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Drug Use Among Female High School Senior Students In Michigan: An Application Of Social Bond Theory, Halime Unal
Drug Use Among Female High School Senior Students In Michigan: An Application Of Social Bond Theory, Halime Unal
Masters Theses
Drug use is a serious problem affecting the American adolescents today. The focus of this study was the relationship between the elements of social bond and drug use among female high school senior students. The elements of social bond were peer pressure, commitment to school, and the importance of religious belief. Drugs investigated in this study were cigarette, alcohol and marijuana. This study included the total population of female senior students during the 1994-95 academic year in Michigan who participated in the Michigan Alcohol and'Other Drugs School Survey (MAOD).
In order to test the relationship between the elements of social …
A Study Of Ideological Change In Reggae Music From 1971 To 1993, William H. Stanley
A Study Of Ideological Change In Reggae Music From 1971 To 1993, William H. Stanley
Masters Theses
The purpose of this study was to see if the reggae music that became popular in the United States was ideologically different from the reggae that originated in Jamaica. The hypothesized change was derived from a model developed by Humphrey Regis (1994, 1988) labeled “cultural domination by re-exportation”. It was determined that early reggae music and the Rastafarian religion had very similar ideologies. The change within reggae music was measured against the Rastafarian belief system.
A content analysis of twenty-five songs was undertaken. The method of doing ideological analysis of the reggae lyrics was derived from Cormack (1992). The sample …
Defining American Dreams: An Ideological Analysis Of The Michigan Militia, Pamela Labelle
Defining American Dreams: An Ideological Analysis Of The Michigan Militia, Pamela Labelle
Masters Theses
The primary goal of this thesis is to explicate the system of beliefs underlying the militia movement in order to better understand how their particular ideology helps them make sense of the complexities and contradictions in the world in which we live. By delineating and analyzing their ideology, I demonstrate how it is rooted in the Constitution and the Bible, as well as how that rootedness can alternately support and work against their system of beliefs. I then examine the ideology of the mainstream American Dream to understand how militia ideology works in tandem with some of the principal tenets …
Latvians In Southwest Michigan: A Transnational Perspective, Andrew K. Dove
Latvians In Southwest Michigan: A Transnational Perspective, Andrew K. Dove
Masters Theses
The focus of this study was to look at the Latvian population in Southwest Michigan utilizing the transnational theoretical framework. Transnationalism examines the three-way relationship between the migrant, home community (Latvia), and host community (United States). First and second generation Latvian-Americans were interviewed to assess the nature of their transnational activities with regard to economics, politics, family ties, communication, and organizational membership.
The data were collected through the use of in-depth interviewing. Both an interview protocol and demographic survey were utilized. A total of 16 adult Latvian-Americans (N = 16) were interviewed. Eight were first generation Latvian-Americans (N = 8), …
Professional Football Players Attitudes Toward Women And Violence, Shannon Marie O'Toole
Professional Football Players Attitudes Toward Women And Violence, Shannon Marie O'Toole
Masters Theses
This study examined whether or not professional football players, because of the violence and aggression associated with their sport, tended to have attitudes that condoned or were conducive to violence against women. The forty-six subjects in this study were active members on teams in the National Football League and/or the National Football League sponsored World League. Information was gathered through the sue of self-reporting, non-random, questionnaires and interviews.
The study also explored the dynamics of domestic violence, the linking of aggression with professional sports and the characteristics of sport in United States society, especially as it relates to masculinity and …
Flying Universities: Educational Movements In Poland 1882-1905 And 1977-1981, A Socio-Historical Analysis, Gregory A. Lukasik
Flying Universities: Educational Movements In Poland 1882-1905 And 1977-1981, A Socio-Historical Analysis, Gregory A. Lukasik
Masters Theses
In Poland in 1977, a group of intellectuals formed an independent educational enterprise under the name "Flying University." Interestingly, the original "Flying University" was organized by a group of radical professors nearly a century earlier, at a time when the Polish state disappeared from the political map of Europe. I was interested in seeing whether the two were the same, as their common name would suggest, or if they differed in any respect. I attempted to answer this question by focusing on the so-called universities' memberships, ideologies, and objectives.
I have followed the method of interpretive historical sociology (Skocpol, 1979) …
The Education And Cultural Adaptation: Experiences Of Japanese Children In Foreign Cultures, Akiko Namiki
The Education And Cultural Adaptation: Experiences Of Japanese Children In Foreign Cultures, Akiko Namiki
Masters Theses
This thesis explores the experiences of Japanese children and adolescents who reside in the United States as a consequence of their parents' jobs and examines how they adapted to a local society and how their cultural identities were affected by living in the United States before establishing stable identities. This study was completed by relating existing literature to interviews with a sample of Japanese children and adolescents, their mothers, and their teachers who reside in a Midwestern urban areas.
Experiences of the Japanese children and adolescents were examined in terms of their English language skills, Japanese language skills, family lives, …
Little Golden Bookstm: An Analysis Of Every Child’S Literature, Sandra Ballman-Burke
Little Golden Bookstm: An Analysis Of Every Child’S Literature, Sandra Ballman-Burke
Masters Theses
Modeling theory proposes that consequences received by the model are considered critical in determining whether or not modeled behaviors will be imitated (Bandura, Ross & Ross, 1961).
Despite the apparent significance of consequences, analyses of children's literature have failed to explore this link. Utilizing feminist research perspectives, I sought to examine variables explored in previous analyses of picture books, with emphasis on consequences received by models. I was interested in (a) consequences received by female and male characters when engaged in instrumental/independent activities (Kortenhaus & Demarest, 1993); (b) the ways in which female and male characters are stereotyped; and (c) …
Determinants Of Worker Perceptions Of Team Effectiveness, Scott D. Mist
Determinants Of Worker Perceptions Of Team Effectiveness, Scott D. Mist
Masters Theses
This study measures perceptions of team effectiveness in a research and development organization from data obtained during an evaluation of a Federal Re-Invention Laboratory. The study is a secondary analysis which examines five scales, selected for their ability to measure team performance and satisfaction through the use of several values, behaviors and attitudes. These include empowerment, cohesion, team fitness, culture-power distribution, and culture.
A confirmatory factor analysis was used to analyze the strength of the question items of the scales. The factors were then utilized in four logistic regression analyses of dependent variables.
The analyses showed the relative strength of …
The White Extremist Movement: A Metatheoretical Analysis, Suzanne Vanweelde
The White Extremist Movement: A Metatheoretical Analysis, Suzanne Vanweelde
Masters Theses
This study is a metatheoretical analysis of the white extremist movement in the United States. Five separate major and several smaller white extremist organizations were examined with respect to updated information as to the organizational levels, membership profiles and activities of: (1) the Ku Klux Klan, (2) the Militia, (3) Skinheads, (4) Aryan Nations, (5) the Neo-Nazi and (6) other organizations.
Several theories developed by foundational, developmental and contemporary sociologists were analyzed for their individual concepts. Pertinent and significant concepts were noted as being applicable to a theory of white extremism. Specific examples of the concepts' usage within the extremist …
Acculturation Differences Among International Students At Western Michigan University, Kemal Aydin
Acculturation Differences Among International Students At Western Michigan University, Kemal Aydin
Masters Theses
The acculturation of international students at Western Michigan University was studied in this thesis. Acculturation variables of perceived prejudice, observance of cultural practices and social ties, and language usage were measured. The results of this study shows that in terms of perceived prejudice, Western Michigan University's international students (except European and Hispanics students) tend to move away from a stimulus. Acculturation and language usage, however, indicate that there is no significant acculturation differences among the respondents. International students at Western Michigan University seem to prefer integration as reflected in a commitment to pluralism. In summary, international students at Western Michigan …