Indigenous non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have become increasingly important to sustainable development efforts as evidenced by upward trends in funding amounts and participation levels, acting as distribution channels for development assistance. However, in-depth knowled…
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This study explored the coping strategies of culturally diverse inmates. In order to explore the coping strategies of the inmates involved in this study, four inventories and a demographic questionnaire were administered to 157 inmates. These inmates were from four different nat…
The moderating roles of: (1) individualism-collectivism; and (2) work locus of control on the organizational stress-psychological strain relationship and the relationship between psychological strain and the organizationally valued outcomes of job satisfaction, job involvement, …
Research has shown that many adolescents are engaging in risky behaviors that involve drug use, sexual behavior, and juvenile delinquency. Rates of emotional, behavioral, and psychosocial problems have been increasing and are occurring among adolescents at an earlier age. The ma…
Although social environments do not cause stuttering, they influence how stuttering is experienced, how it develops, and how it affects people's lives. This project was conducted in two parts, Study 1 and Study 2. Study 1 employed the POSHA-S public opinion survey to explore Sud…
The purpose of this research was to assess the effectiveness of the Outward Bound Victims of Violence Recovery Program in altering the locus of control, the self-esteem, and appraisal of problem-solving abilities of battered women. Fifteen battered women served as subjects by pa…
This dissertation introduces the concept of social stickiness, defined as an objective property of the social structure in a particular environment, whereby abandoning relationships or groups in that social structure is difficult. I propose that social stickiness may play a fund…
Locus of control (LOC) has moved from experimental and clinical psychology, where it originated, to many other subfields including health and religion. Currently, the psychometric evidence for God Health Locus of Control (God HLOC) measures’ reliability and validity is relativel…
This research study examines the reactions to and perceptions of childless men and women to determine if the stigma of remaining a voluntarily childless woman is persistent across generations in a unique and diverse community when compared to the needs of a global niche communit…