This World of Words assignment was an exercise in enhanced lexical analysis and applied analytical thinking. Drawing upon the skills, insights, and research methods rehearsed over a series of short writing assignments, students were asked to compose a five-page analysis of a selected lexeme that examined its past and present histories, as well as its future possibilities. In “The ‘Feminine’ Ide...

Abstract In recent decades, because of the vast socio-cultural changes which occurred in Iran, Iranian women have experienced new values and identities and they have achieved more advanced education and consciousness, so that they oppose the gender stereotypes which attribute inferior characteristics to women and cause inequalities and limitations in their everyday life. Although gender stereo...

The current research examines whether self-consciousness subscales have prognostic value in the relationship between perceived norms and drinking and if that differs among college men and women. Results indicate that self-consciousness moderates gender differences in the relationship between perceived social norms and drinking. A strong positive relationship was found between perceived norms (d...

Increasing evidence suggests that individual differences in the reporting of microaggressions or subtle forms of everyday discrimination increases risk for poor health, but data on within-person associations between microaggressions and behavioral health outcomes is limited. This study examines the association between daily racial microaggressions and sleep disturbance and assesses whether the ...

Cancer patients often have to deal with numerous side effects and psychological distress during chemotherapy. Research highlights that dysfunctional metacognitive beliefs are the basis for the development and maintenance of emotional disorders. The present research is a first attempt to explore how metacognitions influence anxiety and depression in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. A sam...

This qualitative study examines the impact of working with intimate partner violence on therapists' marital relationships and gender identity. Data were collected by in-depth semistructured interviews with 14 experienced women social workers working in domestic violence treatment centers in Israel. Findings indicate that the boundaries between workers' private and professional lives are blurred...

प्रस्तुत लेखमा एकाङ्कीकार विजय मल्लको सत्ताको खोजमा एकाङ्कीको लैङ्गिक दृष्टिकोणबाटविश्लेषण गरिएको छ । जैविक लिङ्गका दृष्टिले नारी–पुरुषबिच ठूलो पार्थक्य रहे तापनि सामाजिकलिङ्गले उनीहरूको भूमिका निर्धारण गर्दछ एकाङ्कीका प्रमुख पात्रमा लैङ्गिकचेतनाको अवस्था पत्ता लगाउने, कारण सामाजिक भूमिकामा पार्ने प्रभाव तथा लैङ्गिकविभेद र शोषणको अध्ययन–विश्लेषण गर्नु यस लेखको उद्देश्य रहेको यो लेख गुणात्मक अनुसन्धानढाँचामा तयार पारिएको पुस्तक...

In adulthood, twice as many women as men are depressed, a pattern that holds in most nations. In childhood, girls are no more depressed than boys, but more girls than boys are depressed by ages 13 to 15. Although many influences on this emergent gender difference in depression have been proposed, a truly integrated, developmental model is lacking. The authors propose a model that integrates aff...