Browsing by Subject "Gender"
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Coaching Behavior: Any Consequences for the Prevalence of Sexual Harassment?
(2011)Coaches can easily dominate athletes and this unbalanced power distribution may be strengthened by authoritarian behavior; i.e. negative feedback, directive communication, coach-led decision making, task-centered role ... -
The experiences of sexual harassment in sport and education among European female sports science students
(2014)The study investigates whether sport is an especially risky environment for sexual harassment to occur. It explores female students' experiences of sexual harassment in organized sport and compares them with their experiences ... -
Information science instruction and changes in girls' and boy's expectancy and value beliefs: In search of gender-equitable pedagogical practices
(2013)In this study, which was situated in the context of information science instruction, data were collected twice using student self-reports to examine the effects of pedagogical practices on changes in boys' and girls' ... -
Organizational culture as a predictor of job satisfaction: the role of gender and age
(2010)Purpose - This paper seeks to examine how values comprising organizational culture impact on employees' job satisfaction, taking also into account their gender and age. Design/methodology/approach - The study took place ... -
The representation of phalli in Neolithic Thessaly, Greece
(2010)This paper is an attempt to elucidate a rather understudied aspect of Neolithic imagery from Thessaly, Greece, objects representing phalli, and at the same time to consider the possibility that gender was not a prominent ... -
School ethnocentric discourse and gendered bodies
(2009)In this article I consider whether the gendered construction of national identity is compatible with the aims of a democratic pluralistic education. Initially, I focus on how the concepts of 'gendered body' and 'citizenship' ... -
Stroke, obesity and gender: A review of the literature
(2011)Cerebrovascular disease constitutes one of the main causes of morbidity, disability and mortality worldwide. Obesity, a major health problem reaching global epidemic proportions, is also associated with morbidity and ... -
Twin studies in autoimmune disease: Genetics, gender and environment
(2012)Twin studies are powerful tools to discriminate whether a complex disease is due to genetic or environmental factors. High concordance rates among monozygotic (MZ) twins support genetic factors being predominantly involved, ... -
Verbal skills in children with ADHD
(2005)The present study examined whether ADHD children exhibit low verbal IQ (VIQ) and distinguishable test profile on the Verbal comprehension (VC) and Freedom from distractibility (FFD) factors, and whether gender influences ... -
Whole-body vibration training in middle-aged females: improving muscle flexibility and the power of lower limbs
(2015)Purpose: Physical inactivity in conjunction with biological aging may lead to a decline in flexibility and neuromuscular function, contributing to physical frailty and an increased risk of injuries. Although, whole-body ... -
Women as mentors in Greek educational leadership: Self-perceptions of women school counsillors and survival strategies in a male-dominated field
(2007)The paper presents the findings of a qualitative research that took place in Greece, concerning the status of female teachers in leadership positions and especially of women school counsillors. It focuses on gender issues ...