American Dunkirk: The Waterborne Evacuation of Manhattan on 9/11, James Kendra, Tricia Wachtendorf. Temple University Press, Philadelphia, PA (2016), 181 pp., ISBN: 978-1439908211
Publication date: March 2018Source: The Social Science Journal, Volume 55, Issue 1Author(s): Debra Rose Wilson, William A. Wilson (Source: The Social Science Journal)
Source: The Social Science Journal - July 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Waiting to Happen: The Sociology of Unexpected Injuries, Lorne Tepperman, Nicole Meredith. Oxford University Press, Ontario, Canada (2016), 226 pp., ISBN: 9780199012060
Publication date: March 2018Source: The Social Science Journal, Volume 55, Issue 1Author(s): Brandi Hissong (Source: The Social Science Journal)
Source: The Social Science Journal - July 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Is religious and existential well-being important in quality of life in Hong Kong Chinese?
Publication date: Available online 2 March 2018Source: The Social Science JournalAuthor(s): Kitty ChanAbstractThe present study aims to determine the extent to which general QoL is predicted by religious and existential well-being, taking into consideration the intensity of participants’ religious and personal beliefs. Additionally, we examine the differences between Christians, believers in the Chinese religions, and those who are not religious. The study is based on the secondary analysis of a cross-sectional survey on the Spiritual Well-being scale (SWBS), which encompasses religious (RWB) and existential well-being (...
Source: The Social Science Journal - July 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
A multilevel analysis of the determinants of willingness to pay to prevent environmental pollution across countries
This study reveals that in developed countries, 90% of country variation in WTP to prevent environmental pollution can be explained by individual characteristics. This portion reduces to 80% in the case of developing countries. An interesting feature in our study is the ability to investigate the effect of contextual factors on individuals’ willingness to contribute for the environment. We observe that both democracy and government stability reduce individuals’ intention to donate to prevent environmental damage mainly in developed countries. (Source: The Social Science Journal)
Source: The Social Science Journal - July 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The politics of marital name change
In this study, we take a preliminary look at marital name change in the political arena by focusing on name changing among women serving in the U.S. House and U.S. Senate. We find that half of female legislators keep their name after marriage, and that Democrats, racial minorities, legislators who come from political families, legislators who were married later in life, and legislators who were first elected to office at a younger age are more likely to keep their names. (Source: The Social Science Journal)
Source: The Social Science Journal - July 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Stay or go? Turnover in CMO, EMO and regular charter schools
Publication date: Available online 13 March 2018Source: The Social Science JournalAuthor(s): Christine H. Roch, Na SaiAbstractBackgroundWe examine whether working conditions in different types of charter schools lead to different levels of teacher turnover. We consider two types of teacher turnover behaviors. One is teacher migration, which refers to the transfer of teachers from one school to another. The other one is teacher attrition, which describes the phenomenon of teachers leaving the profession entirely. We distinguish among charter schools managed by for-profit education management organizations (EMOs), those mana...
Source: The Social Science Journal - July 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The gender gap on public opinion towards genetically modified foods
This study employs a 2014 Pew Research Center survey on science issues to test several possible explanations for the gender gap in attitudes towards GM foods rooted in the different life experiences of women and men. The results show that while being a parent predicts more skeptical views about genetically modified foods overall it does not explain the gender gap in attitudes. In contrast, knowledge about science and having confidence in science do play a significant role in mediating the gender gap. By exploring the robust and pervasive gender gap on the issue of GM foods, this study sheds light on the fundamentally diffe...
Source: The Social Science Journal - July 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Lagging behind in suburbia: Suburban versus urban newcomers’ employment settlement service outcomes in Metro Vancouver, Canada
Publication date: Available online 1 April 2018Source: The Social Science JournalAuthor(s): Daniyal Zuberi, Biorn Ivemark, Melita PtashnickAbstractSuburbanization is reshaping the context of immigrant settlement in Canada. Newcomer immigrants are increasingly settling initially in suburban communities as opposed to traditional receiving neighborhoods in urban centers. However, the quality of settlement services for newcomers to suburban neighborhoods has lagged behind, creating a mismatch between newcomer settlement patterns and service provision. As settlement patterns are recognized as significant determinants of employm...
Source: The Social Science Journal - July 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Gender gaps in STEM in Japanese academia: The impact of research productivity, outside offers, and home life on pay
Publication date: Available online 5 April 2018Source: The Social Science JournalAuthor(s): Ana Maria Takahashi, Shingo Takahashi, Thomas N. MaloneyAbstractTo understand differences in labor market outcomes between genders, economists must examine a complex array of potentially significant factors, such as institutional context, productivity differences, child-bearing and home production, and bargaining behavior. Many of these factors are not well captured by standard data sources. We use a new survey of academics in Japan to better understand the sources of gender pay differences. We find a 6% pay gap which persists when ...
Source: The Social Science Journal - July 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
What is moral sanctity? Sanctity in the moral worldviews of U.S. political liberals
Publication date: Available online 13 April 2018Source: The Social Science JournalAuthor(s): Allison DiBianca Fasoli, Alexandra Saunders, Irene AndradeAbstractThe moral worldviews of liberals and conservatives in the United States have been extensively studied in the political sphere, revealing the peripheral role of sanctity in the worldviews of liberals. This paper provides a commentary on this previous research and then presents a qualitative study that seeks to explore liberals’ personal meanings of sanctity from a more grounded approach. Liberals’ personal experiences of sanctity involved bodily contamination, int...
Source: The Social Science Journal - July 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Resident interaction and social well-being in an oil boomtown in western North Dakota
Publication date: Available online 16 April 2018Source: The Social Science JournalAuthor(s): Carol A. Archbold, Thomas Mrozla, Carol Huynh, Thorvald O. Dahle, Chloe Robinson, Alexandra MarcelAbstractPrevious studies on the social well-being of residents living in energy boomtowns focus primarily on demographic characteristics of residents. These studies do not consider that there could be a relationship between residents’ social well-being and whether they interact with new residents moving into their community. The current study includes a measure of interaction with new residents as it examines five dimensions of the s...
Source: The Social Science Journal - July 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Silver screen sorting: Social identity and selective exposure in popular film viewing
Publication date: Available online 17 April 2018Source: The Social Science JournalAuthor(s): Jeremiah J. Castle, Kyla SteppAbstractWhile research in media and politics has long stressed the importance of television, the political impact of movies has largely been ignored. However, a small body of literature suggests that both political docudramas and popular films may have the capacity to change the issue attitudes of viewers. Building on that work, this paper examines the potential for selective exposure in movie viewership. We develop a theory that there is large-scale sorting into popular movies rooted in social identit...
Source: The Social Science Journal - July 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Gun-shy: Refusal to answer questions about firearm ownership
Publication date: Available online 5 May 2018Source: The Social Science JournalAuthor(s): R. UrbatschAbstractIn recent years, surveys in the United States have faced increasing refusal to answer questions about firearm ownership, even as other similar questions see no comparable up-tick in item nonresponse. Asymmetrical polarization, elite messaging, and changing media institutions all suggest that the surging nonresponse concerning gun-ownership questions may be increasingly concentrated among those with rightward political and partisan leanings, potentially skewing inferences about gun-related issues. Data from the Gener...
Source: The Social Science Journal - July 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The negative health effects of external whistleblowing: A study of some key factors
Publication date: Available online 8 May 2018Source: The Social Science JournalAuthor(s): Heungsik Park, David LewisAbstractBlowing the whistle is a pro-social behaviour which can be highly effective if wrongdoing could be corrected without any adverse consequences for the person alleging or reporting it. However it is also risky and can cost whistleblowers their jobs and economic security as well as physical health and mental well-being. The purpose of this study was to identify the negative health effects—physical, behavioral, emotional, and mental—of whistleblowing and to examine the impact on these effects of dismi...
Source: The Social Science Journal - July 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Urban–rural disparity in the satisfaction with public sports services: Survey-based evidence in China
Publication date: Available online 26 May 2018Source: The Social Science JournalAuthor(s): Xiujin Guo, Anning Hu, Jian Dai, Dexu Chen, Wenhua Zou, Yihong WangAbstractAs part of the national project of advancing citizens’ fitness and developing mass sports in China, public sports services (PSS) have been implemented rapidly throughout the country. However, how citizens of different social backgrounds evaluate PSS is still an open question. Drawing on the survey data from the Study of Community Sports in China collected in 2012, this article detects a significant urban–rural disparity in the satisfaction with PSS. Relati...
Source: The Social Science Journal - July 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
