery of a homosexually-identified individual from a homophobic interaction. A model of the initial stressful interaction as well as the interaction between a homosexually-identified …
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On-line Utopia or Emperor's new clothes? The virtualization of community through computer-mediated communication
… Through theory that owes much of its heritage to symbolic interaction, it asks questions about the virtualization of community and new manifestations of the digital self. Too often, commentators feel that community on-line is afforded simply by the connections that the Internet offers. Community, …
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Division I Female Soccer Players: Development of the Self Across Time and Interactional Groups
… Herbert Mead's perspective with an emphasis on symbolic interaction. I have chosen as my sample group a division I female college soccer team in the eastern United States . My time as an assistant coach has given me access to the daily lives of these players for a two year period during which I …
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Reflection in Teacher Education: Exploring Pre-Service Teachers' Meanings of Reflective Practice
… contexts of the study, and applied a symbolic interaction theoretical and analytical framework (Denzin, 1978, Prus, 1996). The interpretations of the pre-service teachers' conceptions and understandings of reflective practice were captured through the transcriptions and analysis of …
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Men's friendships as social justice: negotiating masculinities and certainty
… may play a role in negotiating them. A symbolic interaction conceptual framework was partnered with constructivist grounded theory to interrogate ways that personal and social understandings of masculinity acted as regulatory practices mediating informants’ leisure activities and …
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