Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between academic stress and perceived resilience among social work students‚ and to identify social support as a protective factor of resilience on this relationship. A conceptual model of moderation was used to test the role of social support as protective. Methods: The sample consisted of 314 social work students (BSW=144; MSW=170) from three accredited schools/programs in the southern United States. Voluntary survey data
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8 17 20 23 -- Impact of social networking sites on our youth. * Addiction to social networking platforms decreases the net productivity. * Absence of meaningful relations between people: While social networking definitely helps us to keep a track of our old friends‚ the charm of the friendship in the olden days is forever lost. The relations these days are extremely superficial as the ‘friends’ list contains everyone from Parents to High school bullies. * A British anthropologist
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with many health related issues associated with aging. Medicare helps to insure that the elderly receive the care they need regardless of social class and income. The health care program not only helps the elderly‚ but it also provides insurance for the poor to ensure their physical well-being. Medicare is for those 65 years of age who are eligible for social security and have paid in to Medicare. Medicare consists of two types of coverage‚ part A and B. Medicare part A is the hospital insurance
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The Industrial Revolution The industrial revolution was an exciting time to be alive. Witnessing the world advance from the labor intensive past to the fascinating movements leading to the future over a few short years. This paper is a breakdown of the innovations that eased the lives of American families. At the start of the 19 century Richard Trevithick‚ inspired by Thomas Newcomen’s design of the low-pressure steam engine‚ develop the more accessible high-pressure engine. This new engine was
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connection between the usage of Internet and social isolation. In fact‚ this research also states that average access time which takes Internet users about three hours every day doubles the time of other things. For example‚ 8.7% playing games‚ 6.5% surfing and 4.3% shopping (Dixon 2005). Not only that‚ 54% students survey (cited in Zanetti 2006) said that instead of going out‚ they spent time on using Internet. The above evidence showed that there is lack of social relationships so that people can be isolated
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The Economic and Social Impact of Colonial Rule in India Chapter 3 of Class Structure and Economic Growth: India & Pakistan since the Moghuls Maddison (1971) British imperialism was more pragmatic than that of other colonial powers. Its motivation was economic‚ not evangelical. There was none of the dedicated Christian fanaticism which the Portuguese and Spanish demonstrated in Latin America and less enthusiasm for cultural diffusion than the French (or the Americans) showed in their colonies. For
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Marx has an impact on sociology and that his views open the door to study of one’s social class has direct influence on one’s life experience and changes. Marx lived in Paris from 1843 to 1845‚ he meets with other radical thinkers and revolutionaries. He made parents become a center of all things social political and artistic. All the social theories were not available in Germany were available for him in Paris. Marx end up meeting angles and was immersed into the Socialist world. His focus was the
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Mercenaries”. These men were hired by the British and made up a large portion of Britain’s mobilized armies (American). So who are these Hessian soldiers and how did they impact the British in the American Revolution? Every army has a beginning‚ and with the beginning comes rules to set it straight. The
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Social and Economic Impacts Of Haiti and Japan Earthquakes Haiti Social Impacts 3 million people affected Over 220.000 deaths 330.000 injured 1.3 million people made homeless Several hospitals collapsed Economic Impacts 30.000 commercial buildings collapsed Business destroyed Damage the main clothing industry Airport an port damaged Japan Social Impacts The disaster will weigh on Japan’s economic growth through negative impact on consumption‚ capex projection‚ and
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Impact of 100 % FDI in Retail Sector on Indian Market and Consumers ABSTRECT:- Foreign Direct Investment- “FDI is an investment which has involves the investment of foreign funds into enterprises that operates in a different country of origin from the investor”. The Indian government’s department of industrial policy and promotion has passed a proposal to allow up to 51% FDI in multi-brand retail and 100% in single brand retail. It is a measure of foreign ownership of domestic productive assets
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