El Hariri, Sadika; Mansour Ishrakieh, Layal; Dagher, Leila(2018-07)
The aim of this paper is to construct the first Financial Stress Index for Lebanon, dubbed the IFEFSI (Institute of Financial Economics Financial Stress Index). This is a broad coincident composite index that includes three ...
Melki J.P.; Hitti E.A.; Oghia M.J.; Mufarrij A.A.(ABINGDON4 PARK SQUARE, MILTON PARK, ABINGDON OX14 4RN, OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND, 2014)
This study examined the association between anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS) use and dominant sociocultural factors, specifically media exposure to idealized images of male muscularity, and mediated social comparison ...
Hanafi S.; Arvanitis R.(SAGE Publications Ltd; LONDON1 OLIVERS YARD, 55 CITY ROAD, LONDON EC1Y 1SP, ENGLAND, 2014)
This article aims at questioning the relationship between Arab social research and language by arguing that many factors including the political economy of publication, globalization, internationalization and commodification ...
The influence of Perfectionism, Self-esteem and Self-efficacy on Self-handicapping in studying was investigated in relation to individualism and collectivism in students in the United Kingdom and Lebanon. One hundred and ...
This article outlines a framework of creativity based on functional neuroanatomy. Recent advances in the field of cognitive neuroscience have identified distinct brain circuits that are involved in specific higher brain ...
A significant part of a modern war entails the struggle over news frames to influence public opinion. Studying these news frames in a comparative international context may offer insights into the factors behind frame ...
Becker M.; Vignoles V.L.; Owe E.; Easterbrook M.J.; Brown R.; Smith P.B.; Bond M.H.; Regalia C.; Manzi C.; Brambilla M.; Aldhafri S.; Gonzalez R.; Carrasco D.; Paz Cadena M.; Lay S.; Schweiger Gallo I.; Torres A.; Camino L.; Ozgen E.; Guner U.E.; Yamakoglu N.; Silveira Lemos F.C.; Trujillo E.V.; Balanta P.; Macapagal M.E.J.; Cristina Ferreira M.; Herman G.; de Sauvage I.; Bourguignon D.; Wang Q.; Fulop M.; Harb C.; Chybicka A.; Mekonnen K.H.; Martin M.; Nizharadze G.; Gavreliuc A.; Buitendach J.; Valk A.; Koller S.H.(SAGE Publications Inc.; THOUSAND OAKS2455 TELLER RD, THOUSAND OAKS, CA 91320 USA, 2014)
Several theories propose that self-esteem, or positive self-regard, results from fulfilling the value priorities of one's surrounding culture. Yet, surprisingly little evidence exists for this assertion, and theories differ ...
Hanafi S.(LONDON1 OLIVERS YARD, 55 CITY ROAD, LONDON EC1Y 1SP, ENGLAND, 2014)
In this article, the author surveys his own career to illustrate some of the dilemmas of research, especially when it assumes a critical and public face. He shows how his work on Palestinian refugees, their socioeconomic ...
Since late 2010, the Arab World has witnessed regime changes in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya; and revolts by Arab citizens are still underway in Syria, Bahrain and Yemen, along with reform initiatives at different levels. These ...
This paper is a synthetic piece drawn from my writings from the past 14 years on Palestinian refugees' problems. These writings were based on surveys among the Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) and ...
The majority of Palestinian refugees living in Lebanon lives in poverty. This can be observed across a number of socio-economic indicators such as low income and few assets held by the household, poor housing, poor educational ...
In the past two decades, Dubai has built a globally resonant place brand image out of an unknown location in the context of often negative regional associations. This case study addressed global news outlets role in mediating ...
When Aliaa al-Mahdy, a 20-year old student in communication at the American University in Cairo, posted nude photographs of herself on a blog she called A Rebel's Diary, she unleashed one of the most heated polemics to ...
Owe E.; Vignoles V.L.; Becker M.; Brown R.; Smith P.B.; Lee S.W.S.; Easterbrook M.; Gadre T.; Zhang X.; Gheorghiu M.; Baguma P.; Tatarko A.; Aldhafri S.; Zinkeng M.; Schwartz S.J.; Des Rosiers S.E.; Villamar J.A.; Mekonnen K.H.; Regalia C.; Manzi C.; Brambilla M.; Kusdil E.; Caglar S.; Gavreliuc A.; Martin M.; Jianxin Z.; Lv S.; Fischer R.; Milfont T.L.; Torres A.; Camino L.; Kreuzbauer R.; Gausel N.; Buitendach J.H.; Lemos F.C.S.; Fritsche I.; Moller B.; Harb C.; Valk A.; Espinosa A.; Jaafar J.L.; Yuki M.; Ferreira M.C.; Chobthamkit P.; Fulop M.; Chybicka A.; Wang Q.; Bond M.H.; Gonzalez R.; Didier N.; Carrasco D.; Cadena M.P.; Lay S.; Gardarsdottir R.B.; Nizharadze G.; Pyszczynski T.; Kesebir P.; Herman G.; de Sauvage I.; Courtois M.; Bourguignon D.; Ozgen E.; Guner U.E.; Yamakoglu N.; Abuhamdeh S.; Mogaji A.; Macapagal M.E.J.; Koller S.H.; Amponsah B.; Misra G.; Kapur P.; Vargas Trujillo E.; Balanta P.; Cendales Ayala B.; Schweiger Gallo I.; Prieto Gil P.; Clemares R.L.; Campara G.; Jalal B.(THOUSAND OAKS2455 TELLER RD, THOUSAND OAKS, CA 91320 USA, 2013)
Beliefs about personhood are understood to be a defining feature of individualism-collectivism (I-C), but they have been insufficiently explored, given the emphasis of research on values and self-construals. We propose the ...
Dietrich A.; McDaniel W.F.(LONDONBRITISH MED ASSOC HOUSE, TAVISTOCK SQUARE, LONDON WC1H 9JR, ENGLAND, 2004)
Exercise induces changes in mental status, particularly analgesia, sedation, anxiolysis, and a sense of wellbeing. The mechanisms underlying these changes remain unknown. Recent findings show that exercise increases serum ...
Hanafi S.(LONDON1 OLIVERS YARD, 55 CITY ROAD, LONDON EC1Y 1SP, ENGLAND, 2013)
This article argues that the Israeli colonial project is 'spacio-cidal' (as opposed to genocidal) in that it targets land for the purpose of rendering inevitable the 'voluntary' transfer of the Palestinian population ...
Harb C.; Fischer R.(HOBOKEN111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA, 2013)
We critically examine the three papers on terrorism and jihad in Indonesia contained in this issue. First, we argue that thorough discussion and definition of key terms (including religious violence and jihad) would have ...