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Social Environment
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Definition of 'Social Environment'The aggregate of social and cultural institutions, forms, patterns, and processes that influence the life of an individual or community. Common names: Social Environment; Environment, Social; Environments, Social; Social Environments |
Friday, November 20, 2009
30 Oct 2009 
CONTEXT: The 5-HTTLPR polymorphism in the promoter region of the serotonin transporter gene (SLC6A4) has been found to moderate several categories of emotional response after stressful life events. Previous studies generally focused on its effect on ... Read more...
Observed behaviours of pre-term children in a social play situation with classroom peers.
29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: A number of studies have reported social adjustment problems in pre-term children. OBJECTIVES: To observe the pre-term's behaviour in an experimental situation and correlate these observed behaviours with the children's peer-rated social ... Read more...
Promising strategies for the prevention of dementia.
29 Sep 2009 The incidence and prevalence of dementia are expected to increase several-fold in the coming decades. Given that the current pharmaceutical treatment of dementia can only modestly improve symptoms, risk factor modification remains the cornerstone ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Social Environment'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Interactive effect of stressful life events and the serotonin transporter 5-HTTLPR genotype on posttraumatic stress disorder diagnosis in 2 independent populations. 30 Oct 2009
- Nondaily and social smoking: an increasingly prevalent pattern.
24 Oct 2009 - Observed behaviours of pre-term children in a social play situation with classroom peers. 29 Sep 2009
- Promising strategies for the prevention of dementia. 29 Sep 2009
- Increased personal space of patients with schizophrenia in a virtual social environment. 15 Sep 2009
- A developmental twin study of church attendance and alcohol and nicotine consumption: a model for analyzing the changing impact of genes and environment. 13 Sep 2009
- Sex-specific modulation of cell proliferation by socially relevant stimuli in the adult green treefrog brain (Hyla cinerea). Sep 2009
- Sex differences in the relative contribution of social and clinical factors to the Health Utilities Index Mark 2 measure of health-related quality of life in older home care clients. 31 Aug 2009
- Investigating the role of attachment in social comparison theories of eating disorders within a non-clinical female population. 30 Aug 2009
- Assessing differential effects: applying regression mixture models to identify variations in the influence of family resources on academic achievement. 30 Aug 2009
- The intergenerational transmission of parenting: closing comments for the special section. 30 Aug 2009
- The social conditions for successful peer education: a comparison of two HIV prevention programs run by sex workers in India and South Africa. 30 Aug 2009
- Clinical assessment of affective instability: comparing EMA indices, questionnaire reports, and retrospective recall. 30 Aug 2009
- 'We, the Congolese, we cannot trust each other'. Trust, norms and relations among traders in Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo. 30 Aug 2009
- Counting the dead and regulating the living: early modern statistics and the formation of the sociological imagination (1662-1897). 30 Aug 2009
- An examination of the overlap between genetic and environmental risk factors for intentional weight loss and overeating. 30 Aug 2009
- Competition affects food choice in women. 30 Aug 2009
- Stress-induced laboratory eating behavior in obese women with binge eating disorder. 30 Aug 2009
- Neighborhood food environments and Body Mass Index: the importance of in-store contents. 30 Aug 2009
- Contribution of athletic identity to child and adolescent physical activity. 30 Aug 2009
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Technical information about 'Social Environment'
Definition: The aggregate of social and cultural institutions, forms, patterns, and processes that influence the life of an individual or community.
Descriptor UI: D012931
Alternative terms: Social Environment; Environment, Social; Environments, Social; Social Environments;
Related Mesh Headings: Life Style;
Tree Number: I01.880.656;
History Note: 73(72)
Technical Notes: human & animal; no qualif; DF: SOCIAL ENVIR