Does the populist radical right benefit from increased electoral mobilization? Integrating theories of political grievances with accounts party competition in Western Europe, we contend that gains advantage mobilization, but this effect is conditional on disaffection. We draw a novel panel dataset (2009–2019) more than 10,000 German municipalities and city districts to study implications turnou...

The Model of Motivational Dynamics (MMD; Skinner and Pitzer, 2012) infers that peers influence behavioral engagement levels, which in turn is linked to coping and resilience. Scholars, however, are yet to test the MMD among an athletic population. The purpose of this paper was to assess an a priori model that included key constructs from the MMD, such as resistance to peer influence, behavioral...

BACKGROUND School-based social-emotional and character development (SECD) programs can influence not only SECD but also academic-related outcomes. This study evaluated the impact of one SECD program, Positive Action (PA), on educational outcomes among low-income, urban youth. METHODS The longitudinal study used a matched-pair, cluster-randomized controlled design. Student-reported disaffectio...

Social work involves working with people in distress and difficulties, people who have perhaps been traumatised by abuse or other life experience, people who have encountered major loss, suffering and pain. In addition there can be immense feelings of alienation and disaffection rooted in social inequalities and the discrimination and oppression associated with them. It would therefore be extre...

Public confidence is a key requirement for successful elections because without widespread trust results may be rejected. Lack of trust in an electoral process can be exacerbated by the use of new technology, which many voters can find difficult to understand. Lack of confidence in the electoral process is a critical problem for any democracy, in particular in situations where there is a high r...

Conduct disorder in childhood includes excessive levels of fighting or bullying; cruelty to animals or other people; severe destructiveness to properties; fire setting, stealing, repeated lying; frequent and severe temper tantrums; defiant provocative behaviour and persistent severe disobedience; truanting from school; and running away from home. As the child grows, not only do problems escalat...

Conduct disorder in childhood includes excessive levels of fighting or bullying; cruelty to animals or other people; severe destructiveness to properties; fire setting, stealing, repeated lying; frequent and severe temper tantrums; defiant provocative behaviour and persistent severe disobedience; truanting from school; and running away from home. As the child grows, not only do problems escalat...