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Sleep disorders and academic performance in college students

There are a number of reasons that college students experience sleep disorders. A common problem is sleep deprivation and resulting excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS). Both biological and social factors can be at the root of the problem, the consequences of which may be serious.

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Constructivism and constructive psychotherapy: theoretical foundations and clinical application

Constructivism is a theoretical perspective that asserts that people attempt to make sense of the world by developing their own set of personal individualized constructs. Personal experience, interpretation, social context, and linguistic factors define a person's subjective reality.

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Developing survey instruments for measuring male body image concerns

The need for gender-specific survey instruments and measures of body image is clear, given that the same instruments and methods used to measure female body image likely do not apply to male subjects.

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Boroditsky's empirical evidence for linguistic relativity theory

Begley, S. (2009). What's in a word? Newsweek/The Daily Beast. Retrieved online: http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2009/07/08/what-s-in-a-word.html

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Diverting mental health crisis from the criminal justice system

The criminalization of the mentally ill is one of law enforcement's greatest challenges and tragedies. As Stephey points out, prisons have become the de facto mental health provider in the United States.

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Language, identity, and power in Anzaldúa's Borderlands

Language defines identity, and creates boundaries between self and other. In Borderlands: The New Mestiza, Gloria Anzaldua refers to the "broken" and "forked" tongues that represented the boundaries and intersections of social, cultural, racial, ethnic, and gender identities.

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One woman's experience with anorexia and early intervention

Participant's Experience: A Qualitative Research Reflecting How to Prevent Eating Disorders in Order to Support Current Patients

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Organizational politics and conflict in academic departments

The commentary of the article begins with the subject of the research in the article: Organizational Politics within Academic Departments. This subject is valid of research as it is a factor of which many students are unaware, yet are apart of and by which they are affected.

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The power and problem of Canadian feminist media

How does use of the media inform and propel the feminist movement in Canada? How is media used as part of the feminist agenda?

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Book illustration styles during the Pulp Era and Mid-Century periods

In the present moment, book illustrations can be a variety of types and styles, all of which have some historical basis in past illustrations. The period between 1929 and 1955 had two very different artistic styles in terms of aesthetic, subject matter, and technique.

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