The purpose of this dissertation is to examine male-female relationships from a transpersonal perspective. It examines the three Western spiritual traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Sufism in order to discover Western spiritual perspectives on relationships. This dissertati…
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Eating disorders have traditionally been considered a Western culture phenomenon. Although socio-cultural theories have been popularized in the eating disorder literature, few studies have been conducted among non-Caucasian populations other than those of North America and Weste…
The project demonstrating excellence is an original contribution to the newly emerging field of ethnopsychology and seeks to integrate key elements of traditional African healing with Western approaches to psychotherapeutic intervention. The model draws heavily from healing ritu…
The detection of malingered neuropsychological impairments is an essential issue for mental health professionals. Acculturation level and performance of Mexican Americans on the Computerized Assessment of Response Bias, (CARB), was investigated in the present study. The CARB was…
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between clinicians' relational and interpersonal abilities and belief in psychosocial aspects of medical care and patient adherence with medical treatment. It was hypothesized that patients of clinicians with higher score…
Sleep in nursing home residents is highly fragmented. Disturbed circadian rhythms may be a partial cause. Melatonin, a pineal hormone, is a marker of circadian rhythms. Its secretion is synchronized by light. Nursing home residents are exposed to low levels of illumination. Ther…
This study explores the conceptualization of mental illness in Ethiopia. Specifically, the attitudes, beliefs and practices associated with the expression, causation, and treatment of mental illness were analyzed. On the one hand, traditional Ethiopian beliefs and ideas have sha…
Pakistani Catholic women form a fraction of the 1.4 percent of the population that is Christian in Pakistan. These women are part of a fairly large Pakistani Catholic community that lives in Toronto and its suburbs. However, they are rendered indistinguishable from the many Hind…
Is adult perceived image of god related to attachment style, and if so, is it parallel to or compensatory for early or adult attachment style, and does early image of god influence adult attachment? One hundred and thirty-one undergraduates completed measures of their present ad…
Purpose of study. Most studies examining stress and coping patterns of pastoral wives have been conducted from an advanced country background. Even though all the researchers agreed that these pastoral wives do experience a certain amount of stress, very little is known about pa…
This study examined the traumatic experiences and psychological symptoms of 60 refugees who were recently resettled in the United States. Subjects were from Cuba, Iraq, Haiti, Sudan, and Bosnia. Data was collected for each subject on traumatic experiences occurring prior to thei…
This study was designed to test the discriminant predictions of self-discrepancy theory (SDT) (Higgins, 1987) within USA, China and Turkey. More specifically, using SDT as a framework, this study explored cross-cultural differences related to the role of different perspectives (…
Events that could, and often do, crush us psychologically (and/or physically) can also be used for personal transformation and change. There are some individuals who find hope and opportunity in the midst of adversity and use their experience as a catalyst for positive social ch…
The problem. The purpose of this dissertation was to devise a theory of spirituality to explain how spirituality works in the recovery of chemically dependent persons. Method. A critical review of the literature was presented, which included the psychology of religion. literatur…
Six hundred forty-eight college students from the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, Germany, Pakistan, Ecuador, and Taiwan participated in a study investigating perceptions of sexual harassment in an academic setting. Participants indicated their reactions to a sexual hara…
The phenomenon of gender differences in alcohol consumption and depressive symptomatology has been well documented. Depression and alcohol consumption pose significant problems for society in the form of psychological, emotional, and financial costs. Nonetheless, such pathology …
The study investigated the effect of acculturation on the expression of anger amongst second generation Arab Americans. In order to test for acculturation, second generation Arab Americans, native Palestinian contemporaries, and Americans were all tested on the State-Trait Anxie…
This thesis follows the different stages of Menachem Begin life by examining with the aid of psychoanalytic tools his experience of being the embodiment of the Jewish people. The thesis starts by exploring Begin's childhood years in Poland prior to the war, his prison in Russia,…
Currently, very little research and few publications regarding Arabs as immigrants, their children, as second generation born Americans, and their collective experiences exists (Faragallah, Schumm & Webb, 1997). Arab scholars agree that the number of stereotypes which the Arabs …
Most physiological processes follow predictable 24-hour patterns called circadian rhythms. Patients with dementia often have disrupted circadian rhythms which may be due to damage to the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the hypothalamus, the site of endogenous generation of rhythms. I…