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Children, Spouses, And Attitudes: Impact On Women's Work Status, Mengxi Li Seeley, James B. Mcdonald
Children, Spouses, And Attitudes: Impact On Women's Work Status, Mengxi Li Seeley, James B. Mcdonald
FHSS Mentored Research Conference
Women face unique challenges in their balancing of career and family. Some questions women consider include children and childcare, spouses' earning potential and relationship stability, and their own attitudes on family relationships and gender roles. This study uses probit and probit with instrumental variables to examine the effects of these considerations on women's fulltime work status, the dependent variable. Under the assumption of traditional social views regarding men as breadwinners and women as nurturers, increased childcare pressures and spousal potential to provide are expected to decrease the incentive for women to work fulltime. The results of this study are mostly …
Contact, Identity, And Prejudice: Comparing Attitudes Toward Arab Americans Pre-And Post-9/11-2001, Meghan Kimberly Wight
Contact, Identity, And Prejudice: Comparing Attitudes Toward Arab Americans Pre-And Post-9/11-2001, Meghan Kimberly Wight
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Using social contact and social identity theories, I seek to show how attitudes of mainstream American society toward individuals of Middle-Eastern descent (Arabs) have changed eight years after September 11, 2001 when compared to similar data from shortly after the terrorist attacks. I use data gathered from nationally representative opinion polls and the theoretical constructs of social contact theory and social identity theory to understand how attitudes have changed in the eight-year period. I first provide a firm grounding in the social contact and social identity literature, analyze the race/attitudinal data, and finally show how both social identity and social …
Patient And Provider Attitudes Toward Genomic Testing For Prostate Cancer Susceptibility: A Mixed Method Study, Wendy C. Birmingham, Neeraj Agarwal, Wendy Kohlmann, Lisa G. Aspinwall, Mary Wang, Jay Bishoff, Christopher Decket, Anita Y. Kinney
Patient And Provider Attitudes Toward Genomic Testing For Prostate Cancer Susceptibility: A Mixed Method Study, Wendy C. Birmingham, Neeraj Agarwal, Wendy Kohlmann, Lisa G. Aspinwall, Mary Wang, Jay Bishoff, Christopher Decket, Anita Y. Kinney
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Background: The strong association between family history and prostate cancer (PCa) suggests a significant genetic contribution, yet specific highly penetrant PCa susceptibility genes have not been identified. Certain single-nucleotide-polymorphisms have been found to correlate with PCa risk; however uncertainty remains regarding their clinical utility and how to best incorporate this information into clinical decision-making. Genetic testing is available directly to consumers and both patients and healthcare providers are becoming more aware of this technology. Purchasing online allows patients to bypass their healthcare provider yet patients may have difficulty interpreting test results and providers may be called upon to interpret results. …