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Narcissism And Intimate Partner Violence: An Establishment Of The Link And Investigation Of Multiple Potential Mediators, Samantha K. Fields

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Intimate partner violence (IPV) involves physical, psychological, and/or emotional violence within intimate (e.g., dating) relationships. In this thesis, I examined narcissism as a predictor of IPV. I used an offensive- and defensive-trait framework to come up with 10 potential mediator variables that often typify narcissism and underlie IPV. Correlation analyses confirmed the expected link between narcissism and IPV. Subsequent bootstrapping mediation analysis of IPV-frequency revealed significant indirect effects for 2 mediators - social dominance orientation and the hostile attribution bias-based tendency to retaliate in the face of ambiguous but potentially malevolent social interactions. Bootstrapping analysis of IPV-prevalence also revealed an …

The Mathematical Cultures Network Project, Brendan P. Larvor

Journal of Humanistic Mathematics

The UK Arts and Humanities Research Council has agreed to fund a series of three meetings with associated publications on mathematical cultures. This note describes the project.

Front Matter

Journal of Humanistic Mathematics

No abstract provided.

Book Reviews, Criticism Editors

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The Frenzy of Renown: Fame and its History (Leo Braudy) (Reviewed by Seth L. Schein, University of California at Santa Cruz)

Order from Confusion Sprung: Studies in Eighteenth-Century Literature from Swift to Cowper (Claude Rawson) (Reviewed by Hilary M. Schor, University of Southern California)

Literature and Popular Culture in Eighteenth-Centurl) England (Pat Rogers) (Reviewed by Hilary M. Schor, University of Southern California)

Eighteenth-Century Encounters: Studies in Literature and Society in the Age of Walpole (Pat Rogers) (Reviewed by Hilary M. Schor, University of Southern California)

The Futurist Moment: Avant-Garde, Avant Guerre, and the Language of Rupture (Marjorie Perloff) (Reviewed by …

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The Origins of the English Novel, 1600-1740 (Michael McKeon) (Reviewed by John Kucich, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

The Making of English Reading Audiences, 1790-1832 (Jon P. Klancher) (Reviewed by John Kucich, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

Images of Power: Medieval History/Discourse/Literature (Kevin Brownlee) (Reviewed by H. Jay Siskin, Northwestern University)

John Rainolds's Oxford Lectures on Aristotle's "Rhetoric," (Lawrence D. Green) (Reviewed by Donald N. Mager, Johnson C. Smith University)

Iconoclasm and Poetry in the English Reformation: Down Went Dagon (Ernest B. Gilman) (Reviewed by John. N. Wall, North Carolina State University)

One Foot in Eden: Modes of Pastoral in …

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Derrida and the Economy of Différance (Irene Harvey) (Reviewed by Christopher Norris, University of Wales)

The City Staged: Jacobean Comedy, 1603-1613 (Theodore B. Leinwand) (Reviewed by Richard C. McCoy, Queens College, CUNY)

Romanticism and Language (Arden Reed) (Reviewed by Michael Scrivner, Wayne State University)

American Incarnation: The Individual, the Nation, and the Continent (Myra Jehlen) (Reviewed by Michael Rogin, University of California, Berkeley)

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Just Looking: Consumer Culture in Dreiser, Gissing and Zola (Rachel Bowlby) (Reviewed by Catherine Gallagher, University of California, Berkeley)

Modes of Production of Victorian Novels (Norman Feltes) (Reviewed by Catherine Gallagher, University of California, Berkeley)

Philosophy of the Literary Symbolic (Hazard Adams) (Reviewed by Wallace Martin, University of Toledo)

Gadamer's Hermeneutics: A Reading of "Truth and Method" (Joel C. Weinsheimer) (Reviewed by Wallace Martin, University of Toledo)

The Bible and the Narrative Tradition (Frank McConnell) (Reviewed by Wesley A. Kort, Duke University)

Diderot: Thresholds of Representation (James Creech) (Reviewed by Diane Fourny, Vassar College)

Newspaper Columns by W.E.B. Du Bois …

2012 Maine Child Support Guidelines: Review And Recommendations, Sally Ward Mppm, Janice Daley Msw, Barbara Fraumeni Phd, George Shaler Mph, Eileen Griffin Jd, Melanie Knox Ba, Laurie Hallett, Louis Mandeville Ms

Children, Youth, & Families

This report summarizes the quadrennial review of Maine's child support guidelines conducted by the USM Muskie School , which complies with federal law requiring each state's child support guidelines be reviewed at least once every four years. Principle findings of the extensive review by the Muskie School show that many aspects of Maine's child support system work well. Maine's low deviation rate reflects a reasonably high level of consistency in apply the guidelines, and in large part, protect the needs and interests of the children. The report provides background and overview of child support modes and the Maine guidelines, and …

Classroom Misbehavior In The Eyes Of Students: A Qualitative Study, Rachel C. F. Sun, Daniel T. L. Shek

Pediatrics Faculty Publications

Using individual interviews, this study investigated perceptions of classroom misbehaviors among secondary school students in Hong Kong (N = 18). Nineteen categories of classroom misbehaviors were identified, with talking out of turn, disrespecting teacher, and doing something in private being most frequently mentioned. Findings revealed that students tended to perceive misbehaviors as those actions inappropriate in the classroom settings and even disrupting teachers' teaching and other students' learning. Among various misbehaviors, talking out of turn and disrespecting teacher were seen as the most disruptive and unacceptable. These misbehaviors were unacceptable because they disturbed teaching and learning, and violated the values …

Coös County’S Class Of 2009: Where Are They Now?, Eleanor M. Jaffee

Carsey Publications

This brief reports on the first follow-up survey of the Coös Youth Study participants beyond high school. The focus of the Coös Youth Study, a ten-year panel study following the lives of youth in Coös County, New Hampshire, is the transition of Coös youth into adulthood. Author Eleanor Jaffee reports that approximately half of the Coös County Class of 2009’s follow-up survey participants (49 percent) are living in Coös County the majority of the time. Of those living outside Coös County, 81 percent are attending school full time. The most frequently reported combinations of school and work situations were in …

Stratifikasi Sosial Warga Binaan Wanita Di Rutan Pondok Bambu, Reni Kartikawati

Masyarakat: Jurnal Sosiologi

Basically, social stratification does not occur in a total institution like detention. If it does, it only occurs between the officers and the convicts. However, social stratification apparently occurs among female convicts in Rutan Pondok Bambu. Based on that fact, this research tried to discover the real image of social stratification in Rutan Pondok Bambu; the factors that form the social stratification, and the people who form that social stratification. By using qualitative approach, this research showed that social stratification does occur among convicts in Rutan Pondok Bambu, which, at some level, is the same with the stratification found in …

Konseptualisasi Ruang Sosial Pendidikan, Ahmad Tarmiji Alkhudri

Masyarakat: Jurnal Sosiologi

No abstract provided.

Gendered Production And Consumption In Rural Africa, Michael Kevane

Economics

Recent research underscores the continued importance of gender in rural Africa. Analysis of interactions within households is becoming more sophisticated and continues to reject the unitary model. There is some evidence of discriminatory treatment of girls relative to boys, although the magnitudes of differential investments in health and schooling are not large and choices seem quite responsive to changes in opportunity costs. Social norms proscribing and prescribing male and female economic behavior remain substantial, extending into many domains, especially land tenure. Gender constructions are constantly evolving, although there is little evidence of rapid, transformative change in rural areas.

Pengantar Redaksi, Fransisca Sse Seda

Masyarakat: Jurnal Sosiologi

No abstract provided.

Gerakan Dakwah Salafi Di Indonesia Pada Era Reformasi, Dady Hidayat

Masyarakat: Jurnal Sosiologi

This article examines the genesis and the expansion of salafi movements during reformation era. Using a social movement’s perspective with three main factors on social movements; political opportunity structure, framing process, and resources mobilization theory, this research aims to reveal the factor of salafi movement’s growing. The research is use a qualitative approach with a field research method, where the researchers directly observes to the people being studied and try to examine any subjective experiences in the sociological view. The results of this study reveal that the reformation era, gives some opportunity to salafi movements to be rapidly expanded. Their …

Jember Fashion Carnival: Konstruksi Identitas Dalam Masyarakat Jaringan, Raudlatul Jannah

Masyarakat: Jurnal Sosiologi

This research focuses on the construction of Jember city identity in the network society era. This research revealed that the construction process of Jember city identity is complex. By using Manuel Castells’ theory about territorial identity especially in network society, this paper intends to interpret Jember Fashion Carnival (JFC) as a project identity in the discourse of network society. The findings show that JFC does not only negotiate Jember city identity but also practice logic of network society. It can be seen by the way that media can change JFC as a fashion carnival into a project of Jember city …

Produksi Budaya Dalam Seni Grafiti, Wanlie Wanlie

Masyarakat: Jurnal Sosiologi

In the midst of pro’s and con’s on the idea that creative economy (or production of culture) as the new engine of economic growth in a globalized world, what opportunity present for us in a developing country to be able to enter global market as a cultural producer. This paper draws from a case study of Darbotz, an Indonesian graffiti artist, whose works have been entered global market mainly through internet and gave him legitimacy as an influencer among his followers. Technology creates new space and lowers the entry barrier so that the division of sub-arena in the field of …

Motivation, Job Satisfaction And Service Delivery: Mid-Level Staff At Kenneth Dike Library, University Of Ibadan, Nigeria, Christopher O. Ola, Bolarinwa M. Adeyemi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This is a study on motivation and job satisfaction of mid-level staff in Kenneth Dike Library (KDL), University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Survey method was adopted where responses were elicited through a questionnaire administered on the staff. Answers were sought to questions on staff welfare, satisfaction and productivity. The data collected was analyzed through frequencies, percentages and inferences. It is shown that the morale of staff in the target group was doused due to: frustration resulting from lack of involvement in decision making and inadequate tools and materials with which to work; over-centralization of authority; lack of proper incentives by way …

The Use Of Google And Yahoo By Internet Users In Nigeria, Obiora Nwosu, Isaac Anyira

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper investigated the use of Google and Yahoo in retrieving relevant information resources by Nigerian Internet users. It was found that Nigerians prefer the search services of Google to Yahoo. This is because with Google search engine, they are able to retrieve the exact information that they need; they obtain more relevant and adequate information resources than Yahoo; Google is easier to use than Yahoo; and Google retrieves faster than Yahoo. Most Nigerian Internet users have personal access through their mobile devices such as mobile phones, lap tops, palm tops etc. It was therefore recommended that Google should incorporate …

The Ethnic Security Dilemma And Ethnic Violence: An Alternative Empirical Model And Its Explanatory Power, Jiaxing Xu

Res Publica - Journal of Undergraduate Research

Beginning in the 1990s, a trend of using the security dilemma to explain ethnic violence has emerged. However, previous research mainly focuses on individual cases with large-scale violence; whether ethnic security dilemma theory is a sound approach to explain less violent ethnic conflict remains unclear. This paper employs a large-N design and tests the hypothesis that the ethnic security dilemma causes ethnic conflicts, without discriminating between differences in severity and scale of conflict. The paper also conducts a longitudinal comparison with a previous quantitative model using the latest data available. The empirical results do not support the hypothesis and suggest …

The Influence Of Cosmopolitan Values On Environmental Attitudes: An International Comparison, Lauren Contorno

Res Publica - Journal of Undergraduate Research

Many recent environmental politics and environmental behavior studies have attempted to explain the variation in individuals’ environmental attitudes by means of their personal values. This piece enters into the recent debate that has developed around the dichotomous ideologies of cosmopolitanism and patriotism and their relationship to environmentalism, arguing that individuals with cosmopolitan values are more likely to exhibit concern for environmental issues than those with patriotic values. Through an analysis of regression models for seven Western industrialized nations, this study confirms a positive correlation between cosmopolitan values and environmentalism. The explanatory power of cosmopolitanism was greater than that of social …

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The Use and Abuse of History: Recent Developments in Feminist Theory

• Uneven Developments: The Ideological Work of Gender in Mid-Victorian England (Mary Poovey) (Reviewed by Rita Felski, Murdoch University, Western Australia)
• "Am I that Name?": Feminism and the Category of ''Women'' in History (Denise Riley) (Reviewed by Rita Felski, Murdoch University, Western Australia)
• Feminist Literary History (Janet Todd) (Reviewed by Rita Felski, Murdoch University, Western Australia)

• Sor Juana or, The Traps of Faith (Octavio Paz) (Reviewed by Electa Arenal, College of Staten Island, C.U.N.Y.)
• A Sor Juana Anthology (Alan S. Trueblood) (Reviewed by Electa Arenal, College of Staten …

Gsu View, 2012-07-30, Office Of Marketing And Communications

GSU View

Newsletter published by Governors State University 2007-current.

Class Of 2012 Fulfilling Their Dreams After Graduation, Winthrop University

Winthrop News 2012

• Everett Johnson, a McNair Scholar and dance performance major, was selected as one of 15 $50,000 national winners of the Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Arts Award for those with artistic or creative promise.
• Matt Horn, a soccer player and a biology major and chemistry minor, was selected as one of 51 $5,000 national winners of the Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Fellowship.
• From 1920-2000, six Winthrop chemistry graduates earned Ph.Ds. Since 2003, 14 chemistry graduates will have earned Ph.Ds. by the end of 2012.

Punishment And Work Law Compliance: Lessons From Chile, César F. Rosado Marzán

All Faculty Scholarship

Workplace law activists and reformers find it increasingly more difficult to obtain redress for violation of workers’ rights. Some of them are calling for stricter enforcement and tougher penalties to bring employers into compliance. However, after seven and half months of participant observation at the Labor Directorate and the labor courts of Chile, institutions that use punishment as their main tools of enforcement, I am skeptical about the likelihood of success of mere punishment for effective workplace law enforcement and compliance. I am skeptical even though Chile is a country recognized as the Latin American “jaguar” for its successful economy …

Cornette, Elmer (Sc 491), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 491. Typed copy of biographical sketches of Albert and Charles Wing of Greenville, Kentucky, written by Elmer Cornette, and a letter to Elizabeth Coombs of the Kentucky Library.

Chanticleer | The 2012 Abstract, Jacksonville State University

Chanticleer

No abstract provided.

소비자의 부정적 브랜드 루머의 수용과 확산, Won Jun Lee, Han Suk Lee

Asia Marketing Journal

Brand has received much attention from considerable marketing research. When consumers consume product or services, they are exposed to a lot of brand related stimuli. These contain brand personality, brand experience, brand identity, brand communications and so on. A special kind of new crisis occasionally confronting companies` brand management today is the brand related rumor. An important influence on consumers` purchase decision making is the word-of-mouth spread by other consumers and most decisions are influenced by other`s recommendations. In light of this influence, firms have reasonable reason to study and understand consumer-to-consumer communication such as brand rumor. The importance of …

A Physiological Signal Processing System For Optimal Engagement And Attention Detection., Ashwin Belle

Theses and Dissertations

In today’s high paced, hi-tech and high stress environment, with extended work hours, long to-do lists and neglected personal health, sleep deprivation has become common in modern culture. Coupled with these factors is the inherent repetitious and tedious nature of certain occupations and daily routines, which all add up to an undesirable fluctuation in individuals’ cognitive attention and capacity. Given certain critical professions, a momentary or prolonged lapse in attention level can be catastrophic and sometimes deadly. This research proposes to develop a real-time monitoring system which uses fundamental physiological signals such as the Electrocardiograph (ECG), to analyze and predict …

Finding A Way Out Of The Ethnographic Paradigm Jungle, Subhadip Roy, Pratyush Banerjee

The Qualitative Report

In this paper, an attempt has been made to develop a hybrid ethnographic paradigm, taking the best points from the different approaches of ethnographic research. The pioneering proponents of ethnography differed in their conceptualization of the method, resulting in the development of three distinct schools of thought-holistic, semiotic and behavioristic. These three ethnographic paradigms have their respective benefits and shortcomings. Following any one of these approaches may lead to only partial comprehension of the phenomenon by the ethnographer. This study wished to address this issue by developing a best practice approach, which will have the virtues of all the three …