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King of the mat: Former elite wrestlers and perceptions of perfectionism and identity
(2017-05)
Research on perfectionism and identity is vast and has a significant focus on athletic and academic performance along with links to positive and negative mental health. The majority of research is quantitative and data is ...
Identity and home in three Caribbean authors
(2020-07)
The search for identity is a major theme in modern literature. It is particularly prevalent in societies that have historically been colonized where the colonizer has sabotaged the values of the colonized that are at the ...
Taiwan Domestic Politics - Political Corruption, Cross Strait Relations, and National Identity
(Oklahoma State University, 2007-05-01)
This thesis examines domestic politics of Taiwan with a particular focus on periods from 2000 when Chen Shui-bian was elected as president to 2007. Through better understanding the political parties, the political process, ...
Relationship between males' serious leisure and their conformity to masculine gender norms
(2021-05)
Social norms have influenced leisure participation. Serious leisure pursuits are affected by time constraints as they, by definition, involve time commitments. The goal of leisure is to quench a desire for a fulfilling ...
Agency and Identity in the Contact Zone: the Travel Writer and the Native in J.m. Synges The Aran Islands
(Oklahoma State University, 2010-12-01)
This study examines J.M. Synge's prose travel text The Aran Island, first published in 1907. It uses the tools of traveling theory proffered by scholars like Mary Louise Pratt as well as some of the post-colonial theory ...
Understanding the formation and maintenance of the conservative identity in Oklahoma
(2014-07)
This qualitative study explored how Oklahoma conservatives constructed and understood their conservative identities, as well as the ideas and people they attributed as influencing their identities. Drawing upon ethnographic ...
Exploring the multi-focus influence of identity on students' entrepreneurial intent
(2012-07)
Scope and Method of Study: Empirical studies examining the predictors of intentions usually focus on the effect a single identity has on intentions. Adapting Shapero's events model, the current study investigates the ...
Investigation of the identity trajectories of mathematics instructors participating in an inquiry-oriented professional development initiative
(2022-07)
The enactment of a large-scale, long-term professional development initiative designed to enhance participants’ knowledge base by influencing their identity trajectories as mathematics instructors is complex. Effectively ...
Language, identity, and voice: European perspectives on English as the international language of science
(2022-07)
Drawing on theories from Applied Linguistics research, this doctoral dissertation brings together European perspectives on language, identity, and voice in an examination of English as the international language of science ...
Viability of South American Regional Integration: Bolivian National Identity in the Integration Process
(Oklahoma State University, 2010-07-01)
Through the regional associations of the Southern Common Market, the Andean Community, the Union of South American Nations, the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas, and the proposed Community of Latin American and Caribbean ...