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The sociology of aging: A gay male perspective
(2001-08)This study was exploratory in nature and collected data from 125 men who identified as gay/homosexual or bisexual and were aged 55 and older. Respondents were from Texas cities: Austin, Dallas, Houston, or San Antonio. ... -
Mindscapes: A metatheoretical exploration in polycultural communication
(2010-05)Rooted in phenomenological sociology, in which reality is understood to be constituted by individuals' underlying assumptions about it, this study examines conceptualizations of reality and the cultures which arise from ... -
Social distances of white Americans to racial and ethnic minorities
(2009-08)This thesis examines social distances 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 ... -
Negotiating uncertainty in the right to asylee status: Re-conceptualizing agency from a space of liminality
(2010-05)Theories of migration that address action tend to dichotomize economic migrants and asylum seekers by differentiating their degree of agency. Despite efforts in the asylum system to privilege asylum seekers' need for ... -
Are older people really happier than younger people?
(2019-01-22)In recent years, quite a few studies and media reports have claimed that older people are happier than younger people. Although this argument may contain partial truth, I question the total validity of this claim. This ... -
Obstetric procedures and childbirth: Educated women's perceptions of patient autonomy
(2019-01-22)Research suggests that women who are subjected to an increased use of obstetric interventions and standard procedures may have a diminished perception of their decision-making ability during childbirth. To identify the ... -
Women's empowerment and reproductive rights in Uzbekistan
(2008-05)The existing studies on Uzbek women suggest that they have little knowledge about their reproductive health and rights. Since the Soviet Union collapsed, the status of Uzbek women has been adversely affected by revived ... -
Adherence behavior and the impact of HAART on quality of life of Ugandan adults
(2008-12)AIDS is no longer a death sentence due to the availability of highly active antiretroviral drugs (HAART) used to treat HIV. The international community is increasing access of HAART to low-resource regions. However, treatment ... -
‘The pill’ for what ails you: Contraceptive lifestyle drugs and the medicalization of menstruation through direct-to-consumer-advertisements
(2010-05)For this study I used a mix-methods approach to explain how DTCAs are medicalizing menstruation and women's responses to this occurrence. I conducted content and discourse analysis of the full advertisement campaigns of ... -
Intimate partner violence and infertility in Zambia
(2010-08)Existing studies have examined numerous predictors of intimate partner violence (IPV) but no previous studies have examined infertility as a predictor of IPV. This study adds to the literature by examining the relationship ... -
THE INTERACTION OF GAMER AND FEMINIST IDENTITIES IN WOMEN
(2018-08-21)In 2017, the Electronic Software Association reported that women are just under half of all video game consumers. However, video games as an industry and communities of gamers are apparently resistant to presence of women ... -
Far from heaven: The cyber-confessions of Egyptian gay men about a “hetero-marito-normative” world
(2010-12)The changing health care system is bringing new challenges to the occupational therapy (OT) profession to make a significant paradigm shift from a medical model to a community-based (CB) model (McColl, 1998). One of the ... -
Effects of multiple social structures on important individual psychological attributes: A cross-national comparative analysis
(2008-08)This analysis sought to explore the independent and relative effects of the social structural components of class, gender, and religion on the individual personality attributes of tolerance, trust, life satisfaction, and ... -
A hierarchical and longitudinal analysis of the effects of international food and agricultural commodity price surges on domestic income distribution
(2012-05)An important question debated among development scholars and professionals is whether the distribution of income within nations is becoming less equitable due to the forces of globalization. This study investigated the ... -
Challenging stereotypes of the childless in pronatalist society
(2012-05)Some available studies have examined the relationship between parental status and happiness and parental status and life satisfaction. However, no previous studies have examined the relationship between parental status and ... -
Female inmates' perceptions of distributive and procedural justice and adjustment
(2012-05)This study examined inmate perceptions of both distributive and procedural justice within the female jail population. By examining inmate perceptions of different elements of correctional culture, this study has shed light ... -
Identity, age, proportion of online classes, and success among students in a predominantly online degree program
(2012-05)Most colleges and universities in the US offer at least some classes online, and a significant number of colleges and universities offer degree programs either all online or predominantly online. Many of the distance ... -
An evaluation of communities in schools dropout prevention program
(2011-12)On average the yearly high school graduation rate in the United States (U.S.) is 68-71% (Slaughter 2009). In order to increase the U.S. graduation rates, prevention programs have been implemented to keep students in school. ... -
The school performance of Hispanic students: A generational approach
(2011-12)While it has long been recognized that Hispanic students face sizeable challenges in the classroom, the matter of whether their academic performance varies by immigration generation and by Hispanic sub-group remains ... -
An integrated approach to the determinants of HIV contagion in India
(2011-12)The AIDS explosion in India continues to be a serious concern (Irwin, Millen and Fallows 2003). Given the magnitude of AIDS cases in one of the most densely populated nations in the world, as well as the established gendered ...
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