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The Right to Cultural Connection for Children in Out‐of‐Home Care: Does Australian Policy and Practice Adequately Support Cultural Identity for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Children?

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Development of cultural identity is understood to be central to well‐being; however, it is not always prioritised for children in out‐of‐home care (OOHC). This paper examines current policy and practice designed to support the cultural identity and connection of non‐Indigenous culturally and linguistically diverse children (CALD) in OOHC, who ...
Rebekah Grace, Megan Mitchell, Amy Conley Wright, Kathy Karatasas, Fay Hadley, Jioji Ravulo, Stacy Blythe, Adaora Ezekwem‐Obi, Manjula Waniganayake   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Survey on the Relationship between Religiosity and Quality of Life in Patients with Breast Cancer: A Study in Iranian Muslims

Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing, 2018
Objective: This study aimed to assess the relationship between religiosity and quality of life (QoL) in patients with breast cancer in a Muslim population.
Amene Zargani, Morteza Nasiri, Khadije Hekmat, Zahra Abbaspour, Shima Vahabi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Psychometric properties of two Islamic measures among young adults in Kuwait: the Sahin-Francis Scale of Attitude toward Islam and the Sahin Index of Islamic Moral Values [PDF]

, 2008
Given the importance of developing reliable and valid measures in the psychology of religion, and recent growing interest in developing empirical studies within an Islamic context, the present study discusses the properties of two specially designed ...
Al-Failakawi, Fahad, Francis, Leslie J., Sahin, Abdullah   +2 more
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Religiosity As a Moderator

, 2019
Does religiosity act as a buffer to all negative life circumstances? To explore this question, I study the relationship between income and happiness and I analyze the effect religiosity has on this relationship. I propose that income will have a bigger impact on the happiness of those who are non- or less religious compared to those who are very ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Intergenerational Family Relationships and Old‐Age Volunteering: The Perspectives of Older Chinese Immigrants in Greater Sydney, Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Embedded in the framework of intergenerational solidarity, this paper explores the interactions between older immigrants' participation in volunteering activities and intergenerational family relationships in the Chinese community in Sydney, Australia. The study investigates the effects of volunteering on the lives of older Chinese immigrants.
Bingqin Li, Yiran Li, Alan Morris, Youqing Fan, Xin Gu, Ilan Katz   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The prevalence of religiosity and association between religiosity and alcohol use, other drug use, and risky sexual behaviours among grade 8-10 learners in Western Cape, South Africa.

PLoS ONE, 2019
BackgroundAlcohol and other drug use (AOD) and risky sexual behaviours remain high among adolescents in South Africa and globally. Religiosity influences, mitigates and provides resilience against engaging in risky behaviours among young people but few ...
Joel Msafiri Francis, Bronwyn Myers, Sebenzile Nkosi, Petal Petersen Williams, Tara Carney, Carl Lombard, Elmarie Nel, Neo Morojele   +7 more
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Religious diversity, empathy, and God images : perspectives from the psychology of religion shaping a study among adolescents in the UK [PDF]

, 2012
Major religious traditions agree in advocating and promoting love of neighbour as well as love of God. Love of neighbour is reflected in altruistic behaviour and empathy stands as a key motivational factor underpinning altruism.
Alice Pyke, Batson C.D., Bowman E.S., Brokaw B.F., Chartier M.R., Coopersmith S., DeVellis R.F., Duriez B., Eysenck H.J., Eysenck H.J., Fitts W.H., Francis L.J., Francis L.J., Francis L.J., Gorsuch R.L., Jennifer S. Croft, Kay W.K., Leslie J. Francis, Penner L.A., Rushton J.P., Tisdale T.C., Watson P.J.   +21 more
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Don't Worry About Her; Intersectionality, and the Role of Systems and Structures in the Embodied Experiences of Young Women's Use of Violence

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Systems and structures designed to protect and support young people, specifically (in this paper) young women, are ironically the same systems that maintain gender disparity. Consequently, this has influenced the embodied identities of young women who experience and use violence. Such systemic and structural intersectionality has impacted upon
Louise Rak, Tamara Blakemore, Elsie Randall, Meaghan Katrak Harris   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Introducing the modified paranormal belief scale: distinguishing between classic paranormal beliefs, religious paranormal beliefs and conventional religiosity among undergraduates in Northern Ireland and Wales [PDF]

, 2009
Previous empirical studies concerned with the association between paranormal beliefs and conventional religiosity have produced conflicting evidence. Drawing on Rice's (2003) distinction between classic paranormal beliefs and religious paranormal beliefs,
Francis, Leslie J., Lewis, Christopher Alan, Williams, Emyr   +2 more
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Social Determinants of Health and Health‐Related Quality of Life: The Potential Mediating Role of Social Activities, Access to Medical Services, and Access to Social Services

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explored the mediating influences of access to social activities, social services, and health and medical services on the relationship between social determinants of health and health‐related quality of life. A survey of 602 adults was conducted in a regional area of Australia.
Candice Oster, Ashleigh Powell, Claire Hutchinson, Richard Leibbrandt, Svetlana Bogomolova   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source