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...
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...
In 2004 after Desperate Housewives premiered, it was met with significant criticism condemning the lack of values and morals on the show, depicted through the pervasiveness of sinful and illegal behavior (Olsen & Morgan, 2010). However, Olsen and Morgan contend that sinful and illegal behavior is accompanied with attempts at...
This study analyzed Thai textbooks as a dimension of research on
sex-role stereotypes in Thailand. One hundred and sixty-two stories
in Thai elementary school textbooks were investigated, using both
quantitative and qualitative methods of content analysis. This study
was a modified replication of Britton and Lumpkin's study (1977) and
partly...
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...
Surrogate motherhood is a very complex issue with
many groups having vested interests. In order to measure
attitudes specific to surrogacy a 20-item Likert Scale
with high reliability was developed through item analysis
(N=131, Part-whole correlation range 0.749-0.478).
Correlation of surrogacy attitudes was subsequently
related to six other instruments: AIDS,...
In the United States, the state of housing and the lack thereof has been
declared a national crisis. In response, cities have taken measures to police behaviors
that are associated with what they perceive to be disorder and decay. These behaviors
are also commonly associated with houselessness. Laws that criminalize...
This paper examines the recent evolution of aggrieved entitlement and social fragility in young white American males and the subsequent violent backlash that certain individuals in this group have unleashed upon women, the LGBTQ community, Jewish people, Black people, and other socially vulnerable populations. Throughout the past decade, America at...
Stephen Biko was a black leader in South Africa who
died in police custody on September 12, 1977. Biko's death
echoed within the Republic of South Africa and around the
world, showing that racial tensions in that country were
severe. At his death he was a hero to the black...
Social and personal identities were examined for
samples of college graduate students in three culturally
different groups: Anglo-American, Mexican-American, and
Mexican National. Four identities were explored in terms
of salience, frequency, and valence: religious, family,
gender, and peer. No differences were found between the
groups on religious and gender identities....