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  • Oppression from Within : AIM, Heteropatriarchy, Settler Colonialism, and the Death of Anna Mae Aquash

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    Whitebear-Cupp, Luhui
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    This thesis describes how heteropatriarchal, settler colonialism impacted Indigenous communities' systems in power and control, particularly with the American Indian Movement during the 1960s-1970s. Further, the gendered divides this created within the American Indian Movement are described. The murder of Anna Mae Aquash is revisited as an act of gendered...
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    . The FBI tactics had worked and two people, Arlo Looking Cloud and John Graham, were convicted of her

  • Mixed ethnic identity in the United States

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    Lonergan, Courtney C.
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    In this paper I focus on the process of formulating an ethnic identity in the United States for individuals of mixed-ethnicity. My main question explores the complexities an individual with parents of separate and distinct ethnic heritages faces when constructing an ethnic identity in our society. American society is reaching...
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    in the United States. Abstract a oan Gross In this paper I focus on the process of formulating an

  • Forging new paths : life course transitions for American women and their families

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    Schmiege, Cynthia J.
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    Families of remarriage constitute a growing number of American families. The spiraling divorce rate of the 1970s was accompanied by a concomitant increase in the number of remarriages. Forty percent of American families today contain at least one spouse that has been previously married, thus studying relationships within families of...
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    Cynthia J. Schmiege A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of

  • The Relationship between Retirement Timing and Mortality : A Population-Based Longitudinal Study among Older Adults in the United States

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    Wu, Chenkai
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    Retirement is one of the most important transitional events in later life. Despite a large body of research examining the impacts of retirement on health, questions still remain regarding the relationship between retirement timing and subsequent health and survival. Previous research examining the existence, direction, and magnitude of the relationship...
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    Longitudinal Study among Older Adults in the United States. Abstract approved

  • Bus accessibility for persons with sensory disabilities

    Creator:
    Hron, Martha
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    With the passage of the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) it has become a civil rights violation to deny access to persons with disabilities to public transportation. The ADA requires transit agencies to provide accessible buses or equivalent services to persons with mobility, sensory or cognitive impairments. This study examines...
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    Act (ADA) there were 43 million people in the United States that had one or more disabilities. As

  • Person-environment fit and adaptation : exploring the interaction between person and environment in older age

    Creator:
    Lien, Laura L.
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    The ability to independently age in place requires an appropriate match between a person and the environment, or P-E fit. The person-environment interaction helps describe the adaptation processes employed in older age to achieve P-E fit, but is little understood. Therefore, the objective of this two-part study was to gain...
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    . Therefore, the objective of this two-part study was to gain a better understanding of the P-E interaction

  • Weight Stigma and Its Associations with Health Behaviors Among Older Adults

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    Phibbs, Sandi Cleveland
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    Having excess weight carries a negative social stigma in the U.S. Previous research has shown that experiencing stigma has negative physical and mental health consequences. Few studies have examined how experiencing weight stigma might act as a barrier to engaging in healthy behaviors among older adults. The purpose of this...
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  • Aging in place : a contemporary social phenomenon

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    Lee, Megan
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    Most aging individuals prefer to remain in a self-determined home environment, and generally aging adults want to remain in the same home or same community. The benefits of remaining in a self-determined private home environment while aging have been established. Because individuals present a diversity of needs, it takes interdisciplinary...
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    model of housing choice, two manuscripts were developed focusing on the current state of AIP. The

  • Awareness of Aging in Taiwan and the United States : An Examination of Ageism among College Students using Stereotypes and Future Self-views

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    Allen, Pamela M.
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    Ageism in the context of global population aging could lead to increasing human and economic costs. Age stereotypes tend to be negative (Hummert, 1990) and ubiquitous (Nelson, 2002) there are a variety of well documented detrimental consequences of negative age stereotypes on older adults' physical, cognitive and psychological outcomes (Hummert,...
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    growing importance especially in Asia, where most of today’s older people reside (United Nations, 2012

  • Prevalence and association of depressive symptoms with physical disability and long-term care use among older American Indians

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    Schure, Marc B.
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    Health officials have recently been sounding the alarm that depression will soon surpass many of the major medical conditions in causing disability among adults. Recent demographic and health trends are generating public health concern about depression. First, the prevalence of chronic conditions has dramatically increased over the last several generations....
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    . Schure A DISSERTATION Submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of