Robin A. Harper

TL;DR: The role of school engagement and the mediation effect of acculturation in predicting 1.5 and second-generation migrant adolescents' mental health and risk behaviors and the results are discussed in reference to current theories and research, as well as practical implications for prevention and intervention.

Abstract: For several decades, rather awkward and tense relationships exacerbated by common language miscommunications have existed between qualitative and quantitative researchers. These language barriers construct a huge divide, which results in a devaluation of research. This has been mutually destructive to qualitative and quantitative research, and to the advancement of science. The purpose of this End Note is not to offer linguistic solutions nor to introduce new terminologies, but to call attention to this problem and to initiate conversation among colleagues. What is the nature of this language “barrier”? First, similar terms, or in some cases the same word, have very different meanings when used in qualitative or in quantitative inquiry. Second, similar terms may have the same meanings but are determined according to very different research strategies in the two paradigms. Finally, there are terms that are particular to each paradigm, in both label and method of attainment, but that have an approximate parallel expression in the other paradigm. An example of the last is that the qualitative term saturation and the quantitative term statistical power are both indicative of the adequacy of the sample.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore how foreign workers' presence is redefining the identity borders of Israeli society and the challenges posed to Israeliness by the inclusion of first, 1.5 and second generation foreign workers in the Israeli polity.

TL;DR: The concept of time is a fundamental concept of social life as mentioned in this paper and it is an orientation opportunity, allowing individuals to carve a place in that shared social space, allowing them to define their own orientation.