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Adolescent Stress Induced by Family Structures and its Effect on Adult Health : A Longitudinal Assessment
(East Carolina University, 2012)
This study strives to explain the decrease in health among children and young adults in the United States in recent decades, by examining the relationship between adolescent family environments and health measures of the ...
College Spillover Effects; Reassessing Whites' Racial Beliefs and Policy Attitudes
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-23)
College educated people hold distinct racial beliefs and policy attitudes from people who did not attend college. The current study examines "College Spillover Effects." Specifically, does the effect of a college education ...
Which Resources Matter? : Resources And The Impact Of North Carolina Environmental Organizations
(East Carolina University, 2015)
This paper focuses on the role that resources have in predicting the impact of an environmental organizations. This study contributes to an emerging stream of research literature on social movements that explicitly uses ...
THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF CHILDHOOD IN AMERICAN FILMS (1927-2018)
(East Carolina University, 2019-12-10)
This study explored the social construction of childhood in American films from 1927-2018. A content analysis of 30 films was conducted. The sample consisted of films that were near the top of the list of the highest ...
American Born Imams: Negotiating Clerical Responsibilities and Expectations
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)
This inductive, exploratory study seeks to understand in detail the personal perspectives and career paths that American born Imams experience as they become religious leaders. In doing so, this study will examine their ...
Policy Reforms Targeting Care for Older Adults in Lithuania
(East Carolina University, 2011)
This thesis project investigates policy reforms surrounding the care of older people in post-socialist Lithuania. It is argued that institutional arrangements inherited from the socialist era were shaped by indigenous ...
RESOURCE MOBILIZATION AND ORGANIZATIONAL MORTALITY IN THE NORTH CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT, 2003-2009
(East Carolina University, 2012)
Professionalization is pointed out as one of the most salient trends that contemporary advocacy groups have experienced. The previous literature has focused largely on descriptive characteristics of professionalization of ...
International Students in US Colleges and Universities : Eating Habits, Cultural Identity, and Dietary Acculturation
(East Carolina University, 2011)
The aim of this study is to assess international students' dietary acculturation issues with a focus on students of African origins in the United States. Responses of 142 participants from a survey that was sent out in ...
The Role of Cultural Capital and Parental Involvement in Educational Achievement and Implications for Public Policy
(East Carolina University, 2011)
Using the theory of social and cultural reproduction originally posited by Pierre Bourdieu, I test the idea that social status and individual culture affect academic achievement. The data used for this analysis was from ...
MARITAL NAME CHANGE : A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF WHY WOMEN CHOOSE A TRADITIONAL NAMING PRACTICE
(East Carolina University, 2011)
This thesis investigates reasons for the traditional practice of marital name changing among women. Research shows that the majority of American women will follow a traditional naming practice upon marriage which is ...