News tagged with cultural values

Why do some Mexican parents discourage teens' physical activity?

Imagine this scene: A teen who is about to enter college goes for a run or heads off for a game of soccer. But Mom and Dad complain about it, and the more physically active the teen is, the more the parents push back against ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Chinese-Americans don't overborrow, study finds

Bad mortgage loans and rampant consumer debt were two of the primary causes for the recent economic recession in the U.S. Despite a national trend of debt problems, a University of Missouri researcher has found one American ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Consumer sentiment shaped by differing cultural attitudes toward power

In the battle of egos, Donald Trump vs. Hugo Chavez might be a draw. But as symbols of power, each resonates differently with different cultures, as cultures nurture different views of what is desirable and ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 19, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

Family feud: US parents more likely to have conflict with adult children than European parents

Tolstoy wrote that every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way, and a new study in the August 2010 issue of the Journal of Marriage and Family finds significant national differences in the degree of conflict between older ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 26, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study Finds Narrowed Cultural Gap With Mexico

(PhysOrg.com) -- The cultural divide that has existed between the U.S. and Mexico is slowly diminishing, research by a UT Dallas professor finds.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

I feel like a different person

Scientists have long been interested in the interplay of emotions and identity, and some have recently focused on cultural identity. One's heritage would seem to be especially stable and impervious to change, simply because ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 14, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 2