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Examines the online embodied experiences of gay men. At once scholarly and sensual, this unique book is the result of a three-year ethnographic study chronicling the activities on three distinct social scenes in the world of Internet Relay Chat - virtual spaces constructed by gay men for the erotic exploration of the male body.

Introduces students to the basics of structural equation modeling (SEM) through a conceptual, nonmathematical approach. Featuring examples from EQS, LISREL, and Mplus, this is a beginner's guide to learning how to set up input files to fit the most commonly used types of structural equation models with these programs.

Focuses on nonverbal messages and their role in close relationships - friends, family, and romantic partners. This book takes a functional perspective in its examination of how nonverbal messages work to signal affection, romantic interest, sexual attraction, dominance, and other roles.

Not everyone facing difficult life situations has the resources to recover. Many times, we must deal with these problems alone or without a wide base of support. This book guides individuals through the step-by-step process of developing the self-support system vital to the early stages of successful recovery.

Describes and illustrates how primary teachers can engage their students in social studies lessons and activities that are structured around powerful ideas and have applications to their lives outside of school. This book portrays the teaching that connects concepts and skills emphasized in national and state standards.

Takes a commonsense approach to getting the most out of the internet when it comes to finding reliable information on complementary and alternative medicine.

An essential review of the lifestyle marketing concept that will prove invaluable for hospitality and tourism professionals, instructors, and industry members.

Published posthumously, this volume gives the reader an opportunity to "listen" to Eysenck's integration of developments in several areas, including heredity of aspects of intelligence, and the role of DNA in behavioural influences which implicate the nature of intelligence.

This study illustrates the social and political principal that institutions matter. It explores not only how to get institutions to work efficiently, but also how to assess the proper relationship between institutions and development challenges through evaluative techniques.

Evaluates more than a century of empirical research on the effectiveness of small, task-performing groups, and offers a fresh look at the costs and benefits of collaborative work arrangements.

Gives language teachers, software designers, and researchers who wish to use technology in second or foreign language education the information they need to absorb what has been achieved so far and to make sense of it. Chapter by chapter, this book builds, through description, analysis, examples, and discussion, a detailed picture of modern CALL.

Describes and analyses the propaganda and violence of the four Cambodian parties to the 1991 Paris peace agreements. This volume explores Cambodia during the UNTAC period and sets the events within the larger context of Khmer politics, history and culture.

Presents a new method for critically evaluating arguments for relevance. This method enables a critic to judge whether a move can be said to be relevant or irrelevant, and is based on case studies of argumentation in which an argument, or part of an argument, has been criticized as irrelevant.

This volume offers an analysis of the factors which promote dilemmas during court proceedings and the interactional behaviours used by trial participants to navigate these errors. The analysis is based upon trials related to violent crime in courtrooms in Amsterdam, Utrecht and Haarlem.

Offers a step-by-step guide through a suspected Munchausen By Proxy (MBP) maltreatment case from initial grounds for suspicion onwards. This skills-based, practical book is generously enhanced with case examples, sample forms, diagnostic guidance, figures and representative management plans.

A study based on 150 life story narratives across three generations of 45 families who originated in the former British West Indies. It offers a perspective on African-Caribbean families, their history, and the problems they face. It traces the evolution of Caribbean life; and makes comparisons with Indo-Caribbean families.

Explores the inner world of the psychotherapist and its influences on the relationship between psychotherapist and patient. This title presents the history and status of countertransference, offers a integrative conception, and focuses on how psychotherapists can manage countertransference in a way that benefits the therapeutic process.

This revised textbook for courses on urban politics challenges the notion that the field is dominated by political economy, showing that despite the undeniable importance of economic issues, citizens do play a significant part in urban politics.

Takes a detailed look at the theories and empirically based information on the causal and recidivism problems youths with mental disorders face in the juvenile justice system. Experts comprehensively discuss the range of problems found in the assessment of mentally ill juvenile offenders and offer practical and effective treatment solutions.