Browsing Department of Sociology (UMKC) by Thesis Advisor "Smith, Deborah B."
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Health care access of Hispanic immigrants in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area
(University of Missouri–Kansas City, 2016)The purpose of this study is to discover what factors affect health care access for Hispanics in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The Hispanic population is the largest and fastest growing immigrant groups in the US and ... -
"Here's me in a nutshell": the textual performance of self in male online dating profiles
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-03-13)Online dating has fast become an acceptable avenue through which to pursue romantic partners in the United States. Approximately one it ten American internet-using adults--16 million people--have personally visited dating ... -
Motives Relating to Internet Usage Among Korean Adolescents
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2010)Previous studies have shown that the Internet influences adolescents' development and their lives. Adolescents' Internet usage is simultaneously affected by variables such as demographics, personal characteristics and ... -
Retirement Satisfaction of Married Individuals in the Health and Retirement Study
(2020)High levels of satisfaction in retirement are as much a guarantee as promising immigrants to the United States happiness in their new American life. The authors of the United States Constitution understood this concept and ... -
A Stress Process Model of Caregiver Depression in the Health and Retirement Study
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)This paper answers the research question, “What factors influence caregiver strain for an adult providing parental care”? Drawing on the stress process model and role theory, the three major conceptual domains of the ...