This is the thesis component of a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) by Published Works at the University of Salford, United Kingdom (UK). The overall submission is a portfolio of seven published works supported by five associated publications and a critical appraisal focusing on the co…
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This dissertation is based on the idea that reproduction is a central locus of contest in the Galilee. "Modernization"--in the interrelated forms of nationalism, economic transformations, medical regulation, new forms of social stratification, and changing gender relations--have…
This study describes, explains and analyzes women's experiences of abortion in a large city in Malaysia. It is limited to a single clinic sample of primarily working-class Chinese, Malay and Indian women who had abortions during a period of three months in 1993. It also describe…
This study explored the ramifications of Secondary Traumatic Stress (STS) on participants of Bosnian/Croatian descent who were geographically distant from the Bosnian/Croatian Civil War during the time of conflict. In this study it was anticipated that individuals who perceived …
Across much of South Asia, the basic unit of social and economic organization is the family. Within the family, norms of patriarchy and preferences for living in large joint-households induce predictable cycles of household formation and dissolution. The cycle begins when a male…
This thesis examines the identity formation of diasporic Ismaili women who were born in East Africa (i.e., Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania) and grew up or have spent a formative portion of their lives in Canada. Analyses of the in-depth interview responses from all eight participants in…
Family stability is widely recognized as important for child adjustment, however, it has not been systematically examined in the literature. The limited discussion of family stability has occurred primarily in relation to significant, global or structural family events, such as …
Most studies of the association between productive characteristics and reproductive behavior of rural households assume a unidirectional causal structure with the latter as the dependent variable. This study argues that the two are mutually causative. To test this general theore…
The purpose of the present study was to identify non-intellectual characteristics that are predictive of academic performance in an undergraduate student sample (N = 117). Three sets of variables were examined: learning and study strategies, personality, and quality of life. The…
The first purpose of this study was to assess and document changes in Palestinian women's family roles. The second purpose was to test a model in which women's education, employment, political activities, religiosity, and age predict women's family roles. Data were collected fro…
This dissertation explores the dynamics of class, gender and ethnicity in the transnational marriages between Taiwanese men and Indonesian women. This "foreign bride" phenomenon is understood as part of the globalization of the trade in women. It is paralleled by the Asian and f…
This thesis examines conceptions of homosexuality among lower income gay men of various ethnicities in Jakarta, Indonesia. The primary focus is on the relationship between homosexuality and conceptions of male gender, and it is argued that sexuality plays a minimal role in defin…
This national longitudinal study examined the relationships between types of after-school child-care arrangements and later antisocial behavior. It proposed a model for development of antisocial behavior arranging important child, parent, family, environmental and parenting proc…
The thesis includes three studies of household demand for child schooling, and child health inputs and health outcomes, based on the 1991 Pakistan Integrated Household Survey. The first study makes a methodological contribution by showing that inappropriate treatment of incomple…
This dissertation is a study of value adaptation by the southern New England Indians who attended Moor's Charity School, in Lebanon, Connecticut, between 1743 and 1770. These Indians were part of New Light Minister Eleazar Wheelock's extended household, dubbed by one student, th…
The purpose of this study was to investigate the attitudes and behavior of Reform, Conservative, and Orthodox Jewish parents in regards to physical punishment of children Specifically, it assessed attitudinal and behavioral differences among these three groups of parents. A 35 i…
Ladakh is an historically and culturally distinct region of India, encompassing an unusual mix of Tibetan Buddhism and Islam, combined with the Dogra, Kashmiri, and Dard cultures. Encompassing one of the most elevated areas on the globe the region has, until fairly recently, rem…
One form of homicide that was particularly troubling to antebellum Americans was the murder of a seemingly a respectable man or woman by his or her spouse or fiancee. The "stories" antebellum Americans told each other about such murders--stories that were delivered by lawyers in…
This qualitative study investigated the experiences of latency children and their families when a reservist father was deployed during wartime. The study also examined some of the family dynamics that occur in reservist families during a wartime deployment. Data was collected th…