Life News (Social & Behavioral Sciences)

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When millions of Americans do the laundry every week, one in ten forgets to take an important safety step – closing that container of detergent after use. As 2012 commemorates the 50th anniversary of National Poison Prevention Week (March 18-22), the American Cleaning Institute® reminds consumers about safe laundry practices.

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A new national study suggests that adults who receive an inheritance save only about half of what they receive, while spending, donating or losing the rest.

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The times are changing, and not necessarily for the better when it comes to giving back to society, according to 40 years of research on 9 million young adults. Since the baby boomer generation, there has been a significant decline among young Americans in political participation, concern for others and interest in saving the environment, according to a new study published by the American Psychological Association.

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Research on the voting behavior of petition signers suggests that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker faces a tough time in the June special recall election.

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This concise, straightforward guide is tailored to fit the individual learning styles of young adults while helping them manage their lives.

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Shyness may be the result of deficits in two areas of the brain, new research from Vanderbilt University finds.

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Scholars and community activists will examine the social, political and cultural implications of the 1992 Los Angeles riots in a daylong conference on April 28. The Young Oak Kim Center for Korean American Studies at UC Riverside leads the host consortium.

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More women are waiting to get married, but choosing not to wait to have children. That’s the conclusion in a new profile from the National Center for Family and Marriage Research (NCFMR) at Bowling Green State University. Researchers looked at data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Vital Statistics to investigate the trends in a woman’s average age at first marriage and first birth since 1980.

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Research has shown that youth violence is a major cause of injury and death among Latinos. However, there is little understanding of violent behaviors of youths within various Latino ethnic subgroups such as Puerto Ricans, Cubans and Mexicans. Lorena Estrada-Martínez, PhD, assistant professor at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, recently examined how family dynamics and neighborhood racial/ethnic composition and socioeconomic status (SES) impact youth violence among Latino subgroups. “Higher levels of youth independence can reduce the risk of violence in primarily Latino neighborhoods,” Estrada-Martinez says. “When we looked at the interaction between SES and autonomy, it was a different story. We found that as the SES of a neighborhood increases, high levels of autonomy became a risk factor for youth violence.”

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Children may perform better in school and feel more confident about themselves if they are told that failure is a normal part of learning, rather than being pressured to succeed at all costs, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association.

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Hunter DeKoninck, a senior at Wake Forest University, traveled to Northern Uganda last summer. There, he helped rehabilitate soldiers abducted into the guerilla leader’s rebel forces in the early 2000s – most of whom were children at the time of their abduction. Before “Kony 2012” generated international news attention and more than 50 million views, DeKoninck created his own YouTube video about his experience in Uganda, the struggles of people he met, and their attempts to move on with their lives. In “Post Conflict Reconciliation,” he aims to capture the essence of forgiveness.

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In celebration of National Agriculture Day on March 8, 2012, the Institute of Food Technologists is featuring two informational videos on IFT Food Facts to help consumers shop smarter whether it’s in the grocery store produce aisle or the local farmer’s market. National Agriculture Day is a day to recognize and celebrate the abundance provided by agriculture. Producers, agricultural associations, corporations, universities, government agencies and countless others across the United States join together on this day to recognize the contributions of agriculture.

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A new study by Georgia Tech's Maya Cakmak and Andrea Thomaz (School of Interactive Computing) identifies the types of questions a robot can ask during a learning interaction that are most likely to characterize a smooth and productive human-robot relationship.

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Members of the National Communication Association who are experts in crisis communication and emergency preparedness messaging are available to provide insight into disaster messages.

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Report identifies need for research on immigrants, not just ethnic minority populations.

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Children of recent immigrants are more likely to make sick visits to the doctor if their mothers see themselves as targets of ethnic or language-based discrimination, researchers at NYU report in a new study. Their research provides new evidence that perceptions of discrimination by a mother could have a negative effect on the health of her child within the first 14 months of her child’s life.

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UC Riverside graduate student Young Hoon Oh will attempt to summit Mount Everest in May as part of the fieldwork for his anthropology dissertation on the types of communities mountaineers create — both philosophically and experientially — and the transformation of Sherpa society after nearly a century of aiding hundreds of international climbers.

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In most cases, your profile photo on Facebook tells viewers what they need to know to form an impression of you – no words are necessary, new research suggests.

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Whether the team is winning or losing, sports organizations can successfully push the message and maintain a two-way dialogue with fans via social media, says U of A sports management professor Stephen Dittmore.

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Middle- and high-school students who bully their classmates are more likely than others to use substances such as cigarettes, alcohol and marijuana, a new study found.

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Men like to know when their wife or girlfriend is happy while women really want the man in their life to know when they are upset, according to a new study published by the American Psychological Association.

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Just a few minutes of listening to mainstream rock music was enough to influence white college students to favor a student group catering mostly to whites over groups serving other ethnic and racial groups, a new study found.

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With the time change just days away, a UAB pediatric expert offers tips on how to get children an hour ahead without affecting their sleep habits.

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A study co-authored by UT Dallas criminologist Dr. J.C. Barnes shows that the risk of problem behavior during childhood — particularly for boys — is greatly increased if children have genetic predispositions for these behaviors and if they are spanked by their parents.

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The National Science Foundation is funding research at the University of Arkansas to examine factors related to successful use of age-progressed photos in the identification of missing children.

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The new social science of restorative practices is effective in preventing and dealing with bullying problems in schools, says the keynote speaker at a conference on bullying at Southern Connecticut. State U.

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Peacekeeping operations grew in 2011, but at a slower rate than in previous years, according to a new report by the Center on International Cooperation (CIC) at New York University. The change was largely attributable to a decline in United Nations peacekeeping deployments last year. The findings appear in CIC’s Annual Review of Global Peace Operations 2012.

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Southern California cities are now significantly more multiracial than they were 20 years ago, according to a new USC analysis released Thursday. The percentage of multiracial cities in the five-county area climbed from 51.2 percent to 61.5 percent from 1990 to 2010, according to the report by USC’s Population Dynamics Research Group.

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Incivility in American society is on the rise and rude and disruptive behavior is increasing in colleges and universities. Boise State University’s Dr. Cindy Clark, founder of Civility Matters, can provide an overview of incivility in nursing education, discuss how and why faculty and students contribute to incivility, and describe a range of evidence-based strategies to recognize, prevent and address incivility in nursing education and practice.