This study differentiates the risk perception and influencing factors of climate change along the dimensions of global severity and personal threat. Using the 2013 Taiwan Social Change Survey (TSGS) data (N = 2001) as a representative sample of adults from Taiwan, we investigated the influencing factors of the risk perceptions of climate change in these two dimensions (global severity and perso...

the study has investigated the missionaries' attitude towards the function of weblog and sms, and also the amount of using them. the fields of sending sms and also the aim of creating the weblog have been studied too. for this purpose, the concept of religious media has been used for the meaning of using media to achieve religious goals and ideals. these two media have been chosen for thei...

BACKGROUND In the 19th century, eminent French sociologist Emile Durkheim found suicide rates to be higher in the Protestant compared with the Catholic cantons of Switzerland. We examined religious affiliation and suicide in modern Switzerland, where assisted suicide is legal. METHODS The 2000 census records of 1,722,456 (46.0%) Catholics, 1,565,452 (41.8%) Protestants and 454,397 (12.2%) ind...

OBJECTIVE To identify barriers to condom use. METHODS Data were extracted through MEDLINE from papers published between 1993 and 2007. Surveys, reviews, clinical studies and comments were included in this review. The impact of cost, moral, social, personal and psychological factors were taken into consideration. RESULTS Several factors were associated with non-use of a condom during sexual ...

This paper explores cultural integration paths of eight migrant groups in Switzerland. It specifically analyzes the evolution of objective behaviors and subjective attitudes of migrants from the first to the second generation. In order to deepen the analysis, the cultural integration of migrants is further examined from different perspectives: across cohorts (older vs. younger migrants) and acr...

INTRODUCTION This study aims to examine the pattern of services utilisation and the factors associated with help-seeking behaviour among those with mental disorders in the multi-ethnic Asian population of Singapore. MATERIALS AND METHODS A household survey was carried out on a nationally representative sample of the adult (18 years and above) resident population. The main instrument used to e...