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The Impact of Family Leisure Activities on Health Status
No full textThe purpose of this research project was to examine if gender differences exist among college students in their participation in family leisure activities. Our project further investigated if differences in family leisure patterns between males and females also impacted their health status. A questionnaire was conducted that assessed each student's family leisure routines/rituals and how these experiences may have influenced their family relationships and/or health. Survey respondents were asked questions regarding their health, physical activity, indoor and outdoor leisure preferences, activities regularly engaged with family members, and demographic information. To document various patterns among males and females, each participant was given three different categories (most common activity, second most common activity, and third most common activity) where they were able to describe in their own words their family leisure activities. This data was then condensed into the following groups: watching media, meals, outdoor recreation, indoor recreation, playing sports, travel or vacation, social, shopping, and other. To fully examine each participant's health status we assessed their body mass index (BMI) and had them complete the Family Support scale (Zimet et al., 1988). Participants reported that their health in general, was excellent (22.3%), very good (55.3%), good (21.3%), and poor (1.1%). This research has important policy and practice implications in better understanding the impact of family leisure activities on health and whether gender differences exist between leisure activities.Submitted by Heidi Johnson ([email protected]) on 2015-06-08T14:58:15Z
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Stories about Aaron Antonovsky - the original author of Salutogenesis (Plenary)
No full textPlenary session dedicated to the original author of the salutogenesis, Aaron AntonovskySessió plenària dedicada a l'autor original de la salutogènesis, Aaron Antonovsky6354.mp4
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Uncommon Sense (The Sociological Review Podcast) Season 4, Episode 4: Free Speech, with Aaron Winter
No full textThe Sociological Review Podcast: Uncommon Sense Free Speech, with Aaron Winter Aaron Winter, Rosie Hancock and Alexis Hieu Truong 27th June 2025 About How is the notion of “free speech” abused and misunderstood? What’s wrong with “debate me” culture – and with the value placed on appearing to be “controversial”? And what happens when people who are actually pretty powerful claim they “can’t say anything anymore”? Sociologist Aaron Winter, an expert on racism and the far right, joins Uncommon Sense to discuss all this and more. Showing what sociology has to offer to discussions of “freedom” often found in politics, Aaron describes how “free speech” has been invoked through the decades in North America and Europe, including in the victimisation narratives found in far-right discourse today. Plus, we reflect on the importance of no-platforming, and the need for critical thought when we hear that certain ideas are simply the “voice of the people”. Featuring discussion of Aaron’s work with Aurelien Mondon on “Reactionary Democracy”. Also: celebration of influential American sociologist Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, author of “Racism without Racists”, and the UK band The Specials
Aaron Copland collection,
No full textThe Aaron Copland collection consists of published and unpublished music by Copland and other composers, correspondence, writings, biographical material, datebooks, journals, professional papers, including legal and financial material, photographs, awards, art work, and books. Of particular interest is the correspondence with Nadia Boulanger, which extend over 50 years, and with his long-time friend, Harold Clurman. Other significant correspondents are Leonard Bernstein, Paul Bowles, Benjamin Britten, Carlos Chávez, David Diamond, Roy Harris, Charles Ives, Claire Reis, Arnold Schoenberg, Roger Sessions, and Virgil Thomson. The photographic collection of Copland's friend and confidant Victor Kraft, a professional photographer, forms part of the collection.Open to research.Access Advisory: Not all materials in this collection may be readily accessible; please request accessibility information well in advance of your visit http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/perform.contactCite as: Aaron Copland Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress.Composer Aaron Copland was born on Nov. 14, 1900, in Brooklyn, N.Y. From 1921-1924 he studied composition and orchestration with Nadia Boulanger in Paris. Copland was the recipient of the 1925-1926 Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, the first in music. Many awards followed throughout his life. Copland performed his own music as pianist and conductor and also conducted music of other composers. He was the author of articles and books and of oral presentations on music. He was also active as an administrator, founding festivals and concert series and in publishing contemporary music. Copland died on Dec. 2, 1990, in North Tarrytown, N.Y.Some mss. Gifts Aaron Copland ca. 1940-1970.Bulk of the collection Gift Aaron Copland 1989.Some mss. Gifts Nadia Boulanger estate July 18, 1980, and Mar. 6, 1981.Libretto material for The tender land Gift Erik Johns.Some mss. Gift Bennett Lerner.Sound recordings and moving images transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.Books from Copland's library transferred to Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division.1154 published scores by North and South American composers (not including Copland) located in Performing Arts Library in the New York Public Library a microfilm is available in the Library of Congress Performing Arts Reading Room: Microfilm 93/20010.Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Performing Arts Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu00200
Aaron Kramer (1921-1997) papers, undated, 1943-1968
No full textThe collection documents the life and work of American poet Aaron Kramer through biographical sketches, copies of his poetry, as well as a copy of his Master of Arts thesis for the faculty of Brooklyn College.Published citations should take the following form: Identification of item, date (if known); Aaron Kramer (1921-1997) Papers; P-533; box number; folder number; American Jewish Historical Society, Boston, MA and New York, NY.Gift of the author,Poet, translator, and professor, Aaron Kramer was born on December 13, 1921, in Brooklyn, NY. Kramer is identified with the literary circles of New York City throughout the mid-20th century where his work focused on the role of poet as critic of society and voice of resistance towards injustice. His major works include poems in the compilations, Seven Poets in Search of an Answer (1941) and The Tune of the Calliope: Poems and Drawings of New York; his translations of poems from the Holocaust, and scholarly studies, such as, The Prophetic Tradition in American Poetry (1968).Finding Aid available in Reading Room and on Internet
Aaron Abbott
No full textPhotograph of Aaron Abbott of Sulphur, OK, c. 1910-1918. He was a publisher and author of, "The Lure of the Indian Country" using the pseudonym Oleta Littleheart
The effects of the natural environment on attention and family functioning: an experimental study
No full textA large body of research has shown that exposure to the natural environment improves attention for individuals; yet few studies have explored whether a walk in nature is restorative for family members walking together and the aftereffects of the walk on family relationships. The current study utilized a within-subjects experimental design to: 1) explore the effects of a walk in nature compared to a walk indoors on individual family members’ attentional functioning, 2) examine the quality of family interactions after each walk, 3) test whether enhanced attentional functioning predicts improved family functioning outcomes, and 4) investigate the family benefits of long-term exposure to nature. Twenty-seven mother-daughter (10-12 years old) dyads participated in two counterbalanced experimental conditions – a 20-minute walk at an arboretum and a 20-minute walk at a mall (spaced one week apart); followed by a 10-minute family interaction task. Before and after each walk attention was measured using the Digit Span Backwards test; family functioning outcomes (in terms of dyadic cohesion, positivity, and negativity) were measured using direct observational coding methods. Study findings showed that exposure to nature restored individual attention, especially for mothers, and contributed to improved family functioning, including greater cohesion and less individual negativity. Findings also revealed that enhanced attentional functioning predicted positivity and negativity among daughters during the family interaction tasks. Finally, spending more time in nature per month was also a significant predictor of greater cohesion after the nature condition for both mothers and daughters. These findings indicate that a short-term exposure to nature can enhance attention for individual family members walking together as well as contribute to greater family functioning outcomes. Moreover, families who regularly spend time outside may also benefit from repeated exposures to nature.Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2019-05-01The student, Dina Izenstark, accepted the attached license on 2017-04-10 at 09:49.The student, Dina Izenstark, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2017-04-10 at 10:08.This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2017-04-10 at 11:11.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #10671 on 2017-08-10 at 15:05:20Made available in DSpace on 2017-08-10T20:32:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2
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Dark on the hill
No full text"Dark on the Hill" is a novel, set in the year 2010 in a pocket of Southwestern Pennsylvania, that follows a man named Bobby Patrick Miller as he copes with the influx of a recent natural gas drilling boom in his home town. Bobby encounters a mysterious new neighbor who helps him realize his new role in the community as his family farm undergoes rapid change and destruction.M.F.A.by Aaron Bigler Lefebvr
Slavic Studies and Slavic Librarianship in the United States: A Post-Cold War Perspective (Excerpts)
No full textThis article reprints excerpts from Aaron Trehub’s piece about the relationship between Slavic studies and Slavic librarianship in the United States in the immediate aftermath of the end of the Cold War. The author, who at the time was Slavic librarian and bibliographer (and former Soviet affairs analyst), notes that through a curious quirk of history, the collapse of communism coincided with the birth of a powerful new communications medium (the World Wide Web). Together, these geopolitical and technological developments have fundamentally changed librarianship in general and Slavic librarianship in particular. Trehub’s discussion of the various day-to-day difficulties experienced by Slavic librarians in the post-Cold War period pays special attention to the challenges that new information technologies create for patrons, as well as the instructional burden that this places on librarians. He suggests that excessive reliance on the Web may erode the capacity to reason critically, but admits that the longterm effects of digitization on education and research are unclear. In effect, Trehub’s essay provides the historical background for reevaluating what competencies constitute Slavic information literacy in the twenty-first century.PublishedYe
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