Psychology, Social
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Alcohol expectancies among high school students in Inner Mongolia, China.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: This study examines differences in Chinese high school students' alcohol expectancies by drinking status (nondrinker, occasional drinker, regular drinker) and gender (male, female). METHOD: The authors administered the Chinese Adolescent ... Read more...

Acculturation and gender: influence on healthy dietary outcomes for Latino adolescents in California.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: Examine acculturation and gender on intention to eat a healthful diet among Latino adolescents using the Theory of Planned Behavior. DESIGN: Secondary analysis of data set and condensed version of the Short Acculturation Scale for ... Read more...

Socio-demographic correlates of fear of crime and the social context of contemporary urban China.

30 Aug 2009 Previous research in the West has established major socio-demographic correlates of fear of crime. The interpretation of these correlates is typically based on the concept of physical or social vulnerability of individuals. These correlates are ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Psychology, Social'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Alcohol expectancies among high school students in Inner Mongolia, China. 29 Sep 2009
• Acculturation and gender: influence on healthy dietary outcomes for Latino adolescents in California. 30 Aug 2009
• Socio-demographic correlates of fear of crime and the social context of contemporary urban China. 30 Aug 2009
• Sense of community in Hong Kong: relations with community-level characteristics and residents' well-being. 30 Aug 2009
• Global aging: challenges for community psychology. 30 Aug 2009
• International community psychology: development and challenges. 30 Aug 2009
• Rediscovering the individual in mediation analyses. 30 Aug 2009
• Epilepsy, psychosocial and cognitive functioning. 16 Jul 2009
• Newsmaker interview. Behavioral geneticist celebrates twins, scorns PC science. Interview by Constance Holden. Jul 2009
• Sex differences in intergroup competition, aggression, and warfare: the male warrior hypothesis. 30 May 2009
• The practice of psychological science: searching for Cronbach's two streams in social-personality psychology. 30 May 2009
• Reporting and interpreting research in PSPB: practices, principles, and pragmatics. 17 May 2009
• Inferences about mental states. 10 May 2009
• Chronic fatigue in adolescence--autonomic dysregulation and mental health: an exploratory study. 6 May 2009
• Social psychology as a natural kind. 4 May 2009
• The "fashion-form" of modern society and its relationship to psychology. 29 Apr 2009
• A melding of the minds: when primatology meets personality and social psychology. 26 Apr 2009
• CyberEurope. 30 Mar 2009
• Globalization, neo-liberalism and community psychology. 27 Feb 2009
• Effect sizes for growth-modeling analysis for controlled clinical trials in the same metric as for classical analysis. 27 Feb 2009

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Technical information about 'Psychology, Social'

Definition: The branch of psychology concerned with the effects of group membership upon the behavior, attitudes, and beliefs of an individual.

Descriptor UI: D011593

Alternative terms: Psychology, Social; Social Psychology; Psychologies, Social; Social Psychologies;

Related Mesh Headings: Race Relations;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: F01.829; F04.096.628.829;

Technical Notes: SPEC: IM, SPEC qualif; NIM coord, no qualif; DF: PSYCHOL SOCIAL