The Relationship Of Depression With Intrinsic And Extrinsic Components Of Religiosity In The Older Adult Female,
2010
Indiana State University
The Relationship Of Depression With Intrinsic And Extrinsic Components Of Religiosity In The Older Adult Female, Jacqueline Anne Nuval
All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this doctoral research was to determine whether religious activity and general health would predict depression in older adult women living alone in the community who are widowed, divorced, separated, or never married. Variables considered included intrinsic and extrinsic components of religiosity, level of depression, anxiety and panic attacks, general health, and a group of behaviors classified as Religious Attitudes and Behaviors (RAB), which considered importance of religion, religious participation, regularity of religious observance, and religious organization/social support. Components of extrinsic religiosity and intrinsic religiosity were measured by Intrinsic/Extrinsic – Revised (I/E-R). Levels of depression were measured by …
Science Museums, Centers And Professional Development: Teachers' Self Reflection On Improving Their Practice,
2010
Indiana State University
Science Museums, Centers And Professional Development: Teachers' Self Reflection On Improving Their Practice, Queen O. Ogbomo
All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this qualitative case study research was to ascertain the significance of the professional development programs workshops organized by a science museum and a science center in two Midwestern cities. The research investigated the effect the workshops had on the instructional practice of the participating elementary science teachers. More specifically, this study was guided by the following research question: How do the professional development programs at museums help teachers change the way they teach and consider science in their classroom? The core of this study consists of case studies of six elementary school teachers who were identified as …
Writing As Resistance: Assia Djebar’S Vaste Est La Prison,
2010
Bridgewater State University
Writing As Resistance: Assia Djebar’S Vaste Est La Prison, Joyce Lazarus
Journal of International Women's Studies
This essay examines contemporary Algerian women’s condition, as it is articulated in Djebar’s autobiographical novel, Vaste est la prison (1995). After giving an overview of modern Algerian history, I offer a reading of Djebar’s novel that takes account of its potential to produce social change. This essay demonstrates that Djebar blurs the boundaries between autobiography, fiction and history in order to fully utilize the subversive potential of writing. Using the perspective of new historicism, I show how Djebar responds to her country’s unilateralism in language and its exclusion of women by her unique rhetorical strategies, in order to restore women’s …
Determinants Of Living Arrangements, Health Status And Abuse Among Elderly Women: A Study Of Rural Naogaon District, Bangladesh,
2010
Bridgewater State University
Determinants Of Living Arrangements, Health Status And Abuse Among Elderly Women: A Study Of Rural Naogaon District, Bangladesh, Ahmed Mohammad Munsur, Ismail Tareque, K. M. Mustafizur Rahman
Journal of International Women's Studies
In this study, the socio-economic backdrops, living arrangements, health status and abuse of the women aged 60 years and older in the rural Naogaon district of Bangladesh are examined. The data were collected from seven villages by using probability proportional to size (PPS) sampling and the results show that an overwhelming majority of the elderly women in the age group 60-69 years who are widowed, illiterate, have no education and income, economically dependent, living with married children, unhealthy, suffer from arthritis related illness and are taking treatment from village doctors. Furthermore, the study shows that, nearly 35 percent elderly women …
Book Review: Everybody’S Family Romance: Reading Incest In Neoliberal America,
2010
Bridgewater State University
Book Review: Everybody’S Family Romance: Reading Incest In Neoliberal America, Kristen Lambert
Journal of International Women's Studies
Review of Everybody’s Family Romance: Reading Incest in Neoliberal America by Gillian Harkins
From Discovery To Dissidence: Honduran Women’S Conceptions And Claims Of Human Rights,
2010
Bridgewater State University
From Discovery To Dissidence: Honduran Women’S Conceptions And Claims Of Human Rights, Christine Gervais
Journal of International Women's Studies
In recognition of the profound benefits of women’s engagement with their rights, this article presents an experiential account of how Honduran women comprehend, articulate, experience and advocate human rights and gender equality through non-governmental educational initiatives. Through the triangulated analytic among human security, post-victimization and citizen-based advocacy approaches, the article traces the women’s journeys from their moments of discovery of human rights towards instances of dissidence. In so doing, the women’s demonstrations of empowerment, agency, resistance and solidarity are brought to the fore. By featuring their voices, this study demonstrates how Honduran women are able to shape their own expectations …
Everything's Better In Moderation: Young Women's Gender Role Attitudes And Risky Sexual Behavior,
2010
Montclair State University
Everything's Better In Moderation: Young Women's Gender Role Attitudes And Risky Sexual Behavior, Tamara Leech
Department of Public Health Scholarship and Creative Works
Purpose This study examines the association between gender role attitudes and risky sexual behavior among young women. Previous studies have posed seemingly contradictory arguments: that either traditional attitudes or egalitarian attitudes are associated with riskier behavior. Methods Data are based on the children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, representing 520 sexually active 18–19-year-old women. Propensity radius matching was used to assess differences in rates of multiple sexual partners and sex outside of a committed relationship. Results Relative to moderate gender role attitudes, both egalitarian gender role attitudes and traditional gender role attitudes are associated with higher rates of …
Power, Structure, Gender Relations And Community-Based Conservation: The Cawswe Study Of The Sariska Region, Rajasthan, India,
2010
Bridgewater State University
Power, Structure, Gender Relations And Community-Based Conservation: The Cawswe Study Of The Sariska Region, Rajasthan, India, Maria Costanza Torri
Journal of International Women's Studies
Most current community development projects have a built in gender component. Despite the WID, WED and GAD schools of thought there is still however a long way to go in order to effectively implement these principles in conservation projects. Merely getting women a place on the policy-making agenda is not enough, especially if it comes at the cost of promoting a simplistic and often wildly inaccurate picture of gender-environment relations. This article analyses the repercussions of community-based conservation on women in terms of use, access, and control of natural resources. The area chosen is the Sariska region of Rajasthan, India. …
Gender Analysis Of Women In The Philippine Agriculture And Their Occupational Issues,
2010
Bridgewater State University
Gender Analysis Of Women In The Philippine Agriculture And Their Occupational Issues, Jinky Leilanie Lu
Journal of International Women's Studies
Feminist research shows how gender, in interaction with other socioeconomic differentiation theories on class and ethnicity, influences agrarian transition, health patterns, and economic development. In the highland community where this study was conducted, women play a very important role in the production of vegetables and crops. At the same time, there are hazards facing these women predisposing them to certain occupational health issues. As such, this research study aimed to look into occupational issues of women, as well as certain cultural, political, socio-economic perceptions and attributes that affect women’s occupational issues. 251 women farmers from identified communities using cluster sampling …
She Dresses To Attract, He Perceives Seduction: A Gender Gap In Attribution Of Intent To Women’S Revealing Style Of Dress And Its Relation To Blaming The Victims Of Sexual Violence,
2010
Bridgewater State University
She Dresses To Attract, He Perceives Seduction: A Gender Gap In Attribution Of Intent To Women’S Revealing Style Of Dress And Its Relation To Blaming The Victims Of Sexual Violence, Avigail Moor
Journal of International Women's Studies
Victims of sexual violence are often blamed for precipitating their own assault with their so-called “provocative” body-revealing style of dress, which is viewed as conveying consent for sexual advances. To explore some of the grounds for this allegation as well as its accurateness, the present study examines the attributions made by both sexes regarding the motivation for women’s sexualized appearance. The factual connection between revealing clothing and actual occurrences of sexual invasions is examined as well. The results demonstrate a gender-based attribution gap wherein men report perceiving the sexualized look as indicating an interest in sex and intent to seduce, …
Contradiction And The Role Of The ‘Floating Signifier’: Identity And The ‘New Woman’ In Italian Cartoons During Fascism,
2010
Bridgewater State University
Contradiction And The Role Of The ‘Floating Signifier’: Identity And The ‘New Woman’ In Italian Cartoons During Fascism, Efharis Mascha
Journal of International Women's Studies
This paper addresses the issue of political cartooning during Italian fascism, with specific reference to the role of women, as it is symbolised in the cartoons (i.e.the woman-mother/care-taker/fascist/worker). The latter will be revealed through a careful study of the contradictions generated by fascism and the representation of this ‘New Woman’ in political satire. The caricatures I will examine belong strictly to the Left discourse. They received high circulation figures and characterised Italy’s popular culture during the 1920’s. Whilst fascism did not provide any space for women to join the high ranks of the PNF (Partito Nazionale Fascista), the Left similarly …
Upscaling Community-Arranged Preparedness For Preventing Maternal Mortality In Ghana: A Case Study Of Keta And Akatsi Districts Of Volta Region,
2010
Bridgewater State University
Upscaling Community-Arranged Preparedness For Preventing Maternal Mortality In Ghana: A Case Study Of Keta And Akatsi Districts Of Volta Region, Chuks J. Mba, Irene K. Aboh
Journal of International Women's Studies
The main objective of the study is to assess maternal health in Ghana using empirical evidence from Akatsi and Keta districts of the Volta Region. Interviews were conducted from a sample size of 6,250 respondents within the reproductive age group of 15-49 years drawn from both districts in 2007. The results show that most of the women had only basic education and were generally petty traders, farmers and fishmongers. Overwhelming majority of the women stated that there was no community-arranged preparedness to aid them in times of emergency obstetric care. A significant proportion of the women (about 30%) relied on …
A Survey Of Osteoporosis Risk Factors And Practices Among Jordanian Women,
2010
Bridgewater State University
A Survey Of Osteoporosis Risk Factors And Practices Among Jordanian Women, Lubna Abushaikha, Suha Omran
Journal of International Women's Studies
The aim of this study was to explore osteoporosis (OP) risk factors among Jordanian women. Osteoporosis (OP) is a chronic complex health problem for millions of women worldwide, 80% of whom are postmenopausal women. Unless prevented or treated, this silent disease will continue to limit both the quantity and quality of life of many older women and significantly add to the health care cost for this group. A sample of Jordanian women in different settings in Jordan (N=192; mean age=43years). The study was descriptive and data were collected over a two month period in 2005 with the use of a …
A Feminist Struggle? South African Hiv Activism As Feminist Politics,
2010
Bridgewater State University
A Feminist Struggle? South African Hiv Activism As Feminist Politics, Katarina Jungar, Elina Oinas
Journal of International Women's Studies
This paper is a feminist reading of HIV activism in South Africa, of a social movement that does not describe itself as a women’s movement: it advocates both women’s and men’s, trans, hetero- and homosexual peoples’ rights for adequate health care and antiretroviral medication. Like many others, Chandra Talpade Mohanty suggests that today’s powerful feminism is found in anti-globalization movements that do not necessarily call themselves feminist. These critiques maintain that the theory, critique and activism of grass-root women across the globe, for example around anti-globalization, should also inform academic feminist discussions. This article studies discourses on HIV in Africa …
Book Review: Our Stories, Our Lives: Inspiring Muslim Women’S Voices,
2010
Bridgewater State University
Book Review: Our Stories, Our Lives: Inspiring Muslim Women’S Voices, Azza Basarudin
Journal of International Women's Studies
Review of Our Stories, Our Lives: Inspiring Muslim Women’s Voices, edited by Wahida Sahffi
Book Review: Servants Of The Dynasty: Palace Women In World History,
2010
Bridgewater State University
Book Review: Servants Of The Dynasty: Palace Women In World History, Julia Landweber
Journal of International Women's Studies
Review of Servants of the Dynasty: Palace Women in World History, edited by Anne Walthall
Book Review: Rethinking Global Sisterhood: Western Feminism And Iran,
2010
Bridgewater State University
Book Review: Rethinking Global Sisterhood: Western Feminism And Iran, Melissa Autumn White
Journal of International Women's Studies
Review of Rethinking Global Sisterhood: Western Feminism and Iran by Nima Naghibi
Book Review: Empowering Migrant Women: Why Agency And Rights Are Not Enough,
2010
Bridgewater State University
Book Review: Empowering Migrant Women: Why Agency And Rights Are Not Enough, Connie Oxford
Journal of International Women's Studies
Review of Empowering Migrant Women: Why Agency and Rights are not Enough by Leah Briones
Book Review: Crossing Borders: International Women Students In American Higher Education,
2010
Bridgewater State University
Book Review: Crossing Borders: International Women Students In American Higher Education, Susan Iverson, Yu-Hui Chou
Journal of International Women's Studies
Review of Crossing Borders: International Women Students In American Higher Education by Dongxiao Qin
Book Review: Gender And Hiv/Aids: Critical Perspectives From The Developing World,
2010
Bridgewater State University
Book Review: Gender And Hiv/Aids: Critical Perspectives From The Developing World, Cassandra R. Warren
Journal of International Women's Studies
Review of Gender and HIV/AIDS: Critical Perspectives from the Developing World, edited by Jelke Boesten amd Nana K. Poku
