On May 6, 2000, the Institute for the Study of Economic Culture at Boston University will host a conference on the ways that membership in multiple societies challenges traditional notions of citizenship and nationhood, assimilation and identity.
Thoughts and feelings Vietnamese Amerasians have about their American biological fathers play a powerful role in how well they adjust to life in the U.S., suggests Ohio State research (Journal of Community Psychology).
"Amos and Sadie's Farm: A Pathway to Safety" is the Amish Farm Safety Board Game; it is believed to be the only game of its kind that specifically addresses the cultural safety needs and concerns of the Amish community while teaching children to stay safe on their farms and in their fields.
While the fall of Saigon was a low point in American history, it helped set in motion the collapse of the Soviet Union 15 years later, according to Vanderbilt historian Thomas Schwartz.
All group members and leaders have a responsibility for group success and group failings and the rest of the organization does as well; everyone shares in the responsibility and everybody has to make it better, says Temple University professor Susan Wheelan, author of Creating Effective Teams: A Guide for Members and Leaders.
The use of a "time-out" may be an effective way to control behavior in the short-term, but it will not equip children to manage their own behavior as they grow older, says a Purdue University parenting expert.
Ohio State University researchers have found one explanation for why older adults tend to be more prejudiced than young people: they just can't help it (Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 5-00).
Playing violent video games like Doom, Wolfenstein 3D and Mortal Combat can increase a person's aggressive thoughts, feelings and behavior, both in laboratory settings and in actual life, according to two studies appearing in the April Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
A new violence prevention program has been developed to be used in all parts of a child's world; Linking the Interests of Families and Teachers program has passed tests of effectiveness for stopping aggressive behavior and violence in elementary school children (Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 4-00).
The Colgate University/Zogby Internatioal Upstate NY Poll is the first of its kind to gather upstate New Yorkers' opinions on a variety of topics, including work, quality of life, and how they feel about candidates running for President and State Senator.
Young fathers are being interviewed by Temple University researchers to learn what motivates them to become involved with their children.
Occupational therapy students at Boston University's Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences have begun a national initiative to raise awareness of violence in schools, violence at work, and road rage.
The Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis announces the Conference on Youth and Violence, a two-day event to be held in Chicago, which will address the widespread societal problem of youth violence.
In the agricultural world, the common belief is that a farmer's efficiency increases to its maximum in the middle years, and then decreases with age, but Cornell University researchers have found that a farmer's productivity has less to do with efficiency decreases as a farmer ages, and everything to do with using the latest agricultural technology.
1- Apathy on the 30th Anniversary of Earth Day; 2- Elian Gonzalez -- "The more you question a child the more you'll get the answer you want," says psychologist of video; 3- Is this a no-win situation for Janet Reno?
Harley-Davidson Barbie dolls helped one University of Missouri-Columbia professor prove reputation matters, at least on Internet auction sites like eBay.
In homes with wife abuse, children aged 14 and older are more than three times as likely to be physically abused than are younger children aged 1 through 13, a University of Washington study examining the risks of child abuse has found.
In developing countries, long-standing health and population-related concerns such as unwanted pregnancy, maternal and child mortality, and infectious diseases have been difficult to track. This is no longer true, thanks to a new computer program called the Household Registration System (HRS).
According to a national survey, 57 percent of Americans believe Elian Gonzalez should return to Cuba. The same percent believe that it's a moral rather than legal or political issue. UIC psychologist uses the Elian case to research public response to controversy.
Two researchers at the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory have used a computer model to look at the question of what females really look for in a mate (Evolutionary Ecology Research).
The desire for independence is the key psychological difference that separates religious and non-religious people, research at Ohio State suggests; while religious people show less of a desire for independence, they do not express a desire to be weak or submissive (Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion).
Members of the Court of Justice of the European Communities will make their first official visit to the U.S. to meet with Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court for frank and historic discussions on current European and U.S. constitutional issues.
Urban legends spread through the Internet like wildfire, misleading people and unfairly damaging corporate reputations, says University of Alabama at Birmingham marketing and Internet expert.
1- Trout fisherman can safely eat this year's catch; 2- Market may go up early but long-range forecasts are tough to make; 3- Temple has experts to talk about Columbine as the anniversary approaches.
The single greatest issue raised by families today is that they don't have enough time to spend as a family doing things they enjoy, according to University of Alabama at Birmingham developmental psychologists.
Lessons learned since Waco can help achieve a peaceful resolution of the situation developing in Miami over the fate of Elian Gonzalez, says Robin Wagner-Pacifici, Swarthmore College professor of sociology and author of a new book on standoffs between the state and anti-system groups.
Parents who take their families to religious services regularly may be helping their children develop aspects of spirituality that are associated with the choice not to become sexually active, according to a study in the April Journal of Adolescent Health.
April 9 marks the anniversary of General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox, Va., but 135 years after the end of the Civil War, an Arkansas professor is still helping put Confederate soldiers to rest.
Primatologists at the Yerkes Primate Center have found new evidence that capuchin monkeys cooperate to obtain food and share the rewards of their efforts (Nature, 4-6-00).
New ways to treat chronic pain, a condition thought to affect as many as one in four Americans at an annual cost in disability compensation and lost productivity estimated to be as high as $100 billion, are being found by University at Buffalo researchers (Spine).
American children between ages 5 and 12 spend some time home alone after school, but the average amount of time isn't much, only about an hour a day, according to a University of Michigan study.
Rulings by the Supreme Court and several lower courts have eroded the protections afforded to criminal defendants of a right to a lawyer after indictment, a University of Illinois scholar argues.
If you are trying to favorably impress a member of the opposite sex, how you laugh could play an important role in whether you are successful, according to a Vanderbilt University researcher.
A $4.1 million grant from the National Science Foundation is helping Cornell researchers harness new technologies to link disparate government-owned data bases and protect the essentially confidential data while making it available to economic and other researchers.
Hope, the shaggy, black, mixed breed dog whose Montana owner shot her between the eyes and left her for dead is now healed and will be returned to Bozeman for adoption; donations and support have poured in from throughout North America and Europe.
Shifts in American terrorism have affected the manner in which terrorists are prosecuted, the defense strategies used, the way they are perceived by juries and the extent to which they are punished.
The U.S. census has been the target of sharp partisan attacks over methodology; in Population and Development Review, the Census Bureau Director explains why neither the traditions nor the competencies of the Census Bureau are consistent with advancing a partisan agenda.
Join the Anthonys, co-authors of The Art of Napping at Work, and companies across the nation on April 3, 2000, National Workplace Napping Day, as they celebrate the health and financial benefits of workplace napping.
The American Psychiatric Association, in response to recent and upcoming entertainment television portrayals of violent acts by persons with mental illnesses, refers to its "Fact Sheet: Violence and Mental Illness."
With the launch of its new web site, the ASPCA is using the Internet to help animals; the site is designed to empower people to learn about animals' needs, advocate for better animal protection laws and find animal welfare support in their own community.
Illegal immigrants are climbing the economic ladder in the U.S., says a study on the occupational path followed by undocumented immigrants to the U.S. in recent years (Immigration Today: Pastoral and Research Challenges, Spring 2000).
Among American teenagers, birds of a feather do flock together, especially in the area of illegal drug use patterns of their peers, according to a study in the March Developmental Psychology.
Keeping one's mind on the road is as important as keeping one's eyes on the road, according to research in the March Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied.
1- It's unlikely Elian Gonzalez won't be reunited with his father; 2- Lack of child-care inspectors in Philadelphia; 3- Lawn care/gardening usually has a positive effect.
The Victims' Rights Conference, a free, daylong forum at the University of Maryland's Baltimore campus, will be held on Friday, April 14, as part of National Victims' Rights Week (April 9-15).
Speculation is running high about who George W. Bush and Al Gore will choose as running mates; candidates typically want running mates who can balance the ticket, says a University of Alabama at Birmingham political scientist.
Intimate partnerships between the races, estimated at more than 5 percent of all marriages in the U.S., are much more prevalent when cohabitation is also considered, according to a University of Michigan study.
Trying to determine why marriages flourish or end in divorce, University of Washington psychologists have refined a tool that predicts with 87 percent accuracy which newlywed couples will remain married and which will divorce four to six years later (Journal of Family Psychology).
To improve housing for the people of Reynosa, Mexico, an LSU professor had his architecture students build a model home -- a one-room house with concrete walls, a tin roof and a dirt floor -- which for many in the town of Reynosa is a dream house.
That attachment disorders, which prevent some adopted children from bonding with their parents, may be at least partially reversible is the suggestion from Texas Christian University research.
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