RACIAL SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES IN FUTURE CARE PLANNING

Marital Status and Physical Health: Racial Differences

Background and aims: As suggested by the Minorities’ Diminished Return Theory, the associationbetween socioeconomic status and health is weaker for racial and ethnic minorities compared toWhites. The current study compared Blacks and Whites in terms of the association between maritalstatus and physical health.Methods: The State of the State Survey (SOSS) included 881 adu...

Racial and ethnic differences in advance care planning: identifying subgroup patterns and obstacles.

OBJECTIVE The author investigated (a) whether Whites, Blacks, Latinos, and Asians differ in their rates of advance care planning (ACP; that is, living will, health care proxies, discussions), (b) sources of within-racial group heterogeneity, and (c) racial differences in the explanations offered for not doing ACP. METHODS The author estimated logistic regression models with data from a nation...

racial differences in secondary hyperparathyroidism

Sexual similarities and differences in jealousy: Comparing men and women in response to infidelity

Introduction:The purpose of this study is to determine the gender differences in Jealousy between men and women. It is assumed that men are disturbed more than sexual infidelity and women more than emotional Infidelity. Method: In order to investigate the research questions, samples were selected from students and educators in Golestan province. The statistical population of the present study i...

Differences and Similarities in Attentional Bias between Patients with Bipolar II Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder

Background and purpose: The boundary between bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder has always been a matter of debate. Despite the importance of this issue, only a few studies have directly compared these two groups. The main purpose of this study was to compare the cognitive profile of patients with bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder in terms of attentional bia...