Background. The death of a family member is a stressful life event and can result in an increased level of depressive symptoms. Previous American research has shown inverse relationships between religious involvement and depression. European investigations are few and findings inconsistent; different contexts may have an important influence on findings. We therefore investigated the relationshi...

state machines (ASMs) [7, 8, 5] provide a perfect language for descriptions of algorithmic transition functions. They consist of generalized assignment statements f (s1, . . . ,sk) := u, conditional tests if C then P or if C then P else Q, where C is a Boolean combination of equations between terms, and parallel composition. A program as such defines a single transition; it is executed repeated...

This thesis explores the relationship between voter income and political ideology preference at the regional and state level. Traditional theories of voter preference contend that richer Americans tend to favor more conservative policy agendas in an effort to minimize income redistribution. The existing empirical literature supports this claim at the national level by finding a significant posi...

OBJECTIVES A conceptual model is evaluated that explores the relationship between church-based support and health. In the process, an effort is made to see if the relationships in this model differ for older White and African American people. METHODS Interviews were conducted with a national sample of 748 older White and 752 older Black people. The responses of 1,126 of these study participan...

This paper proposes to analyze the roles of two transnational institutions (a Pentecostal church and a government agency for foreign relations) in ethnic enterprise. The studied group is made up of Brazilian immigrants who set up in business with money saved as workers in the American state of Massachusetts in informal economy niches. The institutions that help understand this process, which th...