Book section · January 1, 2018
Over the past several decades, a new paradigm focused on cognition and culture has emerged in the social and behavioral sciences. The essence of this paradigm is two-pronged, emphasizing both the ways in which dynamic cultural themes become internalized an ...
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Book section · March 26, 2015
There are strong reciprocal relationships between health and human development. Developmental disabilities and delays in utero and in childhood are associated with compromised health at all later stages of life, including middle and old age. Conversely, ph ...
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Book section · March 26, 2015
Age is a personal characteristic, a base of stratification, and a characteristic of populations. This article covers the sociology of aging at multiple levels of social organization. Topics reviewed include the age structures of populations, the challenges ...
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Book section · January 1, 2013
The cross-fertilization of the sociology of mental health and life-course perspectives is a valuable and increasingly investigated research topic. Mental health is dynamic rather than static, and life-course principles provide conceptual and methodological ...
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Book section · December 1, 2011
Depression is the most prevalent psychiatric disorder in the older population. There is scientific consensus that depression results from social, psychological, biological, and genetic causes. This chapter examines the role of social factors in the distrib ...
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Book section · September 2, 2009
This article considers research in the field of stress and coping via a focus on three specific areas: theoretical models of stress and coping and of work-related stressors in particular; the assessment of strain in work contexts; and coping strategies and ...
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Book section · September 1, 2008
This chapter presents an interdisciplinary study on the links between religion and spirituality to health. It discusses the state-of-the science with regard to what is known about the links between religion and health. It reviews the major questions guidin ...
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Book section · January 1, 2008
This chapter contains section titled: Rational Action within Social Structures Meaning and Emotion in Social Interaction The Interplay of Affect and Instrumental Action Conclusions about the State of Sociological Social Psychology. ...
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Book section · January 1, 2007
Virtually all major issues in the study of mental health involve conceptualizing and modeling change. Social selection and social causation, estimating the effects of stress, identifying other antecedents of mental illness, examining the consequences of me ...
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Book section · December 1, 2006
This chapter examines the quality of life (QoL) among older adults. The vast majority of research on subjective well being (SWB) of an individual focuses on the relationships between objective life conditions and perceived life quality. A research model di ...
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