News tagged with social status

New research links social stress to harmful fat deposits, heart disease

A new study done by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine shows that social stress could be an important precursor to heart disease by causing the body to deposit more fat in the abdominal cavity, speeding ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 5

Partner status influences women's interest in men

A study by Indiana University neuroscientist Heather Rupp found that a woman's partner status influenced her interest in the opposite sex.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 28, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (10) | comments 2

Adolescents involved with music do better in school

A new study in the journal Social Science Quarterly reveals that music participation, defined as music lessons taken in or out of school and parents attending concerts with their children, has a positive effect on readin ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 10, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Boy-girl bullying in middle grades more common than previously thought

Much more cross-gender bullying - specifically, unpopular boys harassing popular girls - occurs in later elementary school grades than previously thought, meaning educators should take reports of harassment from popular girls ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 09, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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