Background: The risk of distress can persist from the time of cancer diagnosis and extends beyond the completion of treatment. The use of expressive writing could help individuals to cope with the impact of diagnosis. By doing so, expressive writing may improve their psychologica...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/14831
Aims: The magnitude of the present day hetero-sexual behaviour can be traceable to several factors ranging from the developmental increase in height, size and weight to the high libido, lopsidedness in societal values, modem technology, and individual’s psychological dispositions...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/13084
Burnout is a syndrome which results from a form of chronic stress associated with the frequent interactions and close contact with others. Teaching as an interactive and stressful profession is highly prone to burnout. Plethora of studies in the realm of teacher burnout demonstra...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/15162
In learning, motivation influences the direction, intensity, persistence and quality of learning behaviors in which students engage. To measure the motivation of students enrolled in undergraduate organic chemistry courses, a survey was developed to gauge student attitudes about...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/13790
This article presents the findings from a 5-week exploratory research project on micro-finance in Ghana. The aim of this project was to develop initial hypotheses that can be tested in a follow-up systematic research project. Our preliminary findings are that informality is a maj...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/12281
Aims: Tourism is a social phenomenon and a kind of measure of quality of life. Polish domestic tourism is developing along with the recreation since the very start of the process of dynamic development and mass popularization of recreational activity. It is also a rapidly growing...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/13374
Negative behaviors among youth, such as violence and bullying, continue to be notable public health concerns. Positive youth development provides a useful framework for reducing these behaviors by focusing on social competencies that can overcome risk factors by providing support...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/13265
Organizational commitment has become one of the most popular subjects of management studies in last decades. Identifying factors which affect organizational commitment is usually regarded as a fundamental step to attain success in organizations and particularly in universities. T...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/10030
Aim: To determine the awareness and knowledge of childhood diabetes amongst medical students and effectiveness of education on their knowledge. Study Design: A cross sectional study at the department of Paediatrics and child health of the college of Health Sciences, in a Nigerian...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/14368
Over the years, despite the fact that women constitute two-third of the teaching corps in Cameroon, there has existed gender bias in the appointment of secondary school principals. Today, there is awareness amongst politicians, women scholars and pressure groups alike, that the t...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/13018
This paper enters into scholarly debate and discussion about data, methodologies and theories within academic research. It proposes that critical and cultural theories and methodologies are not some isolated intellectual game. It explores how they are that, but they also offer us...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/11199
Aims: This study attempted to describe the prevalence and perception of hypertension (HTN) among consenting female adults in two rural communities on the Atlantic coastline of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria Study Design: This was a community-based descriptive survey design. Place and D...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/13560
Childhood insecurities may affect a wide range of personality development such as interpersonal relationship and self-esteem during adolescence. The present study explores the effect of childhood attachment on adolescents’ interpersonal relationship and self-esteem among undergra...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/13623
This paper reports on the effect of weblogging on Iranian English teacher professional development. Blogs, which are interactive, easy to access and manage technologies, enable ELT teachers to engage in online exchanges and to share information, consequently may improve their kno...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/12771
The Ghana School Feeding Programme-GSFP is one of the social intervention programmes introduced to improve the educational standards of rural communities in Ghana. The main objective of the programme is to motivate parents to enroll their wards in basic schools, improve attendanc...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/14271