University of Dayton sociologist and criminologist Art Jipson discovered in his most recent research that the homeless, along with everyone else, are turning…
Many elderly people spend their last years alone. Spouses pass and children scatter. But being lonely is much more than a silent house and a lack of…
While feeling invulnerable to physical danger can lead adolescents into risky behavior and negative outcomes such as substance abuse, perceiving themselves as…
The Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) in association with the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation), the French…
For the first time comparable migration data is available for almost every country of the world. To date, records were incompatible between nations and…
Not lying is regarded as a learned and well-known rule of honesty among 14 and 15-year-olds at Zurich’s high schools. Additional theoretical moral knowledge…
“Despite the name ‘social networks,' much user activity on networking sites is self-focused,” said Brittany Gentile, a UGA doctoral candidate who looked at the…
When working with disadvantaged children and assessing parenting skills, the competence of social workers is brought to a head. In these situations, they can…
Honour-related violence and oppression has become a social problem. But the phenomenon is far more multifaceted and dynamic than typically portrayed in media….
Many have spent decades in exile; many second and third-generation refugees have never seen the place which they are now expected to call home. Research funded…
It proved for the first time that this kind of training works. The largest impact was evident in training the strengths “curiosity”, “gratitude”, “optimism”,…
“If the world wants to mitigate dangerous climate change, the discussions in Rio have to go beyond the very broad sustainability issue and the very narrow…
Despite increasing numbers of multiethnic neighborhoods in the United States, relatively few black or white families are actually moving into these types of…
Generation X adults prepare an average of 10 meals a week, and eat out or buy fast food an average of three times a week, according to a University of Michigan…
The findings suggest that social and cultural factors, not just income, are central to marriage decisions. Men and women from the least advantaged backgrounds…
Girls are not as good at playing football as boys, and they do not have a clue about cars. Instead they know better how to dance and do not get into mischief…
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