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Technology As A Cultural Force: For Alena And Griffin, Albert Borgmann
Technology As A Cultural Force: For Alena And Griffin, Albert Borgmann
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To various degrees, the citizens of the advanced industrial countries are suffering from a crisis that is as profound as it is vague and therefore hard to deal with. The problem is particularly acute in the United States, however, and in what follows, some of the illustrations pertain particularly to that country, the one I live in and know best. In any case, though vagueness obscures the crisis, there have to be symptoms of some sort; otherwise we would not feel troubled. What are the signs of trouble in the culture of technology and democracy? First there are economic problems …
Reproduction, Stress, And The Death Drive: Go With The Flow, Matt Weir
Reproduction, Stress, And The Death Drive: Go With The Flow, Matt Weir
disClosure: A Journal of Social Theory
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The Mind / Reproduction, Stress, And The Death Drive: Go With The Flow (Detail), Matt Weir
The Mind / Reproduction, Stress, And The Death Drive: Go With The Flow (Detail), Matt Weir
disClosure: A Journal of Social Theory
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Does Culture Matter? : Exploring The Relationships Among Parenting A Child With Disabilities, Cultural Identification, And Stress In A Group Of European American And Immigrant Latino Families, Ximena P. Suarez-Sousa
Does Culture Matter? : Exploring The Relationships Among Parenting A Child With Disabilities, Cultural Identification, And Stress In A Group Of European American And Immigrant Latino Families, Ximena P. Suarez-Sousa
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The purpose of this correlational exploratory study was to delve into the experience of raising a child with disabilities by investigating the parents' level of stress and the role played by culture, acculturation, and various demographic variables suggested by the literature to influence stress were included. A purposive sample composed of 38 primarily undocumented immigrant Latino parents and 32 European American parents of children with disabilities was recruited from community agencies in a Midwest state. The most frequent disabilities were orthopedic impairments, pervasive developmental disorders, and mental retardation.
Data were collected with the Parent Survey, comprised of the Questionnaire on …