In India, a young girl's sexuality is matter of public concern due to the fact that globalisation and technological advancements have altered female identities roles prepared way for new perceptions identity, particularly in terms their sexual assertiveness. Free Outgoing calls draw attention reveal multitude ideological conflicts around gender been redefined by internet smart phones. Based on ...

Urbanicity has been linked to several psychiatric disorders, especially schizophrenia. Recent studies suggest effects of urban upbringing and stress on brain structure and function. Here, we used surface-based and voxel-based morphometry to study the effects of urban upbringing in different environments on variation in brain structure in a non-clinical sample. We recruited 85 young and healthy ...

We examined the possible role of religious upbringing as a mediator of the shared environmental influences and as a moderator of the genetic influences on the risk of alcohol use initiation in a large population-based sample of Dutch adolescent and young adult twins (1967 twin pairs). There was not a significant association between religious participation and alcohol use initiation among Dutch ...

Urban upbringing has consistently been associated with schizophrenia, but which specific environmental exposures are reflected by this epidemiological observation and how they impact the developing brain to increase risk is largely unknown. On the basis of prior observations of abnormal functional brain processing of social stress in urban-born humans and preclinical evidence for enduring struc...

The potential association between sibship characteristics and the risk of schizophrenia has been investigated previously. However, methods have differed and results have been conflicting. The authors explored the association between birth order, sibship size, and birth interval to siblings and schizophrenia while accounting for potential confounders. Using Danish Civil Registration System data,...

Lev Semionovich Vygotsky created the cultural-historical school of psychology, yet all too few of those writing about his work take into account the family, education, and cultural tradition from which he came. The authors contend that the Jewish nature of these elements was of some importance in forming his personality and his consciousness. The 1st part of the article traces his early upbring...