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Comorbidity of depression and substance abuse in adolescents

The population studied herein is the segment of adolescents whom not only struggle with substance abuse problems but also face depressive mood disorders.

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Environmental stressors and air pollution from cremation facilities in Portland

Urban or local environmental stress refers to the stressors that are present as a result of built environment and activities within an urban or local setting.

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Alfred Adler's theory of inferiority and personality development

Alfred Adler (1870 -- 1937) has been described as one of the founders of modern personality theory and psychotherapy (Hoffman, 1996, p. xviii). He was an Austrian psychologist and psychiatrist and studied at the University of Vienna (Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia).

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Defining abnormality through cultural and behavioral norms

An approach to abnormality begins with an exploration of normality. Abnormality can only be defined in opposition to normality. Put differently, the more normality is understood, the easier it becomes to distinguish clearly what is abnormal.

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Symbolic interactionism as explanation for social problems

No social theory can be applied with complete accuracy to any situation, because every situation varies, just as every person is unique.

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Durkheim and Allport's contrasting approaches to social theory

It shows them to be similar and different in significant ways.

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Janie Crawford's self-actualization in Their Eyes Were Watching God

Zora Neale Hurston's novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, is a story of self-actualization. a.H. Maslow, describes self-actualization as "What a man can be, he must be. (Maslow, 1943).

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National character studies and modern American identity analysis

National character studies were all the rage in the 1940s and 1950s. They arose during World War II, when anthropologists could not travel to their usual research haunts.

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Tim Kasser's research on materialism and human happiness

In his book The High Price of Materialism Tim Kasser asks what initially seems to be a philosophical, subjective question: what makes people happy? Kasser applies his knowledge of psychological methodology and data-gathering to this age-old query.

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Saudi employee motivation and performance in private sector firms

Saudi workers in the private sector in Saudi Arabia. This project draws on various primary sources and secondary sources. The primary sources consist of interviews and surveys I have conducted with Saudi employees and managers.

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