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Study finds social support key

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

It is not uncommon for prison inmates to experience religious conversions. Now a new University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) study, out in the April issue of the International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Cr ...





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No More 'Social Media,' More Single Log-ins for Multiple Platforms

Technology / Internet

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- As more people use social media platforms, they will begin moving away from using the term 'social media' in the new year, predicts Dr. Karla Gower, associate professor of advertising and public relations.


Patients with larger social networks may fare better after an operation

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 12, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A new study published in the February issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows that patients with a large support network of family and friends report feeling less pain and anxiety prior to having a surg ...


Social media and presidential election: Scientists examine impact of YouTube, MySpace

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 31, 2008 | popularity 2 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Dr. Paul Haridakis, associate professor of Communication Studies at Kent State University and a long-time scholar in the area of the impact of media on the political landscape in the U.S., is investigating the impact of hugely ...


Informal social networks better at encouraging Hispanics to prepare for disasters, study finds

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Lay health teachers who engaged Hispanics inside their social networks were more effective than mailers at encouraging participants to prepare disaster plans.


Physics rules network dynamics

Physics rules network dynamics

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (25) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to the workings of the Web, the brain, or a social network, physics finds universal truths.


Facebook profiles capture true personality, according to new psychology research

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Online social networks such as Facebook are being used to express and communicate real personality, instead of an idealized virtual identity, according to new research from psychologist Sam Gosling at The University of Texas ...


From terrorism to HIV, it's all about the network

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Similarities between webs of terrorists and networks of rescue personnel may seem unlikely. To an eclectic collaboration of engineers and social scientists, the connections are not only possible, but a potential ...


Loneliness can be contagious

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 4

Loneliness, like a bad cold, can spread among groups of people, research at the University of Chicago, the University of California-San Diego and Harvard shows.


Writing for Friends and Family: The Interpersonal Nature of Blogs

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 31, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Some bloggers publicly broadcast highly personal information across the Internet -- information usually found in personal diaries or private journals. Why do they do this?


Can thinking of a loved one reduce your pain?

Can thinking of a loved one reduce your pain?

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- "The very thought of you ... the mere idea of you" -- from the song "The Very Thought of You" by Ray Noble. Can the mere thought of your loved one reduce your pain?



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