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(PhysOrg.com) -- How Americans vote is strongly linked to their religious identities, but it is not an independent influence that transcends race, socio-economic class and gender, reports a new Cornell study. http://www.physorg.com/news178384744.html Other Sciences Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:30:03 EST news178384744 Adult mentors give teens a 50 percent greater likelihood of attending college.Mentorship by a teacher nearly doubles the odds of attending college for disadvantaged students.The students who need mentors the most are the least likely to have them. http://www.physorg.com/news176581151.html Other Sciences Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:30:04 EST news176581151 Gossip in the workplace can be a weapon in reputational warfare or a gift and can offer clues to power and influence not found on organizational charts. New research from Indiana University details how the weapon is wielded -- and its influence muted -- in a rare study that catches this national pastime on video. http://www.physorg.com/news175930314.html Other Sciences Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:00:01 EST news175930314 Being at the top has its perks, but new University of Toronto research shows people in positions of authority at work are more likely to experience certain psychological and physical problems that can undermine the health benefits associated with job authority. http://www.physorg.com/news175177314.html Other Sciences Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:40:04 EST news175177314 Racial segregation of schools, and thereby segregated neighborhoods, appears to be a leading source of academic achievement disparities between young black and white children, according to research by sociologist Dennis J. Condron of Emory University. http://www.physorg.com/news173609645.html Other Sciences Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:54:34 EST news173609645 (PhysOrg.com) -- Younger black women are more likely to have a regular doctor -- and are more likely to feel cared for by that doctor -- than younger white women and women of other ethnic groups, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln study shows. http://www.physorg.com/news172919986.html Medicine & Health Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:30:01 EST news172919986 (PhysOrg.com) -- In a study published in the most recent issue of the journal Sociological Inquiry, sociologists from four major research institutions focus on one of the most curious aspects of the 2004 presidential election: the strength and resilience of the belief among many Americans that Saddam Hussein was linked to the terrorist attacks of 9/11. http://www.physorg.com/news170070531.html Other Sciences Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:49:21 EST news170070531 Middle-aged men who strongly idealize masculinity are almost 50 percent less likely than other men to seek preventative healthcare services, according to a study -the first population-based analysis of men's masculinity beliefs and preventative healthcare compliance -to be presented at the 104th annual meeting of the American Sociological Association. http://www.physorg.com/news169147681.html Other Sciences Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:28:35 EST news169147681 A new study examining the interactions of black and white high-achieving students in elite, private high schools reveals how today's millennial generation is negotiating race, identity and academic success. In a paper presented Aug. 8 at the 104th annual meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA) in San Francisco, Michelle Burstion-Young, a University of Cincinnati doctoral student in sociology, says she is breaking new ground in sociological research - exploring culture and race in the leadership class of the millennial generation - in academically competitive environments where an achievement gap does not exist. http://www.physorg.com/news169119814.html Other Sciences Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:50:02 EST news169119814 Americans continue to pull away from organized religion, but the rate of departure previously reported may not have been as abrupt as originally thought, according to research to be presented at the 104th annual meeting of the American Sociological Association. http://www.physorg.com/news169052220.html Other Sciences Sun, 09 Aug 2009 15:57:59 EST news169052220 A widely publicized analysis of social network size, which reported dramatically increasing social isolation when it was published in 2006, has sparked an academic debate in the August issue of the American Sociological Review (ASR), the flagship journal of the American Sociological Association. http://www.physorg.com/news168623082.html Other Sciences Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:00:03 EST news168623082 The 24-7, wall-to-wall press coverage of the life, death, music, clothing, vitiligo, sex life, "dearest friends" and plastic surgeries of musician Michael Jackson raises the question, "What the heck is going on?" http://www.physorg.com/news166207506.html Other Sciences Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:46:04 EST news166207506 (PhysOrg.com) -- A committed two-adult household with strong religious values may reduce the likelihood that youths will commit acts such as assault, vandalism and theft throughout adolescence and into early adulthood, says a new study from Ball State University. http://www.physorg.com/news165161930.html Other Sciences Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:20:09 EST news165161930 African Americans are significantly more likely to be sanctioned by the United States welfare system than whites, according to research published in the June issue of the American Sociological Review, the flagship journal of the American Sociological Association. http://www.physorg.com/news163101495.html Other Sciences Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:58:45 EST news163101495 A new UCLA-led study challenges the popular perception that ethnic diversity is to blame for sectarian conflicts in Iraq and Northern Ireland, recent tensions in Tibet, and ethnic violence in post-election Kenya. http://www.physorg.com/news159109717.html Other Sciences Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:09:28 EST news159109717 Workplace diversity is among the most important predictors of a business' sales revenue, customer numbers and profitability, according to research to be published in the April issue of the American Sociological Review. http://www.physorg.com/news157732335.html Other Sciences Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:32:54 EST news157732335 Headlines tell us the nation is getting fatter, and that obesity has become an epidemic. But there is more to the story, according to one University of Houston sociologist. http://www.physorg.com/news156449671.html Other Sciences Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:15:05 EST news156449671 (PhysOrg.com) -- Teenagers in love may be less likely to get mixed up in crime and substance abuse, according to new UC Davis research. But while romantic love seems to help keep teens law-abiding, casual sex can mean trouble. http://www.physorg.com/news151779501.html Other Sciences Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:58:47 EST news151779501 Those who know someone who died in the Iraq War or 9/11 terrorist attacks are less likely to approve of President Bush's performance in office than people who have no such connections, according to new research from the University of California, Davis. The pattern holds true for Republicans as well as Democrats, conservatives as well as liberals, and across all races, ages, education levels and incomes. http://www.physorg.com/news136808755.html Other Sciences Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:25:55 EST news136808755