Life News (Social & Behavioral Sciences)

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Hoosiers may be a conservative bunch, but the majority support a sentence-enhancing hate crime law, say two Ball State University researchers.

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Today's active teens may love to surf the Net, but when it comes to clothing their bodies for school and sports, they head to traditional department or other brick and mortar stores, according to a national survey of 1,000 13- to 19-year olds conducted for the recent Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association's (SGMA) Super Show.

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A "structured snack" product, Lean On Me (tm), now undergoing a clinical trail at Baylor College of Medicine provides women with a new nutritionally balanced, good tasting way for losing weight and helping to maintain weight loss.

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Despite efforts by Washington, Russia's biological weapons program continues to be a cause for anxiety says a postdoctoral associate at the Peace Studies Program at Cornell University.

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Adults who lose their welfare benefits because they weren't following the rules are much less likely to be employed than are adults who leave welfare for other reasons like time limits or increased income, a new study has found.

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The National Association of Social Workers is cautious about President Bush's introduction of his faith-based initiative. President Bush minimizes the important historic and current roles that religious organizations have played and currently play in providing social services and charitable support to persons in need.

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More than one third of sexually active college students in a recent survey avoided telling their partners about previous sexual partners, according to a study by a researcher at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth.

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Football players taking part in next week's NFL Combine in will find scouts, coaches and even psychologists. Commonplace in corporate America, extensive mental and emotional screening has become an important part of NFL scouting. And with millions of contract dollars at stake, the rationale for screening is simple.

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Attaining popularity or influence and money or luxury is not what makes people the happiest and is at the bottom of the list of psychological needs, according to a new study. Topping the list of needs that appear to bring happiness are autonomy, competence, relatedness and self-esteem. (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2-01)

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A mentally disturbed man with a grudge against the IRS fires a gun near the White House.

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Black History Month: Story ideas from Georgia State University

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A new study conducted by Univ. of Arkansas psychologists suggests that the more people think about a situation in which they've been double crossed, the less likely they are to exact revenge.

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Valentine's Day: Feature story ideas from Georgia State University

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"It is ironic that no responsible fledgling business would proceed without a written business plan, yet families are ad hoc, informal and taken for granted," says a Purdue family expert. "Families need to take time to think through what they really want to do."

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Police officers and their jobs are more accurately portrayed in children's literature than by popular television shows, says a Ball State University study.

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Older adults having trouble using a mouse to perform computer tasks may be better served by using a pointing device such as a light pen, according to a new Florida State University study.

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If government subsidies are available for child care, then why aren't low-income families using them? This is one of the questions researchers at Temple University are hoping to answer.

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True or False: How you conduct your romantic relationship is a reflection of what you learned from watching your parents relate? The answer is false according to researchers at Iowa State University's Institute for Social and Behavioral Research.

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Unmarried people age 70 and older who lived with their adult children received about 40 hours a week of paid home care compared with 26 hours received by unmarried elders who were equally disabled and lived alone.

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A new study confirms what many experts have long suspected about how people use Internet news sites: Online readers tend to avoid ñ and insulate themselves from ñ the goings-on in the larger world around them. (Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 1-01)

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Valentineís Day is fast approaching, a time for romance and sex ñ and more than a few lies. The good news is that people say theyíre more honest when it comes to things that might threaten their partnerís health. (Journal of Applied Social Psychology, forthcoming)

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The University of Michigan Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG) announces its 2001 Media Award for Excellence in Coverage of Women and Gender. Submissions will be accepted for print and electronic (radio/television/on-line) media.

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A religious historian at the Univ. of Ark. contends that the split between black and white churches after the Civil War created not only a religious schism but also a social schism that eventually led to full racial segregation.

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How our brains respond to different environmental stimulus is in large measure a result of what type of personality we have, according to a new study that examines brain activity by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). (Behavioral Neuroscience, 1-01)

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1) Panel to dicuss multi-cultural education; 2) The XFL needs to be heavy on the football for fans to stay; 3) Temple's Frank Farley rates George W.'s personality on the "T" scale.

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An associate professor of sociology at the University of Arizona examined data from the 1998 National Congregations Study of 1,236 nationally representative religious congregations, and published the results of his study in the American Sociological Review in late 1998.

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The University of Wisconsin-Madison Trace Research and Development Center will demonstrate easy-to-use voting machine design techniques Tuesday, Jan. 30, during a Capitol Hill event focused on electronic voting technology.

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President Karen Hitchcock of the University at Albany has announced plans to create a Center for Jewish Studies that will eventually establish Albany as the hub of Jewish Studies for the State University of New York system and for public higher education in the Northeast.

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This semester at the University at Albany, six internationally recognized speakers-writers, scholars, policy experts, and labor organizers-will address cracks in democracy and the attempts to heal them in South Africa, Latin America, and the U.S. in the lecture series "Cultures of Conflict and Reconciliation."

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Most studies regarding domestic violence are strictly based on statistics and quantitative research? until now. A researcher at the University of Missouri Columbia has released her findings, which provide a more qualitative research approach to this problem.

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A severe shortage of nursing assistants and other personnel in nursing homes is resulting in more injuries, careless errors and deaths, risk of abuse and nursing home shutdowns, says a Cornell University gerontologist.

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Low-level noise in offices can result in more stress and lower task motivation, which may contribute to heart and musculoskeletal problems, according to a study by a Cornell environmental psychologist. (Journal of Applied Psychology)

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Young people are underrepresented on juries not because they don't want to serve, but because the need for day care and the potential loss of wages makes it difficult for them to do so, new research from a Swarthmore College political scientist shows.

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1) Bush's early days likely to be spent bridging gap between Congress and the country. 2) George W. will be scrutinized for nominations and Clinton's last directives. 3) Recent findings suggest that female medical technicians would benefit from improved supervisor feedback.

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When mothers of young children decide to stay in the work force or stay at home, their beliefs about the appropriate roles for mothers can be as important as economic factors in the decision, says a Wake Forest sociologist in a new book, "Women, Work and Family: Balancing and Weaving."

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If your performance is being judged by a boss or teacher who tends to be pessimistic, make sure you have his or her full attention. A new study suggests that pessimists can temper their negative outlook when judging others - but only if their mind is focused on the task. (Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 1-01)

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Links are provided to three new studies in the January 2001 issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology which show how positive and negative emotions affect us now and later. (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1-01)

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A groundbreaking, two-year nationwide study has identified some 300 Protestant congregations and 300 Catholic parishes as examples of local church excellence. Funded by the Lilly Endowment, the project was directed by an author who writes about religious belief and practice.

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Some have speculated that President Bush will rely heavily on his cabinet in the area of foreign policy by delegating much of that function.

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Is it "President" or "president" of the United States? While this appears to be an innocent inconsistency, researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia have found this inconsistency to be anything but innocent, and are calling for standardization in its usage.

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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 14 percent of children and 11 percent of adolescents are overweight. But putting these children on a diet can deprive them of important nutrients, says a registered dietitian at the University of South Florida in Tampa.

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A Cornell-sponsored conference "Gross National Product vs. Quality of Life: Balancing Work and Family," 1/29-2/2 at Bellagio Center in Italy, will "readjust the definition of success to account for time outside of work and satisfaction of life, not just the dollars-and-cents bottom line," says co-director Betty Friedan.

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To most, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day's single greatest importance is a break from work, an extra day off toward a "long weekend." Many Americans have lost sight of the cultural importance of the holiday, which is to pay tribute to the most important civil rights leaders.

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Millions of people have sought relief from trauma through a popular new form of therapy called EMDR. But an Arkansas psychologist claims this treatment amounts to nothing more than "pseudoscience." (Clinical Psychology Review)

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A child's likelihood of experiencing adjustment problems following divorce depends on the interaction of the child's temperament and the quality of his or her mother's parenting style.

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The National Association of Social Workers opposes the confirmation of John D. Ashcroft as Attorney General of the United States.

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How and for what will people remember President Clinton ten years from now? Five Michigan State University professors can discuss the lasting legacy of the Clinton administration.

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In recent years, propositions that might appear to discriminate against Latinos have been placed on ballots across the country. While some people try to stop such initiatives at the ballot box, a Southern Methodist University Law Professor believes there is another way to stop them: in the courts.

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A professor at Hiram College (OH) is studying the foraging behaviors of Capuchin monkeys for clues to how primitive man created and used tools.

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Cornell University rural sociologists, studying the impact of Hungary's Act 77, found that many Gypsy minority self-governments are the driving forces of local development and that local, social networks greatly influence the local government's activities. (Social Problems, 5-00)