Current efforts to prevent prescription drug misuse among young adults need to consider peers—but not peer pressure—according to a Purdue University study.
Social Sciences
Aug 16, 2014
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Some working parents are carrying more psychological baggage than others—and the reason has nothing to do with demands on their time and energy.
Social Sciences
Aug 16, 2014
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For decades, couples in which a wife had more education than her husband faced a higher risk of divorce than those in which a husband had more education, but a new study finds this is no longer the case.
Social Sciences
Jul 24, 2014
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As the United States grows more diverse than ever, organizations from Fortune 500 companies to political parties are scrambling to keep pace. But in doing so, they face the challenge of uniting people from very different ...
Social Sciences
Jun 24, 2014
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A new study suggests that having children is contagious among female high school friends during early adulthood.
Social Sciences
May 29, 2014
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A new study suggests that high-status female college students employ "slut discourse"—defining their styles of femininity and approaches to sexuality as classy rather than trashy or slutty—to assert class advantage and ...
Social Sciences
May 28, 2014
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Work-family conflict is increasingly common among U.S. workers, with about 70 percent reporting struggles balancing work and non-work obligations. A new study by University of Minnesota sociologists Erin L. Kelly, Phyllis ...
Social Sciences
May 5, 2014
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A new study finds that an increase in a municipality's homicide rate causes more elementary school students in that community to fail a grade than would do so if the rate remained stable.
Social Sciences
Apr 16, 2014
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When it comes to Oscars and some other Hollywood movie awards, who your friends are affects whether you win, according to a new study.
Social Sciences
Mar 13, 2014
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Have American jobs become less stable? Do workers change employers more frequently than in the past?
Social Sciences
Feb 5, 2014
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