Jutel and Nettleton (2011) discuss diagnosis as not only a major classification tool for medicine but also an interactive social process that itself may have ramifications for health. Consideration of diagnosis as a social determinant of health outcomes led to the formulation of our research question: Can we detect a change in the development of prosocial symptoms before and after an Autism Spe...

Demographic change and policy changes in social care provision can affect the type of social care support received by older people, whether through informal, formal state or formal paid-for sources. This paper analyses the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing data (wave 4) in order to examine the relationship between demographic and socio-economic characteristics, and the receipt of support fro...

This issue features a contribution on precarious employment in Germany, particularly as it affects the working poor. This is an issue with global relevance. The article outlines the scale of the issue in Germany and in Europe more generally, and goes on to propose further research needs as well as possible policy responses. I would reinforce the public health importance of precarious employment...

emotion regulation strategies are considered as determinant variables on both normal and psychopathological processes. the aim of the present study was to investigate the mediating role of emotion regulation difficulties on the relationship between social anxiety symptoms and anger. a total of 171 participants (71 men, 100 women) from the city of tehran participated in this study as volunteers....

In order to explain the consumer decision process in the fixed pricing group buying (FPGB) context, this study proposed an FPGB decision model from the social perspective. To reflect the social perspective, the proposed FPGB decision model included social factors such as network externalities and subjective norm as triggers for shopping motivations. According to the analysis results, all social...