It is often assumed by universities that entry-level students possess the skills necessary to use computing facilities effectively. Yet computer literacy amongst Indigenous students remains unacceptably low. In this paper a design for a computer literacy course is presented which endeavours to affirm the cultural values and identity of Indigenous students. It does this by drawing on Indigenous ...

Structural Modeling of Identity Styles with Tendency to High-Risk Behaviors in Students: The Mediating Role Alexithymia

the use of social network sites (snss) has been booming in the world and it represents the new way of social interactions. the reports of problematic forms of internet usage brought attention to this issue. current study examines the correlation between subscales of identity styles and social skills with problematic internet use among facebook users. furthermore, this study aimed to find the pr...

This paper addresses the role of ethnic identity in child development. We report on two school-based interventions with a focus on strengthening the ethnic identity of girls, one with a Hispanic population and one with an African American population. We also report on a study investigating whether parental ethnic identity plays a mediating role in African American parenting styles. The results ...

15 LEADERSHIP STYLES AND ITS IMPACT ON ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT A. Senthamil Raja1 Dr. P. Palanichamy2 Abstract The present study attempts to investigate the most preferred leadership behaviors among the transformational and transactional leadership styles and its impact on Employees’ organizational commitment in BHEL. For this study 158 sample respondents had been drawn out from among the Sen...

The terms Biker, Punk, Hipster, Goth or Surfer often spark visual depictions of individuals with very distinct fashion styles. These visually salient styles can provide insight into the social identity of an individual. However, despite its potential usefulness, little work has been done to automatically classify images of people into social categories. We tackle this problem by analyzing pictu...

This quantitative study investigates music and worship style preferences. A survey measured participants’ worship and music preferences in order to further examine the relationship between the two. Multiple and logistic regressions were significant indicating that preferred music genres can be used to predict one’s worship style preference. Further investigation used Social Identity Theory to e...

The use of social network sites (SNSs) has been booming in the world and it represents the new way of social interactions. The reports of problematic forms of Internet usage brought attention to this issue. Current study examines the correlation between subscales of identity styles and social skills with problematic internet use among Facebook users. Furthermore, this study aimed to find the pr...

Two studies were undertaken to examine parental influences on autonomy and identity development. In Study 1, 262 adolescents in seventh and eleventh grades were given Kurtines's autonomy measure, Simmons's identity measure, and Elder's questions regarding the adolescents' perceptions of their parents' autocratic, democratic, or permissive parenting styles. Study 2 was a replication with 168 sub...