AABSS Journal

Electronic Journal of the

American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences

Volume 16, Spring 2013

Lorenzo Cherubini, Editor

CONTENTS

Promoting Engagement: Sustaining Conversations and Learning

Lorenzo Cherubini

Editor

Immediacy Immediately

Christopher Gurrie

Cyber-Bullying and the Law: Are We Doing Enough?

Ian Fraser, Louise Bond-Fraser, Melanie Buyting, DAve Korotkov and Shannon Noonan

Female Circumcision: Alternative Rites and Advocating for Change

Robert Blair, Patricia L. Murray and Susan C. Foster-Cox

Mindfulness and Symptom Perception: A Test of Gibsbers Van Wijk and Kolk's (1996) Model

Dave Korotkov, Kayla Marshall, & Ian Fraser

Presidential Policy and Higher Education in the United States in 2013

Sandra Waldrom and Steven Permuth

Training and Mentoring Counseling Students for Leadership: An Ethical Model

Michelle P. Pointer, Brian K. Schmitt, Beverly O'Bryant, & Harry L. Legum

The Relationship Between Undergraduate and Graduate Students' Statistical Anxiety, Worry Levels, and Their Coping Skills Based on Age and Gender

Harry L. Legum, Brian K. Schmitt, Michelle P. Pointer, Rolande Murray, Beverly O'Bryant, Mary Owens-Southall, & Rhonda Jeter-Twilley

Political Affect

E. Hughes Shanks

Community Policing in New Haven, Connecticut and Richmond, Virginia: Articulation, Transmission, Awareness and Adoption of the Principles and Values of Community Policing

Michael M. Berlin