Savage Inequalities Savage Inequalities Permalink: Socid inequality so pelvades our society that it leaves no area of life untouched. Consequently, because we are immersed in it, we usually take social inequality for granted. When social inequality does become vbible to us, itssocinl ofigins often disappear from sight. We tend to see social inequality as […]
Depressive Symptoms in Children and Adolescents with Chronic Physical Illness Depressive Symptoms in Children and Adolescents with Chronic Physical Illness Permalink: In the United States, the number of children and adoles- cents with chronic health conditions has increased dramat- ically in the past four decades (Perrin, Bloom, & Gortmaker, 2007). Although results from epidemiological […]
Research Methods in Anthropology Research Methods in Anthropology Permalink: Participant observation was used extensively by in his study of the Indians in the later part of the nineteenth century, followed by the studies of non-Western societies by people such as , , and in the first half of the twentieth century. It emerged as the principal approach to research by and […]
Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice for corresponding teaching materials. Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice for corresponding teaching materials. Permalink: In early 2012, as the election year continued to pick up steam, Melissa Harris-Perry of MSNBC asked a similar question: “Who would have thought in 2012 that contraception would be a matter of debate […]
Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice for corresponding teaching materials. Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice for corresponding teaching materials. Permalink: In early 2012, as the election year continued to pick up steam, Melissa Harris-Perry of MSNBC asked a similar question: “Who would have thought in 2012 that contraception would be a matter of debate […]
Childhood and Adolescent Obesity: Psychological and Behavioral Issues in Weight Loss Treatment Childhood and Adolescent Obesity: Psychological and Behavioral Issues in Weight Loss Treatment Permalink: Obesity is a growing problem among America’s youth. The rate of obesity or overweight ([95th percentile for age and gender) has doubled among children and tripled among adolescents over […]
Sexism Sexism Permalink: Upon the foundation of a gender binary and the exercising of patriarchal power on individual, cultural, and institutional levels, the day-to-day structural mechanisms used to keep sexism in place take many forms. For example, if gender roles state that women are to be “feminine” and look attractive to men, then the creation […]
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Resilience Adverse Childhood Experiences and Resilience Permalink: Adolescents exposed to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have unique developmental needs that must be addressed by the health, education, and social welfare systems that serve them. Nationwide, over half of adolescents have reportedly been exposed to ACEs. This exposure can have detrimental effects, […]
Reality Therapy Training Efficiency in Helping Participants to Better Their Relationships and Improve Their Psychological Wellbeing Reality Therapy Training Efficiency in Helping Participants to Better Their Relationships and Improve Their Psychological Wellbeing Permalink: The aim of this study was to investigate Choice Theory/Reality Therapy (CT/RT) training efficiency for improving one important relationship and psychological […]
Urbanism as a Way of Life Urbanism as a Way of Life Permalink: The urbanization of the world, which is one of the most impressive facts of modern times, has wrought profound changes in virtually every phase of social life. The recency and rapidity of urbanization in the United States accounts for the acuteness of […]
