The key feature of online social networks (OSN) is the ability of users to become active, make friends and interact via comments, videos or messages with those around them. This social interaction is typically perceived as critical to the proper functioning of these platforms; therefore, a significant share of OSN research in the recent past has investigated the characteristics and importance o...

The present study aims to develop an integrative model that links neighborhood behavioral opportunities and social resources (neighborhood cohesion, neighborhood friendship and neighborhood attachment) to prosocial (sharing, helping, empathic) behavior in early adolescence, taking into account the potential mediating role of perceived support of friends. Path analysis was used to test the propo...

Research on women and depression has neglected to explore how the factors that put women at risk for depression apply to lesbians. The present study examined four of the risk factors consistently cited in the women and depression literature (relationship status, relationship satisfaction, social support from friends, and social support from family), and two unique factors (outness and relations...

By our mistakes we shall learn. If I had a nickel for each time I’ve tried to put this across to a student .... It seems as if academic courses aren’t always designed to foster making mistakes. Too often the emphasis is on getting the best grade possible, as opposed to simply learning something new. But, in the real world, there are no tests to take, no quizzes or exams to struggle through. The...

OBJECTIVE This study examined the extent to which associations between volunteering and subjective well-being (SWB) could be related to volunteers having more supportive social networks relative to nonvolunteers. METHOD The sample consisted of 561 midlife and older adults (aged 55-94 years) from the TRAnsitions In Later Life study. Multiple mediation analyses examined associations between hou...

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS It has been almost 6 years short and long at the same time. Writing Acknowledgement seems like a confession. (alphabetical order!) who all have encouraged and supported me throughout this Ph.D. course. I sometimes think how difficult and challenging it would be to guide a student who belongs to three different groups. I really appreciate that all of you have tried to educate me ...

Current theorizing and evidence suggest that parenting stress might be greater among parents from both low and high socioeconomic positions (SEP) compared with those from intermediate levels because of material hardship among parents of low SEP and employment demands among parents of high SEP. However, little is known about how this socioeconomic variation in stress relates to the support that ...

This study examines how parents of family and nonfamily abducted children cope with stress due to the disappearance of their child. The results show that all parents experience distress, regardless of whether it was a family or nonfamily abduction. Associated with parental distress are factors such as prior family stress, age of the child, recovery status of the child, and measures of social su...