Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Current desires distort children's choices about the future

Psychologists looking at the largely unknown world of how children perceive the future have found that the youngsters' choices are warped when they are caught…

Social Sciences

Understanding Couple Sleep Dynamics: Insights from ‘Two in a Bed’

In his newly-released book, “Two in a Bed: The Social System of Couple Bed Sharing,” Rosenblatt examines the dynamic of couples sharing their sleeping space….

Social Sciences

Ensuring Women Access Business Loans: Key Research Insights

The research was conducted at the University of Glasgow and the University of Stirling. It aimed to determine the impact of gender on the lending decisions of…

Social Sciences

Teenagers’ diets are low priority for poorer families

In a paper published in Social Science & Medicine this month by Dr Wendy Wills at the University of Hertfordshire and a team at the University of Edinburgh,…

Social Sciences

Checklist improves assessment of aggressive boys' needs

Prolonged aggressive and disruptive behaviour in childhood is a strong risk marker for criminality and mental health problems in adulthood. Early…

Social Sciences

Texts to Reveal 'Whodunnit'

Psychologists at the University of Leicester are to investigate texting language to provide new tools for criminal investigation. The forensic linguistic study…

Social Sciences

Doing one's duty: Why people volunteer in a deprived community

While many volunteers may describe what they do as work, there are some key distinctions. Not least the fact that many volunteers are beyond the labour market…

Social Sciences

Doing One's Duty: Why People Volunteer In A Deprived Community

While many volunteers may describe what they do as work, there are some key distinctions. Not least the fact that many volunteers are beyond the labour market…

Social Sciences

Explore E-Type Data Insights with Professor Longley’s Research

Professor Paul Longley and his colleagues have assembled a range of private and public sector data sources to investigate three things: how we access new…

Social Sciences

University of Leicester Unveils First World Map of Happiness

Adrian White, an analytic social psychologist at the University’s School of Psychology, analysed data published by UNESCO, the CIA, the New Economics…

Social Sciences

Migration Trends: Insights from New Globalisation Booklet

Titled ‘Globalisation, population mobility and impact of migration on population’, the booklet brings together work done by Professors John Salt, of University…

Social Sciences

School Programs Reduce Aggression in At-Risk Children

A Cochrane Systematic Review that draws data from more than fifty different trials shows that delivering programmes in schools that specifically target at-risk…

Social Sciences

Training Parents to Tackle Child Anxiety Disorders Effectively

Providing psychological treatments for children under ten with anxiety disorders is problematic for health professionals, as the approaches that are most…

Social Sciences

Impact of Long Work Hours on Women’s Health and Habits

Researcher Dr Daryl O’Connor explains: “Women who work long hours eat more high fat and high sugar snacks, exercise less, drink more caffeine and, if smokers,…

Social Sciences

Regeneration schemes have done little to improve women's poverty

The studies, Addressing Women's Poverty: Local Labour Market Initiatives, and Connecting Women with the Labour Market, confirm that women are more likely than…

Social Sciences

Women from ethnic minorities face barriers to work in some areas

Although the proportion of women who hold good qualifications has been rising fast in almost all ethnic minority groups, this is failing to be reflected in…

Feedback