Browsing by Subject "identity"
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(2012-10-19)This thesis focuses on first generation college students and their unique social positions in social and institutional networks. First generation students are less likely to attend college than non-first generation ...
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(2009-05-15)Although borderline personality is characterized by a variety of interpersonal antecedents and consequences, interpersonal theory has yet to develop an adequate model of the disorder. It was hypothesized that ...
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(2013-08-06)Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a disabling psychiatric condition that causes pervasive and enduring impairments in social and occupational functioning. Previous literature has outlined the core components of the ...
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(2014-08-08)This study takes the case of multiracial Asian Americans, as self-identified "part Asian" as well as another (or multiple) major racial group to determine what influences their racial, ethnic, and overarching group identities ...
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(2013-07-15)The appearance, use, and philosophy of the disabled detective are latent even in early detective texts, such as in Arthur Conan Doyle’s canonical Sherlock Holmes series. By philosophy, I am referring to both why the detective ...
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(2012-02-14)This thesis examines the various factors that influence how children in Latino/non-Latino white households are racially and ethnically identified. The question of multiracial/ethnic identity has come to prominence following ...
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(2018-06-01)Five studies tested for evidence of teleological (i.e., function- or purpose-based) reasoning in the folk psychology of personal identity. Specifically, these studies tested the hypothesis that teleological processes give ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)Why do some citizens of the European Union feel indeed European and others do not? Although the officials of the European Union introduced many symbols and discourses of unity, empirical studies show that the development ...
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(2014-01-16)The current research examined the role that social saturation plays in people’s beliefs about the self. Specifically, the current studies examined whether “social saturation” predicts the belief that people have multiple ...
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(2009-05-15)Fiction that incorporates gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or questioning of heterosexuality itself (GLBTQ) themes and characters has been noted among the most widely censored novels for young adults (ALA, 2007; Finnessy, ...
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(2010-11-03)This thesis is a result of qualitative research conducted with individuals in interracial, Mexican-White couples in Southeast, Texas. This study calls into question the ways in which individuals in these relationships ...
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(2016-05-18)Drawing from Social Dominance Theory and Prejudice Distribution Theory, the purpose of these three experimental studies was to examine how Whites evaluate racial minorities (African American and Latino) with a strong racial ...
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(2016-11-28)The Scottish Jacobite tradition spans a tumultuous arc of history in which imagery of Highland dress — tartan and kilts — was used to portray Highland Scots as enemies of the British state and as heroes of the British ...
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(2012-07-16)War and war-fighters have become immortalized through performance; generations of service-men and women are defined by actions on the battlefield artfully altered on stage and screen. This reciprocal relationship, whether ...
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(2020-04-10)Psychological essentialism refers to the widespread belief that entities, such as kinds of animals or groups of people, have certain underlying immutable characteristics that are necessary for membership in a particular ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-11-15)Creating a sense of identity is constructed through communicative processes allowing us to participate in interpersonal relationships, and understand who we are. "Much of our emotional life is bound up with the way we ...
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(2019-04-05)Although most colleges and universities claim to be committed to the values of diversity and inclusion, repeated race-related incidents across the nation highlight the ongoing need to engage issues of race on college ...
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(2016-04-21)This study aims to provide greater understanding of the relationship between tattoos and deviance. Historically, tattoos have been associated as markers of deviance, but with increasing popularity in modern-day society. I ...
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(2013-07-31)Using intersectionality as the theoretical framework, this study examined the identity development of African American women attending an academically selective university. Much of the extant literature on African American ...
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(2020-04-24)Hunting is a vital source of income, protein, cultural traditions, knowledge, and identity for many local communities. Conservationists and policy makers must balance the competing needs of wildlife and vulnerable hunting ...