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Roommate assignments key in increasing interracial friendships in college
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 28, 2009 |
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White students generally increased their number of interracial friendships during their first year of college, while black students showed a slight decrease, according to a study at one highly selective private university.
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Campus diversity important predictor of interracial friendships
Aug 27, 2008 |
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One of the hopes of having diverse campus environments is that the daily interaction with students from different backgrounds will promote interracial understanding and friendship. A new study in the journal Social Science Qu ...
Women are best at being buddies
Mar 07, 2007 |
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A four-year study by sociologists at The University of Manchester has found that women are much more likely than men to make deep and lasting friendships. The investigation into social networks by the University's Research Cen ...
Friendship is mainly about 'me, me and me'
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Oct 23, 2009 |
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Young people mainly select their friends according to the image they have of another person, irrespective of whether the person concerned actually satisfies that image. Dutch researcher Maarten Selfhout has demonstrated that ...
Both gender and friendship can influence adolescent alcohol use
Nov 26, 2007 |
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Adolescents who drink alcohol, smoke and/or use drugs tend to have peers who do the same. A new study that looked at other factors which may moderate the influence of peers has found that gender, and gender of friends, can ...
Binge drinking due to ‘copying’ behaviour
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 24, 2008 |
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The rise in binge drinking in the young is a “fashion phenomenon” where drinkers are copying their associates’ behaviour, new research has shown.
No Facebook at work in most US companies
Oct 08, 2009 |
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More than half of US companies do not allow employees to visit social networks such as Facebook, MySpace or Twitter while at work, according to a new survey.
Probing Question: Are social networking sites useful for business?
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- If you’re reading this, odds are you have an Internet connection. And if you have an Internet connection, chances are good that you also have a social network profile. Facebook and Myspace — the two most ...
Government services for young people at risk of drugs misuse may be doing more harm than good
Jan 29, 2009 |
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Current government programmes aimed at reducing drug and alcohol use among young people may be ineffective and may even be doing more harm than good, according to a paper published today in Public Policy Research, the qu ...
Second Life data offers window into how trends spread
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jul 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Do friends wear the same style of shoe or see the same movies because they have similar tastes, which is why they became friends in the first place? Or once a friendship is established, do ...
Scottish mothers have fewer children than other UK women
Dec 07, 2007 |
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Fertility in Scotland is below that of other countries and regions in the UK. In comparison with their English neighbours, Scottish women leave longer gaps between their children and are more likely to stop at two children. ...
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