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In the study Furman and Collibee (2014) found that men and women engage in sexual encounters with different partners tend to decrease one’s self-esteem. Also, Walsh (1991) found that men had more sexual partners compared to women and men who were nonvirgins had higher self-esteem compared to everyone else in the study. In the current study, the effects of hooking up and self-esteem between men and women will be tested using a survey that involves Rosenberg’s (1965) Self- Esteem scale, as used in

most densely populated borough and is home to Central Park and most of the city 's skyscrapers. The borough is the financial center of the city and contains the headquarters of many major corporations, the United Nations, a number of important universities,

The Ethical Implications of Fictive Imaginings Kevin Miller University of Wisconsin-La Crosse   Ethics and Fictive Imagining, written by Brandon Cooke, examines the questions regarding whether or not it is ethically wrong to take pleasure in imagining certain things or to prompt these imaginings. Cooke’s thesis is that prompting these types of fictive imaginings is wrong only if these ideas are supposed to be acted upon in the actual world or reality. Cooke then examines what may or may not be

Exploring Depression Discussions: Understanding Communicative Strategies of Disclosure of Depression from College Student to Student Alexandria Costello University of Wisconsin-La Crosse   Exploring Depression Discussions: Understanding Communicative Strategies of Disclosure of Depression from College Student to Student College is a risky time for students’ mental health, especially depression, yet not all students are openly communicating about their struggles at the same rate. The role of communication

Proceedings of The National Conference On Undergraduate Research (NCUR) 2009 University of Wisconsin La-Crosse La-Crosse, Wisconsin April 16 - 18, 2009 Prison Culture, Education, and Recidivism Rates Caleb L. Fry and Lauren T. Rios Department of Anthropology Lake Tahoe Community College One College Drive South Lake Tahoe, California 96150 USA Faculty Advisor: Daryl G. Frazetti Abstract Given the number of inmates in the prison system and the high level of recidivism, it is important to seek out

Running head: MOTIVATION Motivation and the Reluctant Learner Jennifer F. Olivares University of Wisconsin – La Crosse Blended Learning Community, ME-PD Abstract Successfully motivating all students to want to learn and to work to their full potential is undoubtedly a complicated task. Motivation is impacted by a variety of internal and external as well as social and cultural factors and is unique to every individual. Several motivation theories exist to help better explain and understand

University administrators are interested in determining the average parking time (e.g. the time it takes a student to find a parking spot) of its students. An administrator inconspicuously followed 180 students and carefully recorded their parking times. Identify the sample of interest to the university administration. A) parking times of the 180 students B) parking time of a student C) location of the parking spot

Efforts are once again underway in the legislature to bring casino-style gambling to Texas. It’s an idea that has failed in recent legislative sessions, but backers are hoping they’ve found the right formula for success in 2009. There are many appealing arguments on the side of pro-gambling groups. Keeping gambling money that is now going to Louisiana and Oklahoma in Texas is one popular idea. Reviving the state’s horse-raising industry by allowing slot machines at racetracks is another. Some advocates

International Hemp Association Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) Cultivation in the Tai 'an District of Shandong Province, Peoples Republic of China Robert C. Clarke Naturetex International B.V. Van Diemenstraat 192 1013 CP Amsterdam The Netherlands Clarke, R.C. 1995. Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) Cultivation in the Tai 'an District of Shandong Province, Peoples Republic of China. Journal of the International Hemp Association 2(2): 57, 60-65. This paper summarizes the history of hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) cultivation

major areas of the corporate HR management involvement in corporate strategy formulation and implementation processes (Taylor Milorad M. Novicevic, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin – La Crosse. Michael Harvey, Dean and Hearin Chair of Global Business School of Business Administration, University of Mississippi, University MS, USA (e-mail: mharvey@bus.okmiss.edu). The International Journal of Human Resource Management ISSN 0958-5192 print/ISSN 1466-4399 online © 2001 Taylor & Francis Ltd