This dissertation traces the anxieties surrounding Syrian migrant peddlers and their economic networks at the turn of the twentieth century and argues that this profession, which employed large number of Syrian men and women, constituted Arab immigrants as at once racial and sex…
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This multiple case study aimed to characterize the home learning environments of six Arab American families who had at least one child of kindergarten age to understand parents' perspectives about their roles in their children's early learning experiences and in preparing their …
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of perceived discrimination, ethnic identity, and social support as predictors of academic efficacy and general self-efficacy in Arab American adolescents. The sample consisted of 85 adolescents who participate in services…
A surprising number of women from the Levant who came to the United States between 1878 and 1930 were educated women. The women from this region, even those who were uneducated, were remarkably successful in adapting to their new environment when compared with immigrant women fr…
This study examined Arab Americans' use of the Internet as a functional alternative to traditional U.S. mainstream media. The study employed the theory of the uses and gratifications to understand Arab Americans' most salient motive for using the Internet, and whether the Intern…
This thesis explores Arab-American authorship and the specific literary and authorial strategies that these writers use to navigate and narrativize issues of transnationalism, cultural hybridization, and identities in motion. I hypothesize that Arab-American authorship is charac…
With an increasing number of Arabs migrating to the United States in the recent years, and augmented social stressors of this group post September 11, 2001, it is imperative for the mental health field to reach and provide help to this population. However, the lack of assessment…
Screening reduced the incidence rate for colorectal cancer (CRC) by 3% annually during 1998-2001; yet screening rates remain low. CRC continues to be the third most commonly diagnosed cancer and the third cause of cancer deaths in the U.S. Studies showed CRC incidence increased …
A descriptive, cross-sectional, correlational study was conducted with adult Arab Americans (N = 297) using self-report to explore the relationships between their acculturation, perceived discrimination, health, and health behaviors. The study was guided by an integrated framewo…
This study investigated Arab American immigrants' use of the Arabic satellite channels in light of a uses and gratifications model. The study investigated reasons people use satellite broadcasting and explored differences between viewers and non-viewers of this new medium across…
Tobacco use is prevalent in the Middle East, and relatively, high rates of smoking behaviors are reported in the immigrant populations from this region. This study examined tobacco use in association with health beliefs and acculturation status among a convenience sample (N=132)…
Despite the extensive research on smoking, it is still considered one of the highest causes of deaths in the U.S. Although Arab Americans came from countries where smoking ratios are among the highest in the world, very limited information is available about their smoking patter…
This dissertation is a study of the political behavior of Arab Americans based on the Detroit Arab American Study of 2003. It examines the dependent variables of voting, writing to politicians and donating money to political campaigns. The independent variables include two socio…
Cancer pain remains inadequately treated worldwide in up to 91% of patients. Challenges to daily activities due to cancer pain may produce maladaptation that significantly affects quality of life. Enhancing behavioral and cognitive coping are important strategies in providing ho…
This study examined perceptions of Arab American parents of children with special needs regarding communication with the school and professionals who work with their children. The Arab American parents were both foreign-born and born in the United States and had students with sp…
Gender equity in the Arab Muslim culture has been an issue on many political agendas. Gender has been used as a control measure in many of these societies. Women's roles and their applicability in today's Arab world had been regressing. In contrast, women have attained many righ…
Apart from the wide-scale media attention that Arabs and Muslims have received in the United States and abroad since 9/11, these two target populations have been largely unexamined at both the two-year and four-year college levels. This dissertation study represents a pioneering…
West Bank Palestinian immigrants to the United States transitioned from economic immigrants to exiles in the aftermath of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip in 1967. A portion of these exiles established a community across parts of New York and New Jersey. De…
Arab immigrants have been settling in the United States since 1870. They immigrated in three distinct waves, each wave bringing unique characteristics that shaped the adjustment of its members to life in the United States. In addition to the difference in immigrant waves, Arab A…