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.
Articles by leading sociologists in this special issue of the American Sociological Review provide insightful discussion of broad social trends over the past century and reflect on the state of society at the beginning of a new century and millennium.
In the case of parents wanting their children to share their religious beliefs, words may be just as important as actions, found a Purdue University study that looked at parents' influence on religious beliefs in young adults ages 18 to 25.
More than a third of single mothers who had been welfare recipients in February 1997 and who had worked in every month between that time and fall 1998 were still living in poverty, say University of Michigan researchers (Journal of Consumer Affairs).
Welfare mothers' wages grow very slowly over time; it could be that recipients' wages do not grow even when they work on a regular basis or that welfare recipients spend fewer years working than non-recipients and often work part-time when they do work.
1- Impact of gas prices on trade deficit and holiday vacation plans; 2- Role of the AIAW in women's basketball.
Critics charge that the 197-a process is simply too slow and the impact of the plans on city policies is meager; defenders counter that the process draws a broad spectrum of local residents into planning discussions and allows community boards to test their proposals in the political arena.
Environmentalists and the farmers who routinely have been accused of being the source of water pollution -- specifically the toxic algae bloom Pfiesteria -- may be allies in the fight to prevent pollution in the lower Eastern Shore's waterways.
University of Illinois at Chicago researchers today announced a database project that will make it possible to track assisted-housing units statewide and could encourage housing officials at all government levels to rethink development plans.
A major factor in the last two presidential elections, the Reform Party has the potential to do great damage to the Republican Party in 2000, according to a Colorado College political science Professor.
"Women in Antebellum Reform" tells the story of how thousands of women became actively involved in reform movements before the Civil War -- including temperance, charity for the poor, abolition and women's rights.
Wreath Layer or Policy Player: The Vice President's Role in Foreign Policy, by Paul Kengor, Grove City College political science professor, is being published by Lexington Books as part its Presidential Series edited by Alan Shank.
Boston University Professor William Anthony and his wife, Camille, co-authors of The Art of Napping at Work (Larson), have declared April 3, 2000, National Workplace Napping Day.
By the 1850's Americans were inclined to solve social problems locally rather than at the national level; the massive immigration of the Irish to the U.S. and England in the mid-nineteenth century snaps this into focus.
The American economy will expand at the same rate this year as it did last year, but growth will slow in 2001 as the Federal Reserve continues to boost interest rates amid rising inflation, say University of Michigan economists.
1- Philadelphia may be opening itself up to cost overruns in quest for new stadiums; 2- Teachers need to do more than just highlight "the most famous of the famous" during Women's History Month.
Incidents like the recent school shooting in Flint and the shooting spree in Memphis have sparked new calls for gun control, but policymakers shouldn't be hasty in making new laws and policies in response to singular incidents, says a University of Alabama at Birmingham criminologist.
The U.S. senatorial race in New York should be one of the most interesting races in the country, and one of the most expensive senate races ever, says a University of Illinois political science professor.
In recent years the Illinois caseload of foster children is down dramatically, many more children are finding permanent homes with relatives, and the state is being recognized with awards for its efforts.
By using a combination of X-ray diffraction, sequential acid dissolution and inductively coupled plasma analyses, Illinois researchers have established the source of raw material used in the manufacture of figurines and pipes at Cahokia (American Antiquity, 1-00).
Six Purdue University experts can discuss various aspects of crime and violence.
Stanford Business School research examines whether it is cheaper for interest groups to pour money into the campaigns of their favorite candidates or whether it would be more expedient simply to buy out incumbent politicians they do not like.
International support during the coming year will be critical to the future of Guatemala, where lasting peace remains elusive following the negotiated end to its bloody 36-year civil war, says author Susanne Jonas.
The political and social costs of going public with a complaint of sexual harassment are so great that few women actually seek the protection of the law, says a University of California, Santa Cruz, political scientist.
National Sleep Awareness Week, from March 26 through April 2, will offer a Saint Joseph's University psychologist the chance to spread the news about the importance of sleep and how best to obtain its benefits.
For expert analysis of all the key races, contact Washington State University political scientist Lance LeLoup.
Martha Stewart enjoys broad appeal because she offers her dedicated consumers the illusion of privacy, and she does so by employing a yearning for, if not an implementation of, that pre-technological house, says a Kent State University professor of history.
Presidential candidate John McCain is the clear front-runner in the battle for charismatic appeal, says a University at Buffalo researcher who studies the attributes of charisma and leadership.
1- Is it over for Bradley and McCain? 2- Pennsylvania should have moratorium on death penalty; 3- Six-year-old Michigan shooter can't be held responsible.
A book by a Swarthmore College sociologist says it is the violation of cultural taboos that ultimately triggers destructive confrontations between authorities and anti-system groups.
Leading American sociologists give practical prescriptions for a more perfect world based on solid social science research in the Jan. 2000 Contemporary Sociology.
Mothers who have alcohol and drug problems tend to be more punitive toward their children than women who do not have substance-abuse problems, according to two University at Buffalo School of Social Work faculty members (Journal of Studies on Alcohol).
More than 200,000 children are injured each year on playgrounds, and it's a problem that doesn't seem to be getting much better, says a Texas A&M University professor who helps set playground safety standards.
Long hours contribute to divorce but the evidence that long working hours are responsible for a couple divorcing is far from conclusive, according to a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign professor.
About 80 percent of Americans drive a motor vehicle daily; most of them fear an automobile wreck more than they fear being a crime victim.
The lessons from California's aggressive tobacco control intervention program, which has resulted in a continuing decline in adult smoking, may help to decrease adult smoking throughout the U.S., according to a study in the March American Journal of Public Health.
While America's crackdown on juvenile crime has nearly doubled the number of young people serving time in adult prisons, it hasn't solved any problems, says a Ball State University educator.
Teenagers who are regularly exposed to anti-smoking messages on television are half as likely to start smoking than those not exposed, reports an article in the March 2000 American Journal of Public Health.
The impact of John Bruer's new book "The Myth of the First Three Years" on child development and public policy issues is the topic of a symposium on March 13, featuring Bruer and a panel of national experts at Temple University.
Brigham Young University and Stanford researchers wanted to investigate whether men really are from Mars and women really are from Venus, and they found, at least among depressed individuals, that both genders are from earth (Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy).
The increasing availability of the Internet is helping to fuel a rapid growth in self-help groups, especially for people with diseases and problems viewed as very embarrassing (American Psychologist, 2-00).
The calls of animals separated from their group were assumed to be call-backs from the group to reassure the lost member, but research suggests the call-backs were more call outs from other lost members of the group (Journal of Comparative Psychology, 3-00).
1- Sportsmanship classes for parents; 2- What's available to former welfare recepients beyond first job; 3- Importance of the first three years in development.
A new website that measures candidate preferences shows a lack of association between people's conscious and unconscious preference for presidential candidates.
During the 1984 presidential campaign, correspondent Lesley Stahl produced a 5-min. story for CBS News criticizing Reagan for deceptive image-making, but Stahl's analysis of Reagan was congruent with the positive images that illustrated the segment, says a Dickinson College political scientist.
Politics as theater was a topic of discussion among political pundits, even before Ronald Reagan made his first run; now, an Agnes Scott College professor is taking a close look at campaigning as theater.
Seventy percent of socially phobic children who engage in a new behavioral treatment program improve to the extent that they are similar to children who have never had the disorder, shows a University of Maryland study.
A University of Arkansas professor examines the death penalty's form and function and finds it grounded in the ritual of "terror management" instead of rationality (University of California-Davis Law Review).
A Rhodes College professor of international studies is one of America's leading scholars on U.S.-Taiwan-China relations and can provide analysis of a number of policy issues.
Effective cooperation among police, prosecutors and professionals in child protective services, not courtroom testimony, may be the key to convicting child molesters, say University of Michigan and Western Michigan University researchers (Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal).
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