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Objective. To review professional literature regarding treatment modalities of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) amongst female Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) veterans, to assess the efficacy of these treatment options, and to summarize im…
This study examined the effects of therapeutic environments for female combat veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) who have returned from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Data included participants' responses to 11 interview questions designed to elicit perceptions, …
Background: Saudi Arabia is facing a nursing shortage, but it has traditionally been difficult to attract local Saudi Arabian women to this profession. Literature indicates that practising Saudi Arabian nurses experience value conflicts because of the poor status of nursing in t…
The fact of death is universal. So too is the fact of womanhood. Yet each age aims to ameliorate the fear of death, and to cope with the construction of womanhood, in its own way. This study explores the female experience of death in Early Modern England. By tracing attitudes to…
This thesis is concerned with the experiences of women elected to local government office in England, and is based on qualitative and quantitative data. The qualitative data is made-up of face-to-face interviews with thirty-five female local councillors from seven local councils…
Claiming the biblical female images of God in the Christian worship, this dissertation explores the possibility of female images of God in the context of Korean Christianity worship. Worship provides us a self-grammar which reminds us of who we are in relationship with God and t…
During the last decade, the Internet and Geographic Information System (GIS) have made changes in the relationship between governments and citizens in many developed countries. Citizens, in such countries, have been given more chances to participate in the decision making proces…
The objective of this study was to determine if selection for increased breast muscle mass has affected the supracoracoideus muscle's ability to regulate pH during physical activity in turkeys. The lightweight male line (LM) had the greatest breast muscle mass as a percent of bo…
There has been limited research examining gender role socialization and identity development in Jewish girls. This study examined the cultural influences of being Jewish and female, the role of Jewish mothers in their daughters' development, and the usefulness of self in relatio…
The purpose of this study is to examine how Cleopatra VII, Christine de Pizan, and Queen Elizabeth I created unique voices by navigating within patriarchal societies. These three women used intelligence, reason, image manipulation, and even sexuality to challenge the socially pe…
This qualitative study examined the lived experiences of first-generation Ethiopian immigrant mothers to the United States (N = 9) as to female genital cutting (FGC) in its cultural context. The participants, with diverse demographic details, were acquired through snowball sampl…
As many as 80% of the current students enrolled in the United Arab Emirates' federal colleges and universities are first-generation students. Although the number of first-generation students is tremendously high, there is a lack of information on the experiences of these student…
There is continued pressure for girls to formulate a positive identity in a society that privileges specific identity constructions along the lines of race, class, gender, ethnicity, sexuality and religion. This difficulty, however, may be even greater for a teen girl who also j…
Leadership by women is by no means a new concept in the Islamic world. In fact, Islamic history is replete with female Muslim leaders. Researcher Badawi (1995) has extrapolated that the obstacles in the path of Muslim female leadership are “cultural practices”, not Islam. Even t…
The use of technology and teaching aids are necessary for teachers when instructing students with learning disabilities (LD). This is confirmed by Rule 98 of the Regulations of Special Education (2003), which states: institutions and programs of special education at the public s…
Online communities (OCs) are an important source of electronic-word-of-mouth (e-WOM), but few studies have examined such messages in a Middle Eastern context. This research develops a conceptual framework that can be used as an instrument to guide empirical work in the field of …
Although 60% of university students in Iran are females as a result of huge investments in women’s education, highly educated females occupy only 10% of leadership positions (Arasti, 2012). The purpose of this study was to clarify from Iranian female business leaders’ perspectiv…