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A Qualitative Evaluation Of Wraparound Services From Caregivers' Perspective, Misty R. England Jan 2013

A Qualitative Evaluation Of Wraparound Services From Caregivers' Perspective, Misty R. England

Social Work Theses - Archive

Wraparound services are becoming a prominent form of service delivery for system of care for Mental Health services for children. This study examined the benefits, limitations, obstacles and any other themes reported by caregivers with children aged 0-6 with a Severe Emotional Disorder (SED) receiving wraparound service from a Community Based Mental Health agency. Responses of 24 caregivers to qualitative questionnaires were analyzed. Seven themes were identified: 1) program benefits; 2) facilitator characteristics; 3) wrap team implementation; 4) implementation barriers; 5) program limitations; 6) juxtaposition of program appreciation despite lack of perceived effectiveness; and 7) other desired resources. Caregivers' responses …

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Deterrent Effects Of Reliable Structured Decision-Making Protocols On Spouse Abuse Perpetration And Re-Offense In The U.S. Army, Tyler Dumars Jan 2013

Deterrent Effects Of Reliable Structured Decision-Making Protocols On Spouse Abuse Perpetration And Re-Offense In The U.S. Army, Tyler Dumars

Social Work Dissertations - Archive

Since the early 1980s, victims' rights advocates, law enforcement officials, health care practitioners, and policymakers have all worked diligently to reduce or arrest the high levels of intimate partner violence (IPV) in military communities. Despite increased awareness and funding, new treatment approaches, and numerous policy changes, IPV in the military continues to be a deeply entrenched and recalcitrant problem. In January 2008, the Army began using a structured decision-making protocol (the Decision Tree Algorithm) that requires users to assess whether alleged incidents of intimate partner abuse coincide with evidence-based maltreatment definitions, and indicate that actual harm (or the potential for …

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Development Of An Adaptation Model For Health Interventions For Sexual And Gender Minorities: A Grounded Theory Study, Pamela Hancock Bowers Jan 2013

Development Of An Adaptation Model For Health Interventions For Sexual And Gender Minorities: A Grounded Theory Study, Pamela Hancock Bowers

Social Work Dissertations - Archive

A dearth of literature exists on health issues impacting sexual and gender minority (SGM) populations. SGM face health disparities linked to stigma, discrimination, and denial of their civil and human rights. Albeit limited in scope and depth, available data suggests sexual orientation and gender identity have been an important demographic factor associated with higher risk for several negative health outcomes such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, and stroke. Some of the major inequities affecting SGM include tobacco use, alcohol and illicit drug abuse, being overweight/obese, psychiatric disorders, and violence. The SGM who face health disparities created by the use of various …

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A Case Study Of North Texas Area Community Health Centers, Inc. And The Implementation Of Integrated Health Care, Brittany H. Eghaneyan Jan 2013

A Case Study Of North Texas Area Community Health Centers, Inc. And The Implementation Of Integrated Health Care, Brittany H. Eghaneyan

Social Work Theses - Archive

The purpose of this case study was to examine the implementation process of an integrated health care model in a primary care setting that serves a primarily low-income, Latino population. The main unit of analysis was semi-structured interviews that were conducted with seven clinical and administrative staff members. Additional units of analysis included direct observations, the grant application for the program, clinic reports and other related documents. A grounded theory approach was used to analyze the interviews. The results indicated that adequate training and preparation, buy-in from key personnel, possible communication barriers, tools for systematic follow-up and measurement, and organizational …

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Survivors Of Suicide: What Are Their Struggles And How Do They Heal?, Amy Crow Jan 2013

Survivors Of Suicide: What Are Their Struggles And How Do They Heal?, Amy Crow

Social Work Theses - Archive

The purpose of this study was to answer five questions: 1) what are the coping strategies of suicide survivors?; 2) what percentage of survivors have post-traumatic stress?; 3) what percentage of survivors are at risk of suicide?; 4) what percentage of survivors experience post-traumatic growth?; and 5) what are the relationships among these variables? Four standardized assessments on suicide risk, post-traumatic stress and post-traumatic growth were administered along with a questionnaire covering demographics and coping strategies. Results provided support that survivors do experience post-traumatic stress and that they are at risk of suicide. The findings suggest that survivors need help …

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Strategies For Success In A Residential Program, Madison Kaye Jan 2013

Strategies For Success In A Residential Program, Madison Kaye

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

The question that this researcher sought to answer is the reasons for success of the Cedar Crest residential program. Hopefully, this information would help aid the program director and program manager with continuing the success of the program as well as to train incoming staff. In addition, it was the goal of this researcher to provide information to the program director that may help aid with success at other programs run by Thomas Allen, Inc. (TAI).

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Choice Amount And Choice-Making In Children: A Comparison Of Children With And Without Symptoms Of Adhd, Liesa Klein Jan 2013

Choice Amount And Choice-Making In Children: A Comparison Of Children With And Without Symptoms Of Adhd, Liesa Klein

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

Research has demonstrated that increased options can have a negative impact on choice experience, post-choice affect, and purchasing behavior in adults. While the use of choice and choice interventions is sometimes used in educational settings, this negative impact, the choice overload hypothesis, has yet to be examined in children. Further, if the presence of choice overload were to be identified in this population it may have further implications on children with ADHD who exhibit deficits in executive functioning. The purpose of this study was threefold: (1) to examine choice duration in children with and without symptoms of ADHD; (2) to …

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The Empire Writes Back: Environmental Racism & Indigenous Projects, Gary Egger Jan 2013

The Empire Writes Back: Environmental Racism & Indigenous Projects, Gary Egger

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

The production of research is integral for gaining the knowledge and understanding to interpret the phenomena that occurs in everyday life. Historically, both research and knowledge have been under the control of the West while at the same time marginalizing minority groups. Attempts by members of minority groups to participate in producing knowledge has been ignored, discredited, and met with resistance by powerful dominant groups. Standpoint theory, from the perspective of Sandra Harding, supports the notion of strong objectivity, or the idea that the standpoint of oppressed and/or marginalized peoples is necessary to create a more objective understanding of the …

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The Use Of Video Self-Modeling To Treat Public Speaking Anxiety, Alicia Kruger Jan 2013

The Use Of Video Self-Modeling To Treat Public Speaking Anxiety, Alicia Kruger

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

The current thesis is The Use of Video Self-Modeling to Treat Public Speaking Anxiety by Alicia Kruger and is for partial fulfillment of a Master of Arts Degree in Clinical Psychology at Minnesota State University, Mankato in Mankato, Minnesota. The study was completed in May, 2013 and attempts to evaluate the effect of video self-modeling (VSM) on public speaking anxiety. VSM is a form of social learning where the individual serves as his own model for vicarious learning. The Personal Report of Confidence as a Speaker was administered to 101 psychology undergraduates to screen for public speaking anxiety. Eleven participants …

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Role Of Health Behaviors In Sexual Quality Of Life Among Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Survivors, Keagan Lee Mcpherson Jan 2013

Role Of Health Behaviors In Sexual Quality Of Life Among Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Survivors, Keagan Lee Mcpherson

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

Hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients are a population increasingly characterized by survivorship. A psychosocial outcome integral to overall quality of life and optimal survivorship outcomes is sexual quality of life (SQOL). In this arena, HSCT patients' prognostics are markedly grim. Though examinations of variables that affect overall survivorship in HSCT patients are relatively novel, SQOL outcomes have still received a disproportionately minimal amount of focus both in research and practice. Because health behaviors and their correlates are implicated in SQOL outcomes in the general population as well as survivorship and overall QOL outcomes in HSCT patients, inquiring about the …

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Using Personality Traits To Select Customer-Oriented Security Guards, Tracy Marie Shega Jan 2013

Using Personality Traits To Select Customer-Oriented Security Guards, Tracy Marie Shega

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The customer orientation of current security guards was assessed using both the newly developed Customer Orientation Scale and IPIP items. Specifically, the Big Five factors of agreeableness, conscientiousness, and emotional stability were measured. Scores on these two customer orientation scales were compared to measures of job satisfaction and perceived job-ability fit.

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Would Violent Offenders Benefit From Participation In Drug Court?, Arica Marlene Burke Jan 2013

Would Violent Offenders Benefit From Participation In Drug Court?, Arica Marlene Burke

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

The benefits and implications of allowing violent offenders to participate in federally funded drug court programs was studied. Fourteen drug court team members gave their professional opinion about the potential benefits and implications of allowing violent offenders to participate in drug court programs. The survey results showed support for the hypothesis; however, narrative answers showed that the majority of members of the drug court team would not be in favor allowing violent offenders to participate in drug court programs.

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The Hermeneutics Of The Hard Drive: Using Narratology, Natural Language Processing, And Knowledge Management To Improve The Effectiveness Of The Digital Forensic Process, Mark Pollitt Jan 2013

The Hermeneutics Of The Hard Drive: Using Narratology, Natural Language Processing, And Knowledge Management To Improve The Effectiveness Of The Digital Forensic Process, Mark Pollitt

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

In order to protect the safety of our citizens and to ensure a civil society, we ask our law enforcement, judiciary and intelligence agencies, under the rule of law, to seek probative information which can be acted upon for the common good. This information may be used in court to prosecute criminals or it can be used to conduct offensive or defensive operations to protect our national security. As the citizens of the world store more and more information in digital form, and as they live an ever-greater portion of their lives online, law enforcement, the judiciary and the Intelligence …

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Cfmd Research Journal 2013 Volume 2, Center For Metropolitan Density, Michael P. Buckley, Taner R. Ozdil Jan 2013

Cfmd Research Journal 2013 Volume 2, Center For Metropolitan Density, Michael P. Buckley, Taner R. Ozdil

Center for Metropolitan Density Publications - Archive

The Center's mission is to demonstrate that greater density, including suburban scale density, will produce the most economically productive, operationally effective, fiscally efficient, environmentally responsible, and culturally supportive environments. CfMD will fulfill its mission by conducting sponsored research, convening symposia, and consulting with industry partners.

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Forging A New Path : Faculty Buy-In For The Institutional Repository And Open Access Publishing, Carol G. Hixson, Tina M. Neville, Deborah Boran Henry Jan 2013

Forging A New Path : Faculty Buy-In For The Institutional Repository And Open Access Publishing, Carol G. Hixson, Tina M. Neville, Deborah Boran Henry

USF St. Petersburg Campus Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

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Research & Instruction Department : Annual Report : 2013 - 2014, Tina M. Neville, Kaya Van Beynen, Carol G. Hixson Jan 2013

Research & Instruction Department : Annual Report : 2013 - 2014, Tina M. Neville, Kaya Van Beynen, Carol G. Hixson

USF St. Petersburg Campus Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

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The Role Of Religion In Managing Existential Threat: Effects On Outgroup Attitudes, Lauren Elizabeth Coursey Jan 2013

The Role Of Religion In Managing Existential Threat: Effects On Outgroup Attitudes, Lauren Elizabeth Coursey

Psychology Theses - Archive

The increased worldview defense following mortality salience is a robust finding in terror management theory research. In some cases, this defense can take the form of ingroup favoritism, outgroup bias, and prejudice. I predicted that religious affiliation would attenuate the effects of mortality salience on expressions of prejudice. Specifically, I predicted an interaction between religious affiliation and mortality salience to emerge, such that whereas the religiously non-affiliated will exhibit an increase in prejudice scores following mortality salience, the religiously affiliated will not. I further hypothesized that among religiously affiliated participants, the interaction between MS and affiliation will predict outgroup attitudes …

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What Are The Long-Term Consequences Of Peer Victimization? Changes In Biological Functioning And Its Effects On Psychological And Physical Health, Priya Anapurna Iyer Jan 2013

What Are The Long-Term Consequences Of Peer Victimization? Changes In Biological Functioning And Its Effects On Psychological And Physical Health, Priya Anapurna Iyer

Psychology Dissertations - Archive

Prior research has documented long-term psychological problems (e.g. emotional distress, anxiety, and depression; Kochenderfer-Ladd & Wardrop, 2001) experienced as a result of being bullied as an adolescent. Although being a recipient of peer victimization has been related to psychological health, limited research has looked at the association between peer victimization and physical health problems. Even fewer studies have investigated the relationship between being bullied and health outcomes over time. This dissertation examined whether peer victimization in early adolescence lead to changes in neuroendocrine functioning (as assessed by cortisol) and physical health outcomes several years later. Adolescents and their parents (N …

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An Examination Of The Validity Of The Central Sensitization Inventory With Chronic Disabling Occupational Musculoskeletal Disorders, Yunhee Choi Jan 2013

An Examination Of The Validity Of The Central Sensitization Inventory With Chronic Disabling Occupational Musculoskeletal Disorders, Yunhee Choi

Psychology Dissertations - Archive

Central Sensitivity Syndrome (CSS) includes a group of related conditions that share a common pathophysiological mechanism called central sensitization (e.g., fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, tension headache/migraine, etc.). Individuals with these conditions display increased pain sensitivity in response to painful stimuli, pain in response to normally non-painful stimuli, and expansion of the receptive field. Depression and anxiety frequently occur among individuals with CSS, as well as disturbed sleep, somatic symptoms and emotional distress. The Central Sensitization Inventory (CSI) is a newly developed self-report measure to assess the full array of 25 somatic and emotional symptoms associated with CSS. The present study …

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The Impact Of Peer Victimization On Adolescent Inflammatory Markers, Allyson Antoinette Arana Jan 2013

The Impact Of Peer Victimization On Adolescent Inflammatory Markers, Allyson Antoinette Arana

Psychology Theses - Archive

For years, research has linked peer victimization to various outcomes, ranging from those in the psychological realm (e.g., depression, anxiety) to physical health symptoms (e.g., frequent doctor visits, abdominal pain). While there are many possible mechanisms responsible for this relationship, this study focused on immune system dysregulation, specifically concerning the inflammatory markers interleukin-6 (IL-6) and C-reactive protein (CRP). Prior research has found that environmental stress is related to increased production of these markers (e.g., Danese et al., 2007; Kiecolt-Glaser et al., 2003). Furthermore, elevated levels of IL-6 and CRP have been associated with health problems such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, …

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Impact Of Recurrence On Prostate Cancer Survivors, Gabriela Orsak Jan 2013

Impact Of Recurrence On Prostate Cancer Survivors, Gabriela Orsak

Psychology Theses - Archive

The present study examined the impact of recurrence on health-related and prostate-specific quality of life, post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms, physiological arousal to stress, and psychological distress by comparing disease-free survivors (N = 46) to survivors who experienced recurrence (N = 18), and healthy controls (N = 18). Participants completed paper and pencil questionnaires and submitted blood samples. Groups did not report differences in health-related quality of life, sexual and urinary function, problems with urinary function, perceived stress, psychological distress, epinephrine levels and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms. Survivors who experienced recurrence reported less bowel function than disease-free survivors. However, survivors who …

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Acute Elevation In Estradiol Influences The Salience Of Cocaine Cues, Samara Morris Bobzean Jan 2013

Acute Elevation In Estradiol Influences The Salience Of Cocaine Cues, Samara Morris Bobzean

Psychology Theses - Archive

Previous research demonstrates that women and female rodents are more responsive to environmental stimuli associated with drug reward than males. A growing body of literature supports a role for estradiol as one of the mechanisms underlying sex differences in the behavioral response to drugs of abuse. However, little is known about the influence of acute elevations in levels of estradiol on cocaine conditioned behaviors. Thus, the purpose of the present study was to investigate the influence of an acute increase in systemic estradiol levels on the expression of cocaine-induced conditioned place preference (CPP). Experimentally naïve, adult female Long Evans rats …

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The Prosecutor's Role In Helping Domestic Violence Victims, Latasha Jackson-Mcdougle Jan 2013

The Prosecutor's Role In Helping Domestic Violence Victims, Latasha Jackson-Mcdougle

Criminology & Criminal Justice Theses - Archive

This study examines the Prosecutors role when handling Domestic Violence cases and how they can better help serve battered women and their children without re-victimizing them through the Criminal Justice Juridical system by reviewing secondary survey data. Two statistical analyses were performed to determine if the current way Prosecutors are handling domestic violence cases are in favor to help the battered woman and their children or is it re-victimizing them and not helping them be safe. The hypothesis predicts there is a positive relationship between battered women and their children being re-victimized by the legal system and process.

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Attitudes And Beliefs Regarding Sexual Assaults, Amber Mosier Jan 2013

Attitudes And Beliefs Regarding Sexual Assaults, Amber Mosier

Criminology & Criminal Justice Theses - Archive

Perceptions of sexual assaults were compared among college students in this thesis. The findings indicate that men and women have significantly different perceptions of sexual assault and the fairness of the criminal justice system. The findings also showed that those who are criminal justice majors as opposed to those who are not do not generally have significantly different perceptions of sexual assault. The one exception to this was that CRCJ majors are more likely to believe a victim has given a false report of sexual assault victimization to law enforcement. Self-reported likelihood of reporting sexual assault victimization to law enforcement …

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The Mass Incarceration Of Minorities And Women, Tanisha Ann Bowens Jan 2013

The Mass Incarceration Of Minorities And Women, Tanisha Ann Bowens

Criminology & Criminal Justice Theses - Archive

The purpose of this study is to examine the knowledge and perceptions of graduate and undergraduate students attending the University of Texas of Arlington Spring 2013. The data for this study was obtained from a sample students primarily majoring in criminology and criminal justice, social work, and business enrolled at the University of Texas at Arlington. Students appeared to appeared to be more knowledgeable about the mass incarceration of minorities, however there was little no significant difference in knowledge and perception among criminology and justice and other departments.

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Media Attention Towards Serial Killers And Mass Murderers And Its Impact Towards Attitudes On Capital Punishment, Febee M. Qubtan Jan 2013

Media Attention Towards Serial Killers And Mass Murderers And Its Impact Towards Attitudes On Capital Punishment, Febee M. Qubtan

Criminology & Criminal Justice Theses - Archive

Attitudes towards the criminal justice system and capital punishment were researched among 164 undergraduate students at the University of Texas at Arlington. The findings revealed that participants who watched crime related media, or that involving murderers and/or criminal activity, on a regular basis were less punitive in nature. Participants who do not regularly engage in watching crime related media were more supportive of capital punishment.

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A Study Of Anthropomorphic Figurines In The Neolithic Of Southwest Asia And Southeastern Europe, Carl T. Feagans Jan 2013

A Study Of Anthropomorphic Figurines In The Neolithic Of Southwest Asia And Southeastern Europe, Carl T. Feagans

Sociology & Anthropology Theses - Archive

Anthropomorphic figurines resemble people, very often the people who created them. Thus, these figurines stand to provide insight into their cultures perhaps from the perspective of the original members of the culture. Researchers in figurine studies often speculate on the purposes of figurines and attempt to interpret their meanings. This study attempts to examine anthropomorphic figurines of the Neolithic in Southwest Asia and Southeastern Europe through cataloged and compared physical characteristics of the figurines themselves gathered from published data into a relational database. Figurine data are then imported into statistical software for analysis. The data produced in this study support …

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Gender, Style, Technology: The Changing Landscape Of Motorcycle Culture, Paul Dean Blankenship Jan 2013

Gender, Style, Technology: The Changing Landscape Of Motorcycle Culture, Paul Dean Blankenship

Sociology & Anthropology Theses - Archive

This thesis demystifies the cultural process of symbolic interpretation and appropriation within contemporary American motorcycle culture by using literature review and cultural analysis to explore the impact and influence of technological and aesthetic developments within a socio-historical context. Several aspects of motorcycle culture are addressed to develop a holistic understanding: the origins of motorcycles from their bicycle counterparts; motorcycles as a gendered phenomenon within American society; the affective experience of motorcycling and relating those affective experiences to the act of constructing one's identity as a motorcyclist; the symbolic appropriation of technological developments within motorcycle culture; how technological developments beyond the …

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Rising Income Inequality And The Socioeconomic Gradient In Self-Rated Health: An Examination Of The United States From 1975 To 2010, Christina M. Heiden Jan 2013

Rising Income Inequality And The Socioeconomic Gradient In Self-Rated Health: An Examination Of The United States From 1975 To 2010, Christina M. Heiden

Sociology & Anthropology Theses - Archive

This study explores the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and health, and examines how that relationship may be affected in the context of rising income inequality. Using General Social Survey (GSS) data from 1975 to 2010 to perform a series of logistic regressions, this study examines the relationship between health and three common measures of socioeconomic status—household income, education, and occupational prestige—to determine if all three measures of SES are significantly associated with self-rated health when controlling for socio-demographic variables. Full model odds ratios are plotted by year to provide a visual illustration of the change in the association from …

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Color-Coding Poverty: Selectivity In Commitments To Individualism And Structuralism Across Various Racial And Ethnic Groups, M. Faye Hanson-Evans Jan 2013

Color-Coding Poverty: Selectivity In Commitments To Individualism And Structuralism Across Various Racial And Ethnic Groups, M. Faye Hanson-Evans

Sociology & Anthropology Theses - Archive

It is by now widely understood that a "generic conception of the poor" (Feagin 1975; Robinson 2009; Sigelman and Welch 1994, Wilson 1996) drives the dominant American ideology of individualism. However, research also suggests that beliefs about poverty remained racially contextualized. This study combines multinomial logistic regressions with a content analysis of written comments volunteered by participants within an embedded experiment questionnaire. This research directly contributes to the existing literature by asking what blacks, Latinos, and Asians believe to be the causes of poverty among whites. It also contributes to our knowledge by deepening our understanding of stratification beliefs among …

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