Based on a sample of matched adult children and aging parents in the rural Midwest, this study examined the effects of family relationship history on depressive symptoms among elderly parents. The study used reports from both adult children and aging parents regarding intergenerational affectional solidarity and relationship strain. Aging parents reported levels of depressed affect. Adult child...

Citation: Uslu, F., & Gizir, S. (2017). School belonging of adolescents: The role of teacher–student relationships, peer relationships and family involvement. Educational Sciences: Theory & Practice, 17, 63‒82. http://dx.doi.org/10.12738/ estp.2017.1.0104 * This study has been developed from the master’s thesis conducted by Fatma USLU at the Institute of Educational Sciences of Mersin Universit...

In social advertising, ads are targeted based on underlying social networks and their content is tailored with information that pertains to the social relationship. This paper explores the effectiveness of social advertising using data from field tests of different ads on Facebook. We find evidence that social advertising is effective, and that this efficacy seems to stem mainly from the abilit...

We consider a setting where agents select among competing products of unknown quality by costly sequential search. The agents are active on an online social network, and late movers benefit from possibly being able to see early movers’ purchase decisions. In this setting we consider the impact of advertising by firms, and the incentives of the underlying social network platform. We consider dis...

This study examined the relationship between stress and the family relationships of college students. One hundred thirty 18-23 year old students at Robert Morris University were surveyed on their levels of school stress and their family relationships, as well as demographic questions. Findings indicated there was a significant negative correlation between stress and family relationships among f...

Background and purpose: This study aimed to examine the relationship between the life quality of physically disabled individuals and their social and emotional loneliness. Materials and Methods: This study was a cross-sectional type of research in which "Physically Handicapped Life Quality Measurement Tool (WHOQOL-DIS)" was used to determine the quality of life, and "Social and Emotional Lonel...