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Fear God, Not COVID-19: Is Conservative Protestantism Associated with Risky Pandemic Lifestyles?
(2023-02-15)Previous research has established attitudinal and behavioral health variations in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic, but scholarship on the religious antecedents associated with these outcomes has only recently gained ... -
The Legacy of Blood Atonement? Gauging Mormon Support for the Death Penalty
(2023-02-03)American support for the death penalty has declined over time, but conservative religious groups have exhibited more favorable attitudes toward this practice than their mainline religious and secular peers. Scholars have ... -
Effect of Dietary Geranylgeraniol and Green Tea Polyphenols on Glucose Homeostasis, Bone Turnover Biomarkers, and Bone Microstructure in Obese Mice
(2023-01-04)Previously, we demonstrated that the administration of either geranylgeraniol (GGOH) or green tea polyphenols (GTP) improved bone health. This study examined the combined effects of GGOH and GTP on glucose homeostasis in ... -
Racial Differences in Breastfeeding on the Mississippi Gulf Coast: Making Sense of a Promotion-Prevalence Paradox with Cross-Sectional Data
(2022-12-03)Breastfeeding is less prevalent among African American women than their white peers. Moreover, breastfeeding rates in the South lag behind those in other regions of the U.S. Consequently, various efforts have been undertaken ... -
Major Depression in Postpartum Women during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Can Social Support Buffer Psychosocial Risks and Substance Use?
(2022-11-26)Rates of mood disorders and substance use increased during the COVID-19 pandemic for postpartum women. The present study's aims were to: (1) examine the prevalence of major depressive disorder (MDD) in postpartum women ... -
Interactive Associations between Physical Activity and Sleep Duration in Relation to Adolescent Academic Achievement
(2022-11-24)Purpose: The present study aimed to examine independent and interactive associations between physical activity and sleep duration with adolescent academic achievement. Methods: This cross-sectional study used data from the ... -
Geranylgeraniol and Green Tea Polyphenols Mitigate Negative Effects of a High-Fat Diet on Skeletal Muscle and the Gut Microbiome in Male C57BL/6J Mice
(2022-09-27)Natural bioactive compounds are proposed as alternatives in mitigating obesity-associated skeletal muscle dysfunction. The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that the combination of geranylgeraniol (GGOH) ... -
Moving beyond living arrangements: the role of family and friendship ties in promoting mental health for urban and rural older adults in China
(Aging and Mental Health;Iss. 9, 2019-04-12)Objective: This study examines the interplay among living arrangements, social networks, and depressive symptoms among Chinese older adults. Methods: Data are derived from the 2014 baseline survey of the China Longitudinal ... -
Time-use Profiles, Chronic Role Overload, and Women’s Body Weight Trajectories from Middle to Later Life in the Philippines
(Journal of Health and Social Behavior;Vol. 60, Iss. 1, 2019-02-06)Although chronic life strain is often found to be associated with adverse health outcomes, empirical research is lacking on the health implications of persistent role overload that many women around the world are subject ... -
A National Study of Racial–Ethnic Differences in COVID-19 Concerns Among Older Americans: Evidence From the Health and Retirement Study
(The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences;Vol. 77, No. 7, 2021-09-21)Objectives: Concerns about coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are an important emotional reaction to the pandemic and represent a key pandemic-related mental health outcome. We provide the first population-based evidence ... -
What Could Interfere with a Good Night’s Sleep? The Risks of Social Isolation, Poor Physical and Psychological Health among Older Adults in China
(Research on Aging;Vol. 44, Iss. 7-8, 2022-01-07)This study provides one of the first population-based investigations of the longitudinal association between social isolation and sleep difficulty among older adults in China. We analyzed three waves of longitudinal data ... -
Double Burden for Women in Mid and Later Life: Evidence from Time Use Profiles in Cebu, the Philippines
(Ageing and Society;Vol. 38, Iss. 11, 2017-07-10)Using data from the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey (1994, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2012), we utilise latent class analysis to develop time-use class membership to characterise the degree to which women in ... -
Separated kin: location of multiple children and mental health trajectories of older parents in rural China
(Aging & Mental Health;, 2021-12-24)Objective: This study examines the longitudinal association between the location of multiple children and depressive symptoms of older parents in rural China, where massive rural-to-urban migration has profoundly altered ... -
Intergenerational Exchange of Resources and Elderly Support in Rural China
(The International Journal of Aging and Human Development;Vol. 83, Iss. 2, 2016-05-09)This study examines how parental investments on children affect elderly support, and how this effect is contingent on emotional closeness or parental authority. Data collected from 770 elderly parents residing in rural ... -
The Emergence of Educational Hypogamy in India
(Demography;57, 2020-06-10)With rising education among women across the world, educational hypergamy (women marrying men with higher education) has decreased over the last few decades in both developed and developing countries. Although a decrease ... -
Comparing same- and different-sex relationship dynamics: Experiences of young adults in Taiwan
(Demographic Research;Vol. 40, 2019-03-05)Background: Few studies of same-sex relationships are able to capture the dynamics of these relationships from formation to dissolution, and even fewer provide evidence on these dynamics in a non-Western context. Objective: ... -
Evolving parent–adult child relations: location of multiple children and psychological well-being of older adults in China
(Public Health;Volume 158, 2018-05)Objective: This study examines the interplay among intergenerational emotional closeness, location of multiple children, and parental depressive symptoms in the context of massive migration in rural China. Study design: ... -
Motivators and Barriers to HPV Vaccination: A Qualitative Study of Underserved Women Attending Planned Parenthood
(2022-07-15)Human papilloma virus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States. Disease-associated strains of HPV can cause genital warts and six cancer types. HPV-associated cervical cancer disproportionately ... -
Switching to a Standard Chow Diet at Weaning Improves the Effects of Maternal and Postnatal High-Fat and High-Sucrose Diet on Cardiometabolic Health in Adult Male Mouse Offspring
(2022-06-18)Cardiac mitochondrial dysfunction contributes to obesity-associated heart disease. Maternal and postnatal diet plays an important role in cardiac function, yet the impacts of a mismatch between prenatal and postweaning ... -
Predictors of Variations in Residential Water Consumption in Central Texas
(2022-06-03)Background: The 100th Meridian in Texas aligns with a corridor of large and rapidly growing urban areas with a growing water demand and limited supply. Understanding the variations in residential water consumption may ...
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