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Giving and receiving help in three contexts as predictors of alcohol outcomes in a longitudinal study of sober living house residents

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Although peer support is central to the social model approach emphasized in sober living houses (SLHs), no longitudinal studies have examined helping among SLH residents. This longitudinal study examined benefits of helping in three contexts among SLH residents. Data were from 205 participants entering 28 SLHs across 2021–2023. Interviews were
Sarah E. Zemore, Elizabeth Mahoney, Meenakshi S. Subbaraman, Amy A. Mericle, Douglas L. Polcin   +4 more
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Financial Crises, 1880-1913: The Role of Foreign Currency Debt [PDF]

What is the role of foreign currency debt in precipitating financial crises? In this paper we assemble data for nearly 30 countries between 1880 and 1913 and examine debt crises, currency crises, banking crises and twin crises.
Christopher Meissner, Michael Bordo
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National Disability Insurance Scheme and Quality of Life Among Carers of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder in Australia: A Thematic Analysis

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder in Australia have increased considerably in recent years. The current study investigated how the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) impacts quality of life (QoL) among carers of children with autism spectrum disorder.
Jesse Gerhard, Sharon L. Grant
wiley   +1 more source

‘People Need to Understand That They Are Stealing From Their Neighbours’: A Critical Media Analysis of the Representations and Resistance Throughout the Robodebt Scheme

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Robodebt scheme issued thousand‐dollar debts to an estimated half a million people who had received social security. The debts were largely inaccurate and illegal, with the aim of improving the federal government's budget. The 2023 Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme found that the stigmatising political and public language about ...
Ella Kruger, Phillipa Evans
wiley   +1 more source

Mapping Intimate Partner Financial Abuse Across Public and Private Systems

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article maps the ways that intimate partner financial abuse presents, and the range of public and private entities involved in its perpetration. It reports on an analysis of submissions by individuals to the Australian parliamentary inquiry into the Financial Services Regulatory Framework in Relation to Financial Abuse.
Adrienne Byrt, Kay Cook, Rachael Burgin, Georgina Dimopoulos   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing The Role of External Debt in Economic Growth of The Asean-4 Countries: An Empirical Study

International Journal of Management Studies, 2014
The Asian Financial Crisis in 1997 witnessed an episode of high accumulation of external debt among the crisis-hit countries, namely Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand. This leads to the issue of the role played by external debt in stimulating
Siti Nurazira Mohd Daud
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A CYBERNETICS APPROACH TO THE SOVEREIGN DEBT CRISIS [PDF]

Journal of Defense Resources Management, 2015
The purpose of this paper is to approach the sovereign debt crisis from a cybernetics perspective, as a system that includes several interrelated subsystems. We emphasize the dynamic nature and sustainability of the sovereign debt system.
Alexandra Maria CONSTANTIN
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Corporate Capital Structure Changes during Financial Crisis: Case of Polish Companies [PDF]

Managing Global Transitions, 2018
The paper is addressed to the subject of corporate capital structure (equity and debt relation) for Polish companies. The aim of the paper is to identify the changes in capital structure with regard to the recent financial crisis.
Elzbieta Wrońska-Bukalska, Kamil Mazurkiewicz   +1 more
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On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
wiley   +1 more source

This Way Down to a Debt Crisis [PDF]

, 2011
What will happen if the United States continues to ignore the size and growth of the national debt? This Way Down to a Debt Crisis is a "magazine from the future" that "reports" what might happen if the nation does not address the many dangers posed by ...

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