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Child sexual abuse's impact on at-risk youth behavior and prevention

Such a crime not only affects the child at the time the abuse occurs but also well into the future. For the purposes of this discussion we will investigate how the sexual abuse of children has an affect on at-risk youth behavior.

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Richard Sennett's theory of public and private life in urban society

Professor and author Richard Sennett is frequently depicted in biographies and scholarly journals as a left-leaning social science thinker whose writing, though sometimes brilliant and always original, is also on occasion confusing and esoteric, sometimes psychologically baffling.

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Multimodal therapy and cognitive-behavioral approaches in counseling

If the root of the problem is found in early childhood, and has expressed itself then or later, in an adult, then the author may treat the condition with the techniques of Egan, Hutchens or other cognitive-behavioral theories, chosing elements from them to bring the client back to a healthy state…

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Psychological trauma and displacement of children after Hurricane Katrina

Natural disasters hit without prejudice, devastating the rich and poor, black and white, etc. (Kahlenberg, 2005). When a major disaster, such as Hurricane Katrina, hits, it has an enormous impact on everyone in the path of destruction. And children are no exception.

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Negative role models in British reality television shows

Reality TV reinforce negative role models? Media effects the attitudes of society in many ways. It not only reflects norms, but also helps to shape these attitudes as well. Modeling is one of the most common means of learning social behaviors in humans.

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The role of teacher-student relationships in educational reform

We live in an era, which may be characterized as almost acutely education-conscious. Articles pertaining to different aspects of the educational process can be found in our local newspapers nearly on a daily basis.

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Elvis Presley: psychological analysis of fame and celebrity

The "King of Rock and Roll" may be dead from obesity and substance abuse, but his legend and legacy lives on in Graceland and among the legions of his fans that remain loyal to his memory and his music today.

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The role of social and task cohesion in team success

There has been a great deal of research dedicated to attempting to explain the role of team cohesion in team success or effectiveness.

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Human resource management in British and Hong Kong firms

The hardest biases of all to overcome are those of which we are not even aware of ourselves.

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Neoliberal economic models and human risk aversion in financialization

Financialization is a term that describes an economic system or process that attempts to reduce all value that is exchanged (whether tangible, intangible, future or present promises, etc.) either into a financial instrument or a derivative of a financial instrument.

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