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Modeling psychopathology: the role of culture in Native Hawaiian adolescents [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
This dissertation examines the unique history of Native Hawaiians and the literature on the sociology of mental health. It examines the role of Hawaiian culture, along with other structural and explanatory variables, in understanding the internalizing ...
Else, ʻIwalani R. Nāhuina
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Falling pupil numbers and school closures: Setting a research agenda for a new era of precarity

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the significant phenomenon of decreasing pupil numbers in England due to lower birth rates and the impact of a school closure on a school community. It then discusses how the sociology of education might research this major issue.
Eleanor Fagan, Alice Bradbury
wiley   +1 more source

Racial gaps without racism: How English universities frame inequality in access and participation plans

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Racial inequalities are pervasive in higher education despite concerted efforts to redress issues of access, progression and continuation. Little attention has been paid to how universities themselves construct race within their policy texts.
Benjamin Hart, Mirna Šumatić
wiley   +1 more source

Social capital and employability development among Chinese Mainland undergraduates in Hong Kong: An exploration of network dynamics, structural constraints and agentic practices

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Bourdieu's sociological concept of social capital highlights its significance in enabling individuals to access other forms of capital for personal advantage. In the literature on university students' employability, particularly that concerning international and non‐local students, social capital is widely recognised as a key asset, alongside ...
Fang Gao, Thanh Pham
wiley   +1 more source

The body, health, and healing in alternative and integrated medicine: An ethnography of homeopathy in South London

open access: yes, 2003
This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University, 07/02/2003.During the recent exponential rise in the use of alternative medicines (AM) in the West and increasing integration into the health service ...
Barry, Christine Ann
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Biographies, ontological security and the socio‐spatial politics shaping teachers' mobility in remote Australia

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The global teacher shortage continues to intensify, with disparate impacts across geographic and socio‐economic communities. In Queensland, Australia, where this study originates, post‐COVID teacher shortages have intensified workforce pressures, leaving several regional, rural and remote schools as some of the ‘hardest‐to‐staff’ in the ...
Matthew Readette   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development of the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) optimal short scale for Chinese children and adolescents: based on FasterRisk machine learning modeling

open access: yesBMC Public Health
Background Although the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) is a widely used tool for assessing anxiety, its 41-item format makes it a time-intensive method for identifying children and adolescents at high risk of anxiety.
Jina Li   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The New Heroes: Applause and Sensibilities in the Era of the COVID-19

open access: yesCulture e Studi del Sociale, 2020
Since the implementation of preventive and compulsory social isolation, every night at 9:00 p.m. thousands of Argentines applaud the health system personnel from their patios, balconies and windows in support of their daily tasks.The purpose of this ...
Adrian Scribano, Angélica De Sena
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‘…It was my choice to see how I can acquire this Western world education… and I'm happy…’: Structuration and the dialectic nature of being a Nigerian university student in the UK

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines the experiences of Nigerian cross‐border students in UK higher education, focusing on how colonial legacies continue to shape the interplay between structure and agency. Three key themes emerged in the analysis of the data: First, the persistence of a ‘West is Best’ mentality reflects the internalisation of colonial ...
Jennifer Marshall, Jack Bryne Stothard
wiley   +1 more source

Wybrane społeczne wyznaczniki jakości życia 50-letnich Polek w kontekście ich sytuacji zdrowotnej

open access: yesMenopause Review, 2010
Nowadays, the quality of life has become one of the essential issues that come up when the health statusof particular categories or social groups are discussed.
Małgorzata Synowiec-Piłat
doaj  

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