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Focuses on positive dimensions of African American families. This book presents a complete assessment of black families. Cross-disciplinary in nature, it boasts contributions from such fields as family studies, anthropology, education, psychology, social work, and public policy.

Presents an overview of the field of marketing. This book offers a collection compiled by an international advisory board of marketing academics with contributions from scholars in the field, each covering research issues in particular areas of expertise. It is intended for advanced undergraduates, graduate students and academics in marketing.

An anthology on the role of communication in the construction and performance of sexualities in interpersonal contexts and in public discourses. It assists students in understanding the intersections of sexuality with other identity constructions. It facilitates students' awareness of and ability to recognize heteronormativity.

Brings together leading scholars on gender and education. This book offers a comprehensive overview of different theoretical positions on equity issues in schools. It covers sectors of education from early years to higher education; curriculum subjects; methodological and theoretical perspectives; and gender identities in education.

Readings in Family Theory is an anthology of classic and contemporary articles that demonstrate how theory fits into the overall process of scientific research on families. The book provides examples of the scholarly application of family theory to compare how people use similar processes in everyday life.

Provides both theoretical and practical guidance for students and researchers who need to transform the massive amounts of data collected through qualitative fieldwork into a coherent manuscript. This work uses examples drawn from various publications, including "Administrative Science Quarterly and Academy of Management Journal".

This Handbook provides an up-to-date discussion of the central issues in nonverbal communication and examines the research that informs these issues. Editors Valerie Manusov and Miles Patterson bring together preeminent scholars, from a range of disciplines, to reveal the strength of nonverbal behavior as an integral part of communication.

A collection of papers dealing with communications research. To mark the twentieth anniversary of the "European Journal of Communication", the editors have selected 21 papers that make interventions in the field of media and communications. This book will be a useful research text for scholars in this field.

In this work, the author explains how modern psychology found its language by examining the historically changing structure of psychological discourse and offering an analysis of the recent evolution of the concepts and categories on which the quality of psychological discourse depends.

Where an assumption of unidirectionality in causal effects is unrealistic, 'recursive' models cannot be used, and complex 'nonrecursive' models are necessary. But, many nonrecursive models are 'unidentified', which makes meaningful parameter estimation impossible. This book explains the concept of identification and the factors that lead to it.

In this book, the authors offer a set of principles and practical applications to help educators make a difference in their students' lives.

Asking the right questions is critical in focus group interviewing. This book describes a practical process for identifying powerful themes and then offers an easy-to-understand strategy for translating those themes into questions. Richard Krueger suggests ways of categorizing, phrasing and sequencing focus group questions.

Presents an equal balance of theory and direct applications in a non-technical, yet comprehensive format so that researchers of various backgrounds can use the reference either as a primer for understanding basic probability theory or as a more advanced research tool for specific projects requiring an understanding or application of probability.

Why are the media such a crucial part of children's daily lives? Are they becoming more important, more influential, and in what ways? Addressing such questions, this work presents cases to uncover how children weave together diverse forms and technologies to create a rich symbolic tapestry which, in turn, shapes their social relationships.

Presents a range of areas critical to any researcher or student entering the field. This book provides information on the foundations of research methods, including validity in experimental design, ethics, and statistical methods. It discusses design and instrumentation for methods that are particular to abnormal and clinical psychology.

In response to lecturer demand, this is a paperback edition of Scott McQuire's critically acclaimed exploration of the social spaces of modern cities.

Written for the doctoral graduate student, this book gives you the vital support to write your dissertation when you can't be on campus full-time!

Provides an overview of theories and research on interventions that address the social morbidities and mortalities of adolescents. This book covers social morbidities and mortalities of adolescents including unintentional injuries, suicide, smoking, drug and alcohol use, high-risk sexual activity, eating disorders, and mental health problems.

With the 'cultural turn', the concept of culture has assumed enormous importance in our understanding of the interrelations between social, political and economic structures, patterns of everyday interaction, and systems of meaning-making. This book helps you explore the implications of this paradigm shift.

Harry Truman was born on May 8, 1884. At the age of sixty-one, Truman was sworn in as the thirty-third president of the United States. This volume covers: campaigns, elections, and the Pendergast connection, Senator Truman, particularly his chairmanship of the Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program, FDR, and World War II.

Acts as a guide to conducting investigations under time- and resource-pressured conditions, equipping readers with the key skills and approaches for research designed to influence or inform development policies. This book also provides a critique of various methods and situates these approaches within 'real life' organisational settings.

Provides teachers with an understanding of ADHD and how it manifests in young children, clarifying the what, why, and how of inclusive strategies that work.

Extensively revised, this new edition provides the theoretical underpinnings of practitioner action research as well as the "how-to" information necessary for classroom application.

Bringing together a range of renowned scholars in the field, this book examines eighteen key issues within contemporary media studies.

Brings together some of the seminal interventions which have structured the development of stardom and celebrity studies, while crucially combining and situating these within the context of new essays which address the contemporary, cross-media and international landscape of fame culture.

Spark students' interest in math with intriguing and winning strategies that include animated learning icons, money-based systems, human number lines, "sweet" solutions, and much more.

Presents a method for the study of communication and negotiation in international interactions and provides students with the knowledge to conduct negotiations from a geocentric framework by integrating communication and international business perspectives.

Does counselling have to be long-term to be helpful? Should only women counsel women? How can you evaluate counselling? This book offers answers to these and many other frequently asked questions. It includes discussions that range over various aspects of counselling, from practical and theoretical to personal and ethical matters.

Clarifies the differences in patterns and processes of cognitive aging. This title provides a foundation for building a multidisciplinary agenda that stimulates further rigorous research into these complex factors.

This research-based study helps administrators create a school environment that responds to teacher emotions and results in higher teacher retention, instructional effectiveness, and student achievement.