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Social networks and risk for depressive symptoms in a national sample of sexual minority youth

Hatzenbuehler, Mark L.; McLaughlin, Katie A.; Xuan, Ziming - In: Social Science & Medicine 75 (2012) 7, pp. 1184-1191

The aim of the study was to examine the social networks of sexual minority youths and to determine the associations between social networks and depressive symptoms. Data were obtained from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), a nationally representative cohort study...

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Willingness to use ADHD treatments: A mixed methods study of perceptions by adolescents, parents, health professionals and teachers

Bussing, Regina; Koro-Ljungberg, Mirka; Noguchi, Kenji; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 74 (2012) 1, pp. 92-100

Little is known about factors that influence willingness to engage in treatment for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). From 2007 to 2008, in the context of a longitudinal study assessing ADHD detection and service use in the United States, we simultaneously elicited ADHD treatment...

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Transition to retirement and risk of cardiovascular disease: Prospective analysis of the US health and retirement study

Moon, J. Robin; Glymour, M. Maria; Subramanian, S.V.; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 75 (2012) 3, pp. 526-530

Transitioning from work to retirement could be either beneficial or harmful for health. We investigated the association between transition to retirement and risk of stroke and myocardial infarction (MI). We followed US Health and Retirement Study participants age 50+ working full-time for pay...

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Revisiting “her” infertility: Medicalized embodiment, self-identification and distress

Johnson, Katherine M.; Fledderjohann, Jasmine - In: Social Science & Medicine 75 (2012) 5, pp. 883-891

Prior research emphasizes women's distress and responsibility for a couple's infertility because of gendered … reactions. We focused on differences in women's experiences with diagnosis and treatment, conceptualized as the medicalized … fertility-specific distress) in a sample of 496 heterosexual, U.S. women from the National Survey of Fertility Barriers …

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A qualitative exploration of adolescent perceptions of healthy sleep in Tucson, Arizona, USA

Orzech, Kathryn M. - In: Social Science & Medicine 79 (2013) C, pp. 109-116

Adolescents in the United States are known to be sleep deprived; early school start times, a biological propensity to stay up late, and a variety of wake-inducing activities lead to teens who often do not sleep enough. This chronic lack of sleep has measurable negative effects on health and...

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Rethinking gender and mental health: A critical analysis of three propositions

Hill, Terrence D.; Needham, Belinda L. - In: Social Science & Medicine 92 (2013) C, pp. 83-91

and mental health literature. First, women and men have similar or equal rates of overall psychopathology. Second …, women are more likely to respond to stressful conditions with affective disorders while men are more likely to respond to …. Some studies support the idea that women and men respond to stress in different ways, but most do not. Numerous studies …

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The social environment and walking behavior among low-income housing residents

Caspi, Caitlin E.; Kawachi, Ichiro; Subramanian, S.V.; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 80 (2013) C, pp. 76-84

Walking, both for leisure and for travel/errands, counts toward meeting physical activity recommendations. Both social and physical neighborhood environmental features may encourage or inhibit walking. This study examined social capital, perceived safety, and disorder in relation to walking...

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“911” among West African immigrants in New York City: A qualitative study of parents' disciplinary practices and their perceptions of child welfare authorities

Rasmussen, Andrew; Akinsulure-Smith, Adeyinka; Chu, Tracy; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 75 (2012) 3, pp. 516-525

violence. Children were concerned with parents' close monitoring that resulted in boredom and a sense that parents did not …

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Individual- and area-level unemployment influence smoking cessation among African Americans participating in a randomized clinical trial

Kendzor, Darla E.; Reitzel, Lorraine R.; Mazas, Carlos A.; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 74 (2012) 9, pp. 1394-1401

African Americans suffer disproportionately from the adverse health consequences of smoking, and also report substantially lower socioeconomic status than Whites and other racial/ethnic groups in the U.S. Although socioeconomic disadvantage is known to have a negative influence on smoking...

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Do people die from income inequality of a decade ago?

Zheng, Hui - In: Social Science & Medicine 75 (2012) 1, pp. 36-45

The long-term impact of income inequality on health has not been fully explored in the current literature. Until now, 4 studies have examined the lagged effect on population/group mortality rate at the aggregate level, and 7 studies have investigated the effect of income inequality on subsequent...

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