Goal-setting and positive parent-child relationships reduce risk of youth vaping
Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, July 26, 2021 - Adolescents who set goals for their future and those with strong parental support ...
Tag: Social/Behavioral Science
Four themes identified as contributors to diseases of despair in Pennsylvania
Credit: Penn State Hershey, Pa. -- Financial instability, lack of infrastructure, a deteriorating sense of community and family fragmentation are ...
UMD Develops a DASH-Plus community-based hypertension management program for older adults
New USDA-NIFA funding brings together research, academics, and Extension to improve knowledge, access, and self-monitoring skills for hypertension managementCredit: Edwin ...
New study confirms relationship between toxic pollution, climate risks to human health
Credit: University of Notre Dame For more than 30 years, scientists on the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have ...
UMass Amherst professor honored for lifetime achievement in problem gambling research
Volberg leads studies on impacts of Massachusetts casinosCredit: UMass Amherst Not long after earning her Ph.D. in sociology and losing ...
Real-time stress detection devices could help fight alcohol relapses
Credit: Clara Hill, Washington State University Wearable devices can detect people's stress, according to new Washington State University research, opening ...
Which students are at most risk of mental health problems during COVID-19 lockdowns?
Credit: JCPP Advances A new study published in JCPP Advances has compared the wellbeing of UK students who remained at ...
Public trust in CDC, FDA, and Fauci holds steady, survey shows
But heavy users of conservative media have less confidence and are more likely to believe in conspiracy theoriesCredit: Annenberg Public ...
Improving access to mental health services in low-income communities
UH researcher: Communication, coordination, collaboration are keyCredit: University of Houston When it comes to improving access to mental health services ...
Untrained beer drinkers can taste different barley genotypes
Credit: WSU PULLMAN, Wash. - When it comes to craft beer, the flavor doesn't have to be all in the ...
Renewable energies: No wind turbine disturbing the scenery
KIT researchers quantify energy system costs for stopping further expansion of wind energy use in beautiful landscapesCredit: Photo: Markus Breig, ...
Cannabis: sexually diverse youths with depression use more
Credit: Université de Montréal It's no secret that studies show that sexually diverse youth - in particular, lesbian, gay and ...
Bats in Tel Aviv enjoy the rich variety and abundance of food the city has to offer
Just like humans:Credit: S. Greif. A new Tel Aviv University study found that, like humans, bats living in Tel Aviv ...
Scientists adopt deep learning for multi-object tracking
Their novel framework achieves state-of-the-art performance without sacrificing efficiency in public surveillance tasksCredit: Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology Computer ...