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…
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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…
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…
The purpose of this study was to determine and describe the relationships between child characteristics (age, gender, birth order, level of severity, level of rehabilitation, and type of retardation) and family coping patterns, family characteristics (mother's age, maternal age …
In this study I have described and tried to comprehend how a female science teacher understands her practice. Additionally, I have developed some understanding of her understanding of the nature of science. While teaching science, a teacher projects messages about the nature of …
This study describes Palestinian refugee women's experience and management of diabetes while living in a refugee camp. The effects of their personal status and health on quality of life are also examined. In-depth interviews were conducted in Arabic by the investigator with 42 P…
Daniel C. Gainey's life and leadership form a chapter of “the American story of opportunity open to a man of imagination, high intelligence, and industry.” Gainey, a self-made entrepreneur, was a prominent Minnesota businessman from the 1920s until his death in 1979. He created …
Both modernization and agrarian theories tend to view rural change as resulting primarily from the operation of external forces, in the form of state intervention or market pressures. Most analyses of agricultural and rural restructuring also focus on the impact of external inte…
This research examined the relationships between eighteen selected teacher, parent, pupil, and school variables and each of three dependent variables: pupil Jewish knowledge, Jewish involvement, and Jewish attitudes. Five separate instruments, adapted and modified from previous …