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  • The effects of divorce and related stressors on early adolescents' self-esteem

    Creator:
    Moon, Christine Ellen
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    Divorce rates have increased in the past three decades. Much research has focused on the effects of divorce on children and adolescents' emotional adjustment. Measures of self-esteem are one way to determine emotional development. Less attention has been devoted to understanding the effect divorce has on another very important developmental...
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    Masters Thesis

  • Children of Mexican migrant farmworkers in Oregon : experiences and challenges with belonging

    Creator:
    Crawford, Ashley
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    This thesis explores the experiences and negotiations of belonging for children of Mexican migrant farmworkers in Oregon. Ethnographic data was collected over the course of several months with Mexican migrant farmworkers and their children in agricultural fields in Oregon and at Oregon State University. The children in this project have...
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    of Arts in Applied Anthropology presented on June 12th 2014 Title: Children of Mexican Migrant

  • Abandoning the girl show ghetto : introducing and incorporating care ethics to girls' animation

    Creator:
    Hughes, Adam C.
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    In regards to animation created and aimed at them, girls are largely underserved and underrepresented. This underrepresentation leads to decreased socio-cultural capital in adulthood and a feeling of sacrificed childhood. Although there is a common consensus in entertainment toward girls as a potentially deficient audience, philosophy and applied ethics open...
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    ridicule among children. The deeper meaning of this socio-personal problem is tied up very closely in

  • Exploring Embodied Gender Identities in Steven Universe

    Creator:
    Painter, Stephanie
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    Steven Universe, a relatively new show from Cartoon Network, explores an unexpectedly complex understanding of gender through their main protagonists. Utilizing Judith Butler’s work on gender performativity and doing gender, as well as Daniel Dennett’s conception of the self as a theorist’s fiction, and Alexander Weheliye’s understanding of power and...
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    Matters). Moreover, “Children spend a daily average of 4 hours and 40 minutes in front of a screen – 2

  • "All the things you ask of me" : Law Enforcement Experiences of Infant Death Investigation

    Creator:
    Schindell, Jennifer R.
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    The sudden and unexpected death of a seemingly healthy infant sets in motion a number of linked processes with potentially complex and far-reaching ramifications. While individuals, families and communities grapple with the shock and heartbreak associated with the loss of a young life, a chain of multidisciplinary investigative responsibilities is...
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        Jennifer  R.   Schindell   for   the   degree   of  Master   of   Arts   in  Applied