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  • Super rockets : a case study of illicit drug use in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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    Al-Madani, Mohamed E.
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    An apparent consequence of the petroleum boom of the 1970s is the exposure of Saudi Arabia, a formerly closed society, to a massive onslaught of customs and values emanating primarily from western societies. The illegal use of drugs is one such phenomenon which has gained momentum and rapidly expanded. The...
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  • Affection in the Workplace : Personality, Perceptions & Affection

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    Spiegelman, Sarah
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    Humans have a desire for a connection among others, and they also have a desire for both giving and receiving affection, regardless of class, age, gender, cultural or religious backgrounds. There is a plethora of research on the health benefits for both giving and receiving affection in romantic and family...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Colin R. Hesse Humans have a desire for a connection among others, and they also have a

  • Attitudes Toward Political Participation and Preference for Violence

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    Yatani, Choichiro
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    This study was designed to assess the effects of political participation upon hostility and the preference for violence. To investigate this problem a political participation scale was developed. 148 male subjects (mean age 22.6 years) and 93 female subjects (mean age 20.7 years) responded to the Political Participation Scale, the...
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    ) low political participation is correlated to feelings of political incapability (r = -.39, P<.005

  • Closing the Gap : Using Theory to Analyze the African American Division 1 Football Player Graduation Gap

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    Smith, Dorian
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    African American male students are a small portion of the student body at NCAA Division 1-A schools, but they make up a large portion of population of college football players. African American male college students are also one of the most at-risk student populations on campus in regards to retention....
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    development across middle adolescence (Bowers, et al., 2010). Luthar’s (1991) conjoint behavioral

  • Contemporary approaches to depression

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    Choi, Junghee
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    Depression is one of the most important psychiatric disorders. It does not only affect the patients themselves but also influences their family members, friends, and society as a whole. The primary purpose of this paper is to discuss the general characteristics of depression in terms of the explanations provided by...
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    depression in women (Gotlib et al. 1989). Other explanations involve social factors. For example, women

  • The Role of the Academic Advisor as a Support Person for Student-Athletes in Higher Education

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    Phillips, Rachel (Rachel Lynne)
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    Despite policies implemented by the NCAA with the intention of increasing student-athlete academic success and persistence to graduation, student-athlete graduation rates still remain low, with only 65% of student-athletes receiving their college degree. Certain non- cognitive variables, including the availability of a strong support person, have been shown predict persistence...
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    ; Nasim et al., 2005). As characteristics of academic advising have been shown to affect retention of

  • Comparison of the Characteristics and Attitudes of Dog Adopters from Three Dog Rescue Groups

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    Zimmerman, Zelda L.
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    A web-based survey was conducted to investigate the relationships between adopters and the dogs they adopted from three types of rescue groups/organizations: humane societies, greyhound rescues, and pit bull rescues. The dog selected to adopt can vary for many reasons, one of which is breed preference. This study found dog...
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  • Serving from the center : servant leadership and social capital

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    Easdale, Daniel
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    The perception that there exists a lack of leadership can be found throughout history. Currently, according to Robert Putnam, there does appear to be a decline is social capital. This research examines the connection between business leadership style and effects on social capital. Most research on corporate social responsibility focuses...
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    in the American Sociological Review in 1954 looked only at men in the military (Borgatta et al

  • Climate Changers: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Reducing Personal Carbon Emissions

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    Johnson, Carly A.
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    In an era of human-induced climate change, there is increasing interest in encouraging people to reduce their carbon dioxide (carbon) emissions by adopting low-carbon behaviors, or behaviors that reduce a person’s use of fossil fuels. I designed the Campus Carbon Challenge as a research and outreach project to gain a...
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    change (pp. 491-516). New York: Cambridge University Press. Pacala, S., & Socolow, R. (2004

  • "Pushing for the Highline" : The Diffusion of Innovations in the Oregon Otter Trawl Fishery

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    Stephenson, Garry Owen
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    Implementation of. the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 affords opportunities for fishery expansion and economic development in the Oregon otter trawl fishery. The changes stimulated by the Act should occur, according to social science theorists, by the diffusion of innovations from innovative fishermen to less innovative fishermen, with...
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    ; Forrester et al. 1978). Literature on the social dynamics of fishing technology is scant, and is