... is at this important juncture that cars and culture collide. With the broad explosion of automobile production in post-World War II America, the automobile had far-reaching societal and cultural impacts beyond the production lines in Detroit. In short, the massive increase in post-war automobile production fundamentally altered American Society. In post-war America the automobile would take hold ... age centered around a driver's license. This newfound freedom of teenagers and the subsequent concern of their parents lead to an increased concern regarding safety. As a result, high school...

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... as loneliness and depression and heighten emotional well-being, social adjustment, self-esteem, coping abilities and optimism. They further state that "retraditionalization" - which is "increasing reliance on cultural beliefs, customs, and rituals as a means of overcoming problems and achieving Indian self determination" (p. 34) - has been called essential to the revitalization of American Native communities. ... quality of life. Interventions Robbins, et al. (2001), in a study on techniques for multi-family psycho-educational group therapy, discusses "Project Eagle" for gifted American I...

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... treatment for a certain amount of time before they can care for their children without supervision by a caseworker. Child abuse results from a combination of personal, social, and cultural factors. These factors can be broken into four primary categories: intergenerational transmission of violence, social stress, social isolation and low community involvement, and family structure. There are four ... /substantiated cases of child maltreatment, reporting the number of children who die from maltreatment, reporting the characteristics of victims, perpetrators, and reports of abuse and negle...

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... indelible mark on America's social landscape. The baby boomers created pop culture and a new form of political activism (Breaux J. November 1999). Education, medical advances, and technology afforded more freedom and independence. Soon America will look different; the average age of the population will go up ... will not only create a sense of urgency to current issues, but also create a whole new set of aging issues. Among the many cultural contributions of the baby boomers along with the free love, the drug scenes and Grateful Dead ties, was the concept of generation gap ... they will...

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