In a randomized-controlled trial, we tested 2 brief interventions designed to mitigate the effects of a “chilly climate” women may experience in engineering, especially in male-dominated fields. Participants were students entering a selective university engineering program. The social-belonging intervention aimed to protect students’ sense of belonging in engineering by providing a nonthreateni...

This longitudinal study examined the role of sense of belonging, social support, and spousal support on the relationship between perceived stress and symptoms of depression in 90 men and women who had a history of depression (n = 51) and who did not have (n = 39) a history of depression. Data were obtained at 3, 6, and 9 months after initial entry into the study. A series of regression analysis...

We show, with an example, that the theorem on the characterization of the domains admitting strategy-proof and non-dictatorial social choice functions by Kalai and Muller (1977) does not hold when the set of alternatives is infinite. We consider two ways of overcoming this problem. The first identifies a set of domains admitting strategy-proof and non-dictatorial social choice functions when th...

Social exclusion is a painful experience. Recent research has shown, however, that coping with exclusion can be facilitated by favorable conditions. In the current research, we investigated whether construal level affects recovery from social exclusion. We hypothesized that an abstract vs. concrete mindset would moderate coping with exclusion. Indeed, lower compared to higher concrete thinking ...

Author Una Hombrecher, ethnologist, Head of the International Project " Overcoming Domestic Violence " run by " Bread for the World " and the Social Service Agency In collaboration with (organisation and concept) Christina Sümmerer, certified psychologist, staff member in the International Project " Overcoming Domestic Violence " run by " Bread for the World " and the Social Service Agency of t...

Modern social networks have become sources for vast quantities of data. Having access to such big data can be very useful for various researchers and data scientists. In this paper we describe Loklak, an open source distributed peer to peer crawler and scraper for supporting such research on platforms like Twitter, Weibo and other social networks. Social networks such as Twitter and Weibo pose ...