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The purpose of the present study was to identify the presence of behaviors indicative of a potential eating disorder, and correlate these behaviors with both the individual’s self esteem scores and...

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Recent research has suggested that student evaluations of courses and professors are predicted by a variety of factors, ranging from rapport (Wilson, Ryan, & Pugh, 2010) to nonverbal behavior (Ambady...

The purpose of the study was to investigate how one’s race, religious background, socioeconomic class, and gender affect how likely one is to volunteer. In this project, prosociality is defined as how...

Illicit drug use and its reasons are the areas that many sociologists have not researched thoroughly. The importance of impulsivity in explaining the reason for illegal drug use is dependent on...

Latinx LGBTQ communities within the United States are largely underrepresented socially, politically, and economically. This particular group’s overlap of race/ethnicity and sexual identity...

At first glance, state stability seems to be on the rise in Colombia; however, closer examination gives rise to a two-Colombia model. The “Visible Colombia” is represented by the currently available...

There are about 750,000 predators online at any given moment of the day who are prowling the internet to gain contact with vulnerable children and to obtain an image and video materials of child...

This project explores the ways in which God is an on-going presence in changing times. Asking how the Church can best love those around it in the COVID-19 pandemic using the role of language as a...

Wear Justice is a social movement that exists to rethink consumerism through community. At its beginning in 2018, Wear Justice drew over a thousand attendees at Point Loma Nazarene University and has...

Nonprofit leaders are competing for limited resources; Boards of Directors who achieve their financial goals and social missions are standing in the winners’ circle. However, small-to-midsize...

Communication Studies: Fitspiration (fitness inspiration on social media), has been shown to cause body dissatisfaction. This study analyzed college women viewing fitspiration on Pinterest through...

This literature review intertwines therapeutic intervention theories with the importance of parental education in self-regulation and impulse control for preschool-aged children. The intentionality...

Fingerprints in many aspects of life as we know it, from political institutions, to societal norms and expectations, to art and culture. Because of this, women’s stories are often told by men. This...

Previous research has shown that people of color have been misrepresented in advertisements through stereotypic portrayals. This research paper focuses on those stereotypical portrayals within ads...

This project was designed to teach self-defense classes to refugee and asylum seeking women and found some important factors to consider when designing self-defense programs. It began by partnering...

The challenge of speaking the truth in love has been with humankind since the beginning. The earliest accounts of human interaction attest to the possibilities of interaction and communication going...

To participate in the ongoing history of how we communicate, perhaps we can look at this harshness and dishonesty as the grains of sand in our shells. We can respond by evolving the way the newspapers...

Why does conflict appear to be such a prevalent part of communication in our world today? Can we communicate without conflict? Why do many of us find it difficult to communicate about issues on which...

Why don’t we talk more about controversial issues in the church? Why are we quieter than talk radio hosts and news entertainment folk? They tell us who did it, why, and what they meant by it. The...

The Church of the Nazarene no longer belongs to the rich countries that once sent their missionaries to the third world, now she spreads the Gospel in the world of the poor of Africa, Asia and Latin...

As we look carefully at Christ’s strategy, we might consider that short-term opportunities such as Mission Corps serve the purposes of: 1) Acting as a prerequisite and apprenticeship for long-term...

Even though one of the main points of this paper is that training is crucial for the success of Christian missions, it cannot be seen as an isolated item. It requires vision, support, investment and...

Global interconnectedness definitely characterizes the third millennium. This has tremendous importance for Christian mission. Global “togetherness” is being fed by a number of factors: • The...