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Acta PsychologicaThe primary objective of this study was to investigate the influence of culture shock, acculturation strategies, and sociocultural adjustment on the perceived Turkish and English language proficiency of international students in Turkey.
Esra Tekel +5 more
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Overweight and Obesity Among Latino Youths [PDF]
, 2010 Highlights the prevalence of overweight and obesity among Latino/Hispanic youths, who are among minority groups at higher risk, by gender and nativity; consequences; and causes, including food and built environments, media influences, and ...
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STREETS AS STAGES: Traffic Enforcement and the Competition for Cultural Growth in China
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In keeping with China’s desire to build soft power to parallel its economic growth, the policing of city streets has moved to the forefront as a mechanism for moral regulation and improving urban prestige. Under pressure to civilize their citizenry, many Chinese cities have become entrepreneurial cities within a type of cultural growth ...
Gregory Fayard
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Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract Over the past three decades, Van Gelder's dynamical hypothesis has been instrumental in reconceptualizing the ways in which perception‐action‐cognition unfolds over time and in context. Here, I examine how the dynamical approach has enriched the theoretical understanding of social dynamics within cognitive science, with a particular focus on ...
Alexandra Paxton
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Clothing acculturation of North Korean female defectors in South Korea
Fashion and Textiles, 2018 The purpose of this study is to observe how female defectors from North Korea acculturate in South Korean clothing culture and to discuss possible policies to help their cultural settlement.
Jeyeon Jo, Jisoo Ha
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Statewide sanctuary policies and female homicide rates, 2016–2021
Criminology, EarlyView.Abstract The current study examines whether state immigration enforcement policies, such as sanctuary policies that limit local police cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, are associated with female homicide rates in the United States (2016–2021).
Kaitlin M. Boyle +3 more
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Contemporary Accounting Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper draws on the social control and sensemaking literatures to study how a Big 4 audit firm in the Netherlands sought to contest the national oversight body's inspection findings on one of its audit engagements. Our case study leads us to develop the concept of professional ambiguity to capture the multiple, coexisting meanings and ...
Wendy Groot, Dominic Detzen, Anna Gold
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VIEW OF THE OPERA IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE AS A PART OF ACCULTURATION
Zeitschrift für die Welt der Türken, 2011 When a society lives with a different society, they do an acculturation directly or indirectly in a process. However, acculturation can be used directly for a political purpose as a part of innovation.
Seyit YÖRE
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Borders and Blood Pressure: Understanding the Role of Acculturation in a Hypertension Diagnosis Among Hispanic Americans: 2014 California Health Interview Survey [PDF]
, 2017 Background: In the U.S. Hispanic population overall, heart disease is the leading cause of death. The prevalence of hypertension among Mexican American immigrants is lower than the general population, yet it is on the rise.
Juon, PhD, MSN, Hee-Soon +2 more
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