It has been established that intercollegiate sport is an important social institution for student athletes of color in the United States (Coakley, 2012). White intercollegiate coaches have a prominent influence on the academic, athletic, social and emotional development of student athletes and therefore must be tuned into variation in cultural...
This study was designed to assess the effects of approval seeking motivation and social cost upon conformity to group norms which were inconsistent with personal values. Utilizing the Asch conformity paradigm, 321 subjects were exposed to a group opinion which was contradictory to one of their personal values. The results...
Violence within marital dyads is a problem with deep
historic roots in American culture. Although the family
is idealized as a safe and loving haven from a cruel
world, this ideal is often not achieved by many couples.
This study develops an integrated theoretical perspective
that combines feminist theory and...
Overcrowding is a serious problem in prisons and jails. Most
people who are in prison and jail have substance abuse
problems. Long-term, intensive, therapeutic community,
substance abuse treatment in prison has proven effective in
reducing arrests, amounts of incarceration and time until
first arrest. Jails, with their shorter times of...
The primary goal of this study is to illuminate the voices of LGBTQ+ individuals in Oregon and Texas who were victims of workplace discrimination due to their LGBTQ+ status in order to highlight the necessity of LGBTQ+ inclusive employment discrimination legislation. This study used qualitative research methods to gather data...
Research has shown that African Americans/Blacks, especially those with low socioeconomic status, acknowledge athletics as an avenue for upward mobility (Coakley, 2011). Although the chances of becoming a professional athlete might seem unachievable through sports, athletes develop tangible and intangible abilities that transfer and are useful in the years following...
The purpose of this study was to provide exploratory understanding of the nature of academic prestige in the field of sociology, and to provide insights into the history of the discipline. The primary research question was: does academic prestige act as a factor in controlling academic knowledge production in the...
Increasing demand for home birth has created an upheaval in the
American medical profession and, is a controversial political and
legal issue as well. This research, utilizing ethnographic, historical,
and survey data analyzes contemporary home birth.
A review of the so called "medicalization" of childbirth is presented noting that the...
The aim of this study is to explore how women who identify as both active, believing Mormons and as feminists negotiate the contradictions between an ideology that values equality (feminism) and a religion that values patriarchy (Mormonism). Data were gathered through recorded and transcribed interviews with women who identify as...
A case study of the Eugene Water and Electric Board's planning
for the Minto Hydroelectric is examined in terms of social movement
theory. It is hypothesized that public works projects have a significant
likeness to a social movement and they conform in their
essential ingredients to social movement explanations. The...