cultural development in which the behaviors of not only privatebut also public-sector suppliers of scientific knowledge and technology are treated as endogenous rather than exogenous to the economic system. The model also incorporates the economic response of institutions to new economic opportunities as a component of the economic system. [The SCI® and SSCI® indicate that this book has been ci...

cultural development in which the behaviors of not only privatebut also public-sector suppliers of scientific knowledge and technology are treated as endogenous rather than exogenous to the economic system. The model also incorporates the economic response of institutions to new economic opportunities as a component of the economic system. [The SCI® and SSCI® indicate that this book has been ci...

background: the aim of the current study was twofold: to investigate the effect of veteran status on risk of developing heart disease over a period of 20 years in the united states and to test if socio‑economic characteristics, chronic conditions, health behaviors, body mass index (bmi) and depressive symptoms explain the association between veteran status and risk of heart disease. methods: da...

This study used a sample of 501 families from the Mississippi Delta region to examine the feasibility of the Family Stress Model for understanding adolescent suicidal ideation. The results indicated that family economic pressure was related to parental depressive symptoms, which, in turn, was related to parental hostile behavior and physical abuse. These parental behaviors were related to adole...

Economic abuse is part of the pattern of behaviors used by batterers to maintain power and control over their partners. However, no measure of economic abuse exists. This study describes the development of the Scale of Economic Abuse, which was designed to fill this gap. Interviews were conducted with 103 survivors of domestic abuse, each of whom responded to measures of economic, physical, and...

Background: Economic pressures are important factors contributing to accidents. Despite the importance of economic factors in the safety of taxi drivers, a few literatures have referred to these factor. Methods: This research was a phenomenology study. The purposive sampling was used, so, 18 taxi drivers with the average 43.05 ± 10.22 years old participated in the study of whom, 12 took...

Studies examining economic hardship consistently have linked family economic hardship to adolescent adjustment via parent and family functioning, but limited attention has been given to adolescents' perceptions of these processes. To address this, the authors investigated the intervening effects of adolescents' perceptions of economic hardship and of parent-adolescent warmth and conflict on the...