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PROBLEM: The problem of this study was to determine the relationship between Parenting Stress and a selected set of predictor variables among parents of children and youth, from birth to 17 years, attending Indonesian churches in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. The selected predicto…

This thesis explores social learning in mother-reared and “enculturated” capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella). At the outset a framework for understanding the social influence on learning is discussed, followed by a review of the social and cognitive abilities of capuchin monkeys, es…

In the United States, oppressive social structures continue to undermine the lives of Latino gay men, specifically in the forms of invisibility and misrepresentation. As a consequence of these oppressive forces, Latino gay men are often faced with social barriers, adversities, a…

Full time Islamic schools are a new phenomena in the United States. The majority of them have been established within the last ten years. This case study focused on exploring the religious and cultural issues that appear in the Islamic school within the American context and the …

This is an ethnographic study of the upbringing of 18 Muslim children of international graduate students. The study was conducted for over a year in a mid-western college town using participant observation, formal interviews, and the collection of artifacts as research technique…