Background: The current study looked at the interplay between group status (individuals who have become observant Jews later in life versus individuals born into Orthodox Judaism) and psychosocial measures, which include ...

Juvenile sex offending is a serious and growing problem in the United States, and has significant mental health and financial repercussions. Yet, to date, the etiology of this behavior has not been ascertained. The present ...

The partners of women with breast cancer are a major source of support for their significant others. This study examines the perceptions of both patients and partners as to how men can best provide this support. It asks ...

Many studies have examined the interaction of parent-child coping during a specific stressful medical procedure. However, no study has examined this dynamic in general coping with childhood cancer. This study explored ...

This study examined the role of social support in the HIV-positive female population with diverse ethnic backgrounds and the related implications for mental health. For this study, 479 women [language groups: English ...

This study examines stress and cardiovascular disease among young normotensive adults and CHD inpatients. It was based on archival data from the Friedberg, Suchday, and Srinivas (2009) study, as well as the Friedberg, ...

Family factors have been identified as contributing factors in relation to presence of child externalizing behaviors. The study objective was to examine the effects of parental discipline effectiveness, monitoring, and ...

This research tested predictions about indirect effects of family structure on adolescent substance use (tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana) through family process with data from four assessments of a multiethnic sample of ...

Objective: In individualistic societies where mate selection is autonomous, interpersonal attraction and love are considered to form the central basis for marriage, while, in societies like India that are more oriented ...